Mining Incidents

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1983–2026
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February 8, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport Kaolin Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING TO PLACE MOTOR BASE ON FLOOR. LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR BASE & METAL TABLE TOP.

November 15, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport Kaolin Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BAG OF CHEMICAL TO PUT INTO CHEMICAL FEEDER. BAG SLIPPED FROM HAND AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT CAUSING HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO SECOND METALARSAL BON E

November 2, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport Kaolin Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL AIR COMPRESSOR WITH HYDRALIFT CABLE WEIGHT SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.

June 14, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Freeport Kaolin Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING KEYS WAYS IN BRASS STOCH WITH MILLING MACHINE STOCK CAME LOOSE IN WISE PULLING EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND INTO CUTTER .

June 11, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport Kaolin Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM FLOOR AND LACERATED RIGHT THIRD DIGIT ON PIECE OF BROKEN TUBING.

June 7, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal STRIKING OR BUMPING
Freeport Kaolin Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STARTED UNDER EQUIPMENT AND BUMPED HEAD ON SHARP EDGE OF EQUIPMENT. LACERATED FOREHEAD RESULTED.

May 22, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeport Kaolin Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING WIRE FROM BACK OF TRUCK. WIRE HIT CIGARETTE IN EMPLOYEE\S MOUTH. ASHES FROM CIGARETTE BURNED EMPLOYEE\S LEFT EYE.

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