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June 29, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Fall from machine

AS HE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF BRINGING IN EMPTY RAIL CARS, AN OVER THE HIGHWAY (BROKER) TRUCK HAD PULLED UP AND STOPPED ON THE TRACK. SEEING THIS, HE TRIED TO WAVE THE DRIVER OFF BU T COULD NOT GET HIS ATTENTION SO HE JUMPED OFF THE RAIL CAR HE WAS RIDING AND SIGNALED THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR TO STOP. HE TWISTED HIS LEG WHEN HE JUMPED OFF OF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT WEARING TH

February 12, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, SETTING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK LEANING BACK AGAINST THE FENDER WELL OF THE TRUCK BED WITH HIS ARMS RESTING ON THE SIDE OF THE BED. THE TRUCK DR OVE OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN OFF THE TRUCK BED. AS THIS HAPPENED HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE FENDER WELL THUS INJURING HIS BACK.

May 8, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS RIDING ON A RAILCAR AS THEY WERE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE QUARRY YARD TO BE HOOKED ONTO OTHER LOADED CARS AND MADE READY TO SHIP. WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE STATIONARY CARS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE RAILCAR HE WAS ON TO SIGNAL THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR TO STOP IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE CARS. HE STEPPED DOWN HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE. ALTHOUGH THE INJURY OCCURED ON THE 8TH

October 5, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS HAULING BALLAST FROM MILL T O A STORAGE PILE IN A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK AS HE REACHED THE TOP OF THE PILE HE BEGAN TO BACK THE TRUCK UP TO DUMP IT WAS DETERMINED T HAT THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK & THE FAILURE TO POSITION THE TRUCK PROPERLY CAUSED IT TO FALL ON ITS SIDE HAD HE POSITIONED THE TRUCK ON THE FLAT AREA OF THE PILE BEFORE HE BACKED UP THE ACCIDENT WOULDNT HAVE OCCURRED

January 25, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING L3ME OUT OF OUR SUMP PIT HIS TRUCK BEGAN TO SLIP ON THE WET RAMP SO HE PUT ON THE BREAKS TO HOLD HIM. UPON DOING THIS THE ENGINE STALLED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS POWER STEERING. AS HE ROLLED B5CK OUT OF CONTROL THE BREAKS FAILED TO HOLD HIM WHERE AS HE ROLLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AT THE T

August 12, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLIMBING 2NTO A RAILROAD CAR HIS LEFT LEG SLIPPED THROUGH THE STEP. THIS PUSHED HIS R FOOT ONTO THE TRACK AT WHICH TIME THE WHEEL CAUGHT THE SIDE OF HIS R FOOT

July 9, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against a moving object

APPROACHING THE3RAMP TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER THE STEERING LOCKED UP IN THE R-35 HAUL TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO MISS THE RAMP. THE TRUCK WENT UP AND I MBANKMENT CAUSING IT TO TIP OVCER ON ITS SIDE

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