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October 13, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Roc Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WELDER WAS PULLING OUT HIS WELDING LEADS TO WELD ONA FEEDER, AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

October 7, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO A HOPPER VIA A SAFETY ROPE. WHILE STEPPING FROM HOPPER WALL TO FEEDER FLOOR, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING ANKLE.

March 8, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall down stairs

EE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRS ON #2 SCREEN TOWER. EE SLIPPED & FELL.RIGHT LEG BECAME CAUGHT IN HANDRAIL.

January 10, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OTU OF A JD675 SKID STEER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIT LOWER BACK ON THE BUCKET OF THE SKID STEER.

December 1, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS POWERWASHING A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON DEBRIS.

October 26, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS LOADER WHEN HE SUNK INTO AN OLD SINKHOLE THAT WAS FILLED. EMPLOYEE SUNK UP TO HIS CHEST.

June 10, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN BINDER TO THE INCLINE DISCHARGE PIPE. HE STOPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS HANGING UP THE BINDER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL ON A THOMAS DREDGE PUMP.

March 30, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ROCK BOX OF THE JAW. THE STEEL PLATE SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE'S HAND AND FELL ON RIGHT FOOT, CUTTING FOOT. FOOT BECAME INFECTED AFTER SEVERAL WEEK SFROM THE DATE OF THE INJURY.

March 9, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING REMOVAL OF A PUNCH PLATE SCREEN CLOTH WITH THE USE OF A CRANE WHEN THE CLOTH CAME FREE IT SWUNG TOWARDS EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM FROM THE TOP DECK TO THE CATWALK BELOW APPR OX 7FT

October 1, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING GROVE R.T. 825 CRANE. STEPPED ONTO OUTRIGGER BOX, COVERPLATE WAS LOOSE, ELMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 5 TO 6 FT TO THE GROUND.

May 9, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL REMOVING RUBBER SKIRTING OFF THE END OF C-6 CONVEYOR 6. EMPL LOST FOOTING AND FELL 7' TO GROUND.WAS WEARING HARD HAT BUT IT FELL OFF DURING THE DESCENT.

July 8, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CLAMP TO CLOSE TO THE CAGEMILL WHEN THE CLAMP SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL SIX FEET.

June 7, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Roc Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE WENT TO GRAB A WOODEN PALLET TO STOP HIS FALL AND A NAIL IN THE PALLET CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.

January 9, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE PLANT EVERYTHING WAS A SHEET OF ICE & EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ON LEFT ARM & WRIST HE WENT ON VACATION FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS & THEN HAD THE WRIS T X-RAYED

January 9, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Roc Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO LOCKEER ROOM TO PUNCH IN FOR HIS SHIFT.EVERYTHING WAS A SHEET OF ICE AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

October 30, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL REACHING FOR MATERIAL ON A SHELF.THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPL TO FALL STRIKING FLOOR AND SHELVES BEHIND HIM.

August 17, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall from machine

GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO A GREASY STEP, LOSING HIS BALANCE AND HAND GRIP, HE FELL SEVERAL FEET TO THE GROUND.

June 18, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL EXITING PASSENGER SIDE OF TRACTOR ,SLIPPED HIT RIGHT WRIST ON GROUND.

June 6, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STUMBLED OVER A TRUCK BLOW OFF LINE AT THE TRUCK LOADING LOCATION. HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIS LEFT HAND LANDED ON THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR ON A PICKUP TRUCK. THE MIRROR HAD P REVIOUSLY FALLEN OUT AND HIS HAND RAN AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE METAL FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION.

March 19, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON THE LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS HEAD, LOST HIS FOOTING AND GRIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND, BRACING HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS.

January 23, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP AT HER DESTK. UPON DOING SO, THE HEEL OF HER SHOE WENT THROUGH THE PLASTIC FLOOR MAT. SHE LSOT HER BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING ON HER TAILBONE.

December 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHEN HOOKING UP A TRACTOR TO A TRAILER, THE WHEEL PIN OF THE TRACTOR ENGAGED ONLY HALF WAY, SO THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PULLL OUT THE PIN. WHEN IT WOULD NOT RELEASE HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TIRE FOR LEVERAGE AND WHEN IT DID NOT RELEASE, EMPLOYEESFOOT SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE BACK.

December 8, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE JUST FINISHED STACTING A FRONT END LOADER AND WAS WALKING ACROSS A LANDSCRAPED AREA FILLED WITH GRAVEL AND BOARDED WITH RAILROAD TIES TOWARD A PICK UP TRUCK. HE STEPPED OVER THE RAIL ROAD TIES AND FOOT TWISTED UNDER HIM.

October 25, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CAP FROM AN 8" DIAMETER WATER PIPE.EMPLOYEE HAD A CROW BAR IN HIS RIGHT AHND PRYING UP ON THE CAP WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED AND THE BAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE PIPE CAUSING THE CAP TO PINCH HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CAP AND THE PIPE.

August 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE CYCLINDER THAT LIFTS UP THE BED OF THE EUCLID.WHILE PUSHING IN THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE CYCLINDER TO THE BED OF THE EUCLID,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON OIL THAT DROPPED ONTO TH E FRAME OF EUCLID AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND,JAMMING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.

August 9, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TOWARD THE PICKUP TRUCK TO GO GET PARTS, AND SHE SLIPPED ON LOOSE DIRT/GRIT. HER FEET SPREAD APART PULLING THE HAMSTRING (TENDON) AT THE BACK OF HER LEFT THIGH AND SHE LAN DED ON HER RIGHT KNEE AND RIGHT HAND.

July 5, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 7-5-89, THE EMPLOYEE TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEES HIS RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW WERE SORE FROM TIGHTENING BOLTS ON 7-3-89. HE THEN WENT TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. AFTER FUELING D7 DOZER, HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHE N HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED HANDRAIL WITH RIGHT HAND TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE. HE THEN COMPLAINED ABOUT LACK OF MOVEMENT AND SORENESS IN RIGHT ELBOW.

June 22, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF OF SCREEN #5 WHILE CHANGING THEM

May 11, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE TOP STEP OF THE EUCLID, HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDHOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND, THEREFORE, HIS BODY MOMENTARILY DANGLED IN MID-AIR CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT RIB AREA BEFORE FALLING APPROXIMATELY 5' TOTHE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET CAUSING LUMBAR STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.

April 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Carbonate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING A BAG OF ANFO NITRITE WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON WET GROUND CASUING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK AND THE BAG LANDING ON TOP OF HIM. EMPLOYEE THIK NKS HE TWISTED OR PULLED SOMETHING IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA DURING THE FALL.

March 2, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF 6 SCREEN FEED CHUTE HE STEPPED ON THE DIRT HE HAD CLEANED OUT AND SLIPPED HE FELL ON HIS BACK AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK

February 23, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

HE STEPPED OFF CONCRETE PLATFORM AT NUMBER ONE SCREEN ONTO SOFT GROUND HE SPRAINED HIS RT ANKLE

November 16, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE BOLTS ON EQUIPMENT WERE NOT LOOSE OR BROKEN AND SLIPPED IN A HOLE AND LOST HIS BALANCE.HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT BADLY SO HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL DEC 2N D.

March 21, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL. WAS USING 15" PIPE WRENCH TO REMOVE SMALL PIECE OF 1 1/2" THREADED PIPE WHICH HAD CRACKED DUE TO FREEZING. HE REMOVED PIPE & WENT TO GET ANOTHER PIECE. WHILE HE WAS GONE SEVERAL GAL OF WATER DRAINED OUT & FROZE. HE CAME BACK & STOOD IN SMAE SPOT IT WAS ICY. HE SLIPPED BACKWARDS STRIKING LENGTH OF 12" PIPE WITH HIS MIDDLE BACK. COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN & WAS TRANSPOR

February 5, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millington Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

LOST FOOTING ON CHUTE LOADING TO 2 CRUSHER AND SLID DOWN CHUTE INTO 2 CRUSHER APPROX. 81/2 FT DROP WAS TRYING TO REINFORCE CHUTE WORK.

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