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April 9, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consumer Limestone Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WA HELPING PUT A BRACE ON PLANT DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. WE WERE USING THE ENDLOADER WITH A CHAIN TO LIFT THE BRACE IN PLACE. TWO MEN WERE ON THE GROUND HOLDING ONE END OF THE BRACE. HE WAS O N THE PLANT CUASED THE OTHER END TO GO UP. THE CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AND THE BRACE FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STOMACH.

April 28, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consumer Limestone Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE MEN WERE PUTTING A DOOR LINER GRATE IN THE HAMMERMILL WHEN ONE OF THEM SLIPPED & FELL TAKING GRATEDOWN WITH HIM GRATE HIT HIM IN THE INSIDE OF THE RT.KNEE CAUSING PAIN & IMMEDIATE SWELL ING IT HAD RAINED ON THE 2(TH BUT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE GROUND WAS DRY TEMPERATURE WAS IN HIGH 60 & DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCIDENT

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