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June 13, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING LARGE JACK ON PALLET USING A SLING. NOTICED THE JACK WAS TIPPED AND ATTEMPTED TO STRIGHTEN JACK UP. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HIN A PINCH POINT AND JACK TIPPED OVER CATCHING E MPLOYEES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, CUTTING IT.

June 10, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING CEMENT AND TOP OF BAG RIPPED OPEN BLOWING CEMENT INTO HIS EYES (RIGHT EYE SPECIFICALLY).

May 31, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF A BULK TANKER PUTTING THE SAMPLE BASKET BACK ON ITS HOOK WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE FILL HOLE ON THE TANKER.

May 21, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS UNPLUGGING ELEVATOR TOWER WITH A 5 FT. BAR AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

May 2, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON GRINDING WHEEL WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER TO BE CUT.

March 16, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS WALKING FROM HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE TOWWARDS PLANT LOCKER/SHOWER ROOM BLDG AND SLIPPED ON SOME ICE IN WALKWAY EMP WENT TI DR ON 3 19 88 AND REPORTED OFF FROM WORK 3 31 88

December 22, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING RAILROAD TIES FROM FINISHING MILL AND THE TIES SLIPPED PINNING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN THEM

October 29, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF LIGHT PLANT TO HOOK UP TO BALL ON PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK TWO HOURS LATER.

July 13, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS KN9ELING IN WET DUST WHILE WORKING ON WATER PUMPS CAUSING BURNS TO BOTH KNEES.

June 23, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WLAKING 6ETWEEN 2 BUILDINGS & S LIPPED & FELL DISLOCATING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

April 4, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT THE BENDING AND TWISTING MOTION PERFORMED IN HIS LINE OF WORK THAT WEEK AGGRAVED HIS BACK SO THAT WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER, HE PULLED HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE. 3

April 3, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SW3NGING A PALLET OF BRICKS AND PINNED HIS LEG AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL.

February 20, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9NING THE DOOR TO THE COAL MILL FEED CHUTE WHEN IT BACKFIRED IN HIS FACE.

January 7, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS OPERATING THE TRACKMOBILE, HE BUMPED A RAIL CAR CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS SIDE AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE TRACKMOBILE.

January 6, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING THRU YA9D TOWARD SHOWER ROOM AND SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND HURT HIS BACK

November 19, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ALONG & SLIPPED ON ICE CATCHING KIMSELF BEFORE FALLING & WSRENCHING H IS VBACK

June 19, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS JACKHAMM9RING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SIDE.

May 15, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ALONG COLLECTOR BELT FLOOR WHEN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HIT SOMETHING TWISTING HIM AROUND CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE AND FALL.

April 10, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS BR3NGING AN AIR HOSE AND LANCE DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE SPRAY TOWER AND SLIPPED ON LAST STEP TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

February 5, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTING C9ANE BEARING UP ON DRILL PRESS, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON HANDLE OF MACHINE.

January 14, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

DURING THE PROC9SS OD SHOOTING OUT COATING AND BRICK, A PIECE OF DEBUS FLEW BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON INSTEP OF LEFT FOOT CAUSING A SEVERE BONE BRUISE AND SWELLING.

August 9, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS WALKING THRU OLD BILN BUILDING & SLIPPED ON CLINKER COMING DOWN ON LET LEG CAUSING FRACTURES IN 2 PLACES.

June 1, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

AFTER INSTALLING NEW SPEED REDUCER IT TURNED HARRD AND EMPL TRIED TO MOVE IT BY PULLING ON BELT.HAND SLIPPED AND HE HIT SMALL FINGER LEFT HAND ON HOUSING.

January 26, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS IN ROUTE TO THE CONTROL ROOM TO LOG HIS SAMPLE DATA HE DECIDED TO STOP BY THE FINISH MILL AND LEAVE HIS SAMPLE PAIL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON PIECE OF CLINKER AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG B BREAKING IT IN 2 PLACES I NAME HAD POLIO IN HIS RT FOOT YEARS AGO AND HAS LIMITED HIM IN THAT FOOT THIS MAY HAVE HINDERED HIM FROM CATCHING HIS BALANCE AND PREVENTING THE FALL

January 2, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMING INTO PLANT SLIPPED ON ICE ON INCLINE BETWEEN TRUCKS & SIDEWALK. LANDED ON BUTTOCKS FRACTURING 7-8-9 VERTEBRAS. SANDING & SALTING WAS BEING DONE AT THIS TIME.

September 5, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

KILN HAD FLUSHED AND EMPL CHECKING FOR DUST IN SYSTEM.HE REMOVED COVER AND IT BECAME CAUGHT IN DRAG CHAIN FLIPPING IT OVER CATCHING 1ST FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN COVER AND HOUSING.

June 28, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TIPPING VALVE IN PREHEATER BLDG STANDING ON RAIL HOLDING ON WITH LEFT HAND RAIL BROKE AND HE DROPPED ABOUT 2 FT CAUSING LOFT SHOULDER TO BE DISLOCATED.

May 12, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALING DOWN NEW CEMENT WALK IT WAS WET AND EMP SLIPPED AND HURT HIS LEG AND HIP

April 12, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RICHARD HAD STOPPED THE BELT AND WAS REMOVING A BROKEN BAG OFF THE CONVEYOR THE BACK OF HIS RT HAND RUBBED ACROSS THE BAG SADDLE AND IT CAUSED A LACERATION

March 20, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER WAS BACKING TO HOPPER TO UNLOAD. BACKED ON TOP OF BERM STOPPED. SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR & RELEASED BRAKE-HIND WHEELS WENT INTO HOPPER. CAUSING DRIVER TO BUMP HIS HEAD & BRUISE IT.

March 7, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPLACING CABLE ON OVERHEAD CRANE PULLING IT THRU SHEAVE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

February 24, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ROLLER MILL IT WAS DUSTY CAUSING LIGHTING TO BE BAD EMP WALKED IN AND TRIPPED OVER A PALLET ON FLOOR HE COMPLAINED OF HIS BACK HURTING

January 10, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

DROPPING DOWN LOADED RAIL CAR.BRAKE DIDNT WORK AND HE JUMPED OFF CAR.NOTICED MINOR DISCOMFORT A COUPLE DAYS LATER.

January 2, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

COMING INTO PLANT SLIPPED ON ICE ON INCLINE BETWEEN TRACKS & SIDEWALK L ANDED ON BUTTOCKS FRACTURING 7-8-9 VERTEBRAES. SANDING & SALTING WAS BEING DONE AT THIS TIME

December 14, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED CONNECTING AIR HOSE TO GRINDER AND TURNED IT ON TO TRY IT. THE WHEEL SPLIT AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

October 3, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CHECKING PART ON PREHEATER SUPERVISOR WAS REPLACING COVER & HOT DUST BLEW OUT BURNING HIS FACE, NECK, ARM, LEG & FOOT

August 7, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPAIRING SPROCKET ON A ELEVATOR PULLED ON IT AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

August 1, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER PULLED OVER TO LET OTHER TRUCK PASS & HIT HOLE AN EDGE OF RAODWAY.

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