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September 9, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTNING A BOLT AND HIS HAND CAUGHT A GEAR

August 11, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

A PIECE OF META5 ON CONVEYOR BELT CUT RIGHT WRIST WHILE SHOVELING.

June 24, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck by flying object

FLYING ROCK FRO4 SIDE OF FEEDER HIT EMPLOYEE ON BOTTOM OF LEFT LEG.

May 22, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL OPENING ME7AL CAN WITH FLANGES ON SIDE WITH SCREWDRIVER.FLANGES CUT FINGER REQ 2 STITCHES.

March 9, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCK FROM CRUSH9R HIT EMPLOYEE ON BRIDGE OF NOSE REQUIRING ER TREATMENT AT HOSPITAL AND 5 STITCHES IN SKIN

October 11, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

V-BELTS TURNED ON DRIVE PULLEY TO SHEAVE WHEEL OF SPEED REDUCER ON APRON FEEDER ' PL.MANY CRUSHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO TURN THE BELTS WITH HIS FINGERS & BUMPED THE MOTOR SWITCH TO RUN THE BELTS O N & HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS & THE PULLEY

June 8, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

THE EMPLOYED WAS INSPECTING A BROKEN FEEDER CHAIN WHEN A ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO THE INDEX FINGER AND A SMALL LACERATION TO THE MIDDLE FINGER

May 11, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING GAS IN CAR.BELT WAS SLIPPING ON PUMP TRIED TO START BELT AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT RESULTING IN CUT AND FRACTURE TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

May 4, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Belmont Traprock Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE\S TRUCK WAS RETURNING TO PIT EMPTY AND DIDN\T SEE A LOADED TRUCK HE WAS MEETING UNITL THEY WERE CLOSE. EMPLOYEE PULLED INTO A TURNOFF TO AVOID OTHER TRUCK, WHEEL HIT ROCK CAUSING STEE RING WHEEL TO SPRAIN DRIVERS WRIST.

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