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February 23, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS HELPING WELDERS PUT REROD TOGETHER. FLASH HURT BOTH HIS EYES.

November 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WITH HIM STANDING NEXT TO THE END OF THE CONVEYOR, OUT OF THE WAY, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BACKHOE. THE BACKHOE SLID OR LURCHED, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT LEG AGAINT THE CONVEYOR.

August 26, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING A HEAD OUT OF A BIG LOADER (988B) THE BACK HOE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE HEAD (WITH NO STRAIN ON THE CHAIN) WAS DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IT MOVED FORWARD, THE TRACKS ON THE BACKHOE HIT A ROCK, NOSEDIVED, PIVOTED, UPPED THE 300 LB HEAD, SWUNG FREE AND A BOLT WAS DRIVEN INTO HIS LEG.

October 6, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE VIOLATED SAFETY PROCEDURES BY NOT ENGAGING ELECTRICAL LOCK-OUT SYSTEM ON CRUSHER BELT BEFORE ENTERING FOR REPAIRS. THE BELT WAS STARTED PREMATURDY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF BLE T, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

April 6, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISASSEMBLING ROTACHAMBER (BRAKE VALVE) OF ROCK TRUCK. APPLED AIR TO THE DIAPHRAGM AND CHAMBER BLEW APART. PIECE STRUCK LEFT HAND-BROKE 3 BONES IN HAND.

September 25, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING STONE HOT METAL FELL LODGED BETWEEN BOOOOT AND SOCK BURNING R ANKLE

November 2, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMP WAS ASSISTING HEAD WELDER WHO WAS WELDING GUARDS ON C-9 CONV EYOR AND WELDERS FLASH BURNT EYES.

October 1, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING AT PRIMATFY CRSUHER REMOVING JAW PLATES WEIGHING 2000 LBS. EACH. A CRANE WAS SUPPLYING BACK PRESSURE WHEN A PLATE CAME UP HITTING HIM IN FACE ANC ACROSS HIS CHEST CAUSING A BROKEN NOSE. CUT EYE BACK OF HEAD CUT AND CHEST BRUISES.

June 11, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS OPERATING AIR IMPACT GUN, TIGHTING BOLTS-SPRING LOADED THE GUN CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

April 17, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJ SITTING IN 7RUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH ROCK BY SHOVEL OPERATOR.SHOVEL OPERATOR EXPERIENCED SHOVEL WANTING TO STALL OUT AND MACHINE JERKED FORWARD RUNNING INTO TRUCK JOLTING HIM -CUT ON FACE WHEN IT H3T INSIDE OF HIS TRUCK.

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