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March 30, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Luck Stone Corp - Pittsboro Plant · Contact with hot objects or substances

TOWMOTOR OVERHEATED,RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF.LOACATED BEHIND SEAT OF OPERATOR ON LEFT SIDE.RESULTED IN BURNIN HIS ARM AND BACK ON LEFT SIDE.

May 31, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Marble Shop Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IRON DUMP BUCKET & ROCK WHILE DUMPING MARBLE SCRAP. BOT WAS TORN OFF FOOT & FOOT & WERE CUT & MASHED.

April 29, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Marble Shop Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WIRE SAW BLADE BROKE WHILE CUTTING MARBLE BLOCK.

February 23, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marble Shop Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MARBLE SLABS USING A ROLLING CART HE WAS OUTSIDE OF MILL GROUND WAS WET FROM RAINFALL SLIPPED IN MUD AND HURT KNEE

January 12, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Marble Shop Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING MARBLE THRU SANDBLAST MACHINE LIFTING MARBLE WITH VACCUUM LIFT A HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM LIFT AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH

October 21, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marble Shop Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONFLICTING INF2 GIVEN. EMPLOYEE FIRST STATED HURT SHOULDER WHEN GRAB CLAMP SLIPPED OFF BLOCK. NEXT DAY HE TOLD FOREMAN HE HAD SLIPPED ON A ROCK WHEN COMING OUT OF QUARRY. DOCTOR'S STATEMENT S HOWS BURSITIS A3D CYSTITUS. EMPLOYEE NOW STATES HE HAS CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR WHO IS TREATING HIM FOR TORN MUSCLES ON SHOULDER.

October 30, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marble Shop Inc · Struck by powered moving object

LOADING MARBLE 8LAB ON TO COPYING SAW MARBLE BROKE AND JAGGED EDGE CUT LEFT WRIST.

September 16, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marble Shop Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADIN1 MARBLE FROM COPING SAW TRIED TO LIFT A PIECE THAT WAS TOO HEAVY & STRAINED A MUSCLE IN H IS BACK.

June 16, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marble Shop Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON3SAW USING HAMMER.HAMMER HANDLE BROKE HAND HIT MACHINE MASHED AND CUT FINGER.

October 2, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marble Shop Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS BOTTOM OF QUARRY GOLE, IT WAS/ HAD BEEN RAINING, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL STRIKING LEFT KNEE A GAINST ROCK BOTTOM OF QUARRY. LEFT KNEE STRAINED.

July 26, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marble Shop Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL CHANGING BIT IN HYDRAULIC DRILL.FOOT SLIPPED OFF LEDGE AND IN FALLING GRABBED FOR PANEL BOS/// BOX TO TRY TO BREAK FALL.LID FROM PANEL BOX HIT LEFT KNEE.LEFT KNEE BRUISED AND STRAINED.

March 7, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Marble Shop Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A LIFT IN PLACE TO PICK UP A SLAB OF MARBLE WITH MACHINE. MARBLE SLAB BROKE MIDDLE PART OF SLAB FELL OUT OF SLING HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT KNEE. SEVERELY BRUSING KNEE.

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