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April 29, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED DOES NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW HE INJURED HIS KNEE.HE JUST STARTED LIMPING AND HIS KNEE SWOLLED AND WAS VERY SORE.

March 26, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME STACKING BAGS ON PALLET. TURNED TO PLACE BAG,FELT PAIN IN BACK.

May 7, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING CLAY AND ROCK FROM CRUSHER ROCK ROLLED OVER THUMB

December 29, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECT 6LOWN IN EYE-EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

July 3, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER ON THE CORNER EDGE OF TRAILER.

June 21, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 13, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SCREEN AND THIS CAUSED HIS HEMORRHOIDS TO EXTRUDE.

April 20, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE\S INOPERABLE TRUCK WAS LOADED ON A LOW-BOY TRAILER. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED BACK INTO TRUCK TO GET HIS JACKET AND RATHER THAN CLIMB DOWN HE JUMPED. THE RESULT WAS A TWISTED KNEE.

March 6, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Clay Company Of Alabama · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PULLED MUSCLE AS HE WAS STACKING BAGS ON PALLETS.

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