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Years on record
1983–2026
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December 8, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN OFFICE TENDING TO OFFICE PROCEDURES DURING NIGHT TIME LOADING HOURS, WEIGHING TRUCKS. MAN POSING ASMARCOTICS AGENT CAME INTO OFFICE, THREATENED HER WITH ARREST, INCITED PANIC I N EMPLOYEE.

January 28, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING IN SCRUBBERS WIND BLEW RUST FROM METAL IN SCRUBBER INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 10, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT, AND WAS STUNG BY BEE.

August 8, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ST6NG BY A BEE (POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY T HE BEE STING)

March 14, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON 20IN DISCHARGE PIPE THAT RAN UNDER THE #2 CONVEYOR USING TORCHES TO CUT HOLES TO BOLT H OPPERS ON CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE FINISHED THE JOB & PIVOTED ON HIS RT FOOT TO GET D OWN THIS IS WHE3 HIS RT KNEE GAVE OUT

July 31, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by flying object

PARTICLES WERE BLOWN INTO EYE. A SMALL METAL PARTICLE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM RIGHT EYE.

March 20, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Mule Pen Quarry Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RUNNING A LOADER THAT FEEDS A CRUSHER. A BOULDER LODGED IN THE CRUSHER CHAMBER THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED. A DOBY CHARGE WAS SET OFF TO BREAK THE BOULDER. EE WAS STANDING CLEAR OF THE CRU SHER WHEN THE CHARGE WENT OFF, HE FLINCHED & ROTATED HIS BACK. HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

March 15, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

BACK STRAIN HE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT DO TO LIFTING OR A FALL I GAYLE HAMPTON DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL 730 THE NIGHT OF 16TH HE DIDNT CALL IN THE MORING OF 16TH TO SAY WHY HE DIDNOT SHOWN U P FOR WORK

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