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April 20, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Oglebay Norton Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED AROSE FROM TABLE AFTER EATING HIS LUNCHA ND WHILE WALKING TOWARD DOOR SOEMTHING BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 7, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oglebay Norton Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER CLOSING A SLIDING DOOR, A PAIN DEVELOPED IN LOWER BACK APPROX. 2 OR 3 MINS LATER.

October 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Oglebay Norton Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE SUBJECT PUT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE ROP CAB OF FRONT-END LOADER AND HEADER OF DOOR TO DETERMINE IF THE MACHINE WOULD CLEAR THE DOOR HEADER. THE LOADER MOVED WHILE HIS FINGER WAS THERE AND SCRAPED AND PINCHED THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

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