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November 15, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Arco Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON A WASH PLANT AT THE CRUSHER AND A PIECE OF SLAG CAME OFF AND PENETRATED RIGHT EYE.

August 26, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arco Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A LOADER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND JOLTED HIS BODY.

June 26, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arco Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS SLICING A BLET HE WAS LAYING UNDERNEATH TIGHTENING THE BELT WHEN SOME FINE DIRT AND CRUSHED AGGREGATE FELL INTO HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME

August 9, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Arco Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ADJUSTING THE SPRAY BAR ON THE CEDAR RAPIDS VIBRATING SCREEN, EMPLOYEE"S LEFT HAND, LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SPRAY BAR AND SHAPER SCREEN WHICH CUT THE FINGER.

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