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739,488
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3,112
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1983–2026
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July 12, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Columbia Cement Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL STRAINED MUSCLE WHILE LIFTING BAGS OF CEMENT.

April 19, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Cement Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ROOFS IN RAW MILL AREA - STGEPPED DOWN FROM ONE ROOF TO ANOTHER TWISTING ANKLE (2 FT. STEP) X-RAYS SHOWED HAIRLINE FRACTRURE.

February 22, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Cement Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING AROUND PUMP, TURNED PUMP AROUND & TRIPPED OVER WEST END OF PUMP. ACCIDENT REPORTED 2-25-83 & 1ST DAY LOST WAS 2-28-83.

January 31, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Columbia Cement Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE TO CHANGE THE SWITCH ON THE TRACK OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANEC AND FALL SPRAINING HIS ANKLE

January 4, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Columbia Cement Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED WAS REMOVING METAL PLATES TO RUN CEMENT FROM A DIFFERENT HOLE IN A SILO APPARENTLY WAS LEANING OVER TO PICK UP PLATE WHICH NORMALLY HAS GRATING UNDERNEATH. ONE PIECE OF GRATING WAS MIS SING & LEFT FOOT SLIPPED INTO SCREW CONVEYOR AT THAT POINT.

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