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August 16, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SWITCHMAN WAS RIDING ON THE LAST RAIL CAR WHILE MOVING CARS TO OUR SCALE FOR WEIGHING. HE GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE HAND RAIL ON THE STAIRS.

September 10, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE GOT FINGER CAUGHT WHILE DUMPEING MATERIAL INTO THE HOPPER.

June 4, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OPRATING BOBCAT CLEANING OUT #4 DUST CHAMBER. REMOVED A BUCKET OF DUST FINES DUMPED INTO WATER AND ACTIVATED THE LIME. LIME SPLASH, NECK, BACK, BETWEEN LEGS.

February 3, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

THE BOUNCING FROM DRIVING FRONT END LOADER AGGRAVATED HIS BACK

September 15, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING FRONT END LOADER STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING UNDER 4 DUST CHAMBER WHEN HE HIT THE CEMENT FOOTING WITH THE BUCKET OF THE FRONT END SKID LOADER IMPACT CAUSED A JOLT TO HIS NECK.

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