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November 21, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING PIPE WITH FRONT END LOADER, SITTING WITH RIGHT FOOT PROPPED ON DASH WAITING TO LOWER BUCKET. WHEN EASED BUCKET DOWN, CAUGHT END OF STEEL TOE SHOE BETWEEN BUCKET AND LOADER, BENT TOES D OWN. BRUISED REAL BAD.

January 5, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS TRYING TO GET CONVEYOR BELT TO RUN, WEATHER RAL COLD & WOULD NOT START UP. WENT OUT ON END OF BELT & TRIED TO TURN IT TO GET IT UNFROZEN. HAD A MAN WATCHING & ANOTHER ONE PUSHING THE SWITC H. WHEN THEY TOLD HIM TO STOP HE FAILED TO DO SO CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY. MASHED 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND, ONE FINGER CRUSHED. STITCHES IN 3 FINGERS.

September 26, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Struck against stationary object

ON FORKLIFT HIT KNEE ON PALLET KNEE STARTED SWELLING LATER IN AFTERNOON

May 15, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PUSHING BAR5 DOWN IN BARK BIN, LOADER TO LOAD BARK INTO HOPPER ROLLED AGAINST HIM AND SQUEEZED HIM AGAINST HOPPER. NO BROKEN BONES REAL SORE.

March 30, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Vermiculite Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS MAKING A DE5IVERY TO AUGUSTA, GA., AT CHAPPELLS, S.C. IN NEWBERRY COUNTY, 2 OR 3 DEER RAN ACROSS ROAD IN FRONT OF DRIVER HE SWERVED TO MISS THEM AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL THE TRUCK BACK O FF THE SHOULDER3IT TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

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