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April 27, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT HIS EUCLID. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE EUCLID, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

September 8, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 STEPPING OUT OF THE CAB OF THE CAB OF A TRUCK TO OPEN A CHUTE TO LOAD THE STOCK TRUCK. WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE SLIPPED ON THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK CAB, CATCHING ON ST EERING WHEEL WI7H HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 11, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 BREAKING ROCKS ON THE FEEDER GRID. THE MATERIAL WAS WET. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE GRID. HIS LEG WENT THROUGH A HOLE, CATCHING HIS LEFT KNEE AND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND A MI NOR CUT. IT ALS2 SLIGHTLY AGGRAVATED HIS ELFT SHOULDER (CONTUSION). NORMALLY THE LOADER CLEANS OFF OVERSIZE MATERIAL. QUITE OFTEN, HOWEVER, THE LOADER IS DOWN, AND EMPLOYEE MUST BREAK OVERSIZ

May 7, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THREE STEPS TO BARMAC ROTOPACTOR TO CHECK BARMAC AND TO CLEAN OUT MACHINE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP

July 1, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS AROUND PLANT, HE STEPPED OVER AN "I" BEAM. STUBBED HIS TOE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

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