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June 13, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
East Coast Limestone Inc · Fall from ladders

TIGHTENING BOLT AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER LOST BALANCE AND FELL.

June 4, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
East Coast Limestone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRIMING A WATER PUMP IN PITT AREA. REACHING OVER HEAD AND BACK WENT OUT.

October 25, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
East Coast Limestone Inc · Fall onto or against objects

REPAIRING BACKHOE. TOOK PIN OUT, TRACK SLIPPED HITTING INSIDE LOWER RIGHT LEG CAUSING EE TO FALLON HIS BACK. CAUSED SPRAIN & BRUISED RIGHT LEG, BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE.

October 17, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by flying object

SHARPENING A SCREWDRIVER WITH GRINDER. GRINDER DISK SHATTERED CUTTING RIGHT ARM. A PIECE OF THE DISK ENTERED RIGHT ARM & HAD TO BE REMOVEDA REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

April 26, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING BELT ON PULLEY THAT RUNDS CONVEYOR AND IT SLIPPED TEARING SKIN OFF OF END OF RIGHT THUMB. TREATED AT MAPLE HILL MEDICAL CLINIC. CLEANED, BANDAGED, AND PRESCRIBED E MYCIN FOR INFECTION AND TYNOL III FOR PAIN.

November 4, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCK-DIRT SHIFTED TO LEFT CAUSING TRUCK TO TURN OVER. NOT DETERMINED TO BE A MINE RELATED ACCIDENT UNTIL 3/19/93. CHECK #130657 RECEIVED 3/24/93.

October 14, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
East Coast Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GREASE CYLINDER FROM BACK HOE. AIR WAS TURNED ON AND CLOSED ON LEFT HAND INJURING INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.

July 8, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
East Coast Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

CHANGING TIRE ON A CRANE AND WHEN GETTING OFF CRANE FOOT SLIPPED OFF FRAME AND COULD NOT CATCH HIMESELF.

January 20, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
East Coast Limestone Inc · Contact with electrical current

ELECTRICAL BUTTONS ELECTRICAL SHORT

October 24, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
East Coast Limestone Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING LEAD BURNED R HAND

April 1, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING PIN IN LOADER REACHED THROUGH PUSHED BUTTON GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BRUISING CHEST

February 12, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
East Coast Limestone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OILING A CHAIN LIFTED RIGHT LEG UP AND WHEN LIFTING LEFT LEG IT POPPED.

October 20, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
East Coast Limestone Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE WELDING EYES WERE BURNED.

September 25, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WORKING ON SHAFT BEING HELD IN VISE.TOOK THE PART AND TURNED IT AROUND TO WORK ON IT AND IT SLIPPED & FELL..EMPL CAUGHT IT SMASHING END OF MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.AT HOSPITAL,DR FOUND BONE WAS CRUSHED ON TIP OF FINGER -AMPUTATED TIP

April 17, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

UNDER BELT ROCK BOUNCED OFF HIT HIM ON SHOULDER

November 8, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BELOW ASSISTING IN PUTTING UP A SCREEN A PIECE OF THE SCREEN CLAMP CAME LOOSE AND FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH.

October 19, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TAKING A LOAD OF ROCK TO UNLOAD THE LOADER LOST POWER AND STARTED ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL, AT THE TIME THE INJURED UNBUCKLED HIS SAFTEY BELT AND JUMPED OUT OF THE LOADER. HE CUT HIS LEG.

September 27, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAMMED RIGHT THUMB REMOVING ROCK FROM A JAW IN THE PROCESS JAMMED THUMB.

February 15, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED ON EDGE OF ROCK WITH FOOT HEEL SLIPPED DOWN BROKE BLOOD VESSAL IN LEFT CALF CAUSING BLOOD CLOT.

February 7, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
East Coast Limestone Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE OPERATING JAW CRUSHER HE REACHED DOWN WITH R ARM AND TURNED HAND SWITCH AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED WITH 480 VOLTS. ON JAW CRUSHER THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS WIRE TO HAND SWITC H HAD BROKEN OFF CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

September 22, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCK STUCK IN CHAIN ON JAW, CHAIN SLIPPED AND SKINNED HANDS.

February 24, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPLACING A BELT ON A PULLEY WHEN THE PULLY CAUGHT HOLD AND SLIPPED. IT PUT LAST 2 FINGER IN BETWEEN PULLEY AND THE BELT. BROKE BOTH FINGERS IN BETWEEN END AND FIRST JJOINT.

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