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July 25, 2023 WV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving the basket of a powder rig from the face and swinging it towards the rib. EE let go of the controls, lost balance, grabbed the basket guardrail instead of the basket handrail and pinched right hand fingers between the rib and rail. This smashed EE's right hand middle finger and caused a laceration.

January 5, 2018 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bagging, package operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee's glove was caught by clips on stacking conveyor and pulled into the pinch point between conveyor belt and stacking platform.

November 27, 2017 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bagging, package operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A hydrate bag fell off the end of the hydrate bag conveyor belt and busted when the bag hit a corner of a wood pallet. The bag busted causing hydrate lime to go into the employee's eyes. It went into the right eye more than the left eye. It caused eye irritation for which the employee was prescribed ointment and eye drops.

February 17, 2015 WV · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Struck against a moving object

While operating gradall #890 the employee turned and felt pain in his back.

July 1, 2013 WV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

While checking out the tail roll on the #12 belt due to a conveyor/chute plug up a rock fell off of the catwalk above him striking him on the side of the head. This incident was a result of a plug up which caused limestone material to back up in the chute and therefore spill onto the catwalk above.

June 21, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Fall from machine

Truck #2 while backing up to the dump area, the trucks braking systems failed and the truck began rolling foward. The truck traveled down the road approx. 50 yard and the driver jumped out, the truck cont. down the road about 40 yard hit the berm and then turned onto its right side.

April 11, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

During operation of the Mack tower truck the EE felt something pop in his lower back while pushing in on the truck's clutch pedal.

January 27, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

The operator dropped the white belt conveyor tray interrupting the proximity switch to remove a bag that was jammed. When he reached in to remove the bag the valvomat dropped down onto the operators wrist/hand pinning his hand between the valvomat and the white belt conveyor tray.

October 21, 2009 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Decker's Creek Limestone Company · Struck against a moving object

The employee was prying on a rock with the hi-lift when the bucket slipped off the rock jarring his back.

March 5, 2009 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

While cleaning conveyor belly guards under beltline a guard full of material debris dropped down, hit the manlift basket and then jammed the basket up and into the conveyor frame in a "spring up" manner.

August 1, 2008 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While trying to unplug a dust collector chute the employee raised up the provided rubber guard and stuck his hand in too close to the auger screw and momentarily became entangled in the screw.

August 3, 2001 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING THE FORKS ON THE FORKLIFT TRUCK THEEMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FORKS.

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