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May 12, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall from machine

LOCKING RAIL CARS BAR SLIPPED MAN LOST BLANCE & FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON BACK.

May 6, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WENT INTO THE HOPPER TO CLEAN IT OUT. ON HIS WAY OUT HE LOST HIS FOOTING. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT, WHEN IT CAUGHT HIM IT PULLED FROM THE WAIST UP THE RIBS.

March 29, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WALKING THROUGH MAINT SHOP SLIPPED DOWN BOLT CAUSED SLIP,WHILE TRYING TO CATCH BALANCE HE FELL.HE FELL AND HIT HIS NOSE ON RIM OF 55 GAL DRUM.

March 15, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF ANTI-FREEZE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SET IT UPRIGHT ,HIS FOOTR SLIPPED WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

February 10, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL ON WAY TO LOCKER ROOM WALKING BY DISCHARGE END OF RAW MILL,GROUND LEVEL STEPPED ON UNEVEN PLACE ON FLOOR.FELL FORWARD HIT WALL WITH RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 7, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL AFTER STEPPING ON TO A SNOW COVERED SHEET OF STEEL

January 23, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM VILLAGE JOB ASSIGNMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ON THE ICE AND SNOW. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR.

December 15, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOING DOWN STEPS SLIPPED ON ROCKS.

November 29, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE HAD A CAN OF OIL IN HIS HAND. HE WAS OILING THE CHAIN ON THE RECLAIMER. IT STOPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL BACK ON A PIECE OF METAL ON RECLAIMER AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

November 4, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall down stairs

CLIMBING STAIRS TO STACKER AND SLIPPED A(D FELL HURT HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

November 4, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMING DOWN STAIRS IN BAGHOUSE HAD TO STEP OVER PIPES AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

August 3, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED THROUGH A HOLE IN SOME GALVANIZED GRATING AND CUT RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

May 14, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

UNLOADING TOOLS FROM TRUCK TO TOOL ROOM AND TWISTED KNEE.

January 29, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall from piled material

EMPL USING SCRA1ER TO LEVEL PILE OF BUILT UP MATERIAL UNDERNEATH B-1 LIMESTONE BELT STEPPED BACK ONTO SLOPED PILE OF MATERIAL CAUSING FALL AND TWIST RIGHT KNEE.

September 13, 1985 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER CLEANING OUT ROCKS.BECAUSE OF A LARGE PILE OF ROCKS ACCUMULATING ON THE WALKWAY.I NAME START CLEANING UP.HE HAD NOT QUITE FINISHED CLEANING UP THE AREA WHEN HE WAS HANDED A LARGE ROCK FROM INSIDE THE CRUSHER.AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE CRUSHER,HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND HE FELL.THE ROCK HE HAD IN HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIG

April 2, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall from ladders

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER IN UR JOY COMPRESSOR ROOM, WHICH WAS PROPPED AGAINST AN OVERHEAD PIPE. HE WAS AT THE UPPER-MOST LEVEL WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED ALONG THE GROUND AND MOVED BACKWARD. THE LADDER FELL AND THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON TOP OF IT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 8 FT. BREAKING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

May 31, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE STARIS LEADING TO THE 1 MILL SWEEP DUST COLLECTOR HE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS THERE WERE HANDRAILS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STAIRS

May 11, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ideal Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ON GROUND LEVEL BETWEEN STACKER AND RECLAIMER BELT AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

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