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August 22, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS WORKING ON A 988-B LOADER AND THE STAND SHIFTED FROM UNDER ME. I FELL ON MY HEAD.

July 26, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING HOSE FROM PUMP TO FUEL TANK KNIFE SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT ARM.

July 6, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRWAY FROM M213 DURING A WIND STORM WHEN A HARD SUBSTANCE ENTERED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

July 6, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE GRINDING NEW POINT ON SCREWDRIVER AND SLIPPED

June 17, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS 773 B CATWAGON AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

June 10, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON A BULLDOZER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND HIT HIS RIBS AGAINST THE TRACKS.

May 19, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS CLEANING OUT TUBE SHEET OF #1 COOLER AT THE BAGHOUSE WHEN SOMETHING WENT INTO HIS EYE

April 30, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WORKING ON REVERSE AIR DAMPER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE AIR PIPING AND CONDUIT AT THE BAGHOUS JARRED NECK

April 28, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS AT THE #1 KILN JACKHAMMERING BRICK WHEN A PIECE OF CLINKER FELL AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS NECK

April 22, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING A LADDER & IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SCRAPPING LEFT CHEEK

February 20, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING PAN & HIT HOLE CAUSING A QUICK JOLT WHICH CAUSED STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.

February 1, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PUSHING 5 WHEELBARROW UNDER INLET OF #1 FINISH MILL WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL WAS DROPPED FROM ABOVE PLATFORM, LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT. LACERATION ON RIGHT FOOT, ONE STITCH REQUIRED.

January 13, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING MASON9Y BAGS FROM THE LINE, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET THE NEXT ONE IT HAD SLIPPED OFF OF THE INCLINE GOING ONTO THE FLAT SURFACE AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 24, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON SCRE9N AND BUMPED HEAD ON STEEL,REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

August 28, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DIV9RATOR GATE WHEN THE WELD ON THE ARM THAT HE WAS PULLING ON BROKE AND THE COME A LONG CHAIN BECAME LOOSE AND HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NOSE

July 28, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF BEARING HOUSING BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIS ARM AND CHIN.

May 9, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING BOLT OUT OF HOLE AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT EYE.

March 21, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE REPORT9D TO THE OFFICE THAT HE HAD A RASH ON HIS BACK & CHEST. HIS DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS LIMEROCK POISON.

January 2, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

HAULING ROCK ON3HAUL ROAD, AND RAN INTOT HE REAR OF A PARKED HAUL TRUCK NEAR THE DUMP HOPPER.

September 24, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

AT THE PLANT, HE WAS PUTTING IN A TAIL PULLY ON CONVEYOR BELT, AND IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. CUT AND BRUISED BACK OF LEFT HAND.

August 2, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

IN THE PIT ONE TRUCK WAS STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND HE RAN INTO THE BACK OF IT DRIVING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS OF WET ROADS COULD NOT STOP IN TIME

May 2, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FINGER ON RT HAND BETWEEN CRUSHER BAR AND DOOR MASHING RT 3RD FINGER WHILE REMOVING CRUSHER BARS

September 19, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

DURING MAINTENANCE OF SHOVEL EE MADE A SHARP TURN AT ENTRANCE & HIT METAL OBJECT WITH LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CUAISNG INJURY.

September 7, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS CARRYING ONE END OF THE MAIN SUPPORT FOR A BRICK RING. HE HAD A PREVIOUS HERNIA THAT WAS REINJURED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT HE WAS HANDLING. THE INJURY WAS TO H IS LOWER RIGHT STOMACH AREA.

March 29, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck against a moving object

HAD LOAD OF ROCK ON HAUL TRUCK READY TO PULL OFF WHEN BANK FELL IN AND STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK THROWING HIM AROUND IN THE CAB OF TRUCK HE RECEIVED CUTS BRUISES AND INTERNAL INJURIES

March 12, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUT A ROLL OF PLASTIC ON THE RACK AT BAGHOUSE (SHIPPING) AND A RAT WAS IN THIS ROLL. WHEN I PUSHED IT ON THE RACK, THE RAT WAS FORCED OUT AND BIT ME ON THE LEFT SMALL FINGER. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKE N TO WALK-IN CLINIC, WAS GIVEN TETNUS TOXOID AND THE RAT WAS SENT TO TAMPA LAB FOR TESTING OF RABIES.

February 16, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS TARPING A COMMERCIAL FLATBED TRAILER WHEN HE TRIPPED AMONG SOME PLASTIC LINING COVERING THE PALLETS WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN OFF THE TRAILER FRACTURING HIS LEFT WRIST

November 22, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM PLATFORM TO TOP OF HAZEMAG BAG HOUSE STEPPED ON HANDLE OF LID TURNING ANKLE TO SIDE CAUSING ALL WEIGHT TO FALL ON ANKLE JOINT OF RIGHT FOOT.FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE.

July 9, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

WELDING ANGLE ON SMALL CHAIN AT PHB BLDG ANGLE FELL WITH WELDING ROD STUCK TO IT AND WELDING ROD WENT THROUGH LEFT FOOT.1/8\\ ROD.

July 2, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT #2 KILN ON AUXILLARY DRIVE. THE LINKAGE TO THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN CHANGED AND WAS HOKED UP DIRECTLY TO THE THROTTLE. THE EMPLOYEE STARTED THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE REACH ED EXCESSIVELY OR EXTREMELY HIGH RPMS AND THE FLYWELL BLEW APART WITH A FRAGMENT STRIKING THE RIGHT FOREARM OF THE EMPLOYEE.

March 25, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Fall from piled material

NEW MILL BALLS HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE DISCHARGE END OF BALL MILL. THE BALLS LANDED IN A PILE IN THE MILL. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON PILE OF BALLS, SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS BACK. THE LOWER PART OF HI S BACK WAS INJURED WHEN HE LANDED ON THE BALLS.

March 12, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Mining & Materials Corp · Fall onto or against objects

CHAIN BROKE ON 1 1/2TON HOIST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE-UP LIMESTONE FEEDER EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARD STRIKING HIS ARM ON CORNER OF BEAM SUPPORTING FEEDER

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