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June 30, 2008
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Attapulgite Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee had finished his shift & was ready to leave site from parking lot. He remembers leaving his overshirt in work area & went back to get it. It had rained much of the day & the area he was walking through was wet. He slipped in a wet spot, caught himself with his left arm/hand/wrist. The result was he broke the tip of a bone in his wrist.
April 11, 2008
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Attapulgite Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Operator came up behind Supervisor who was cutting super sacks with a utility knife. Startled Supervisor, swung around and cut Operator on the buttocks.
February 6, 2008
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
Attapulgite Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
Maintenance employee had been using a 4.5-inch hand grinder for 30 minutes on a bull gear in the shop when a metallic sliver ricocheted inside the face shield, around his safety glasses and imbedded in his left eye. The sliver was removed by an optometrist and the employee returned to work during the same shift without restriction.
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