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March 8, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Fmc - Lithium Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE OUT BAD GUIDE ROLLER ON #1 CONCENTRATE BELT.EQUIPMENT WAS STILL IN OPERATION.WHEN INJURED TOOK OUT ROLLER MOUNT BOLTS,CONVEYOR CAUGHT ROLLER,TWISTING IT IN HIS HAND STRIKING IT AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR FRAME,SPLITTING HIS RIGHT HAND(PALM) WIDE OPEN.

August 1, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fmc - Lithium Division · Struck against a moving object

I NAME ADVISED HE WAS DUMPING TRUCK PUT TRUCK IN GEAR AND PULLED UP TO CLEAR BOOK OF ROCKS STARTED LOWERING BED PULLED OF TRUCK CHANGED GEAR JUST A BED MADE CONTACT WITH FRAME JERKED HIS HEAD BACKWARD CAUSED SLIGHT PAIN IN NECK DID NOT REPORT AT THE TIME WORKER OVER ON WATER TRUCK AFTER SLEEPING NEXT MOVING HE COULD NOT MOVE NECK VERY WELL HAD NECK PAIN AND ARM NUMBERNESS.

February 5, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fmc - Lithium Division · Struck against a moving object

A LARGE ROCK INTO THE BED OF HIS TRUCK, CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AROUND INT HE SEAT OF HIS TRUCK. (NO SEAT BELT WAS BEING WORN AT THE TIME OF LOADING.) AT THIS POINT IS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN I N HIS BACK. HE STATED THAT AFTER THE 9:00 P.M. BREAK AS HE AND OTHERS WERE RETURNING TO THEIR TRUCKS, HE MENTIONED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. FOREMAN STATEED THAT IS HE TOLD HIM A

November 12, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Fmc - Lithium Division · Struck by flying object

INSTRUCTED EMPL2YEE WTHAT WHEN WORKING DUSTY CONDTION HAVE WATER TO WET DOWN AREA INCLUDING MUKK PILE INSTRUCT ALL EMPLOYEE TO REPORT ALL INJURIES AS AS POSSIBLE TO SUPERVISOR.

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