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September 20, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolime Minerals Company · Fall from machine

MAN WAS DISMOUNTING FROM CAB OF RUBBER TIRED LOADER IN A ROCKY AREA, WHEN HE JUMPED ON A ROCK, HITTING THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT.

November 13, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolime Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING MILL HAMMERS WITH ASSTANCE OF MILL OPERATOR MILL OPERTAP WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK MILL HAMMER OUT OF SLOT. MILL OPERATOR MISSED AND STRUCK OTHER EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB WITH SLED1E HAMMER.

May 25, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolime Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING IN PUTTING AXLE SHAFT BACK IN LOADER-PARTS SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN AXLE SHAFT AND GEAR-SEVERLY BRUISED FINGERS OF LEFT HAND-STITCHES REQUIRED IN LITTLE FI NGER. 3

November 7, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolime Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE A SHEETF OF THIN AFTER PLACING TIN ON GROUND,EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM AREA WHEN HE FELL ON THE TIN AND CUT HIS LEG.

July 10, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolime Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WENT TO PICK UP SOMETHING AND GOT TO CLOSE TO THE MUFFLER AND BURNED HIS ARM ON THE MUFFLER

July 9, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolime Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS DECENDING STEP ON FRONT-END LOADER AND SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL AND BUMPED HIS SHOULDER. DOCTOR SAID NO LABOR WITH LEFT ARM FOR 2-3 DAYS.

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