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March 15, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING TRACK HOE AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND RAIL.

September 17, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HOLDING PUNCH TO KNOCK OUT RUSTED BOLTS OUT OF COAL MILL. ANOTHER WAS HITTING PUNCH WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HAMMER GLANCED OFF PUNCH HITTING OTHEREE ON LITTLE LEFT HAND FINGER.

August 12, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Struck by falling object

68935 ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE A HYDRAULIC JACK, THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB WAS BROKEN WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED ALLOWING THE STEEL PLATE BEING JACKED TO FALL AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.

May 22, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRIKE A METAL CHUTE HE WAS STRUCK WITH A VERY SMALL PIECE OF METAL WHICH EMBEDDED HIS LEFT EYE IT WAS LATER REMOVED BY A PHSICAN WITH NO LOSS OF F UNCTION TO THE EYE.

November 24, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PICK TO DIG OUT RING IN KILN. PIECE OF MATERIAL HIT HAND AND CUT IT.

March 21, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HOLDING HAMMER BEHIND BOULDER HAMMER JERKED ARM & SHOULDER WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTED RESULTED IN PULLED MUSCLE

January 7, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUNCHING ROCK OUT OF PIPE. ROCK BOUNCED OUT AND HIT LEFT EYE.

May 15, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carolina Solite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS REPAIRING A FEEDER AND THE ADJUSTABLE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HIS NECK SNAPPED BACK CAUSING A STRAINED NECK MUSCLE.

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