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July 11, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE USING HAMMER (20# SLEDGE) TO UNBLOCK KILN, FINGER IN BETWEEN HAMMER AND MATERIAL (BLOCKED LIME)

June 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING MAXI BRAKE CHAMBER TO REPLACE BAD DIAPHRAM WHEN SPRING LOADED ROD CAME OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND.

May 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO #6 KILN USING A LONG BAR WORKING AT KILN DOOR OPENED-ROCKS FELL CAUSING BLAST OF HOT AIR TO EXIT DOOR 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT WRIST

April 7, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE SHOVELING RAW LIME TO REMOVE FROM PIT,HYDRATED LIME WENT THRU GLOVES RUBBING OF GLOVES LIME WENT THRU TO SKIN ON RIGHT WRIST,0.5 CENTIMETER ULCER.

March 3, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SLUDGE OUT OF OIL SUMP WITH HOE CONTINUOUS MOTION PLACED STRAIN ON WRIST.

February 7, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS SHOVELING STONE OUT OF AN ELEVATOR PIT AT PLS PLANT-WHILE SHOVELING HE JAMMED HIS PALM WITH THE SHOVEL HANDLE.

October 25, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE REMOVING STRUT ARM BUSHINGS ON PICK UP TRUCK WITH WRENCH PULLING ON WRENCH TO REMOVE STRUT ARM BUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 21, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH SHOVEL IN CRUSHER AND FELL IN HOLE INJURED RIGHT UPPER LEG HIP AREA.

April 4, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HOLDING POST BAR AND ATTEMTING TO HIT WITH HAMMER THE BAR WAS MISSED AND EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB WAS HIT. ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR 51/2 FT. CONE CRUSHER JAMMED WITH STONE.

August 17, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PE9SPIRING HEAVILY DUE TO HEATR.SAFETY GLASSES SLID TO TIP OF NOSE.EMPLOYEE STRUCK BOLT ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL.A PIECE OF STEEL STUCK AND BECAME IMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE. 3

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