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1983–2026
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November 17, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maxville Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING PI9CE OF TAPE OFF NEW EXHAUST PIPE WITH PEN KNIFE WHEN IT CLOSED CUTTING LEFT THUMB

February 18, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maxville Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD RE4OIVED 4 BOLTS FROM BELLYPAN OF DOZER LEAVING 2 BOLTS THAT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY LOOSENED TO HOLD IT UP WHILE THEY WERE PREPARING TO HOOK UP COME-ALONG TO SUPPORT IT THE BOLT ON HIS SIDE STRIPP9D OUT ALLOWING PAN TO DROP HE TRIED TO PULL HIS HAND AWAY FROM IT BUT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE PINCHED AGAINST THE FRAME SEVERING 4 FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND HE WAS STANDI

March 27, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maxville Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMPING UP INTO A TRUCK TO WORK ON IT, WHEN HE DISLOCATED HIS KNEE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK IN PLACE ON HIS OWN. LATER THAT SAME DAY WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON A LOADER IT KICKED OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD TO PUT IT BACK IN PLACE FOR HIM. 7 DAYS LATER WHILE LOADING HOLES IT CAME OUT AGAIN AND THEY COULDN\T GET IT TO GO BACK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOOK HIM T

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