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April 15, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JACKHAMMERING HE FELT PAIN IN H IS BACK

September 14, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES WHILE JACKHAMMERING AROUND CEMENT COOLER.

July 16, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING A BEARING OUT OF A ROTARY FEEDER, A PIECE OF SLAG BURNED ELBOW.

April 24, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN REAR OF #3 MILL WITH WELDING ROD AND SOME SLAG CAUSED CAN OF AERO KROIL TO EXPLODE CAUSING BURNS ON HIS BODY.

August 17, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS RUNNING A JACKHAMMER AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM.

April 3, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING PALLETIZER MACHINE & THERE WAS MALFUNCTION OF MACHINE TRAP DOOR CLOSED ON ARM.

May 16, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS OPERATING A 65 LB JACKHAMMER AND I TWISTED MY LEFT WRIST

May 15, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I WAS BURNING WITH A WELDER WHEN SOME OF THE HOT SLAG FELL ONTO MY RIGHT ARM AND HAND.

January 8, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING JACKHAMME9 WHILE LYING DOWN CLEANING UNDER #11 BELT EMPLOYEE INJURED HISBACK

September 27, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LI1HTING A TORCH AND A FLAME CAME OUT AND BURNED HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

July 21, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DISCOV9RED THAT TGHERE WAS A LEAK IN AIR CYLINDER GOT A REPAIRMAN IN ATTEMPTING TO SHOW THE REPAIRMAN WHERE THE LEAK WAS HE POINTED HIS FINGER IN THE CYLINDER WHIULE THE PACKER WAS P LACING A BAG ON3THE SPOUT

June 28, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOWERING 8CRAP TO THE FLOOR FROM SEPERATOR, FINGERS BECAME LODGED IN CRANE CABLE.

February 23, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING A 400LB8. BARREL USING HOIST,DRUM SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

May 15, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING GRATES 2N BOTTOM OF COOLER GRATES.

January 25, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING A JAC5 HAMMER.

January 16, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING THE B9ICK PEELER TO REMOVE COATING FROM THE KILN.

September 30, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OUT A SECTION OF STEEL FROM CONVEYOR WHEN THE CUT SECTION FELL ON HIS TOE

May 16, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPPOSEDLY USING JACKHAMMER TO CLEAN THE FLOOR IN T HE MILL BUILDING CAUSED A SPRAIN HAND.

January 31, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER IN THE KILN, WHEN A CHAIN FELL ON HIS SHOULDER.

January 19, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS GRINDING WELD OFF ON A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN THE GRINDER RICOCHETED & LACERATED HIS LEG.

January 15, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING CASTIBLE AND BRICKS FROM THE KILN

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