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July 18, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WATERING QUARRY ROADWAYS. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM CAB OF MACK. EMPL INJURED KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED ON GROUND. EXACT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN.

February 10, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS REGULAR CHECKING OF COMPANY PROPERTY WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE. P LANT IS SHUT DOWN DURING WINTER MONTHS.

August 26, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WLKING A5ONG AN INCLINE CONVEYOR BUILDING WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A CLEAT ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALKWAY CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & SPRAIN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

August 13, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAS REMOVED A 100 LB BAG OF ASBESTOS FIBER FROM 6 GROUP COMPRESSION PACKER AND WAS TURNING TO REMOVE A BAG OF FIBER FROM THE 4/5 GROUP COMPRESSION PACKER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON ASBESTOS COVERED FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.

June 15, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP PHONED I.NAME PERSONNEL MGR. DURING THE EARLY EVENING OF 6-16-84 AND STATED THAT HE SPRAINED HIS R FOOT DURING HIS MIDNIGHT SHIFT OF 6-15TH AND HE WOULDNT BE IN TO WORK THE FOLLOWING WEEL. I.NAME REPORTED THAT HE INSTRUCTED I.NAME THAT HE WAS NOT THE PERSON TO TALK TO BUT I.NAME SHOULD CONTACT THE SAFETY DEPT. I.NAME PHONED THE SAFETY DEPT MON. AFTERNOON AND STATED THAT HE TWIS

February 29, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Asbestos Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WAZLKING FROM MILL TO RESEARCH WITH FIBER SAMPLES WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON SNOW COVERED ICE ON GRADE BETWEEN MILL YARD & OFFICE YARD AREA. EE DID NOT SEE THE DOCTOR UNTIL 4-2-84 WHEN HE SAW DR.BERTOCCI AS HIS KNEE WAS GIVING HIM SOME DISCOMFORT. I.NAME IS SCHEDULED TO SEE DR.SPINA ON 6-25-84 AS HIS KNEE IS STILL GIVING HIM PROBLEMS. I.NAME IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 7-

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