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October 3, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal safety director STRIKING OR BUMPING
Morie Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS WALKING UP INCLINE CONVEOYR IN THE GLASS SAND SCREEN ROOM. HE BENT OVER TO WALK BENEATH OVERHEAD H BEAM WHICH CROSSED OVER THE CONVEYOR WALKWAY, INJURED STRUCK HEAD AGAINST H-BEAM CAUSING TRAUMA TO THE HEAD AND NECK. HARD HAT AND RESPIRATOR BEING WORN AT THIS TIME.

August 1, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS ROLLING A PIPE THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CUT INTO. HE HAD PLACED A PIPE WRENCH ON THE 10'X10" PIPE TO TURN THE PIPE JUST AS THE INJURED BENT OVER TO ROLL THE PIPE AND TU RN IT, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

June 25, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING GUTTERS, FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED LEFT EYE.

June 25, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS LOADING PALLETS INTO PALLETIZER AND FELT FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER LEFT EYE.

June 10, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING FORKLIFT, WIND BLEW SAWDUST IN LEFT EYE.

June 4, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AND FELT FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER LEFT EYE.

March 27, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED INTO HOLE. BRUISED HIP.

February 29, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED IN A SHALLOW HOLE WHILE SPOTTING A TANKE TRUCK BENEATH THE INDUSTRIAL LOADOUT CHUTE.

February 19, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING DOORS ON BOTTOM OF RAIL CAR. THE DOOR WULD NOT CLOSE. HE WAS PULLING ON TEH BAR AND IT SLIPPED JERKING HIS ARM. HE CHIPPED A BONE IN HIS LEFT ARM. OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO REM OVE.

February 11, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ONTO WORKBOAT FLOOR & SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

January 31, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL FROM TOP OF ATTRITION BAND CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE TOP OF ATTRITIONER BANK WITH HIS BODY (UNDER LEFT ARM).

January 30, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVERUSE INJURY FROM PULLING BAGS FROM PALLETIZER

January 23, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS HELPING A WATER VALVE AT THE WET PLANT CFS UNIT. WHILE USING BOTH ARMS/HANDS TO PULL WRENCHES ON BOLT/NUTS, INJURED STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. BOLTS/NUTS WERE RUSTED A ND HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER.

December 7, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS UNLOADING PIPE FROM A TRUCK. THE PIPE ROLLED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN TWO PIPES CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AND CONTUSION TO TIP OF 3RD FINGER POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO LEFT IN DEX FINGER.

December 5, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE INJURED WAS USING AN APPRX 2" DIAMETER WATERHOSE TO WASH DOWN/CLEAN UP AREA. THE INJURED GAVE A SUDDEN PULL ON THE WATER HOSE CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK.

October 16, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING DOCK PLATE INTO POSITION. RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PLAT AND SHOE, FRACTURING FINGER.

August 1, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP GUARD TO PUT ON MOTOR AND HURT HIS BACK. (LUMBER STRAIN)

July 21, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF OF HOPPER AREA AND LANDED ON ROOF OF WAREHOUSE. (FELL APPROX. 25 FEET)

May 7, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE NOTICED IRRITATION IN LEFT EYE.

January 6, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT 55 GALLON DRUM.

November 4, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS FUELING DOZER BY USING THE FUEL TRUCK. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH FUEL HOSE NOZZLE WHICH WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF DOZER FUEL TANK SPOUT WHILE FUEL WAS PUMPING. NOZZLE FELL & STRUCK INJU RED ABOVE RIGHT EYE & ON LEFT HAND. FUEL SPRAYEDON INJURED'S BODY & IN RIGHT EYE.

October 24, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRACTOR-TRAILER WHEN FRONT TIRES HIT SOFT SAND CAUSING STEERIN GWHEEL TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT RING FINGE RON WIND WINDOW HANDLE.

September 16, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE ROD MILL AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD. A PIPE WHICH THE INJURED HAD PREVIOUSLY PLACED OVER THE WRENCH HANDLE TO GAIN LEVERAGE, STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYEBR OW AREA OFHIS FOREHEAD CAUSING LACERATION.

August 19, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON UNEVEN SURFACE OF PAVEMENT AND SUFFERED A SPRAINED ANKLE AND AVULSION FRATURE OF RIGHT LATERAL MALLEOLUS.

June 3, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR/ PLATE LACERATION/CONTUSION OF RING/MIDDLE FINGERTIPS.

May 3, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING OVER HEAD ON A BEARING.

April 21, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HOLDING SUPER SACK ON DISCHARGE CHUTE. OTHER EMPLOYEE CLOSED CHUTE LACERATING FINGER.

April 15, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED PULLED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING 100 LB BAGS OF SAND FROM THE BED OF A TRUCK AND PLACING HTE BAGSIN A SMALL TANK APPROX SHOULDER HIGH.

February 2, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PUTTING A NEW BELT ON TANK CONVEYOR. WHILE HE WAS PUTTING IT IN PLACE HE TWQISTED HIS KNEE IN SAND.

August 30, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE BEING HANDED A NON-RETRACTABLE UTILITY KNIFE, VICTIM SLIPPED FORWARD. AS HE FELL TO HIS KNEES, THE KNIFE BLADE LARCERATED THE PALMAR SURFACE OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 16, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPENING METAL CAGE DOOR, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE CHEST WITH THE EDGE OF THE DOOR.

August 12, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morie Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE VICTIM USED A PRY BAR TO HIT A METAL SLEEVE FOR REMOVAL FROM A SHAFT WHICH WAS ON A PUMP ASSEMBLY. THE PRY BAR WAS RESTING ON THE SHAFT BEARING AND APPROX. 6" MOVEMENTS WAS USED STRIKING T HE SLEEVE. THE VICTIM FELT IRRATATION IN HIS LEFT EYE AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND IN HIS LEFT CORNEA.

July 17, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF A WALKWAY TO RETRIEVE A SMALL SOCKET THAT WAS DROPPED ON FLOOR BELOW. AS HE JUMPED HE GRIPPED THE EXPANDED METAL WALKWAY TO STABALIZE HIMSELF. THE EXPANDABLE METAL CAUSED LACERATION TO THE INJURED'S RIGHT THIRD FINGER.

June 3, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WELDING A BRACE ON A DRYER, EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A STEEL BEAM.

May 24, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Morie Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF WRIST/HAND PAIN NUMBNESS COMPANY PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF RT WRIST THIS WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AS A WORK RELATED INJURY UNTIL 06-16-93

May 17, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING ON FORKLIFT, SMALL FINGER TWISTED BETWEEN FRONT & BACK OF SEAT.

May 14, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS TRYING TO THREAD FOOT VALVE ON A THREADED PIPE WHICH WAS BEING HELD BY A VICE. THE VICTIM, THINKING THE THREAD HAD STARTED, WENT TO TURN THE FOOT VALVE & IT FELL 4-6", MASHING FINGE R BETWEEN FOOT VALVE & VISE.

February 9, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Morie Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN.

January 27, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THEY WERE UNLOADING STEEL FROM TRUCK. THEY UNHOOKED BOOM TRUCK FROM SHEET METAL AND THE METAL FELL CATCHING WC'S ARM BETWEEN THE METAL AND FENCE POST BREAKING HIS LEFT ARM.

January 13, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A SECITON OF 12"X13' PIPE WITH A MAINTENANCE TRUCK WHICH WAS CONNECTED BY A STEEL CHAIN. HE PULLED THE PIPE TO THE AREA BEHIND THE FLOAT WHERE THE VACUUM SYSTEM WAS BEING MOVED TOT HE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. HE STOPPED THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO BACK UP TO RELEASE THE TENSION ON THE CHAIN, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK AND PIPE. AS HE WAS BAC

December 30, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHE WAS CLOSING THE GATE TO PLANT PARKING LOT. SHE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HER RIGHT SIDE LIFTING THE GATE UP OVER THE GATES TOP TO RELEASE GATE IN ORDER TO CLOSE IT.

December 23, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JUMPING OFF A STEEL BEAM UPON IMPACT FELT A TWINGE IN RIGHT THIGH/HAMSTRING.

November 19, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN

November 4, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE STARTING A CONVEYOR, THE BELT MOVED QUICKLY, CAUSING MATERIAL TO FALL ONTO VICTIM'S FACE, INCLUDING LEFT EYE.

October 7, 1992 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WHILE STEPPING FROM A LIGHER TO A LOWER PLATFORM LEVEL EE SLIPPED ON A HI VAC HOSE ON THE FLOOR.

September 23, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morie Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON A NIGHT OF RAIN, THE INJURED WAS ON TOP OF A RAILCAR POSITIONED UNDER THE LOADOUT HOSES OF THE GLASS SAND LOADOUT. WHEN STEPPING OFF THE WALKWAY IN THE CENTER OF THE RAILCARS TO POSITION TH E HOSES. THE INJURED SLIPPED, PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK WHEN TRYING TO PREVENT A FALL.

September 18, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS LIFTING APPROX. 5 SHEET OF 1/8INCH X 4INCH X 8INCH SHEET METAL WITH AOVERHEAD CRANE AND A LIFTING CLAMP THE SHEET METAL STRUCK A OF EXPANDED METAL STICKING UP ABOUT THE METAL RACK. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTING CLAMP TO RELEASE A SHEET OF METAL LACERATION THE INURED CHEST STOMACH AREA WHEN FALLING TO THE FLOOR.

July 8, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morie Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BUNDLE OF RODS WAS BEING LIFTED BY THE CRANE TRUCK BOOM TO THE ROADMILL PLATFORM THE INJURED REACHED FOR THE BUNDLE OF RODS BEING LIFTED TO POSITION THEM WHILE THE BUNDLE WAS IN MOTION THE B UNDLE OF RODS STRUCK AN IBEAM & HE INJUREDS HANDWAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO OBJECTS DIAGNOSED BY MD AS A BRUISE ONLY BUT PROBLEMS DEVELOPED ON 01-2 5-93 WITH PREVIOUS INJURY A REA OUT PATIENT

June 19, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Morie Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WHICH WAS LAYING ACROSS ATTRITIONER SUMP. AFTER CUTTING THE IRON WITH A TORCH, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE IRON TOWARDS HIMSELF AND THE WEIGHT OF THE IR ON MADE THE OPPOSITE END DROP, THROWING THE HOT END UP AGAINST VICTIM'S ARM.

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