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September 1, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING STRIPPINGS. LARGE BOULDERS LOADING ON TRUCK SHIFTED TRUCK AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

April 15, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRYING TO FREE A CONVEYOR ROLLER, BY TURNING IT WITH HIS HAND HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BELT.

December 4, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS DRIVING SERVICE TRUCK ON A HAUL ROAD AT CHENEY LIME QUARRY. DROVE OVER A ROCK CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SUDDENLY SPIN. ATTEMPTING TOSTOP THE SPINNING STEERING WHEEL, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS HIT SEVERAL TIMES.

February 8, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND STRUCK EE IN HEAD CAUSING SLIGHT CONCUSSION.

January 31, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEEWAS USING GREASE GUN TO GREASE THE DRIVE THERE ARE GREASE EXTINSIONS ON CRUSHER BUT ONE HAD BROKEN OFF & EMPLOYEE FAILED TO NOTIFY HIS SUPERVISOR HE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE GREASE GUN ON TH E FITTIN & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE BELTDRIVE THE RESULT WAS AMPUTATION OF RT MIDDLE FINGER AT 1ST JOINT & BROKEN BONES IN HAND

May 9, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK AND IT OVERTURNED. HE BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG, LEFT ARM AND KIDNEY.

March 20, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE DROVE TRUCK TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF ROAD. THE OUTER WHEELS OF THE TRUCK CAUSED THE TRUCK TO TILT OVER APPROX. 20 DEGREES.

July 16, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING Q6ARRY TRUCK SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. EMPLOYEE RUBBED EYE AND OTHERS FLUSHED EYE, BUT PAIN PERSISTED AND WAS TAKEN TO OPHALMOLOGIST.

April 9, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Struck by falling object

QUARRY HAUL TRU7K LOADED WITH MUD, LEFT ROAD AND TURNED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL FROM RIGHT SIDE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD.

March 29, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cheney Lime & Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRACK TYPE FRONT END LOADER WOULD NOT START. LIFTED BUCKET WITH ANOTHER LOADER WHILE PLACING SAFETY PIN IN HOLE TO SUPPORT BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION. BUCKET SLIPPED WHILE INSERTING PIN, MASHI NG FINGERS BETWEEN PIN & BUCKET ARM.

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