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September 7, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ALLEGEDLY LIFTING A TABLE, THE EE STRAINED BACK.

March 13, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING A JACKHAMMER AND DUMPING WHEELBARROW WITH CLINKER, HE DEVELOPED A HERNIA.

October 11, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING #11 SCREW WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE SCREW WAS NOT RUNNING. HE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE BELT STARTED AND FAILED TO TURN SWITCH OFF.

August 15, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING,FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA.

July 25, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT,HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING.

June 16, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIR COMNPRESSOR OF INSULFLATION DUST.

April 15, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JACKHAMMERING HE FELT PAIN IN H IS BACK

September 14, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR TO TRY TO PLACE FRAMWORK ON BALL DUMPER IN PLACE; THE BAR SLIPPED AND JERKED EMPLOYEES SHOULDER.

September 14, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES WHILE JACKHAMMERING AROUND CEMENT COOLER.

July 25, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE WINDOWS TO PREVENT DUST COMING IN. IT FELL ON HIS FINGERS.

July 17, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE GETING OFF PAYLOADER, HE STRUCK HIS LEG ON THE LADDER OF EQUIPMENT.

July 16, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING A BEARING OUT OF A ROTARY FEEDER, A PIECE OF SLAG BURNED ELBOW.

July 2, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL A PIPE OUT OF WATER SPRAY ON #3 MILL, HE STRAINED BACK.

July 1, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING #2 SEPEERATOR BLADES, HE WAS IN A CONFINED AREA.

June 19, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING BEARING, HE INJURED BACK.

April 24, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN REAR OF #3 MILL WITH WELDING ROD AND SOME SLAG CAUSED CAN OF AERO KROIL TO EXPLODE CAUSING BURNS ON HIS BODY.

April 5, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TAKING A DOOR OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER. HIS RIGHT ARM IS ALSO BOTHERING HIM.

January 17, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING ON TEH DIVISION HEAD OF #2 FINISH MILL, THE TORCH SET HIS GLVOE ON FIRE.

January 16, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WAS WORKING IN #2 FINISH MILL AND A PIECE OF THE DIVISION HEAD FELL ON HIS LEFT THUMB.

January 2, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HOISTING
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WAS IN #3 BUCKET ELEVATOR-STRAPS ON BOLSON CHAIR BROKE.

December 23, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING, "A 2 X 4 X 6 INCH PIECE OF STEEL SHOT OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM.

November 30, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Marys Cement Company · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING OFF THE BOBCAT AND FELL BETWEEN ANOTHER PARKED BOBCAT CAUSING CONTUSION TO LEGS.

September 20, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
St Marys Cement Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS EATING LUNCH AND HE GOT A PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

September 20, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS TRYING TO LIFT A BAR WHICH WAS STUCK AND HE PULLED RIGHT GROIN. THERE WAS A BURNING SENSATION.

September 18, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON A HEAD SPROCKET, WITH A HAMMER AND HE SLIPPED AND WACKED HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 18, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

September 5, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANING FLOP GATE GATE JAMMED AND INJURY OCCURRED.

August 28, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING IN SKIRTING BACK STARTED TO HURT.

August 17, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS RUNNING A JACKHAMMER AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM.

July 20, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HUNGING CHAIN STEPPED UP TO PASS TO ANOTHER EE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

May 1, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOE WAS HUNG UPON SOME GRATING & HE WENT TO MOVE BUT LEFT LEG WAS STUCK & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE

April 3, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING PALLETIZER MACHINE & THERE WAS MALFUNCTION OF MACHINE TRAP DOOR CLOSED ON ARM.

March 6, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS GRINDING INSIDE A CONE. A MAN OUTSIDE WAS WELDING AND A SPARK FLEW AND CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS SHIRT BURNING HIS BACK.

January 30, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT THUMB (LEFT) SMASHED BY A COME-A-LONG.

November 2, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by falling object

DROPPED STEEL PLATE ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER FX.

May 16, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS OPERATING A 65 LB JACKHAMMER AND I TWISTED MY LEFT WRIST

May 15, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St Marys Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I WAS BURNING WITH A WELDER WHEN SOME OF THE HOT SLAG FELL ONTO MY RIGHT ARM AND HAND.

April 18, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
St Marys Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

"I WAS COMING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND TWISTED MY RIGHT ANKLE. I BROKE THE SAME ANKLE ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO.

March 24, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEL IN THE PRECIPTATOR BLDG.HE FELT SEVERE APIN IN HIS CHEST.

March 22, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I GOT MY RT.HAND PINNED IN BETWEEN A SPEED R EDUCER & THE WALL

March 4, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I WAS CLEANING OUT THE CLAY MILL TANK & W AS THR*OWING OUT BOLDERS & MY LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING AGAIN

January 31, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON HOSE NEAR MILL AT BRENNAN AND HURT BACK.

January 26, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
St Marys Cement Company · Rubbed or abraded

HE WAS KNEELING ON SOME SCAFFOLDING & WHEN HE GOT UP HIS LOWER BACK DEVELOPED A SEVERE PAIN

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