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June 10, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING FORKLIFT, WIND BLEW SAWDUST IN LEFT EYE.

October 24, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRACTOR-TRAILER WHEN FRONT TIRES HIT SOFT SAND CAUSING STEERIN GWHEEL TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT RING FINGE RON WIND WINDOW HANDLE.

January 13, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A SECITON OF 12"X13' PIPE WITH A MAINTENANCE TRUCK WHICH WAS CONNECTED BY A STEEL CHAIN. HE PULLED THE PIPE TO THE AREA BEHIND THE FLOAT WHERE THE VACUUM SYSTEM WAS BEING MOVED TOT HE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. HE STOPPED THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO BACK UP TO RELEASE THE TENSION ON THE CHAIN, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK AND PIPE. AS HE WAS BAC

November 4, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE STARTING A CONVEYOR, THE BELT MOVED QUICKLY, CAUSING MATERIAL TO FALL ONTO VICTIM'S FACE, INCLUDING LEFT EYE.

May 4, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REACHING FOR A BAG THAT HAD BECOME STUCK, EMPLOYEE GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN CONVEYOR AND METAL EDGE.

November 7, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING RAISED BY FORKLIFT TO REMOVE DISCHARGE SPOUT.ARM BECAME ENTANGLED WITH SUPER-SACK AND SPOUT,CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE AND FALL.MILD IMPAIRMENT TO SHOULDER AND ARM.

September 25, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WALKING ACROSS AREA, EMPL STRUCK AND INJURED BY FORKLIFT STACKING PALLETS AND HAD BACKED AWAY FROM STACK.TIRE WENT OVER EMPL LEFT HEEL AND FORKLIFT BODY SCRAPED ANKLE AND LOWER LEG.

September 21, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS USING LOADER TO CLEAN TOP OF PIT. THE TOP OF BANK FELL OFF AND HIT THE LOADER BREAKING THE WINDSHEILD AND BENDING STEERING COLUME ON LOADER. HIS LEFT ARM WAS CIT AND BRUISED FROM THE IMPACT.

July 18, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS POASSENGER SIDE WHILE THE OP WAS DRIVING IT BACK TO T HE PIT. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT WAS DRIVING AT UNSAFE SPEED. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK IS A BROKEN SIDE VIEW MIRROR & THE PASSENGER DOOR FRAME WAS SBENT.

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