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May 6, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WITH KNIFE AND POCKET KNIFE UNEXPECTEDLY FOLDED UP CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER.

June 2, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ STRIKING WEDGE IN LARGE FLYWHEEL WHEN HAMMER HANDLE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HANDLE AND SAFETY HANDRAILS.

July 31, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAMMER AND EXTENDED HAND PRESSED LITTLE FINGER AGAINST HAND RAIL

August 3, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM CRUSHER WITH A LARGE HAMMER WHEN A SMALL ROCK PARTICLE WAS CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIS FACE AND SAFTEY GLASSES.

September 3, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG FIVE FOOT LONG PRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

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