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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 18, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEAM CLEANING HAUL TRUCK. WHEN HE PULLED THE TRIGGER TO RESTART THE STEAM CLEANER THE BUILT UP PRESSURE IN THE WAND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE TWI STED AROUND TO GRAB A HAND HOLD. THIS MOTION CAUSED HIM TO TEAR MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK AT L-3.

July 15, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLOSING DOOR SON A UP TRAIN. ONE OF HT EDOORS WAS WEDGED OPEN. WHE HE INSERTED THE BAR INT HE DOOR & PRIED UPWARD, THE DOOR CAME FREE & SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE BOT TOM EDGE OF THE CAR.

July 23, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TYPING IN A SEMI-STANDING POSITION AND WHEN HE WENT TO STRIGHTEN UP HE THREW A VERTABRAE OUT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 25, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS WELDING. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. WHEN SHIFT ENDED HE WAS CLEANING UP AND A PIECE OF METAL LODGED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

September 16, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by flying object

STEEL PARTICLES IN EYES WHILE GRINDING CHISELS

May 19, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF WELDING STOCK GOT IN MY RIGHT EYE.EYE INJURY.NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.LESS WIND TO WELD OUT SIDE.

March 27, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING SHUTTER DOORS ON RADIATOR OF DEMAG SHOVEL. SE ATTACHED.

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