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February 7, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING A RAILCAR SOME LIME FELL OFF OF THE LOADING SPOUT AND ON TO HIS EYES. EE WASHED HIS EYES OUT AND GOT MOST OF THE MATERIAL OUT. A PIECE OF LIME BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE AN D HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DR. EE WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTIES.

August 10, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Struck against a moving object

WASTE HAUL TRUCK WAS BACKED INTO BERM AND ON THE THIRD PASS THE BERM WAS KNOCKED DOWN WITH THE TRUCK DRIVING BACKWARDS OVER THE EDGE OF NUMBER 2 MINE LEVEL. THE TRUCK SLID BACKWARDS IN THE MAT ERIAL COMING TO REST BETWEEN THE 6TH AND 7TH LEVEL RESTING ON THE PASSSENGER SIDE AT A 45' INCLINE SUPPORTED BY THE WASTE MATERIAL AND PILLAR.

September 17, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Fall from machine

BRAKES ON RAIL CAR WERE NOT IN WORKING ORDER TO HOLD/STOP LOADED CAR.

October 29, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAILCAR BY HIMSELF (THE RAILCAR WAS LOADED.) EMPLOYEE STOPPED THE TRACKMOBILE AND THE LOADED RAILCAR AND GOT OUT OT SET THE BRAKE ON THE RAILCAR. THE EMPLOYEE POSITION HI MSELF BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE TRACKMOBILE WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT POSITION ON THE TOP OF THE GUARD ON THE TRACKMOBILE WHEEL. THE EMPLOYEE INDICATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE TRACKMOBILE PUT THE TRACKMO

June 24, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS HAULING ROCK WITH 35 5ON WABCO TRUCK. EMPL STATES THAT WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED LARGE BOULDER WAS DROPPED ONTO TRUCK DUMP BED IMPACT OF ROCK SHOOK HIM. EMPL WAS TAKEN TO CO DR WHO D IAGNOSED STRAINED MUSCLES. WHEN EMPL CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN TO BACK OF NECK & MID BACK AREA HE WAS TAKEN TO ORTHOPETHIC DR WHO DIAGNOSED STRAINED MUSCLES IN NECK & BACK AREA.

April 28, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

HEATED LIME DROPPED FROM BUCKET OF LOADER INTP PUDDLE OF WATER CAUSING STEAM BURNS TO LOADER OPERATOR.

March 14, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOE USED TO CLEAN FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WAS CAUGHT IN BELT STRIKING EMPL. EMPL WAS CAUTIONED NOT TO CLEAN WHILE BELT IS RUNNING.

June 13, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Struck against a moving object

AFTER CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS IN HOIST TRUCK, EMPLOYEE RAN OVER BUMP, THEREBY CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO ROTATE QUICKLY. SPOKES IN STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB, STRIKING IT SEV ERAL TIMES AND BENDING IT BACKWARD. FRACTURE OF LEFT THUMB RESULTED. X-RAYS TAKEN, CAST APPLIED TO THUMB, AND PAIN PILLS PRESCRIBED.

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