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October 30, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BEARING CAP UP STEPS TO CAL JAW FELT STINGING PAIN IN RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

January 8, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CLEANING COAL FROM INSIDE RR CAR,LOST FOOTING SLIPPED TO BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND INJURED HIS BACK.

October 15, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNSTOP AN AGGREGATE CHUTE BY STRIKING IT WITH A WRENCH AND HIT HIS FINGER.

March 2, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLOSING HOPPER DOOR ON CSXT 803298 THE IRON BAR THAT WAS BEING USED TO CLOSE DOOR SLIPPED WHEN PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED WITH MANUAL FOCRCE CAUSING EE TO FALL AND TWIST RIGHT LEG AND A NKLE HIS FOOT ACCORDING TO HIM WAS ALMOST TWISTEBACKWARD.

April 17, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Acme Limestone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH, PIECE OF METAL WENT DOWN INTO HIS SHOE AND BURNT HIS FOOT. SOCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT LARGE AREA OF HIS FOOT.

March 2, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

FELL OF #2 DRY SCREEN WHILE REPIARING IT.

February 15, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED POUND AGGERAGATE SAMPLE TO EYE LEVEL AND DEVLOPED NECK PAIN, HEADACHE AND NOSEBLEED.

August 8, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PICE OF METAL OUT OF A CRUSHER.

June 3, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Acme Limestone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS

February 4, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Acme Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS BACK ON A BOLT WHILE CRAWLING UNDER A SCREEN IN A SHAFT

August 13, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOOPED OVER TO3PICK UP SHOVEL - SHARP PAIN IN LOWER CENTER BACK

July 3, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED 2FF BOLT AND HIT ELBOW

March 5, 1985 WV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL CLEANING OUT DUST COLLECTOR.SOMETHING FELL FROM ABOVE STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.DAMAGE TO EYE CHECKED AT HOSPITAL AND EMPL WAS HOSPITALIZED.

June 9, 1984 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

EMPL JUMPED FROM DRAWHEAD OF RR CAR.

January 5, 1984 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED PIECE OF METAL

September 27, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED TOOL BOX; TWISTED RIGHT ARM, CAUSING SEVERE PAIN, DISCOLORATION AND SWELLING TO BICEPS.

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