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July 14, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A BLOCKAGE FROM UNDER THE CONE FEED BIN WHEN A ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE WRIST. POSSIBLE NAUVICULAR FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT WRIST.

April 10, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON A BENCH GRINDER, THE GRINDING WHEEL CAUGHT THE PIECE OF METAL AND PULLED EMPLOYEE'S THUMB INTO THE BRINDING WHEEL.

November 24, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 1/2" PLATE STEEL INTO PICKUP AND PULLED MUSCLE UNDER LEFT RIB CAGE.

June 15, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry County Stone Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF HAUL TRUCK SLIPPED AND FELL. HE SAID HE HURT HIS LEFT ARM AND LOWER BACK.

February 2, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CHUTE LEADING TO JAW CRUSHER TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCKS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM ABOVE STRIKING PRY BAR THAT HE WAS USING THE IMPACT OF THE ROCK PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEEN P RY BAR & FRAME WORK FINGER WAS CUT OPEN STICHES WERE REQUIRED

September 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry County Stone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED HIS HAUL TRUCK, SET PARK BRAKE AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE CAB WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS HUR TING. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

June 7, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry County Stone Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CAT 992 LOADER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE FRONT PLATE BETWEEN LIFT ARMS THE PLATE SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION & STRUCK EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON A THREE FOOT LADDER KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND THE PLATE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE JUST ABOVE THE RT KNEE

January 27, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A STEEL HOPPER & HIT A BRACE THE SURFACE GRINDER KICKED BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT ARM

January 17, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Perry County Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS COMPLAINING OF FLU LIKE SYMTEMS AT THIS SAME TIME HE WAS CUTTING ON USED PAINT COVERED BRIDGE BEAMS A VISIT TO THE DR A BLOOD TEST SHOW A TRACE OF LEAD IN HIS BLOOD OTHER EE WORKING AT SAME JOB WERE ALSO TESTED THEIR BLOOD WAS NORMALALL WORK HAS BEEN MOVED OUTSIDE AND 3M MASKS 9920 PROVIDE.

October 13, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING FAN FOR GENERATOR WHEN BEARING RACE CHIPPED AND PENETRATED LEFT FOREARM.

June 4, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON LOADER AND PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN THE GEAR AND THE HOUSING.

April 18, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHING A PIECE OF STEEL OFF THE SIDE OF A BELT. STEEL BOUNCED BACK AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S HAND AGAINST A STEEL BEAM.

January 30, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SCREENS. SCREEN SLIPPED AND CUT TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

January 22, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON THE DRILL DOING SOME REPAIRS TO THE DRILL. WHEN EMPLOYEE GOT UP HIS KNEE STARTED SWELLING. PRESSURE FROM KNEELING ON PIECE OF STEEL CAUSED PAIN & SWELLING IN KNEE. FLU ID HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM KNEE.

November 27, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON SIDE OF CRUSHER & SLIPPED HE SIT DOWN ON HIS KNEES & H IS RT KNEE POPPED

July 26, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE HAUL TRUCK INJURED WAS DRIVING WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE.HE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP.THE MECHANIC THOUGHT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR BELT.INJURED WAS CHECKING THE BELT WHEN THE MECHANIC START ED THE ENGINE.BELT CAUGHT SECOND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.IT PULLED OFF THE NAIL AND THE FRONT PART OF FINGER.

October 18, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BACK ON AN ALTERNATOR TO TIGHTEN THE BELTS AND EMPLOYEE GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN THE FAN PART OF THE ALTERNATOR PULLEY. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DUMP TRUCK AT THE TIME OF T HE ACCIDENT.

September 11, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry County Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A BUCKET USING IT AS A STEP TO GET DOWN INTO THE PIT IN THE SHOP. THE BUCKET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL.

November 21, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Perry County Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON BLOCK OF WOOD WELDING ON HEAD PULLEYWENT TO STEP DOWN TRIPPED AND SPRANG R ANKLE.

September 26, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

966BCATERPILLAR FRONT END LOADER TURNED OVER CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A ROKEN LEFT LEG BROKEN & CUT LEFT ARM LOSS OF RT MIDDLE FINGER FX PELVIS FX RIBS-LEF T SIDE & A COMPRESSION FX OF HIS BACK

April 25, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS TRYING TO MOVE ROCKS WHICH WERE JAMMED IN CRUSHER & ROCKS MOVED & SMASHED RING FINGER.

March 16, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BORING OUT PIN HOLES ON LIFT ARM SHAVING FORM BORING BAR CUTTING CAUGHT R. THUMB CUT OFF SKIN ON THUMB.

March 13, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OLD WHEEL STUDS FROM A WHEEL HUB WHEN A PUPE WRENCH WITH A PIPE EXTENSION ON THE HANDLE SLIPPED. THE PIPE EXTENSION CUT THE END OF LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND OF THE EMPLO YEE.

February 3, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS CL3EANING SLUDGE FROM BOTTOM OF OIL BATH AIR CLEANER AND PUNCTURED KNUCKLES ON BOTH HAND WITH A SHARP WIRE FROM CLEANER ELEMENT.

December 27, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAND CRANK THE PONY MOTOR ON A MANATOWOC CRANE WHEN THE ENGINE BACK FIRED AND K ICKED THE CRANK BACKWARD AND JAMMED EMPLOYEE S RIGHT WRIST.

October 18, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL GOING TO PUT PIPE IN CARROUSEL ON DRILL.USING CABLE COMEALONG TO TURN LEVER.WHEN LEVER CAME LOOSE IT CAUGHT EMPL LEFT THUMB CUTTING IT 3/4 OF THE WAY AROUND AND BREAKING THE BONE.

August 1, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perry County Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL CHANGING OIL IN SCREENING PLANT WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT INDEX KNUCKLE ON PIECE OF METAL.

April 12, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Perry County Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD TRUCK WITH HIS HEAD DOWN LOOKING AT THE GROUND. SOMEONE HAD LEFT THE TRUCK DOOR OPEN AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE OPEN TRUCK DOOR. EMPLOYEE'S HEA D WAS CUT WHEN HITTING THE DOOR.

June 17, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perry County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A BUSHING FROM A LODER ARM EMPLOYEE STRUCK ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER AND A P PIECE CAME OFF OF THE HAMMER AND CUT THE PALM OF THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND. STITCHES WERE REQUIRE D.

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