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February 5, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

Employee had been welding in the morning and complained of welders flash or something in their eye.

November 11, 2010 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A pipe being lifted by a crane. Fell pinning the victims wrist underneath it. His wrist hurts now. He also has lumps in his arm. The doctors have given him pills for.

December 5, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE was assisting the welder by helping to move parts out of the way or into place, lifting with a crane to make room for the welder to work, etc., throughout the afternoon of 12/5. Reflection from the welding caused welders flash.

October 23, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using an air die grinder with a carbide cutter at work in the afternoon. In the evening after a shower, he noticed discomfort in his right eye. Medical personnel found a metal shaving in his eye 10/24/2006.

March 18, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Vane feeder was stuck. EE put his hand in the feeder to remove debris, but it was still running and his right index finger got caught in the feeder.

January 6, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DROPPING ROCKS WITH THE EXCAVATOR TO BREAK THEM. A ROCK BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT FLEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

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