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August 24, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Tennessee Mining & Chemical Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO WRENS FROM A DELIVERY HE HAD PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE STATE TROOPER MADE HIM MOVE ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD HIS TRUCK STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL & OVERTU RNED EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED INSIDE ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRACTURES RIBS BODY BRUISES & CHEST INJURY INTENTIVE CARE FOR 24 HRS

March 8, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Tennessee Mining & Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CLAY FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT. HE DID NOT HAVE THE EQ. LOCKED OUT. IT STARTED RUN AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE CONVEYOR BELT.

July 15, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Tennessee Mining & Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CLEANING PLASTIC FROM PULLEY.FINGERS,LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON CONVEYOR BELT BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND BAR.SKINNED & BRUISED FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

March 18, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Tennessee Mining & Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PULLED A GUARD AWAY FROM A PULLEY ON THE ONVEYOR BELT WITHOUT SWITCHING THE BELT OFF. EE REACHED IN WITH RIGHT HAND AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE CONVEYOR. RIGHT HAND AND ARM BRUISED AND C UT.

October 20, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Tennessee Mining & Chemical Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER LO8T CONTROL OF DUMP TRUCK AND WENT OVER BERM AT ROAD SIDE AND OVERTURNED.

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