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May 8, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Marblehead Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

RELIGHTING TORCH, AFTER IT WENT OUT, BUILD UP OF FUMES, CAUSE TORCH TO IGNITE WHEN EE LIGHT TORCH AGAIN. 2ND DEGREE BURNS--LOWER LIP, CHIN AND LEFT HAND.

March 12, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Marblehead Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PULLING SPRAYS OUT OF KILN DUST CHAMBERS, THE SPRAYS WHERE HOT STEAM FROM SPRAYS BURNED HANDS AND ABDOMEN 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

March 6, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING A HAMMER STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

March 1, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH A RAW MATERIAL CHUTE OVER PULLED BACK & HIT RT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF STEEL CONTUSION

February 23, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED LEFT ANKLE WHILE WALKING SPRAIN DATE OF FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT 3-4-94.

February 22, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON OIL ON "CHERRY PICKER" STEPS - TWISTED BACK - STRAIN.

February 18, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall from machine

CHECKING 50 TN WABCO TRUCK FOR WATER LEAK. CRAWLED UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF RADIATOR TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND THEN STARTED TO CLIMB BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND SLIPPED AND FEEL TO THE GROUND BROKEN BON E WRIST DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT TILL 2-22-94.

February 15, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER CAUGHT UNDER DRIVE BELTS WHILE CHANGING BELT-FRACTURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

February 15, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A JACK HAMMR ON #2 DUST CHAMBER. BIT SLIPPEDON ICE ADN LOST FOOTING AND EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CUT ON LEFT INDEX FIGNER - LACERATED.

February 6, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT WAS JAMMED BY FROZEN STONE IN THE DOLO HOPPER, EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON THE BELT COVER WITH HIS FEET ON THE BELT, WHEN THE MATERIAL WAS FREED, THE BELT UNDER TENSION LURCHED FORWARD TRAPPI NG HIS FEET BETWEEN LUMP OF MATERIAL AND BELT COVER - BRUISED LOWER LEGS AND ANKLES.

December 21, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall from machine

FELL FROM A LIME CAR - GRABBED ON THE HAND HOLD ON TOP OF THE CAR AS HE WAS FALLING & HURT LEFT SHOULDER.

December 17, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING THE SMALL PORTABLE ELECTRIC CABLE WINCH HE GRABBED THE CABLE CLOSE TO THE SPOOL WITH GLOVED LEFT HAND AND USED HIS GLOVED RIGHT HAND TO OPERATE THE PUSH BUTTON SWITCH, IN ORDER TO PL AY OUT SLACK. PUSHED WRONG BUTTON INSTANTLY DRAWING FINGER TIPS INTO THE TIGHTENED SPOOL OF CABLE LACERATING TIP MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

December 15, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON SEAL RING #2 KILM - CABLE HOLDING SEAL RING HIT LEFT HAND LEFT INDEX FINGER.

December 15, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALING ON HYDRATE FAN FLOOR ST EPPED IN CRACK BETWEEN WOODEN BOARDS & TWISTED RT ANKLE ACUTE SPRAIN

December 6, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UNDER THE WEST SIDE SCREEN, RAISED UP FROM CROUCHED POSITION & HIT HEAD ON A BEAM - CONTUSION NECK.

November 19, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PUSHING A DOLLY WITH 8-80# SMALL PEBBLE BAGS INTO A FLAT BED TRUCK. AS DOLLY WAS PUSHED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE GOT IN FRONT OF HIS PATH HE STOPPED TO AVOID HITTING MAN. WEIGHT CAUSED DOLLY TO START TO ROLL BACK. SAW THE BAGGER BAGGING BEHIND HIM. TRYING TO AVOID BACKING IN THE BAGGER- TRIED TO HOLD THE DOLLY- FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF BACK.

November 15, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall from machine

STEPPING DOWN OFF HIS MACHINE & SLIPPED & FELL HURTING BACK DATE FIRST TREATMENT 11-17-93 INJURY REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 01-12-94 IN SAFETY DEPT

November 15, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVED BOBCAT FROM COAL BARGE. UNHOOKED CHAIN USED TO LIFT BOBCAT. GAVE SIGNAL TO MOVE CRANE BUCKET. STARTED TO RAISE BUCKE TEMPLOYEE STEPPED BETWEEN BOBCAT ADN CRANE BUCKET. CRANE BUCKET MOVED TOWARD THE BOBCAT PUSHING EMPLOYEE. FELL AND THE CRANE BUCKE THIT BOTH ELGS AGAINST THE BOBCAT BUCKET - 2 BROKEN LEGS.

November 5, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL ONT HE FIRING FLOOR AND FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW.

September 9, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ROLLING 55 GAL. DRUM OF OIL CLOSE TO CHAIN FALL IN ORDER TO PLACE THE DRUM ON THE RACK IN THE OIL HOUSE - ROLLING DRUM IN PLACE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

September 8, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WENT TO FREE #4 COAL MILL FEEDER & STEPPED UP ON THE PLATFORM BEHIND THE FEEDER IT GAVE AWAY CAUSING FALL & FRACTURE 3RD & 4TH FINGERS RIGHT HAND.

September 4, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WORKING LIME DUST WAS BLOWN INTO RIGHT EYE - CHEMICAL IRRITATION.

September 1, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

TEARING OUT THIN BRICK IN 6 KILN BRICK SHIFTED AND THE EE S RIGHT LEG WENT THRU THE MANHOLE DOOR ABRASION CONTUISON RIGHT KNEE.

August 31, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

BENT OVER TO PICK A PALLET AND AS EE STARTED WALKING WITH IT SLIPPED IN SOME WATER THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.

August 25, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHECKING THE BEARINGS O THE RUNNING PUMP PLACED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON THE HOUSING OF THE PUMP AT WHICH TIM MADE CONTACT WITH A LOOSE BOLT WHICH CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER SUTURES

August 23, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO INSTALL A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER AT WHICH TIME HE CUT HIS LEFT ARM ON A STEEL BRACKET OR BRACE LACERATION SUTURES.

August 22, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBING OFF THE C-2 CASE- HIT LEFT LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE ON THE BUCKET-LACERATION-SUTURES.

August 16, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING & UNDOING A PLUG & LOWERING IT TO GROUND EXPEREINCED BACK DISCOMFORT ON BENDING UP.

July 21, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING STONE BUILD UP FROM UNDERNEATH A RUNNING CONVEYOR PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK DATE OF FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT 07-27-93

July 18, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by falling object

PASSING BRICKS UP TO THE KILN, BRICK FELL ON TOP OF MIDDLE FINGER SMASHING AGAINST THE WALL-CONTUSION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

July 16, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

COMING OUT OF EMPLOYEES SHOWER IN LOCKER ROOM WHEN SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR - FELL ON RIGHT SIDE INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER AND CALF - CONTUSION.

July 14, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP MATERIAL WITH A SHOVEL STRAINED LEFT FOREARM AND WRIST.

July 6, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING FROM THE EMPLYEES LOCKER ROOM & HURT LEFT ANKLE ON BROKEN SURFACE BY #4 DUST CHAMBER SPRAIN

June 15, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BAGGING 80# PEBBLE LIME & AS MAN LIFTED THE BAG HE FELT A PULL ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS TAIL BONE - LOWER BACK SPRAIN.

June 9, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING SLEDGE HAMMER BOUNCED AND HIT LEFT HAND-CONTUSION.

June 2, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STOOD ON WOODEN CRATE TO REACH UP & HOLD THE PLATE WHEN THE CRATYE BROKE CAUSING MAN TO SLIP & CATCHING REIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE &TANK-FRACTURE RIGHT FIFT FINGER.

May 28, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WORKING SOME LIME GOT IN LEFT EYE-BURN

May 23, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

BOUNCING A LOT ON A HILO AND PULLING HOSES PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.

May 12, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CHECKING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BY A TANK AND FELL OVER AN OPENING TO A TANK SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE.

May 11, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSING #2 GATE. RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER SMASHED BETWEEN THE GATE HANDLE AND TANK. FRACTURE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. 2 SUTURES OF 5-0 NYLON. 7MM.

May 10, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING LIME TRANSFER POINT-ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED BELTS AND LIME BLEW INTO FACE-MADE A SHARP TURN TOWARD WINDOW. WITH HAND KNOCKED STICK FROM UNDERNEATH WINDOW AND WINDOW CAME DOWN ON LEFT FINGERS-CONTUSION LEFT HAND/

April 30, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN LUNCH ROOM WALING THRU THE DOORWAY TRIPPED OVER THRESHOLD TWISTED RT KNEE CAUSING SHARP PAIN SPRAIN

April 22, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Marblehead Lime Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN #5 KILN DUST CHAMBER, TURNED & TWISTED BACK LUMBAR MUSCLE STRAIN.

April 21, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marblehead Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION A PIECE OF SCAFFOLDING WHEN THE LINE HE WAS USING TO PULL THE PLANK BROKE AND HE FELL TO THE ROOF SURFACE HE WAS STANDING ON.

April 17, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING SOME TAR PAPER WITH A BLADE FROM A UTILITY KNIFE-LACERATION LEFT HAND -2 SUTURES

March 29, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BY A METAL GATE. CONTUSION LEFT HAND AND LEFT THUMB

March 25, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS RETRIEVING A SCREW DRIVER WITH A STEEL ROD FROM THE BOTTOM OF A DUST SCREW HOPPER LUMBAR STRAIN

March 24, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING A PORTABLE GAS TORCH FROM INSIDE OF 4 KILN TORCH JAMMED BETWEEN THE BRACKED AND FRONT DISCHARGE DAM GAVE SHARP JERK ON THE LONG PIPE ATTACHED TO THE TORCH AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SHOUDER SPRAIN.

March 10, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKING IN #4 DUST CHAMBERS-JAMMED LEFT SIDE INTO BUILD UP OF MATERIAL CAUSING INJURY TO RIB CAGE- FRACTURED RIBS. FIRST VISIT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT 3-12-93.

March 9, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marblehead Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STACKING 50# C.P. HYDRATE BAGS ON PALLETS & STARTED FEELING PAIN ON LEFT GROIN SIDE AND KEPT GETTING STRONGER. ACUTE SPRAIN LEFT GROIN AREA.

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