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February 16, 1999 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DUCT WAS SUSPENDED FROM CRANE AND A VICE GRIP USED TO CLAMP FLANGES TOGETHER. WHEN THE VICE GRIP WAS RELEASED, THE DUCT SWUNG AND CAUGHT INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN DUCT AND FAN INL ET FLANGE REQUIRING SEVERAL HOURS OF SURGERY.

October 13, 1998 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING CARDBOARD WHEN FORKLIFT WAS TRAVELING WITH PALLET OF DIVIDER BOARDS. A BOARD WAS NOT ON PALLET STRAIGHT AND HIT FILL IN BACK.

November 30, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object

WHEN LAODER DUMPED DUST FLEW IN EMPLS LEFT EYE.

April 23, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING MILL OPERATOR TO REMOVE A PIECE OF STEEL FROM ORE FEEDER IN ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY REVERSE THE ORE FEEDER THE OPERATOR\S THUMB GOT BETWEEN THE BELT & PULLEY.

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