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1983–2026
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March 13, 1986 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Cyanamid Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS CHANGIN1 THE POSITION OF A TWO-WAY VALVE WHEN THE CABLE ON THE HANDLE BROKE MASHING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND

October 7, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
American Cyanamid Company · Struck by flying object

DRILL OPERATOR WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH A CORE DRILL. THREADS STRIPPED ONFITTING OF HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. SAFETY CHAIN BROKE. FITTING HIT OPERATOR ON HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. OPERATOR WAS WEARING HARD HAT.

March 19, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Cyanamid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STIELOW WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE R/R SCALE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW WITH ICE UNDER IT & STARTED TO FALL CAUGHT HIMSELF SOON ENOUGH NOT TO FALL DOWN. HE THINKS HE WRENCHED HIS SHOULDER & BAC K WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF.

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