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July 8, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Schloss Materials Company · Contact with electrical current

MINER WAS WASHING DOWN CONCRETE PAD AND TOUCHED A WIRE AND RECEIVED A ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

June 8, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schloss Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON LOADER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT A PIECE OF STEEL AND TWISTED LEFT FOOT. THE HEELS ON HIS BOOTS WERE LONG IN LENGTH.

March 7, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockwell Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A PIECE OF PIPE ON A FLOAT FOR THE DREDGE LINE. WHEN HE STEPPED OVER THE PIPE,HE SCRAPED HIS RIGHT LEG ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. EMPLOYEE FINISHED TH ESHIFT AND WORKED MON DAY AND TUESDAY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AND THEN DECIDED HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

March 5, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Schloss Materials Company · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW UP UNDER TH EWELDING HOOD EE WA SWEARING WHILE GRINDING AND LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. (HE WAS LOOKIGN THROUH THE CLAR SHILED). THE STEEL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED FROM HI S EYE BY A DR AND THE EYE IS HOW BACK TO NORMAL.

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