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May 13, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Melvin Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 80 LB ANVIL - PULLING CHEST MUSCLES SHANGING NVIL ON CANICA CRUSHER. PUTTING THEM IN ANVIL RING, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT UPPER CHEST.

August 6, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING AROUND SIDE OF TRUCK ON SHOP SIDE TO GET INTO CAB. TRIPPED ON STEEL PLATE STACKED BETWEEN TRUCK AND BUILDING FELL DOWN CUTTING HAND AND HITTING UP HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT TH E TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

February 22, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Melvin Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING A PLATE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF WET SCREEN HEAD BOX. SLAG GOT BEHIND GLOVES AND BURNED THROUGH SHIRT SLEEVE AND LONG UNDERWEAR. SECOND DRGREE BURN TO FOREARM.

October 28, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Melvin Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING LIME WITH ROUND POINTED SHOVEL AT THE LIME PLANT. ELBOW POPPED WHILE THROWING MAT'L OFF TO SIDES.

February 24, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Melvin Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING PUMP BEARING IN TRUCK, HE GAVE WAY DISLODGE SMASHED LITTLE FINGER ON R HAND

July 3, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

GREASING ROLL CRUSHER TRIP AND FELL HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ON BRACING OF CRUSHER.TREATMENT INVOLVED A FEW STITCHES.

April 7, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Melvin Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING BOLT IN LOADER BUCKET,EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.DR STATED ACUTE DORSAL & LUMBAR BACK STRAIN.

August 21, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Melvin Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I WAS CUTTING A MOTOR OFF WITH A TORCH AND HOT PIECE OF METAL FELL INTO MY SHOE AND BURNED MY FOOT.

June 30, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Melvin Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS CHIPPING SLAG OFF OF WELD.

April 19, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Melvin Stone Company · Struck by falling object

A WELDER & LOADER OPERATOR WERE WELDING A ELBOW ON A SECTION OF PIPE. THEY STARTED TO TURN PIPE OVER, AS THEY WERE TURNING PIPE THE LOADER OPERATOR LET LOOSE OF PIPE, THE WELDER WASNT ABLE TO HOLD PIPE. THE PIPE FELL ON FOOT

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