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July 18, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Quality Aggregate Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM GRADER, USING A GRAB HAND RAIL WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT ARM BECOMMING NUMB.

November 6, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS PRYING OUT AN OIL SEAL WITH AN 18" PRYBAR THE SEAL POPPED LOOSE AND HIS LEFT ELBOW BUMPED THE YOKE ON AN OIL TANK WAGON.

August 3, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UPA TOGGLE SEAT RESULTING IN INJURY TO LOWER BACK.TOGGLE SEAT WEIGHT APPROX. 50 LBS.

April 6, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE CHANGING OIL IN HYD. TANK OF THE RT 65 GROVE CARNE, THE EMPLOYEE UNSCREWED THE 2 IN. DRAIN PLUG. THE OIL SPRAYED OUT LIKE UNDER PRESSURE AND SOME SPRAYED ON EMPLOYEE. SOME OIL SPRAYED IN TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

November 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE TRAINING #2 UNDER CRUSH TAIL PULLEY A WRENCH BECAME STUCK ON ADJUSTING BOLT AND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE WRENCH FROM BOLT WITH ANOTHER WRENCH. THAT WRENCH GOT CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY AND FLIPPED UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE UNDER CHIN. EMPLOYEE RESULTED WITH A BITTEN TONGUE.

January 28, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN PREPARATION FOR A BELT SPLICE EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING THE TOP COVER FROM A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT EMPLOYEE IN RT KNEE APPROX 2 INCHES LONG REQUIRED EIGHT STITCH ES

April 13, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT SKIRT RUBBER WHILE SITTING ON CONVEYOR BELT UNILITY KNIFE SLIPPED & MADE A 1/2" LONG CUT (INCISION) IN CALF OF LEFT LEG.

March 5, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING APPROX. 6' FROM FELLOW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS CUTTING OUT OF A CAR DOOR. SLAG BLEW BACK INTO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S EYE. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

August 6, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING THE CASE LOAD HE STATED HE LEFT IT GET AWAY FROM HIM AND IT THREW HIM FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELT CAUGHT HIM AND THREW HIM BACK AGAINST THE SEAT REAL HARD WE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE S EAT BELT TIGHT ENOUGH.

May 28, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS STANDING BEHIND FELLOW EE WHO WAS REMOVING MANTLE NUT FROM CONE CRUSHER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HAMMER HEAD HIT WRENCH HEAD JARRED LOOSE, STRIKING VICTIM IN CHEST.

October 25, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

ON FRIDAY 10/25/91 EMPL WORKED ON EIGHT HOUR SHIFT BUILDING UP PULLY SHAFT ON PRI CRUHER. SHAFT WAS BUILT UP WITH WELD & RESURFACED BY USE OF SIDE GRINDER. EMPL EXPRERIENCED IRRITATION TO LEFT EYE LATER THAT DAME NIGHT WENT TO LOCAL DR ON SAT. WHER PIECE OF RUST WAS REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE. EMPL WAS REFERED TO DR IN POPLAR BLUFF FOR SCOOPING. TWO MORE PIECES F RUST WERE REMOVED.

January 29, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE COLLASPED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK WHILE AT WORK. EMPLOYEE HAD HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS AND NO OUT OF THE ORIDNARY WORK WAS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE E MERGENCY ROOM AT DOCTORS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN POPLAR BLUFF.

August 10, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LOADING HAY IN COMPANY VEHICLE TO BE USED FOR ERROSION PURPOSES ON SEDIMENT POND UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DISTURBED WRASP NEST IN A FELLOW EMPLOYEE BARN WHEN BECAME STING ON LEFT WRIST.

April 8, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

USING LOADER SOME DIRT OBJECTS FELL OFF TOP OF CAB AND BLEW IN EYES SM PC OF METAL

February 8, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING WINDOWS ON CRANE, WHILE DISMOUNTING CRANE TWISTED LOWER BACK. PULLED TENDONS IN LOWER BACK.

August 11, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE WORK PLATFORM/BASKET THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE BOOM OF A GROVE CRANE FELL APPROX. 3 FT WHILE EE WAS IN IT, WORKING A WELD BROKE, CAUSING THE BASKET TO FALL A SAFETY A SAFETY CHAI N KEPT IT FROM FALLING FURTHER HE SCRATCHED AND BRUISE HIS RIGHT LEG.

July 14, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN LIFT A WINDOW TYPE AIR-CONDITIONER INTO AN OPENING IN THE WALL OF THE CONTROL TRAILER, WHEN HE TWISTED AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 15, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN 2 FITTINGS, EMPLOYEE HAD 12" CRESCENT WRENCH AGAINST CHEST PULLING ON 12" PIPE WRENCH TRYING TO LOOSEN FITTINGS.

September 23, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Aggregate Company · Fall from machine

WAS WORKING ON CAT TRUCK AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM CAT WALK TO CONCRETE FLOOR OF SHOP APPROX 10 FT. , HIT LEFT KNEE AND LEFT ELBOWJ

June 27, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A FELLOW WORKER HIT HTE BACK OF HIS HAND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER BY ACCIDENT.

June 14, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING A WALDON FRONT END LOADER,CLEANING UP DIRT IN SCREENING PLANT,THE WIND BLEW SOME DIRT OFF OF THE FRAME OF THE SCRENING MACHINE HE WAS GOING UNDER,DIRT WENT IN AROUND THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE WASHED OUT HIS EYE RIGHT THEN,IT STARTED HURTING THE NEXT DAY AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTERNOON JUNE 15,1988.

February 22, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH A SMALL PIECE OF LAG WAS BLOWN INTO THE RIGHT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY WHERE HIS EYE BEGAN TO HURT.

December 2, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING E0UIPMENT PARTS ON TO A TRUCK USING A TRUCK BOOM (CRANE) A PIECE OF METAL OR DIRT GOT INTO HIS RT.EYE

October 3, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATIN1 A CRANE, LIFTING A 500 LB JAW PLATE WHEN THE INNER SLEW RING BOLTS BROKE, THE BOOM AND CAB BECAME DISMEMBERED FROM THE FRAME AND ROLLED OFF THE SIDE TO THE GROUND, WITH THE OPERATOR STILL 3N THE CAB

July 16, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO CLOSE RAIL ROAD CAR DOORS WITH A 5 FOOT LONG STEEL BAR.THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE END OF THE BAR STRUCK HIM JUST BELOW THE RIGHT EYE, CAUSING A CONTUSION WITH LACERATION.

March 31, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS TRYING T2 REHOOK 2 SCREENS. HE HAD 2(EA) 2-1/4" SCREENS LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CRANE WHEN THEY BECAME OFF BALANCED AND FELL ON HIM AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET CLEAR.

March 19, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED HIS BAC5 WHILE PUTTING BARREL UNDER TRUCK TO DRAIN WASTE OIL INTO.NOT ABLE TO WORK 4-1 & 4-2-87.

April 9, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

THE EE WAS CLEA3ING UP AROUND THE CRUSHERS/SCREENS WITH A WALDON #5000 FRONT END LOADER 3/4 YARD BUCKET.THE WIND WAS BLOWING & HE GOT SOME AIR-BORNE DUST/SAND IN HIS LEFT EYE.

February 7, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Aggregate Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING A DIRT BANK STEPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEG,INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

December 27, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A PIECE OF METAL(1/2'X14'X60')IN TO A LOADER BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.

December 11, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING HYD PUMP APPROX (60LBS) BY HIMSELF FROM OUR #1 SEC CRUSHER TO OUR #2 SEC CRUSHER APPROX 20FT HE TWISTED HIS BACK & DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS BACK

May 17, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ABOUT 6TO8FT FROM RUNNING ROCK CRUSHER WEARING SAFETY GLASSES ROCK THE SIZE OF GOLF BALL HIT HIS SAFETY GLASSES IN RT LENS BREAKING LENS &PART OF GLASS FROM INSIDE THE LE NS WENT INTO HIS EYHE

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