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May 13, 2021 WI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
GLC Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was drilling a hole through a plate on an elevator and was positioned at an awkward angle which lead to EE pulling/straining a muscle.

December 14, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
GLC Minerals LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Working on primary #1 crusher top rolls using an 18V impact gun above their head and injured the left shoulder.

September 25, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
GLC Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

On bagger, and hand got pinched between belt and bag

January 5, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
GLC Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operating the Bagging Equipment. Bending forward on the bagging machine to place bags on the spouts and hurt is lower back - burning sensation while doing this job.

September 22, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
GLC Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was doing some maintenance work in the dryer plant, and was operating the Milwaukee 4" electric grinder. A spark flew from the grinder under his safety glasses and struck him in the left eye. He experienced a burning feeling, with watering eye and redness. He did go to the Emergency Room at St. Mary's Hospital.

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