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October 18, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moberly Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A NEW BELT ON CONVEYOR. HE WAS TRIMMING THE EDGE OF BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.

March 10, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Moberly Stone Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

PUTTING NEW DRILL STEEL ON BOOM OF DRILL. BROKEN BONE IN WRIST OF RIGHT HAND.

May 18, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moberly Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO 2ND RUNG OF A 6' LADDER TO MEASURE A PIECE OF STEEL ON A EUCLID TRUCK. THE LADDER SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE T RUCK.

January 26, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Moberly Stone Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPL CHANGING WIRES IN STARTER AT PLANT WHILE UNSCREWING LUGS ON ELEC MOTOR LEADS.LEADS TOUCHED AND ELEC FLASHED BURNING BACK OF LEFT HAND AND 4 FINGERS-NOT SMALLEST FINGER.

October 11, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moberly Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING ROTOR IN IMPACTOR BY HAND AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 8, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moberly Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS LIFTING A SCREEN CLOTH OVERHEAD TO A FELLOW EMPLOYEE AND PULLED A MUSCLE ON LOWER LEFT SIDE BY ABDOMEN.

August 24, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Moberly Stone Company · Struck by flying object

RUNNING A BRUSH GRINDER WHILE CLEANING A GASKET OFF. SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.

August 18, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moberly Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM CRANE HE HAD BEEN OPERATING HIS FOOT TWISTED ON GRAVEL AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

May 4, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Moberly Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH ON CONE CRUSHER. PIECES OF SLAG FLEW INTO EYE.

May 2, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moberly Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING V BELTS ON CONE CRUSHER. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON SHEIVE AND SMASHED IT.

April 29, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Moberly Stone Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING MEXT TO EMP WHO WAS USING GRINDER SPARK FROM THE GRINDER FLEW BEHIND GLASSES AND ENTER HIS EYE

February 9, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Moberly Stone Company · Contact with cold

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERTURES AND FROST BIT HIS FINGERS.

April 18, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Moberly Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING D8H CAT DOZER AND WORKING ON THE SLOPE TO BE RECLAIMED. HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP WHEN THE DOZER FREE WHEELED BACKWARD AND WAS RAN OVER.

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