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October 3, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO FIND A LEAK IN A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON THE DRILL RIG. SEVERAL HOSES; 30 TO 40 ARE ALL BUNCHED IN ONE AREA AND MAKE IT HARD TO FIND. HE PUT HIS HAND ON A HOSE AND TOLD THE OPERATOR TO GIVE IT SOME DOWN PRESSURE. THE FLUID FROM THE HOSE RIPPED OPEN THE SKIN BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FIRST FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

November 21, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REPAIRING C-21 ROCK CHUTE. EE WAS USING AN AIR HOSE TO CLEAN AWAY DIRST. THE AIR HOSE BLEW OFF AIR PIPE AND HIT HIM WHO WAS STANDING BEHIND OTHER EMPLOYEE.

December 5, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS UNDERNEATH R-35 EUCLID TRUCK WITH A GRINDER. HE HAD HIS PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES ON AND A FACE SHIELD. AS HE WAS GRINDING, A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS ALMOST LYING DOWN WHILE HE WAS GRINDING AND IT IS FELT THAT THIS POSITION ENHANCED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FOREIGN ENTERING HIS EYE.

July 27, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Contact with cold

NOT REALLY SURE. HE WAS WELDING IN MILL DEPT. ORGINALLY WHEN HE REPORTED HIS EYE WAS BOTHERING HIM, IT WAS TOUGHT HE GOT WELDING FLASH OR POSSIBLE DIRT IN THE EYE. IT WAS CLEANSED AND EYE D ROPS APPLIED. IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM AND ON 8-4-91, HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE DR. DID FIND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN THE EYE. MY CONCERN WAS THAT HE DID NOT LET ME KNOW SOONER.

April 28, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MOVIGN DRILL WITH PIECE OF STEEL AND HODING IT WITH HIS HAND WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF MASHING END OF FINGER ON L HAND KNOCKED NAIL OFF BROKE BONE CHIPS LACERTED UNDERSIDE

August 18, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SWEEPING WAREHOUSE FLOOR BEFORE SHIFTF CHANGE. PEDESTAL MOUNTED FAN WAS BLOWING DUST. HE GRASPED FAN BY GUARD TO TURN IT AWAY FORM AREA IN WHICH HE WAS SWEEPING HE FORCED HIS RIGHT RING FINER THRUGH WIRE MESH GUARD. ROTATING BLADES LACERATED FINGER BETWEEN NAIL A ND FIRST KNUCKLE.

July 26, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE SILO STORAGE BIN PREPARING TO INSTALL CONVEYOR VIBRATIONS FROM THE CUTTING OR HAMMERING CAUSED DUT CLINGING TO THE SIDES OF BIN TO FALL ON EMPL RIGHT EYE DEPT HURTING THAT NIGHT EMPL WENT TO ER WHERE DR REMOVED A TINY PIECE OF RUST EMPL WAS WEARING SFETY GLASSES

July 23, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM CEILING ABOUT 30 FEET OFF FLOOR IN A BUCKET TRUCK.A ROCK FELL FROM THE CEILING AND STRUCK THE BOOM OF THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE BUCKET TO BOUNCE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELTS SO HE WAS NOT THROWN FROM BUCKET.EMPLOYEE DID RECEIVE A CUT TO THE CHIN THAT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES,A CUT TO THE HAND AND MINOR BRUISES.

July 20, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME CUTTING PIECE OF METAL PLATE WITH TORCH.HE REACHED OVER TO PICK UP PART AND STUCK HAND BENEATH CUTTING FLAME.HAD 2ND DEGREE BURN ON LEFT RIGHT FINGER.

May 31, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUSE OF INJURY NOT OBVIOUS. SORENESS IN NECK APPEARED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB. STRAIN TO MUSCLE IN NECK.

February 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A QUARRY BAR DRILL WHEN HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SLIDE AND THE GUIDE BAR.SPLIT OPEN END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

January 14, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL REMOVING DUST FROM ROLLER WITH COMPRESSED AIR.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-DUST BLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE AND GOT PAST GLASSES INTO HIS EYE.

October 19, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHAIN SAW TO CLEAR TREES AWAY FROM GUY WIRES LEADING TO PINK QUARRY AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

September 10, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LEVELING3A QUARRY BAR DRILL WHEN THE M AIN FRAME OF THE DRILL FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT LEFT FOOT BROKEN- LONG BONE TO BIG TOE & UNDER FOOT.

September 9, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Basins Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO WEDGE A ROCK THROUGH THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN THE WEDGE FLEW BACK OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. IT KNOCKED OUT RIGHT EYE TOOTH AND BROKE EMPLOYEE'S CORRECTIVE LENS.

July 22, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PO8ITIONING A BLOCK SUSPENDED BY DDERRICK AT PINK QUARRY WORKING AS A SIGNAL GIVER.DERRICK OPERATOR MOVED BLOCK TO TRY TO HELP POSITION BLOCK BEFORE SETTING DOWN WHEN IT PUSHED EM PLOYEE BACK AND3AROUND AND FELL IN SMALL HOLE TWISTING BACK.WAS NOT NECESSARY TO GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 12-29-87.

July 20, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5CKING BAGS AT #2 MACHINE.WHILE TALKING TO THE BAG OPERATOR,HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER THE BAG KICK-OFF MECHANISM AND IT CLOSED ON HIS THUMB.

June 24, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TURNED3ON #3 BAGGING MACHINE AND PRESSURE HOSE BURSTED THROWING DUST AND SMALL PIECES OF RUBBER HOSE INTO FACE. INJURY TO LEFT EYE.

January 31, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING AND SOME HOT MATERIAL FELL DOWN IN HIS BOOT, BURNING LEFT ANKLE AREA- ANKLE BECAME INFECTED.

November 15, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO DISLOADGE A ROCK WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE WHICH AD A HOOK ON THE END OF THE CABLE. THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND THE PULLEY CAME OVER & HIT HIS HAND3WHICH WAS ON THE RAILING AROUND THE CRUSHER.

July 15, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING WAREHOUSE WITH AIR SPRAY GUN WHEN GUN BECAME CLOGGED. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE GUN BY WORKING THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE GUN SUDDENLY BECAME UNCLOGGED AND PAIN HI T INDEX FINGER 5ND PENETRATED THE SKIN.

May 15, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING STEADY A LADDER FOR A FELLOW MILLWRIGHT WHO WAS BRAZING A DUST COLLECTION LINE FROM ABOVE. THE INJURED LOOKED UP FOR A MOMENT AND A HOT PIECE OF BRAZING ROD FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE LODGI3G IN THE CORNER. THE INJURED WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.

March 20, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

OPERATOR PUT HA3D ON BIT WHILE IT WAS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM THE HOLE UP THROUGH THE CENTRALIZER TRAP DOORS - LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CENTRALIZER DOORS

November 20, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO ADJUST THE RUNNING SPEED BY THE GOVERNOR ON T HE WELDING MACHINE. HE PUT HIS RT HAND ON A GOVERNOR ASSEMBLY. THE GOVERNOR IS LOCATED 3" FROM THE COOLING FAN. HE WAS UNA %@* UNAWARE OF 5OCATION OF HIS HAND IN RELATION TO FAN. HAND WAS HIT BY FAN LOSING 2 DIGITS OF INDEX & TIPS OF 3 REMAINING FINGERS.

August 22, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SANDING ON AIR COMPRESSOR AND DUST GOT IN EYE

January 4, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS DISCONNECTING A PLUGGED LINE FROM THE PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP TO THE A-MILL HE NEGLECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMP AND TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE FROM THE LINE UPON DISCONNECTING THE HOSE KICKED BACK STRIKING I.NAME IN THE HAND

July 10, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Celotex Corp · Struck by falling object

CONE ON #5 ROCK TANK LET GO AND I.NAME WAS WORKING BELOW.GOT HIT WITH FALLING ROCK ON RIGHT FOREARM AND BACK.

January 16, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMP WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC IN W ELDING FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE HOURS HE WAS NOT WEARING PORPER EYE PROTECTION EMP TRIED TO KEEP HIS EYES AVERTED FROM ARC BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT HE WAS OUT OF W WORK FOR TWO DAYS AND RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY

August 20, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON PITMAN OUT OF JAW CUCRUSHER IN SHOP.FAN WAS HANGING IN DOORWAY TEMP. FOR VENT.EMPL WALKED THROUGH DOORWAY AND HARDHAT HIT FAN,REACHED TO CATCH HAT AND STUCK HAND INTO FAN.FAN HAD GU ARD BUT ALLOWED FINGER TO PASS.

August 13, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING AT END OF BAGGING LINE,RIGHT FOOT WEDGED BETWEEN 2 WOODEN PALLETS,ONE BEING MOVED BY LIFT TRUCK.EMPL COMPLAINED OF STRAINED FOOT.

July 19, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAW CRUSHER HOUSE EMP WAS TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT AT CRUSHING PLANT RECENTLY REPLACED WINDOWN FAN WITH ANOTHER FAN TO KEEP JAW HOUSE COOLER REPLACEMENT FAN DIDNT HAVE A GUARD ON BACK OF FAN TO P REVENT ACCIDENTAL INJURY EMP GOT TO CLOSE TO FAN WHILE HANGING UP SECURING LINE AND BELT ON THE WALL HOOK ON WALL WHERE BELT IS STORED IS APPROX 2\ AWAY FORM FAN HAND TOUCHED FAN BLADE CUTTIN

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