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October 8, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELLPING MECHANIC PUT REA END IN R35 EUCLID USING CRANE TO HOLD IN PLACE HAD TO USH AND TWIST IN PLACE TWISTED BACK.

September 19, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE EMPL WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL TO BE WELDED WELDER STRUCK ARC TO WELD CAUSING FLASH BURN IN EYES

February 8, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GRINDING3STEEL WITH A HAND-HELD GRINDER. THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.

October 26, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE HOPPER WAS 0ULL (PLUGGED UP),WHILE TRYING TO OPEN HOPPER,AUTO CONTROL CLOSED GATE ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND GIVING A BADLY BRUISED HAND AND WRIST.

February 20, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING OVER HEAD ON DOZER FRAME, HOT METAL FELL INTO RIGHT EAR.

June 12, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING SURFACE G9INDER ON CRUSHER LINER,SURFACE GRINDER KICKED BACK CUTTING LEFT FOREARM NEAR WRIST.

May 20, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SPRINKLIN1 DUST ON SLIPPING FAN BELTS, THE INDEX FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BELT, THE FIRST JOINT WAS DISLOCATED.

October 26, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Struck by falling object

USING PUMP FOR 3PUMPING FUEL FROM BARREL THE BARREL UPSET AND PUMP FELL ON BACK

June 25, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING IN THE FEED HOPPER AND A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT LEG

May 17, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRICK GRINDING ON SMALL PIECE OF METAL, GRINDING WHEL CAUGHT AND KICKED OUT CUTTING HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEG AVOBE LEFT KNEE

September 20, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Davison Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT CAST STEEL OBJECT APPROX 10# FROM BETWEEN CONE AND BOWL OF CONE TYPE CRUSHERF OBJECT WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM COIL SPRINGS WHEN PIECE WAS CUT OUT, OTHER PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP HITTING EMPLOYEEE IN KNEE CAP THEN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL

October 6, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUE TO CONTINIOUS OPERATION OF CRANE EMP HAS DEVELOPED STRAINED LEFT SIDE PAIN

September 14, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WELDING PUT HIS MASK UP AND TOUCHED LEFT SIDE OF FACE BY THE EYE WITH ELECTRODE AS HE HIT FACE IT CAUSED HIM TO JERK HIS NECK BACK QUICKLY AND THEN HE PULLED HIS NECK

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