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November 10, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locher & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING ANGLE IRON FROM PICKUP TRUCK TO WORK AREA AND IN LAYING THE METAL DOWN IT CAUGHT FINGER ON RIGHT INDEX BETWEEN METAL AND CUT FINGER DOWN BESIDE OF NAIL AREA AND SORT OF MAS HED THE END OF 8AME FINGER.

October 29, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER DUMPED L2AD OF ROCK INTO FEEDER A ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE CRUSHER FEEDER SIDE PLATE THEN INTO THE CRUSHER HOUSE AND HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE HEAD

October 26, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Locher & Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS INGAGING ELECTRICAL FEED ON CONTROL BOX FOR ROOFING ROCK SCREEN WHEN BOX SHORT CIRCUITED BURNIED WIRES TO AND FROM CONTROL BOX. ELECTRICAL FIRE BUNED EMPLOYEE S LEFT FACE AND NECK AROUND RIGHT FOREHAND.

October 16, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locher & Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED LONG PIPE TO UNCLOG THE SAND OUT OF IT AND WHEN LIFTING PIPE PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLES

September 23, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING CRUSHER DROPPED WEDGE ON CABLE INTO CRUSHER BESIDE ROCK TO HELP BREAK ROCK FRICTION ON WEDGE CAUSED IT TO SHOOT BACK UP IN THE AIR WEDGE HIT EMPLOYEE IN NOSE AREA NOSE WAS CUT & BROKEN LIP GUM & TONGUE CUT LIGHTLY GLASSES DAMAGED

August 21, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CLEANING A GEAR BOX WITH AIR AND HAD GOTTEN DIRT AND GRIME ON HIS FACE AND WITH SWEATING LOOSE MATTER HAD GETTEN IN HIS LRIGHT EYE. IT REALLY DIDN\T BOTHER HIM UNTIL THE NIGH T OF AND IT SCATCHED HIS EYE, EYELID WAS SWELLED NEXT MORNING. EYE WAS WASHED AND SENT TO EYE DOCTOR. TWO GRAINS OF MATTER WHERE REMOVED FROM EYE CORNEAL, GIVEN EYE DROPS AND RETURNED BACK T

June 10, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locher & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNCLOGGING LARGE PIPE AND CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN PIPE AND WALKWAY HAD HARD TOE SHOES ON BUT BRUISED FOOT VESIDE EDGE OF METAL TOE END OF FOOT X-RAYS SHOW NO DISLOCATIONS OR FRACTURES ONLY SPRAIN CONTUSION RT FOOT TREATMENT ELEVATION ICE PACK AND REST NO IMPAIRMENT

December 15, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Locher & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BOULDER WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER AND I.NAME WAS USING A SHOVEL TOOTH SUSPENDED ON A STEEL CABLE TO FREE THE BOULDER. THE TOOTH FLEW OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. LACERATION OF RIGHT CHEEK FRACTURE OF R CHEEK BONE, FRACTURE OF RIGHT JAW BAONE

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