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1983–2026
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February 8, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS H ANDLING BOXES OF DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF A WOODEN PALLET APPROX. 5 INCH TO THE GROUND THERE WAS A HOLE WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A WHEEL SPINNING AND HIS LEFT F OOT LANDED IN THE HOLE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.

February 1, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Fall onto or against objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING LONG METAL BAR TO OPEN BOTTOM DOOR ON RAILCAR. METAL BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE AND THREW INJURED UP AGAINST SID E OF CAR. INDIVIDUAL WAS CUT BY A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT SIDE OF CAR.

July 8, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Fall down stairs

INDIVIDUAL WAS 7OMING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS & SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE RUNNERS THAT HAD OIL ON IT. THE O IL WAS THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE ELEVATOR REDUCER WHICH WAS LWEAKING. WHEN THE INDIVIDU AL SLIPPED HE 8AT DOWN HARD ON T HE STEP.

May 12, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING ON TOP OF A LOADED RAILCAR WHICH HAD A PIECE OF CARDBOARD OVER THE OPENING. INIDVIDUAL STEPPED ON THE CARDBOARD AND FELL APPROX. FOUR FEET TO MATERIAL BVELOW. AS HE FELL , HE STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF THE OPENING WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION ON THE LEFT SHIN WHICH REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES.

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