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March 18, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING STRUCK ARC BEFOR WELDING HOOD DOWN RESULT IN FLASH TO EYE. SEEN BY DR. SEVERAL DAYS LATER GIVEN FIRST AID AND SCRIPT.

February 3, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS USING A PORTABLE GRINDER TO SMOOTH THE KILN SHELL SEVERAL METAL FRAGMENTS ENTERED HIS EYE EPL WAS WEARING GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS BUT NOT GOGGLES

January 28, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS BURNING A 1/4 IN STEEL PLATE IN TWO WHEN HE PUSHED THE TOP HALF AWAY FROM BOTTOM FELL ON HIS FOOT

January 27, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WATCHING DRYERS START UP. THE DRYERS WERE OVERFILLED AND HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE SPILL.

January 1, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AIR LANCE BLEW HOT MATERIAL INTO MANS FACE

December 27, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Flash burns (welding)

WALL WELDING /REFLECTION OF WELD BURNED MANS EYE

November 21, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING BUFFING DISK CLEANING ENDS OF SHAFTS. HE HAD ON ABRASION TO THE LEFT LEG (SHIN).

October 27, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DECLINED TO COMPLETE A ACCIDENT REPORT. STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS STIFF AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. WAS TREATED BY CHIRPORACTOR. OPERATING D-6 DOZER.

September 22, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CEMENT LINE. HE TURNED AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT UNTIL NOVEMBER, 1988.

September 19, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by flying object

AIR HOSE BLEW OFF WHEN MAN TRIED TO RECONNECT THE AIR HOSE THE PRESSURE IN THE LINE CAUSED THE LINE TO WHIP AROUND HITTING THE MAN IN THE KNEE.

July 28, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING FLAT PLATE FIRE SPARKS ENTERED LEFT EAR CANAL AND BURNED CANAL

July 26, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING TRACK WELDS AT THE PIPE. GRINDING BLADE WEDGED IN TAPERED FIT ON PIPE AND GRABBERD. TURNING BLADE WNET AGAINST FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION.

June 29, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Contact with electrical current

HOLDING METAL PLATE FOR WLEDER, ARC GROUNDED TO MANS WRIST.

May 24, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE IN THE PACKHOUSE. A TOP SEAM ON ONE OF THE CEMENT BAGS BROKE AND CEMENT WAS BLOWN INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE AND EYES.

December 2, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL NOTICED PR2GRESSIVE EYE IRRITATION 12-2-87.MAY HAVE HAD METAL FRAGMENT ENTER EYE WHILE USING AIR DRIVEN WIRE BRUSH EARLIER IN SHIFT.DR SENNSEEN 12-4-87-A METAL FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED FROM T HE EYE AT THAT 7IME.

September 22, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A D6 CAT AS ONE OF THE TRACKS BROKE OVER A ROCK, THE EMPLOYEE WAS JARRED FROM THE BUMP AND EXPERIENCED SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UTIL DEC 1987. A CHIROPRACTOR3WAS VISITED ON DEC 11, 1987.

July 2, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3AN AREA WHERE A WELDER WAS USING A CHOP SAW TO CUT REBAR. ALTHOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES A FRAGMENT OF THE RE BAR FLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE DID NOT CONSULT A DOCTOR FOR 4 D AYS. 3

March 20, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A GRINDER TO SMOOTH UP A SPOT ON AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD. GOGGLES WERE WORN BUT A METAL FRAGMENT MAY HAVE DROPPED INTO HIS EYE WHEN THE GOGGLES WERE REMOVED.

March 25, 1986 MT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJ EMP WAS USI3G JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE THE MUD RING IN THE FEED END OF THE KILN A SECTION OF THE RING OVERHEAD CAME LOOSE AND FELL ABOUT 10 FT STRIKING THE EMP SEVERAL CHUNKS OF MUD RING THE LARGEST APPROX 300 LB LANDED ON TOP OF THE EMP CAUSING SOFT TISUE INJURY TO LWER ABDOMINAL AREA

October 8, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAD TURNED ON AIR TO ACTIVATE CEMENT CILO VALVE AND INSTRUCTED OPERATOR TO START EQUIPMENT. ON START UP AN UNLATCHED AIRSLIDE COVER OPENED UNDER PRESSURE AND BLEW CEMENT INTO THE INJU RED EMPLOYEE\S EYES.

July 16, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO AND GUIDING A FULLER PUMP BEARING HOUSING WHICH WAS BEING LIFTED BY A DROTT CRANE THE HOUSING PINNED HIS RIGHT LEG MOMENTARILY AGAINST A NEARBY STEEL GRI GRIDER THE INJURY RESULTED IN SEVERAL STITCHES TO HIS RIGHT LEG.

October 5, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BLOWING OUT THE #2 FINISH ASSEMBLY PRIOR TO START-UP. HE WAS USING AN AIR HOSE & HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK THE CLUTCH COVER,. SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

May 26, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS TESTING THE TENSION ON THE A1 RAW BELT CLEANER THE SHAFT SECURING THE U BOLT BROKE CAUSING HANDLE OF THE CLEANER TO STRIKE HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE BELT HOUSING

March 16, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ideal Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS JACKHAMMERING KILN BRICKS OFF THE KILN SHELL, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE JACKHAMMER & THE BRICKS.

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