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March 21, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHICH PERFORMING BAGHOUSE REPAIRS, WIND BLEW BAGHOUSE DOOR CLOSED HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

March 20, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SADDLE OUT OF OMNICONE CRUSHER.

February 23, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS HELPING WELDERS PUT REROD TOGETHER. FLASH HURT BOTH HIS EYES.

February 15, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN ASPHALT PLATN PUGMILL, REMOVING ASPHHALT FROM SHAFT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. SLEDGEHAMMER SLIPPED OFF METAL, HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE KNEE (RIGHT SIDE).

August 29, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DEBRIS OUT OF HOPPER TWISTED HIS BACK WRONG & INJURED HIMSELF

June 24, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS ON THE UPPER BOOM GREASING THE CYLINDER. WHEN HE STARTED DOWN THEUH181 HITACHI EXCAVATOR, HE SLIPPEDON A HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

March 4, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN THE TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF STOPPED HE ASSUMED THEY WERE UNLOADING HE STOOD UP TO UNLOAD & THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARRD THROWING THE EMPLOYEE OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK EM PLOYEE SUSTAINED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF HIS LEFTARM & ELBOW

November 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WITH HIM STANDING NEXT TO THE END OF THE CONVEYOR, OUT OF THE WAY, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BACKHOE. THE BACKHOE SLID OR LURCHED, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT LEG AGAINT THE CONVEYOR.

August 26, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING A HEAD OUT OF A BIG LOADER (988B) THE BACK HOE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE HEAD (WITH NO STRAIN ON THE CHAIN) WAS DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IT MOVED FORWARD, THE TRACKS ON THE BACKHOE HIT A ROCK, NOSEDIVED, PIVOTED, UPPED THE 300 LB HEAD, SWUNG FREE AND A BOLT WAS DRIVEN INTO HIS LEG.

August 16, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MAKING A REPAIR ON EQUIPMENT, THE EMPLOYEE'S WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO COME IN CONTACT THE MACHINERY. HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS BRUISED AS A RESULT OF THI S CONTACT.

June 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO INSTALL TEETH RETAINING LOCKS ON RH 75C SHOVEL. A METAL CHIP CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT PART OF HIS NECK AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS NECK.

June 15, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT IS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK HE TURNED AROUND & SPRAINED HIS BACK

June 2, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BEARING ON C-8 PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT & FRAME

March 12, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UTILITY LOADER COUNTER WEIGHTS AND CUT HIS HAND ON JAG STEEL SHARP EDGES.

October 6, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE VIOLATED SAFETY PROCEDURES BY NOT ENGAGING ELECTRICAL LOCK-OUT SYSTEM ON CRUSHER BELT BEFORE ENTERING FOR REPAIRS. THE BELT WAS STARTED PREMATURDY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF BLE T, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

September 23, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING PICK UP VALVE FROM TERMINATOR CAUGHT HAND ON EDGE OF BURR CAUSING CUT ON LEFT HAND BELOW LITTLE FINGER.

April 15, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING A 16LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO STAIGHTEN OUT PIECE OF GALVANIZED STEEL A NEW TUNNEL WHEN HE HIT HTE STEEL HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT KNEE DISLOCATED NO TREATMENT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT-KNE E CONTINUED TO BE PAINFUL, END OF AUG WENT TO DR. DISCOVERED THIS CONDITION.

April 6, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISASSEMBLING ROTACHAMBER (BRAKE VALVE) OF ROCK TRUCK. APPLED AIR TO THE DIAPHRAGM AND CHAMBER BLEW APART. PIECE STRUCK LEFT HAND-BROKE 3 BONES IN HAND.

May 8, 1991 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT TO LIFT TRACKING IDLER & COULDNT STRAIGHTE N UP PAIN IN LOWER BACK

November 30, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck against stationary object

GARRED IN TRUCK HIT LEFT ELBOW AGAINST TRUCK DOOR

November 3, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall from ladders

CLIMBING LADDER STEPS ON PLANT 1 SLIPPED ON THIRD STEP & TWISTED BOTH ANKLES

October 16, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A ROCK GOT CAUGHT IN TAILGATE OF TRUCK CLIMBED INTO BODY OF TRUCK TO GET ROCK OUT AND SLIPPED AND FELL INTO BODY OF TRUCK LANDING ON RIGHT LEG TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

October 5, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON SCREEN HIT HAND WITH HAMMER.

September 25, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverdale Quarry Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING STONE HOT METAL FELL LODGED BETWEEN BOOOOT AND SOCK BURNING R ANKLE

July 18, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OFF WORK BENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON TRUCK BUMPER.

July 14, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

SEE SUPV.REPORT ATTACHED...EMPL AND ANOTHER CLEANING HINGE AREA INSIDE CHUTE.EMPL WENT OUTSIDE CHUTE,CLIMBED ACROSS ON I-BEAM TO PULL UP ON DOOR LEVERS.IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND BEAM WAS WET AND SLIPPERY.DIDNT HAVE SAFETY BELT AND LINE ON.LOST FOOTING AND FELL 10' LANDED ON LOOSE SOFT DIRT.WAS TOTALLY CONSCIOUS AND COHERENT,MOVEMENT OF ALL EXTREMITIES.HOWEVER,HAD PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK

June 20, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBED DOWN LOADER STEPS/MISSED LAST STEP AND TWISTED BACK.

June 1, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BUCKET TEETH IN PARTS ROOM/GRABBED ONE THAT STARTED TO SLIDE AND TWISTED WRIST.

May 25, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JERKED BACK ON ONE OF THE SUDDEN MOVES OF LOADER.

May 2, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GETTING ROCK OF GRIZZLY SMASHED INDEX FINGER.

April 23, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIPPED OVER ROCK WALKING ACROSS YARD/TWISTED ANKLE

November 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN HE RAN INTO A CONVEYOR BELT HURTING HIS LEFT CHEST WALL.

October 26, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLED ROCK OFF GRISLEY AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND STEEL CUT TOP OF LEFT HAND.

October 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNJAMMING ROCK JAM WITH PRY BAR WHEN ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON BARTHROWING BAR IN FACE CUTTING IT OPEN JUST OUTSIDE OF R EYE

September 13, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF #C1 TAIL PULLEY IN THE PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND HURTING HIS FOREARM AND ELBOW.

July 26, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM A CONVEYOR AND FROM AROUND THE CONVEYOR AND THROWING THEM ASIDE. HE CAME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURT.

June 9, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UP ON A LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF, CUTTING HIS LEFT MIDDEL FINGER. FALL AGAINST MACHINE.

March 11, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverdale Quarry Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED IN THE MUD, AND FELL ON THE GROUND.

January 24, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS DRIVING DOWN RAMP TOWARD LEVEL TOO FAST FOR CONDITINS WHEN HE SAW A DOZER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAMP. HE PANICKED AND THREW THE TRUCK IN NUETRAL STALLING IT AND THEREFORE LOST CONTR OL OF BRAKES ND STEERING. DRIVER JUMPED OUT LEFT SIDE INTO VERY ROCKY ROUGH TERRAINE.

November 2, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMP WAS ASSISTING HEAD WELDER WHO WAS WELDING GUARDS ON C-9 CONV EYOR AND WELDERS FLASH BURNT EYES.

October 12, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING THE BODY OF THE UKE LARGE ROCK FELL IN THE BODY JOLTING THE UKE

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