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August 16, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE REAR OF A PICKUP TRUCK TO BE TAKEN TO WORK SITE. DRIVER SLAMMED ON BRAKES CAUSING TAILGATE TO OPEN AND EMPLOYEE FELL OUT.

August 16, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS RIDING IN THE REAR OF A PICK UP TRUCK TO BE TAKEN TO WORK SITE. DRIVER SLAMMED ON BRAKES CAUSING TAILGATE TO OPEN AND EMPLOYEE FELL OUT.

July 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIRECTING TRAFFIC ACROSS JOSHUA ROAD- EMPLOYEE TRUNED AROUND ON RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED KNEE.

July 11, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Fall onto or against objects

GOING DOWN STAIRS TO LANDING STEPPED BOLT OR A ROUND OBJECT WENT DOWN ON L KNEE. LEG WENT OUT AS HE GRABBED RAIL..

June 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING MAXI BRAKE CHAMBER TO REPLACE BAD DIAPHRAM WHEN SPRING LOADED ROD CAME OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND.

May 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING AND PUSHING A PICE OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT-PULLED GROIN AREA.

April 7, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING 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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED EITHER ON A WET OR ICY SURFACE WHILE WALKING BACK TO KILN DEPT PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLES

March 9, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Corson Lime Company · Struck by flying object

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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SLUDGE OUT OF OIL SUMP WITH HOE CONTINUOUS MOTION PLACED STRAIN ON WRIST.

February 17, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE PUTTING SCREENS IN VIBRATOR AND PULLING SCREENS OUT HE PULLED LOWER MUSCLES ACROSS LOWER BACK.

February 8, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Corson Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE PUT ROPE OVER BEAM TO LOWER A PIECE OF STEEL, ROPE KNOCKED LIME OFF BEAM AND WIND BLEW LIME IN HIS FACE.

February 7, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS SHOVELING STONE OUT OF AN ELEVATOR PIT AT PLS PLANT-WHILE SHOVELING HE JAMMED HIS PALM WITH THE SHOVEL HANDLE.

December 12, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE OFFICES, WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP CLEANING TOOLS SHE PULLED SOMETHING IN HER BACK.

November 21, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FROM UNDRE THE SAND BELT WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT LEG ON SIDE OF THE RAIL, BRUISED LEFT LEG.

November 21, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Corson Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Corson Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING STARTER BOX TO FLOOR, WALKED BETWEEN STARTER BOX AND VIBRATOR SCREEN, STEPPED ON SMALL STONE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

November 2, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck by falling 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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON VIBRATOR IN 1 WASHER AND RECEIVED MUSCLE STRAIN OF ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.

August 15, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLEANING UNDERNEATH A TAIL PULLEY HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND ON A BAR THAT HOLDS TAIL PULLEY GUARD

August 4, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH SHOVEL IN CRUSHER AND FELL IN HOLE INJURED RIGHT UPPER LEG HIP AREA.

July 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING JAMMED CHUTE EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER MOVING CONVEYOR BELT TO DISLODGE JAMMED LINER SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

June 21, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING 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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES BOUNCING JARRING HAS CAUSED AGGRAVATION OF A PRE EXISTING CONDITION DISC HERNIATION TO DATE WORKER S COMPENSATION NOT RECONGNIZING CLAIM.

June 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WHILE CARRYING 2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WHILE LIFTING ON TRUCK HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

May 27, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLIN SYMONS CRUSHER AND PULLED MUSCLE, SWELLIN IN RIGHT THIGH THE FOLLOWING DAY.

May 5, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CO PICK UP WHEN HE WAS HIT BEHIND BY ANOTHER VENDOR PICKUP TRUCK WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

May 5, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FIRE
Corson Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE LEAVING TRUCK WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE COMING UP HILL, BANGED RIGHT ELBOW ON FRONT BUMBER.

April 4, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING 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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK STEPPED IN HOLE AND HURT HIS ANKLE.

February 1, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Corson Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MELTING ICE WITH HEATING TORCH, EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING INSIDE ELEVATOR AND HIS ARM TOUCHED ONE OF THE BUCKETS THAT WAS HEATED BY TORCH.

January 25, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

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, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Corson Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

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, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Corson Lime Company · Struck by flying object

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, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED 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, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Corson Lime Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING3IN PLS DEPT. & COLLAPSED.

June 13, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corson Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS INSPECTING A IBRATING SCREEN WAS STEPPING UP WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.

May 2, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corson Lime Company · Fall from ladders

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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