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DIRECTING TRAFFIC ACROSS JOSHUA ROAD- EMPLOYEE TRUNED AROUND ON RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED KNEE.
July 11, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE USING HAMMER (20# SLEDGE) TO UNBLOCK KILN, FINGER IN BETWEEN HAMMER AND MATERIAL (BLOCKED LIME)
July 7, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST TURNED IMPELLOR SHAFT FOR BAGGER, WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE LEANED AGAISNT BAGGER WITH HIS SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND GOING INTO THE OPENING THAT HOUSED THE STILL SPINNI NG IMPELLOR. NAIL WAS TORN OFF WITH A LEAST TWO DEEP CUTS ALSO KNOWN AT THIS TIME FINGER IS BROKEN AT TIP.
June 19, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO #6 KILN USING A LONG BAR WORKING AT KILN DOOR OPENED-ROCKS FELL CAUSING BLAST OF HOT AIR TO EXIT DOOR 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT WRIST
April 18, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE LIFTING AND PUSHING A PICE OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT-PULLED GROIN AREA.
April 7, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE SHOVELING RAW LIME TO REMOVE FROM PIT,HYDRATED LIME WENT THRU GLOVES RUBBING OF GLOVES LIME WENT THRU TO SKIN ON RIGHT WRIST,0.5 CENTIMETER ULCER.
April 5, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Corson Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS PREVENTING MIRACLE GUN FROM BLOCKING UP. TO STOP FEED EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE RAN AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF EQUIPMENT TO THROW THE VALVE, HE INDICATES VALVE CAME UP ONCE AN D LET BACK DOWN, WENT TO PULL IT UP AGAIN AND VALVE FROZE ON 2ND ATTEMPT. MACHINE BLOCKED UP, BLEW GASKET THUS EXPOSING WATER AND LIME. BURNT FACE AND CORNEA-DEGREE UNKNOWN. INDICATIONS ARE HE
March 10, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalfireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING METAL WITH A PROPANE TORCH WHEN A PICE OF SLAG POPPED OFF THE METAL,WENT IN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.ACCORDING TO ATTENDING DOCTOR,EMPLOYEE NOTICED A CUTON SURFACE OF EYEBALL.
March 3, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER THE ROOF, REMOVING SCREWS WITH IMPACT GUN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEING IN THIS POSTION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME STRAINED HIS BACK.
February 14, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING DRIFT PIN FROM SIDE OF WHEEL OF A BEACH GRINDER. DRIFT PIN LOADED IN BETWEEN PARTS REST AND WHEEL THROWING EMPLOYEE HAD INTO GRINDING WHEEL.
November 5, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING TRUCKS CROSSING AND WHILE THROWING TRASH IN CONTAINER TURNED QUICK AND DROPPED LID ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING CONTUSION TO LITTLE FINGER.
October 25, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE REMOVING STRUT ARM BUSHINGS ON PICK UP TRUCK WITH WRENCH PULLING ON WRENCH TO REMOVE STRUT ARM BUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
August 16, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN MIRACLE DEPT HAND LOADING 50 BAGS MIRACLE LIME ON PALLETS 50 PER PALLET 10 BAGS HIGH. COMPLAINED OF LEG AN ARM PAIN BEFORE GOING HOME, NUMBEROUS REPORTS OF SAME CONDITI ON BEFORE.
July 21, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE CLEANING JAMMED CHUTE EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER MOVING CONVEYOR BELT TO DISLODGE JAMMED LINER SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
June 21, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING BAGGED LIME ON PALLET FROM ONE PALLET TO ANOTHER BAG OF LIME TWISTED AND BENT FINGER BACK, BRUISED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
June 13, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BACK ONTO TRUCK AFTER BREAK, CABLE LADDER ON TRUCK SWUNG TOWARDS TRUCK BUMPER WHEN GETTING ONTO TRUCK. BANGED RIGHT LEG ON FRAME OF TRUCK. CONTUSION AND SPRAIN TO RIGHT F OOT AND KNEE TO DATE DISABILITY IS BACK WORK S COMP. CARRIER IS FIGHTING THIS ONE SINCE DISABILITY IS NOT RELATED TO ORIGINAL CLAIM.
June 11, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ACTING AS AN ASSISTANT FOREMAN AND WENT TO CHECK ON A PAYLOADER WITH A FLAT TIRE, EMPLOYEE BECAME INVOLVED IN AN AGRUMENT WITH THE OPERATOR OF THE PAYLOADER. THIS DEVELOPED INTO A FIGHT WHICH RESULT IN INJURIES.
June 10, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES BOUNCING JARRING HAS CAUSED AGGRAVATION OF A PRE EXISTING CONDITION DISC HERNIATION TO DATE WORKER S COMPENSATION NOT RECONGNIZING CLAIM.
June 3, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN PICK UP TRUCK AS A PASSENGER PICK UP TRUCK WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY OTHER PICK UP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE HIT WINDSHIELD AND THEN HEAD WENT BACK AND HIT BACK WINDOW.
April 18, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metaldriver, jeep driver, tractor operatorFIRE
EMPLOYEE HOLDING POST BAR AND ATTEMTING TO HIT WITH HAMMER THE BAR WAS MISSED AND EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB WAS HIT. ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR 51/2 FT. CONE CRUSHER JAMMED WITH STONE.
March 31, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP FLIGHT OF STEPS HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HAND RAIL. HIS RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT AT LIGHT POLE AND RAILING.
March 28, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PIECE OF MACHINERY WHICH FELL ON HIS HAND. RIGHT HAND WAS CUT WITH A PIECE OF DIRTY METAL BUT NOT RUSTY. 5TH METACARPAL AREA.
March 23, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BUILD UP IN CHUTE AND FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL AND BUMPED HEAD. GOT FOOT CAUGHT WHEN DISEMBARKING FROM AN ELEVATED AREA FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON BACK HITTING HEAD.' '
January 5, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFIRE
EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING SCRAP FROM BODY OF TRUCK AND HOT PIECE OF METAL FELL ON TORCH HOSE WHICH CAUGHT FIRE. THIS BURNED BOTHGAS AND OXYGEN HOSES CAUSING TO BURN VIOLENTLY AFTER SLIGHT EXPLOSION . EMPLOYEE BURNED LEFT HAND.
August 17, 1987PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS PE9SPIRING HEAVILY DUE TO HEATR.SAFETY GLASSES SLID TO TIP OF NOSE.EMPLOYEE STRUCK BOLT ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL.A PIECE OF STEEL STUCK AND BECAME IMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE. 3
April 15, 1986PA · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerPOWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE SHOVEL3NG PILE OF STONE-CAUGHT RIGHT SLEEVE OF RT WRIST PULLING SAME INTO TROUGH IDLER.
January 29, 1986PA · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanOTHER
DESCENDING DOWN EQUIP LADDER WITH PIECE OF FLOORING IN ONE HAND .THE OTHER HAND WAS USED TO SUPPORT AND HOLD HIMSELF WHILE DESCENDING LADDER.EMPL SLIPPED OFF LAST RUNG ON LADDER CAUSING INJURY
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