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April 4, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATES HE WA8 HAND MUCKING ALONG THE 1015 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS RT ANKLE TURNED UNDER. I.NAME STATES HE HAD SURGERY ONT HIS ANKLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO DUE TO AN OFF-THE-JOB INJURY WHICH REQUI RED THE ANKLE B2NE TO BE PINNED. X-RAYS SHOW THE PIN IS BROKEN HOWEVER IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN FOR SURE THE FAILURE OCCURRED.

March 12, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder MACHINERY
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON A 275 LOADER BUCKET LIP WHEN THE BUCKET SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEG INJURING ANKLE. THE BUCKET WAS SUPPORTED BYA JACK STAND; HOWEVER, THE STAND KICKED OUT AS HYDRAU

November 2, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK OUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON TRAILER END OF A 52 KIRUNA TRUCK HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT WHILE USING HIS LEFT HAND TO FEEL OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR SHAFT MOVEM MOVEMENT AS IT W AS BEING APPLIED AND RELEASED

October 18, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS STANDING NEAR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS DRIVING A LARGE PIN INTO A DUMP CYLINDER OF ST13 LOADER. WHEN IT WAS HIT BY THE HAMMER. THE PIN SPLINTERED AND I NAME WAS STRUCK ABOVE THE LE FT KNEE WITH A PIECE OF STEEL.

May 26, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A WHIRLY PUMP ONTO A FORKLIFT WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND FORKLIFT

May 19, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Struck against stationary object

I NAME CLAIMS THAT HE STEPPED OFF AMINTENANCE TRACTOR ONTO DRAIN GRATING AND TURNED HIS ANKLE ON THE RAISED EDGE.

April 25, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WASHING ROCK FROM CHUTE WHEN WATER COMING FROM HOSE HIT ROSS FEEDER CHAIN AND PARTICLES FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

March 24, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS HOSING FROM BEHIND COPPER PUMP AND S TEPPED OVER SHORT WALL APPROX 12 IN DIVIDER AND TURNED HER ANKLE THE FLOOR SHE STEPPED ONTO WAS NOT CLUTTERED OR WET

December 17, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME BACKING 1-631 TRUCK UP TO FET LOADED AT 1968 & 98S.HAD LEFT HAND OUT CAB WINDOW AS HE JACK-KNIFED TRUCK INTO PLACE.A CYLINDER PROTRUDING FROM BED OF TRAILER PINCHED AGAINST HIS HAND CAU SING CRUSHING TYPE INJURY TO LEFT HAND.

October 3, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. MORRIS WAS CUTTING A 3" TREE WITH A MACHETE. WHEN HE SWUNG, THE MACHETE HIT THE GROUND, KICKED BACK AND SLID THROUGH HIS HAND CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 23, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Fall from ladders

MR HAND WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LADDER IN 1-4 LADDER IN 1-4 SHOP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASEY RUNG OF LADDER AND INJURED HIS KNEE

September 15, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Amax Lead Company Of Missouri · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR REESE WAS WORKING IN BASKET OF GETMAN TRUCK DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON CRANE IN SHOP HE PULLED THE LEVER IN BASKET TO LOWER AND PULLED IT WRONG WAY INSTEAD OF GOLING DOWN HE WENT UP AND HIS FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN LEVER AND CRANE

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