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May 6, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL SLIPPED WHILE ATTEMPOTING TO CLIMB LADDER TO CAB OF LOADER.

October 14, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING OUT A BLOCK WALL A PIECE OF CONCRETE BLOCK CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE HAD 5 STITCHES.

July 14, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS STEAM CLEANING A PIECE OF EQU8PENT. HE SAT HOSE ON THE GROUND STEPPED OVER HOSE STEAM WENT UP PANTS LEG LEAVING HIM WITH 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON LEFT LEG BETWEEN KNEE AND ANKLE.

August 17, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER OPERATOR LEFT CRUSHER BUILDING AND RELOCATED ONTO CRUSHER PLATFORM TO OBSERVE ROCK JAM

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