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February 6, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PULLING PIN OUT OF SAW RAIL.SAW WASNT IN NEUTRAL POSITION AND PINCHED EMPL RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND SAW.

May 30, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal safety director MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VIBRATION OF JACK HAMMER AGAINST A WALL CAUSED A STEEL BAR TO VIBRATE LOOSE AND FELL ON RIGHT KNEE.

May 16, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS HE WAS USING A DRILL AND DRILLING THRU A PIECE OF SOAPSTONE.

February 9, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS CRANE WAS LIFTING STONE SLAB,I.NAME DIDNT MOVE HAND AND CHAIN TO CRANE SMASHED 3RD & 4TH FINGERS OF LEFT HAND.

January 19, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WELDER IN BUILDING A LAMP, HE WAS NOT WEARING A WELDERS HOOD AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT LOOKING AT THE WELDING OPERATIONS. A SECOND WELDERS HOOD WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

September 6, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SAWING STONE AND CUT THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB OFF.

August 29, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS BELELING THE STONE EDGE HE GOT DUST IN HIS L EYE FROM THE SAWING PROCESS

August 22, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN STONE AND THE DRILL BIT BROKE, THE BIT PIERCED HIS L THUMB.

June 13, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A STONE ALONG THE ROLLERS OF THE SURFACER, A CORNER OF THE STONE BROKE AND CUT HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN THE ELBOW AND WRIST. 6 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

March 21, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COTTON GLOVE CAUGHT IN CHUCK AND PULLED FINGER AROUND WHILE DRILLING.

May 27, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING AND THE BIT BROKE AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1ST FINGER.

February 23, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
New Alberene Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS HOLD3NG DRILL STEEL &I NAME WAS RUNNING JACK HAMMER & THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND PINCHED I NAME HAND AGAINST A IRON ROD.

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