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May 17, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EE ON 5/17/97 WHILE WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES [TINTED] & DURING HIGH GUSTING WINDS HAD SOMETHING BLOW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED 5/21/97 & ON THIS DATE HE WENT TO SEE A DR ABOUT THE EYE IRRITATION. NO FOREIGN OBJECT WAS FOUND. THE DR PRESCRIBED AN OINTMENT FOR THE EYE.

January 23, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Fall from piled material

EE CLIMBED THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS & WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP HE COLLAPSED & WENT UNCONSCIOUS. PLANT EE CALLED 911 WHILE ANOTHER PLANT EE STARTED FIRST AID. EE WAS THEN TANSPORTED TO THE HOSPIT AL.

November 27, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

TORN ROTATOR CUFF, EXACT CAUSE NOT KNOWN. CONFIRMED WORK RELATED BY CO. PHYSICIAN. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 21, 1997.

April 25, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD CHEST PAINS & SWEAT . HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY EMTS PERRY TOWNSHIP.

February 28, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON 980 B FRONT END LOADER AND THE WIND BLEW DOOR SMASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND THE HAND RAIL.

January 9, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED TO WORK THIS AM & STATED TO SEVERAL EES THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING TIGHTNESS IN HIS CHEST, NAUSEA & SOME PAIN IN HIS ARMS. EE ALSO STATED THAT HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING THIS PAIN PRIOR T O REPORTING TO WORK. AT THE INSISTANCE OF LOCAL PLANT SUPERVISION HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A MILD HEART ATTACK.

September 13, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO OPERATE THE KOMATSU GRADER HE PLACED HIS LEFT ARM ON THE ARM REST WHICH HAD A BEE ON IT THE BEE STUNG HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN THE ELBOW & WRIST

July 22, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A ;1990 CHEVY 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK ON THE MINE PROPERTY WHEN AN INSECT STUNG OR BIT HIM ON THE BACK THIS HAPPENED AT APP 10:00AM IN THE MORNING HE START FELL HOT DIZZY & V ERE SICK TO HIS STOMACH HE WAS TAKEN TO RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL

April 4, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB AS SCALER OPERATOR WHEN HE HAD SEVERE CHEST PAINS WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.

July 2, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPOLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AT PRIMARY THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE

February 11, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE FORD 1 TON AND MUD FROM SOMEWHERE FLEW AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

March 25, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING BEHIND RUBBER FLAP ON CRUSHER #1 AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL BEHIND THE SAFETY GLASSES TO THE LEFT EYE.,

November 13, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL CLEANING BASEMENT OF PRIMARY WITH SHOVEL.WIND CAUGHT MATERIAL AND BLEW IT BACK INTO FACE.MATERIAL GOT IN RIGHT EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.

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