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August 11, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WENT TO DR ON 8-12-97 AND SAID HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AT WORK ON 8-11-97. EE STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED WHILE DOING EVENING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER.

June 19, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKIGN CHUTE UNDER #1 SCREEN @ PRIMARY PLATN FOR BUIL DUP IN CHUTE. WHILE STANDING #1 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY A ROCK FELL OFF BELT, STRIKCING LEMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT, BREAK BONE BEHIND BIG TOE.

February 17, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE HIT HIS SHIN ON THE BUMPER, LACERATIGN IT. REQUIRED 8 SUTURES.

June 5, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN CHEST BY SHOVELING TOO MUCH.

February 7, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WENT TO WORK AT 730 AM HE CAME AT 100 ALLEGEDLY SAYING HE HAD HURT HIS BACK GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK, BUT THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

February 2, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING ON JAW CRUSHER TRYING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK THAT HAD JAMMED IN ROCK CRUSHER. IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT INJURING SAME.

August 19, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKINGS SCHEEMS OUT OF JAW CRUSHER. WHILETAKING SCHEEMS OUT OF CRUSHER, A HYD HOSE BURST CAUSING SWING JAW TO FALL BACK ON SCHEEMS CATCHING THUMB & FINGER ON SCHEEMS, CUTTING END OF THU MB OFF. THUMB & FINGER STRUCK BY; MOVING OBJECT.LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS ALSO CUT.

February 7, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING WATER PUMP AT JAW CRUSHER WHILE LIFTING AND SETTING PUMP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

August 24, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON BOTTOM DECK FOREIGN MATERIAL BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE HE WENT HOME CALLED BACK TO REPORT DUST IN EYE EMPLOYEE WENT TO PAULDING MEMORIAL CENTER WHERE IT WAS DI AGNOSED HE HAD FOREIGN OBJECT IN CORNEA HE WAS REFERED TO MARIETTA EYE CLINIC THE NEXT DAY FOR FOLLOW-UP

July 29, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

10241LL FAN FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

July 2, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAINING A SMALL TANK AT SPRAY DRYER. AS HE CLIMBED DOWN LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM RUNG INJURING HIS ANKLE. PULLED LIGAMENTS REQUIRING A CAST.

October 25, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WHILE HELPING TIRE MAN CHANGE A TIRE ON A REAR DUMP GOT A PIECE OF SMALL METAL IN HIS INDEX FINGER-WENT TO DOCTOR ON 10/29 & 10/30, RETURNED TO WORK ON 10/31.

October 12, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN REAR DUMP WAITING TO GET LOADED, WHEN SHOVEL BACKED INTO REAR DUMP.

August 2, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT ROCKS FROM CRUSHER. WHEN HE REACHED IN TO PULL OUT A ROCK, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.

May 10, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UP UNDER JAW CRUSHER AND HE STATES THAT A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

January 18, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BERAING FROM SCREEN. BEARING FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOOT, BRUSING INSTEP OF RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL HE WAS HURT ENOGH TO SEE A DOCTOR BUT HE DID SEE ONE AND HIS FOOT WAS BROKEN.

March 14, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK #RD-25 & BACKED TRUCK OFF IN FEEDER EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO DOC.COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN DIAGNOSIS OF EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTUSION TO MIDBACK EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD HE COULD RET URN TO WORK THE SAME DAY WITH LIGHT DUTY WITH NO LIFTING OVER 20#

June 9, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING UNDER A BELT AND A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK.

March 26, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE SHOVEL (HFS-3) AND HAD BEEN DOING SO ALL DAY ANDTHERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF OIL BEING ON THE MACHINE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL, WHICH RESULTE D IN STRAINED 5OWER BACK, PULLED MUSCLES ANS A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. IF OTHE INJURIES, THEY AREA UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

March 5, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LIFTING 403LB BAG OF ROCK SAMPLES AND INJURED HER BACK.

May 8, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LOADER AND STATES THE FAN IN LOADER BLEW A ROCK IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 15, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING 2N CRUSHER & PUSHED DOWN ON SHAFT WITH PIPE WRENCH THEREFORE INJURING BACK.

September 20, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED IN OIL AND SLIPPED WHEN GETTING OUT OF TRUCK.

June 27, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TRUCK UNDER BIN WHEN ANOTHER TRUCK BACKED INTO HIM.

June 25, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL AND TWISTED THE WRONG WAY AND HURT HIS BACK AND HIS LEFT LEG.

October 13, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PULLEY AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON AN IRON BAR

June 29, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE TO TRY TO KEEP THE WEDGE FROM GOING INTO CRUSHER. HE HURT HIS BACK.

March 12, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE USED HIS KNEE TO SUPPORT HIS WEIGHT OUT OF THE CRUSHER.

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