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August 8, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arc Materials Corp D/B/A Wmk Transit Mix · Struck against a moving object

INJURY WAS DUE TO LONG TERM OPERATION OF A LOADER (PULLING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS). NECK INJURY OF UNCLEAR EXTENT.

June 29, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arc Materials Corp D/B/A Wmk Transit Mix · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT AND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS CHEST.REQ STITCHES & BANDAGE.

May 5, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ernst Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING A DC ELECTRIC PANEL APPROX. 2 FT X 2 FT X 6 FT INTO A PICK-UP TRUCK BY HAND THE PANEL SLID AND CRUSHED THE TIP OF LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TOOL BOX ON THE TRUCK AND THE DC ELECTRIC PANEL, RESULTING IN A SPLINTERED BONE AND 12 STITCHES.

April 25, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arc Materials Corp D/B/A Wmk Transit Mix · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING MATERIAL OUT OF FEEDER WHEN MATERIAL FELL & PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BAR & BINFX INDEX FINGER & CONTUSED MIDDLE & RING FINGER

February 20, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ernst Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS LOOSENIING BOLTS ON A FAN HUB THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT MIDDLE KNUCKLE ON L HAND STRUCK FAN BLADE BRUISED KNUCKLE AND PINCHED A TENDON

February 16, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT
Arc Materials Corp D/B/A Wmk Transit Mix · Accident type, without injuries

DYKE WEAKENED IN THE LEACHING AREA. WHEN A SMALL LEAK STARTED, IT "SNOWBALLED" INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE BREAK.

January 25, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC GRINDER ON A PIECE OF A MUFFLER AND DEBRIS STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.

January 20, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PULLING A CABLE OUT O F THE BUCKET OF THE BOBCAT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICHW AS THE RESULT OF A PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 18, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS CUTTING BOLTS ON SUPPORTS FRAME AND FOOT WAS IN BETWEEN SUPPORT FRAME AND DEISTER BODY. AFTER BOLT WAS CUT THE SUPPORT FRAME FELL AND PINNED VICTIMS FOOT. VICTIM WAS ASSISTED IN REMOVAL OF SUPPORT FRAME BY E.NAME.

January 10, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING PREPARATION FOR STARTING A FIRE BY PICKING UP PIECES OF KINDLING WOOD PREVIOUSLY BROKEN UP FROM A WOODEN PALLET HE HAD BENT OVER/LEANED OVER TO PICK UP A 2XZ4 APPROX.24IN T O 27IN LONG WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN H IS BACK

January 4, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

RUPTURED DISK AS STATED BY THE PHYSICIAN EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THE OPERATION OF THE WHEELED LOADER AGGRAVATED HIS BACK.

January 3, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ernst Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL APPROX 2 FT X 5 FT X 1/2 IN THE STEEL SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL ON THE RT FOOT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE OF THE SHOE BRUISING HIS RT FOOT

December 29, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

CAME BACK ACROSS BOOM AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE STEP IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED HIS LEFT LEG MUSCLE.

December 27, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMALL CABLE HAD NOT BEEN PUT ON TO KEEP COUNTER WEIGHT FROM TURNING. WHEN EMPLOYEE REMOVED CLEVIS FROM CABLE THAT HELP COUNTERWEIGHT UP CABLE SPUN AROUND SEVEREAL TIMES. CLEVIS STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

December 21, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ACROSS PUDDLE OF WATER, TWISTING KNEE WHEN HE PUT WEIGHT ON FORWARD LEG.

December 15, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ernst Aggregates · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER. HE LEANED AGAINST A LOOSE BAR AND LOST HIS BALANCE, AND JUMPED 7 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE GROUND WAS FROZEN, AND THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON THE HEELS OF HIS FEET, BRUISING THEM.

December 15, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Aggregates Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF TAILGATE OF PICKUP TRUCK ONTO STORAGE DECK OF WELDING SUPPLIES & STEPPED ON EDGE OF A BEAM TWISTING ANKLE THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE SPRAIN TO THE LEFT ANKLE

December 8, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
American Aggregates Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN OFFICE TENDING TO OFFICE PROCEDURES DURING NIGHT TIME LOADING HOURS, WEIGHING TRUCKS. MAN POSING ASMARCOTICS AGENT CAME INTO OFFICE, THREATENED HER WITH ARREST, INCITED PANIC I N EMPLOYEE.

December 6, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ernst Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNTHREADING LOCK BOLTS OUT OF THE 4800 CRUSHER. THE BOLT CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE PRY BAR TO OVE QUICKLY, PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CRUSHER AND PRY BAR.

November 30, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED BACK LIFTING STEEL PLATE 16"X24"X3/8" INSIDE DROP BOX

November 23, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall from ladders

EMPL WAS USING LADDER TRUCK TO GAIN ACCESS TO SMALL HOPPER THE BASE BOLTS PULLED OUT THREW THE TFLLOR AND LET THE LADDER PIVOT FORWAR AND DOWN

November 11, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REPLJACING 3 LB CA( IN TROUGHING IDLER WHEN E FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK IT WAS COLD AND STA\T OF SHIFT HE MUSCLES WERE STIFF.

November 7, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PAPER HAD JAMMED IN PRINTER BENT OVER REAR OF DESK AND COMPUTER PRINTER TO REACH FOR PAPER TO FIX PRINTER PAPER

November 7, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP LIFTING 50 LB BAG ONT TRUCK WHEN HE TWISTED B ACK

November 3, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL MOVING JACK PUMP OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK NOTICED CATCH IN HIS BACK.WENT TO LIFT TIE BLOCK AFTERWARDS AND COULDNT.

November 2, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ernst Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNTHREADING A SECTION OF TWO INCH PIPE EMPLOYEE UNDERESTIMATED WEIGHT OF PIPE USING ONE HAND TO HOLD IT PIPE FELL FROM LEFT HAND STRIKING THUMB ON RT.HAND EMPLOYEE BROKE THUMB ON RT.HAND

November 2, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL BACK UP ON STOCKPILE WHEN IT GAVE WAY UNDER TRUCK SLIDING TRUCK DOWN STOCKPILE DRIVER INTA CT.

October 31, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 1 1/2" X 37" BOLT FROM THE PRIMARY CURSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL CAME FROM THE BOLT AND LODGED IN HIS LEG.

October 29, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN UP SCRAP METAL & SCREENS FROM AROUND PLANT. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP APPROX. 50 LBS OF SCRAP WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK-HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR ABOUT 15 MIN.

October 25, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL DISMOUNTING FROM FRONT OF LOADER STEPPED ON WET MATERIAL ON BUCKET LOST FOOTING AND BRUISED LEFT LEG ON SHIN.

October 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DID NOT CHECK WORK AREA TO SEE IF HAD HOLD BOOM TO USE SLEDGE OVERHEAD

October 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ernst Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BEARING HOUSING FROM SIDE OF SCREEN. BEARING HOUSING SLIPPED PINCHING KNUCKLE BETWEEN HOUSING AND A BOLT ON SCREEN. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED THREE STITCHES BETWEEN RING FING ER AND LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.

October 19, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELT IT NECESSARY TO CLIMB ONTO A BOARD ON TOP OF THE CONVEYOR WHICH WAS SITTING AT A SLIGHT ANGLE. THE BOARD ROLLED DOWNHILL CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE ROCKS CUASING SORENESS AND SWELLING WITH TWO SMALL CUTSA ON KNEE CAP.

October 12, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING ADJUSTMENT NUT ON DRAG FRICTION WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND PINCHED THE LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE DRAG CABLE.

October 10, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS LOADING SHOTS IN MINE AND TRIPPED OVER AN ANFO HOSE.

October 4, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE JUNK YARD DUMP LOOKING FOR A METAL CBANET TO PUT TOOLS IN SO HE COULDBACK THEM UP. AS HE WALKED FROM JUNK YARD TO A LOCOMOTIVE HE STEPPED ON A NAIL.

October 4, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELOADING BOLT MAGAZINE ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

September 30, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED HE HURT HIS NECK WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD OFF THE DUMP HOPPER EMPLOYEE STATES MY HEAD JUST SNAPPED BACK ALL THE WAY WAS A SMALL POPPING SOUND NECK BURNED FOR FEW MINUTE S AND THEN DIDNT FEEL ANYTHING ELSE

September 19, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Arc Materials Corp D/B/A Wmk Transit Mix · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED TO CLOSE TO TOP OF HIGHWALL WHILE CONSTRUCTING BURN AND FILED TRUCK OVER BACKWARD, WHILE DUMPING. TRUCK LANDED UPSIDE DOWN, BELOW HIGHWALL.

September 19, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
American Aggregates Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SCREEN STROAGE AREA. HE WAS PULLING WEEDS, CUTTING DOWN SMALL TREES. AMONG THE WEEDS WAS SOME POISON IVY. HIS HANDS CAME IN CONTACT WITH POISON IVY. HE RUBBED H IS FACE RESULTING IN GETTING POISON IVY UNDER HIS EYELIDS.,

September 14, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SURGE TUNNEL SHOVELING SILT FROM A WALKWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED. TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE GRABBED AN ANGLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 13, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF HOPPER WITH A LARGE STONE TO DROP OVER THE SIDE OF HOPPER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

September 6, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING V-BELTS TO LOCATE SIZE & GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELTS & THE SHEAVE

September 2, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

RAIL ROAD SWITCH LEFT OPEN FOR SIDING TO YARD LOADED TRAIN CAME IN ON TRAIN WAITING TO GO OUT.

September 1, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS POUSHING A PC.OF ANGLE WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OF FHITTING EMPLOYEE IN LOWER LIP REQUIRING 3 STICHES & A CHIPPED TOOTH

August 26, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Aggregates Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING 10" PIPE AND HOT SLAG FELL INTO EMPLOYEES SHOE RESULTING IN 3RD DEGREE BURN.

August 23, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS BEING LOADED OUT OF MINE TKING IT TO PRIMARY. LOADER RAN UP ON ROCK & CAUSED ROCK TO SHIFT TO LEFT SIDE OF BUCKET & ON TRUCK WHICH CAUSED ROCK TO FALL ON EMPL'S ARM.

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