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April 27, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING TIMING ON SHAKER SHAFTS, EE WAS TURNING SHAFT. WHEN HE RELEASED THE SHAFT, THE COUNTER WEIGHTS CAME BACK DOWN AND THE GEAR GRABBED HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO GEA RS CUTTING THE END OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

November 24, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CUT FINGER WHILE WORKING ON CRUSHER. RECEIVED MEDICAL REPORT ON 1/15/99 INDICATING SUTURES HAD BEEN USED. PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS NONE. MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLANT AND HEADQUARTERS.

November 18, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING OUT CHUTE UNDER JAW CRUSHER, EE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS LEFT THUMB. SUTURES REQUIRED.

February 8, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF TRACK OF BULLDOZER, ONE FOOT CAUGHT ON TRACK CAUSING ATWISTING MOTION TO KNEE.

September 25, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING CAT 988 PIT LOADER VIA PULL-DOWN LADDER.LADDER SHIFTED TO SIDE CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SLIP AND BECOMING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TANK ADJACENT.BO LTS AND WASHERS REPLACED ON LADDER TO PREVENT SIDE MOVEMENT.

July 25, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING METAL COVER TO GAIN ACCESS TO SPEED REDUCER ON PUGMILL CONVEYOR,EMPLOYEE MOVED COVER TO ONE SIDE IN ATTEMPT TO GAIN A BETTER GRIP.THE COVER FELL ABOUT 1.5 FEET STRIKING THE EMPL OYEES RIGHT FOOT,BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT.

June 10, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DUMPING WASTE MATERIAL, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO HANDLES. INITIAL FIRST AID PROVED INSUFFICIENT AS INFECTION RESULTED.

October 9, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING CONV WITH BAR SLIPPED STRUCK ON CHIN LACER

June 7, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED KNEE WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF FRONT-END LOADER.

May 31, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Limestone Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELL APPROX 3FT ONTO SIDE OF CONE CRUSHER DUE TO GREASE ON BOTTOM OF BOOTS WHICH CAUSED THE FALL

January 4, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STRAINED GROIN AREA WHILE CLEANING UP AROUND PRIMARY CRUSHER IN PIT.

April 24, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING TRACK DRILL CLOSE TO QUARRY WALL, A ROCK FELL FROM THE WALL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF ONE FOOT, BEHIND THE STEEL TOECAP OF HIS BOOT.

April 20, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CUTTING STEEL PLATE FROM SCRAP FRAME,EMPL LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND FRAME WHEN PLATE BUCKLED.

January 5, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHLE CUTTING CUSHIONING RUBBER FOR A SCREEN, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING EMPLOYEEHS HAND.

October 28, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS CLEA3ING WINDOWS ON LOADER. WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON BATTERY UNDER DRIVER SEAT. LOADER WAS RUNNING AND BEGAN TO FREELY TURN CATCHING HIS FOOT AT PINCH POINT OF LOADER.

July 30, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TYING BE5T WEIGHT ON BELT TIGHTENER AND WAS THROWN A SECURING CABLE,WHEN CAUGHT LOOSE END HIT HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK BONE CAUSING AN ABRASION OF THE SKIN.AS A RESULT,REMOVALL OF SMALL PI ECE OF TRASH FR2M UNDER SKIN.

June 12, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS R9MOVING ON OIL FILTER HOUSING FROM LOADER IT WAS STUCK AND WHILE TRYING TO PRY IT OFF AND FRAGMENT CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

December 12, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING LOOSE A ROCK WITH A METASL BAR & THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH

August 10, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A SLEDGE HAMMER3FELL OFF THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER. HE GRABBED FOR IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND THE HAMMER HIT HIS FINGER.

March 1, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TURNING 2VER AN EYE BEAM & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT & ANOTHER BEAM.

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