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May 1, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BAGGING LIMESTONE-LIFTING BAG-STRAINED BACK.

January 31, 1996 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING DOWN A STAIR CASE WHEN THEN HIS ANKLE FOLDED CAUSING HIS FOOT TO CATCH BETWEEN BOTTOM OF STAIR AND LANDING, INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

March 24, 1994 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING PRIMARY CRUSHER AND CRUSHED TIP OF FINGER BETWEEN ROCKS.

October 21, 1991 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Conklin Limestone Co Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

DRIVER I NAME WAS OPERATING PICKUP TRUCK ON ACCESS ROAD TO QUARRY HOLE ENGINE STOPPED & WOULD NOT START I NAME ASSUMED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF FUEL HE ADDED FUEL BUT STILL VEHICLE FAILED TO START A T THIS POINT DRIVER I NAME TRIED TO ASSIST BY PR

March 27, 1990 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD DISCOMFORT WENT TO DOCTOR & WAS TOLD HE HAD HERNIA ON 3/27/90-WAS RETERED TO SECOND DOCTOR WHO SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY ON 4/9/90 & TOLD HE COULD WORK LIGHT DUTY IN THE MEANTIME. HE WORKED THRU 4/6/90 & HAD SURGERY ON 4/9/90.

August 14, 1989 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING STONE IN PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH IRON BAR WITH ATTACHED WEDGE. BAR CAUGHT WRENCHING SHOULDER.

May 10, 1988 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DESCRIPTION BY EMPLOYER IDLER ROLL ON BELT CONVEYOR WAS STUCK AND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FREE IT WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN CONVEYOR PINCHED AND BRUISED LEFT HAND

March 29, 1988 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEES FIRST DAY ON JOB-WAS BEING CHECKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER-HE STEPPED DOWN FROM CAB OF TRUCK ON A SMALL STONE TURNING & SPRAINING HIS ANKLE

June 23, 1987 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BA1GING LIMESTONE AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN BACK.

December 15, 1986 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS PLACING350 LB BAGS ON PALLETS AND SAID HE FELT KINK IN HIS BACK

February 20, 1986 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING SPILLED MATERIAL FROM FLOOR WITH A HAND SHOVEL AND SAID HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK. CONTINUED WORKING 2 20 86 AND 2 21 86 NOTIFIED FOREMAN ON 2 21 86 AFTER COMPLETING D AYS WORK. 3

December 9, 1985 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS OPERATING AN ARC WELDER HE FAILED TO PROPERLY SHIELD HIS EYES CAUSING EYE IRRITATION.

July 23, 1984 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conklin Limestone Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPAIRING TRUCK TIRES, BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIRE AND HURT BACK

August 19, 1983 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conklin Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT ON HAMMERMILL WITH A HAND WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED FROM BOLT INJURING TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND

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