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September 18, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS LIFTING APPROX. 5 SHEET OF 1/8INCH X 4INCH X 8INCH SHEET METAL WITH AOVERHEAD CRANE AND A LIFTING CLAMP THE SHEET METAL STRUCK A OF EXPANDED METAL STICKING UP ABOUT THE METAL RACK. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTING CLAMP TO RELEASE A SHEET OF METAL LACERATION THE INURED CHEST STOMACH AREA WHEN FALLING TO THE FLOOR.

June 19, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WHICH WAS LAYING ACROSS ATTRITIONER SUMP. AFTER CUTTING THE IRON WITH A TORCH, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE IRON TOWARDS HIMSELF AND THE WEIGHT OF THE IR ON MADE THE OPPOSITE END DROP, THROWING THE HOT END UP AGAINST VICTIM'S ARM.

December 20, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

STANDING BESIDE MAINT USING WELDER HIT IN R T EYE BY FOREIGN BODY

August 22, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON CASE MILL. HE WAS USING WELDER TO BUILD UP BARS. HE RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AS METAL WAS COOLING AND SLAG POPPED AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.

July 19, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE, EE WAS SPRAYED WITH SAND FROM TUBE S FAULTY RELEASE VALVE.

December 12, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SAND PUMP AT WASHER. USING IMPACT WRENCH TO BREAK PUMP APART. THERE WAS SAND ON PUMP AND BOLTS . IMPACT BLEW SAND IN EYES

October 27, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

50'X4" PIPE WAS BEING MOVED BY A CRANE TO BE ATTACHED TO CYCLONE ON THE HEAVY MINERAL TOWER. THE INJURED'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE FLANGE & THE CYCLONE.

September 14, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON THE ELCTRIC GRINDER A FRAGMENT OF METAL WENT INTO EMPLS R EYE

July 10, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A BAG FELL OFF THE PALLETIZER; THE INJURED PUT THE BAG BACK IN PLACE. WHEN DOING THIS IT BLINDED THE ELECTRIC EYE CAUSING THE FORKS TO BE LOWERE. THE PALLETIZER FORKS WENT DOWN ON HIS FEET. HE SUFFERED FROM A SMALL BRUISE ON LEFT FOOT & SEVERE BRUISE ON THE RIGHT FOOT. (NO BROKEN BONES) EMPLOYEE FELLED TO CUT PALLETIZING MACHINE OFF BEFORE PLACING THE BAG AS INSTRUCTED & TRAINED TO

May 16, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHANGING SETTING ON BAG CHAIR TO ACCOMMODATE 50 LB BAG,EMPL SHOULDER HIT ACTIVATION BUTTON CAUSING PLATE THAT EJECTS BAG TO CLOSE TRAPPING EMPL RT THUMB IN BAG CHAIR.

November 4, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRILLING HOLES IN MARSP LINING MATERIAL A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW INTO AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES RT EYE

July 22, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PLACING BAGS ON BAG MACHINE, EMPLOYEE KEPT HITTING HIS THUMB ON THE MACHINE, CAUSING SPRAIN AND EVENTUALLY INFECTION.

July 20, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPLACIN1 FLANGE ON SPLITTER. THE HOSE TURNED CUTTING THREE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND

June 9, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS3DRIVING A REPLACMENT DOZER OVER MOUND OF DIRT IN THE PIT AND THE STEERING CLUTCH DID NOT REALEASE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED TO SLOW THE MACHINERY DOWN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROPS ON THE DOZER. 7HE SEAT BELT ON THIS REPLACEMENT DOZER WAS FOUND BENEATH THE SEAT SEAT BELT AND CLUTCH WERE CORRECTED.

May 12, 1987 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE ENTERING 3NTO THE AREA TO CLEAN AN WHILE PASSING UNDER A DRYER DRUM, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY HOT SAND FALLING THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE DRUM.

December 26, 1986 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal coal strip operator MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS IN3 AN AEKWARD POSITION DRILLING HOLES IN A DRYER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS SPINE.

July 13, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS READJUSTING BAG CHAIR AND ACCIDENTLY HIT TRIP LEVER THIS CAUSED THE CHAIR TO FLIP OVER CATCHING THUMB AND CAUSING THE LACERATION

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