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April 18, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING IN SHOP SERVICING A LOADER. AS HE PULLED OIL HOSE OVER TO LOADER HE STEPPED ON SOME GREASE AND OIL ON FLOOR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP, LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS INTO

March 17, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS SPOTTING TRUCKS WHILE WE WERE STRIPPING DIRT AS HE SPOTTED ONE & WALKING IN THE MUD HE STEPPED ON A 3IN STONE WHICH CAUSED HIS KNEE TO TWIST

November 20, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A LOADER, AS HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS FOOT ON A SMALL ROCK. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE ROCK HIS FOOT TWISTED UNDER HIM AND HE THOUGHT HE HEARD HIS ANKLE CRACK.

September 19, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Wyandot Dolomite Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS UNDER THE TRUCK SCALE PLATFORM FLUSHING OUT A SUMP PUMP.HE CRAWLED UNDER THE MAIN BEAM WHEN THE TOP OF CONCRETE DECK CAUSED HIM TO INJURED HIS KNEE BY THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF HI S KNEE ON THE CONCRETE.

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