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April 24, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING A FLASK WITH A 1:1 SOLUTION OF HCL BY BOILING IT ON THE HOT PLATE IN LAB. WHEN REMOVING FROM HOT PLATE WITH TONGS: THE FLASK SLIPPED AND SPILLED OUT ON BACK OF RIGHT HAND

November 22, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING COATING FROM #1 KILN WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF COATING HIT PRY BAR. BAR HIT AND CUT RIGHT FINGER.

June 28, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING COATING CHUNKS FROM KILN WITH RAKE. RAKE CAUGHT ON GRATES AND CAUSED A MUSCLE PULL IN NECK.

December 13, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

BREAKING COATING BALLS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. TASK WAS BEING PERFORMED AT THE DISCHARGE END OF 2 COLLER. WHILE BENT OVER, SWINING HAMMER, STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

November 4, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RAKING A COATING AT A #2 COOLER THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 9, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Struck by falling object

IN THE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE A KILM COOLER GRATE BY HOISTING WITH CHAINFALL TO SLIDE THE GRATE OUT THRU THE OPENING. THE GRATE SLIPPED. HITTING LEFT FOOT. LITTLE TOE.

February 24, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS POKING A CHUNK IN THE WEST PRIMARY SCREEN FEED CHUTE WITH A BAR. THE CHUNCK MOVED-HITTING THE BAR; THE BAR ON THE OPPOSITE END JERKED -PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE CHU TE SUPPORT.

January 3, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PULLING COATING FROM THE HOOD OF THE KILN WITH THE NORMAL RAKE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. THERE WAS NOT PARTICULAR MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSED T HE DISCOMFORT. THIS DUTY IS ANORMAL FUNCTION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S JOB.

July 23, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Struck by falling object

68935 ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A MOTOR FROM A VIBRATING SCREEN,THE RIGGING SLIPPED,ALLOWING THE MOTOR TO DROP ONTO THE EMPLOYEES HAND.

March 12, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Quarries Us Inc · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS PULLING COATING BALLS AT THE PRIMARY COOLER WHEN A PIECE OF DUST BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

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