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December 8, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 28, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE ALLEGED THAT HE ROLLING 40 LB. ROCK OFF RAIL.

September 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object

EE ALLEGED THAT A ROCK HIT HIM BEHIND LEFT EAR AT BASE OF SKULL WHILE SHOVELING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER JAWS.

August 31, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck against a moving object

MEPLOYE EALLEGES BACK STRAIN WHILE IN ENDUMP THAT WAS BEING LOADED IWTH BOULDERS. EVIDENTLY ON E OF THE BOULDERS JARRED THE ENDUMP.

June 3, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HANDLING CREOSOTE TIMBERS- CREOSOTE BURNS TO ARMS.

June 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE HELPIN GRAIL CREW PULL SPIKES AND PUT SPIKES IN WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. THAT EVENING WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS MUSCLES TIGHTENED IN HIS BACK.

May 20, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE RAIL ROLLER ON THE BELT UNDER THE RIP PLANT AND TWISTED HIS BACK PUTTING THE TAIL ROLLER IN.

April 9, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PLANT, HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

March 30, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS USING FRONT END LOADER TO BUILD A ROAD. WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH THREW HIM TO ONE SIDE HE FELT A POPPING SENSATION IN HIS BACK.

March 16, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SCREENS IN THE LOWER DECK OF THE DIESTER AND HE SLIPPED ON THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT HIP.

February 23, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING ENDUMP. THERE WAS GRAVEL ON THE TOP STEP HE SLIPPED & STARTED TO FALL & CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE HANDRAIL. HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK.

February 21, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TOKNOCK A BOOM CYCLINER PIN OUT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE USING THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

February 9, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON THE FLAT PART OF THE FENDER ON DED DUMP PREPARING TO GET INTO THE END DUMP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN SOME ICE AND WENT SIDEWAYS CAUSING A SHARP PAIN TO GO FROM HIS BACK INTO HIP & LEG

January 27, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE SAND STACKER TO SHOVEL MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER IT AS HE STEPPED OFF OF A BACK BY THE STACKER THE BANK CAVED IN & HE FELL TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE

January 7, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BETWEEN TRAIN CARS TO CHECK THEM PRIOR TO LOADING & AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE & FELL STRIKING HIS CHEST ON A PLATFORM ON THE END OF THE RAIL CAR

December 15, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ON THE WALKWAY FOR THE SCREEN WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND GRABBED A HOLD OF THE SCREEN WHICH SWUNG HIM INTO A PIECE OF METAL.

November 18, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A LOADER BUCKET IN ORDER TO REACH THE SHAFT TO BE CUT OFF OF LOAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR. A PIECE OF SLAG CAME OFF SHAFT AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.

October 7, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A WATER PUMP & TRIED TO MOVE AN I-BEAM THAT WENT TO READ SCREEN SO THEY COULD WELD ON IT.

September 9, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRAILER, HE JUMPED OFF BACKWARDS WITH LUMBER IN HIS HANDS AND HIS BACK POPPED.

April 19, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A TRUCK WAS DUMPING AT THE PIONEER FEEDER AND A ROCK ROLLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND HIT THE RAM DISLODGING SEVERAL ROCKS THE ROCKS BOUNCED OVER THE WALL AND TWO OF THEM STRUCK EE IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THE FEEDER.

April 5, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE SHOVELING AT THE BALLAST STACKER, HE BENT DOWN TO PIECK SOMETHING UP AND GOT HIS ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RETURN ROLELR AND THE CONVEYOR BELT.

March 17, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A T AIL R OLLER ON THE CONVEYOR FOR THE JAW DISCHARGE WHILE HE WAS HELPING LIFT THE ROLLER FROM T HE FRAME THE ROLLER SLIPPED & PINNED HIS RT HAND BETWEEN THE FR AME & SHAFT

January 30, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE TO CHECK IF HE WAS GETTING A FLAT. HE DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ABOUT 18" HITTING HIS HIP ON A FLAT ROCK.

January 29, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CHANGING LINER INSIDE THE CHUTE ON SHAKER, LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLID INTO CHUTE WITH RIGHT LOWER LEG BENT BACK WITH HEEL TOUCHING BUTTOCKS.

January 25, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER BELT ANOTHER EE WAS FEEDING THE CRUSHER A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 20 LBS HIT EE IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK.

January 21, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE RIP PLANT, CLIMBED ON A PILE OF ROCKS TO GET OUT AND HIT HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF A TELEPHONE POLE.

January 20, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DRY HIS CLOTHES OUT BY STANDING BY A FIRE (IN A BARREL) WHICH WAS BUILT FOR WARMING. HIS COAT AND T-SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE. COAT WAS MADE OF A NYLON FABRIC WHICH STUCK TO HIS HAND WHEN HE FELT TO SEE IF HIS COAT WAS BURNING.

January 18, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP 8D BATTERY (100 LBS) & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK

November 16, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTING AND HOLDING SCREEN SHAKER WHILE CO-WORKER REMOVED WASHER FROM UNDER LEGS TO BE LEVELED.

August 6, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

55039GHTENING BOLT ON SCREEN AND THE BOLT BROKE AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN SCREEN.

July 10, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FROM WELD FELL INTO BACK OF PANTS AT THE WAIST LEVEL BURNING EMPLOYEE.

July 10, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall from machine

LOST BALANCE THROWING SCREEN OFF SHAKER FELL DOWN STEPS SPRAINED L ANKLE

June 29, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO ACCIDEN OCCURRED-EMPLOYEE COMPLAINS OF SORENESS IN WRIST.

June 24, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN LEFT ARM.

June 12, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ENDUMP DIED AND EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL INTO RIP PILE. HE WAS GRIPPING THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT TO HOLD ON AND INJURED LEFT HAND.

May 16, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN USING A PRESS 150 TONE TO BREAK DOWN THE TRACKS ON THE PC400 TRACKHOE WHILE TRYING TO PUSH THE PINS OUT OF THE TRACKS USING THE PRESS THE PINS ON THE PRESS JUMPED OUT & HIT THE GROUND & BOUNCE UP & HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE ANKLE

February 4, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON JAW JOPPER AND RAISED HIS HOOD TO PLACE A ROD ON STINGER.A PERSON WELDING NEXT TO HIM WAS CHIPPING AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG HIT RIGHT EYE.

January 9, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROLLERS ON THE CONVEYOR.HE WAS SITTING ON A CROSS BRACE OF THE CONVEYOR,WITH HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN THE BRACE HE WAS SITTING ON AND ANOTHER BRACE THAT RUNES DIAGONAL ACRO SS THE CONVEYOR.WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO RAISEBELT ON ROLLER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL HOOKING HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN CROSS BRACES.POSSIBLE TORN CARTILAGE IN LEFT KNEE.

November 18, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INSTALLING WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR IN THE GAS WELDER.HE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING ON RADIATOR TO GET IT IN PLACE AND STRAINED ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.

October 15, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING FEEDER ONE FLATS FELL HIT L ARM

September 18, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED DOWN FROM LADDER TO THE GROUND(THE GROUND WAS WET) AND SLIPPED.LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.

September 10, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT USING TIMBER UNDERNEATH BELT.TIMBER WAS SUPPORTED BY 2 PIECES OF METAL.PIECE OF METAL SLIPPED FROM UNDER TIMBER STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF FOOT.

August 28, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.

August 8, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING. WHEN HE STOOD UP STRAIGHT, HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with electrical current

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE REVERES FORWARD SWITCH SHORTED TO THE CASE-ELECTROCUTING EMPLOYEE.

June 21, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Contact with heat

EE WAS SHOVELING AT THE FINISH CRUSHER. HE GOT TO HOT BUT KEPT SHOVELING UNTIL HE PASSED OUT.

January 12, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Stone Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPING ONTO CONVEYOR BELT WITH RIGHT FOOT, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO FROST. LET KNEE HIT SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT.

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