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September 25, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CUTTING A BELT WITH A SHEET ROCK KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

September 25, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING SCALES BEAM BRUISED RIBS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF BODY.

April 3, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING DIRT AND ROCK FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT BACK STRAIN.

November 2, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCKS MANUALLY FROM BELT.ROCKS SHIFTED AND BROKE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 20, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING ROCK OUT OF BELT.

September 12, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER BELT,EMPLOYEE STEP DOWN ON ROCK AND FELL CUTTING RIGHT KNEE ON ROCK,APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH IN LENGTH.

June 25, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE CABLE TO END OF DEAD EYE ON 800-D NORTHWEST SHOVEL. AFTER APPLYING TENSION TO CABLE, EMPLOYEE LOST GRIP AND CABLE SNAKED BACK HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE BELOW EYE. INJURY RESULTED IN CUT OT LEFT SIDE OF FACE. TWO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. NO LOST TIME.

August 25, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL IN THE COMPANY OF COWORKER IW NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PUMP WEIGHING ABOUT 150LBS AFTER THE LIFTING PROCESS EMPL STATES HE FELT DISCOMFORT INT HE AREA OF HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK HE D ELAYED GOING TO THE DR UNTIL 8/29/89 AT WHICH TIME THE THE NECK AND UPPER BACK PAIN COMMENCED TO BOTHER HIM

November 23, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULL DOZER FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBUILDING WASHED AREA ON ROAD.ALLEGED DOZER SLIPPED ON LARGE ROCK RESULTING IN A SEVERE JOLT HURTING HIS BACK.

November 18, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Little Rock Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ON 20 NOVEMBER 1987, EMPLOYEE INFORMED SUPERVISOR THAT ON 11-18-87 HE HAD GOTTEN DIRT/ROCK CHIPS IN RIGHT EYE. RIGHT EYEWAS AT THE TIME SWOLLEN. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR AND PHYSICIAN CLEA N EYE AND ISSUED MEDICATION FROM HIS OWN INFIRMARY.

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