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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 7, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Continental Lime Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS UN1LUGGING COOLER GRATES IN THE FIRING HOOD. THERE WAS A MOMENTARY POSTIVE DRAFT WHICH BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN HIS FACE.

May 15, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator OTHER
Continental Lime Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS FI3ISHING SHIFT CLEANING KILN. WHILE REMOVING SAFETY GOGGLES, WIND BLEW A LIME PARTICLE INTO LEFT EYE. HE WAS OUTSIDE OF KILN TAKING OFF WORK GEAR.

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