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February 4, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Celotex Corp · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DIGGING IN PLASTER PILE. HIT AREA WHERE DIGGING HAS HARD. THE WALL DID NOT COME COMPLETELY DOWN WHEN BLASTED. TWO ALRGE ROCKS BROKE LOOSE AND WERE INT EH LOADER BUCKET AND TEETH CAUH T, REAR WHEELS OF LOADER CAME OFF THE GROUND. WHEN THE TEETH PULLED LOOSE, THE REAR WHEELS DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND ONE LARGE ROCK IN.

April 19, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CHECKING CONVEYOR DRIVE MECHANISM MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED BY CHAIN.

December 7, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT TRANSPORTING PALLETS FROM STORAGE YARD INTOT HE PLANT. FOREIGN MATERIAL MOST LIKELY SAW DUST BLEW OFF THE PALLETS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

July 18, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS TRANSPORTING A SHAFT FROM THE MACHINE SHOP IN BIRMINGHAM TO THE PLANT. WHILE DRIVING, HE WOULD LOOK OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE THE LOAD HADN'T SHIFTED. HE COMPLAINED OF A STILL NECK UPON RETURNING TO THE PLANT. DR. PRESCRIBED A MUSCLE RELAXER.

February 16, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS TURNING BAGS AT THE POINT WHERE BAGS DROP OFF THE CHAIN BELT ONTO THE RUBBER PRESS BELT. A BAG WAS IMPROPERLY POSITIONED HE REACHED TO TURN THE BAG. HE REACHED UNDER THE BAG AND GOT HIS FINGER CUT BY THE CHAIN BELT BENEATH THE 500 BAGGER.

February 11, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL MEASURING #9 PRODUCT SILO USING METAL LUFKIN MEASURE.SILO WAS EMPTY.EMPL LOWERED END OF TAPE TO BOTTOM OF SILO WHERE IT GOT TANGLED IN ROTATING FEEDER.IT BEGAN PULLING TAPE INTO IT.EMPL U SED FREE HAND TO PULL BACK ON TAPE.METAL EDGE OF TAPE SLICED END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

January 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING TO THE MINE FROM CURSHER AREA HE FAILED TO LOWER THE DUMP BED ON HIS EUCLID TRUCK WHEN HE LEFT CRUSHER AREA BED STRUCK TOP OF MINE ENTRANCE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SE AT BELT EMPLOYE9S HEAD STRUCK STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A CUT TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES

July 27, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TAKING A3SAMPLE OUT OF A SCREW CONVEYOR SAMPLING PORT. HE HAD THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER CLIPPED OFF AD THE BASE OF THE NAIL BY THE SCREW.

June 3, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against a moving object

ATEEMPTING TO TURN WATER TRUCK AROUND AT BACKHOE AREA. TURNING RADUIS WAS TOO SHORT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP & PULL FORWARD AGAIN THE ENGINE STALLED. THETRUCK ROLLED OVER THE SIDE OF THE R AMP. THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. ALL SIX WHEELS LOCKED UP BUT THE ROAD WAS SLICK FROM WET CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT.

February 3, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Celotex Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I.NAME BLEW HOR3 TO CRUSHER OPERATOR TO START UP THE QUARRY ROCK BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR BLEW BACK AND HE STARTED UP THE BELT HE TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED BUILDUP ON A UNGUARDED TENSION ROLL AND TOOK METAL3BAR WITH SPADE ON END TO CLEAN THE ROLL METAL SPADE WAS PULLED IN I.NAME HELD ON AND HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED INTO ROLL HE SHUT THE BELT OFF BY EMERGENCY CORD AND PULLED HIS ARM

December 3, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS TRAV9LING DOWN A RAMP IN THE NEW YORK MINE WHEN THE STEERING FAILED IN THE TRUCK I WAS DRIVING. I RECEIVED WHIP LASH TYPE INJURIES WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK THE WALL AT 5 MPH.

May 12, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED MAN3GOT ONTO A BELT TO SERVE IT.HE DID NOT LOCKOUT THE MAIN SWITCH.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED THE BELT NOT KNOWING THAT SOMEONE WAS ON THE BELT.THE INJURED MAN'S LEG WAS TRAPPED BETW WEEN THE BELT A3D BELT AND SCRUBBER.

May 2, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Basins Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME QUARRY F2REMAN WAS CLEANING ROLLERS ON CONVEYORS HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT ARM CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND TREATED HE SUFFERED A LACERATION ON THE LEFT ARM FT ARM. THERE W5S NO NERVE DAMAGE AND NO BONES BROKEN, HOWEVER HE WILL MISS SOME WORK. LOSS OF TIME-NOT DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

February 11, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN CAL5ED TO UNCHOKE THE BLOWER ON THE MILL. AFTER STARTING THE BLOWER HE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. UPON RETURNING HE DID NOT HEAR THE BLOWER RUNNING. ASSUMING THAT IT WAS CHOKE D AGAINHE ATTEM1TED TO REMOVE GUARD COVERING THE V-BELT DRIVE. I.NAME DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF THE MOTR WAS RUNNING NOR DID HE LOCK OUT THE EQUIP BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE GUARD. THE TIP

October 10, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEAR THE END OF A CHERRY PICKER BOOM BEING USED TO MOVE A SCRUBBER DRUM BACK INTO ITS PROPER RUNNING POSITION.BOOMWHILE BEING MOVED SLIPPED WHEN THE DRUM ROLLED,A AND FELL 20\ AND PINNED INJURED MAN\S LEFT HAND ON TOP OF A METAL GUARD.EMPLOYEE LOST LEFT FINGER AND LEFT RING FINGER DUE TO THE ACCIDENT.

September 6, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I NAME WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC IN REPAIRING A GEARHEAD IN THE UPSTAIRS OF PLAT 3 A 6 IN CPIPE IN WHICH DUST FLOWED DOWN INTO THE SCREW WAS PLUGGED WITH MATERIAL HE SHUT DOWN THE SCREW FEEDING PIPE BUT FAILED TO DEENERGIZE THE ROTARY FEEDER HE OPENED DOOR ON PIPE AND WAS USING HIS HAND TO REMOVE PLUGGED MATERIAL HE PLACED FINGERTIPS INTO THE STILL TURNING BLADES OF ROTARY FEEDER

April 15, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DESCENDING GRADE INTO STOCKPILE AREA.HIS BRAKES FAILED AND HE TURNED INTO STOCKPILE TO STOP IT.UPON EXAM OF VEHICLE,LEAKINGBRAKE LINE WAS FOUND.TRUCK WAS PUT OUT OF GEAR AND EMERGENCY BRA KE WASNT ENGAGED.IT WAS IN WORKING ORDER.EMPL DIDNT GEAR VEHICLE DOWN.

October 19, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FEED ON FEED BELT FOR #4 RAYMOND MILL. EMP. PLACED HAND ON THE BELT CONVEYOR THINKING IT WAS THE SKIRT-BOARD. WHEN THE BELT STARTED UP, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT CONVEYOR AND A ROLLER. THERE WERE LACERATIONS TO THE PALM AND BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

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