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February 26, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR THE WELDER TO WELD. THE WELDING FLASH BURNED BOTH EYES.

January 29, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SNOW HAD CAUSED A PATCH OF ICE. EMP SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST.

January 13, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall from machine

HE WAS PUTTING ANTIFREEZE IN LOADER AND FELL 10' TO GROUND FROM BACK OF LOADER.

November 15, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS RAKING DUST FROM UNDER DRYER BURNER WITH AN IRON BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED & HIT HIS L. EYE, CUTTING HIS EYEBALL.

November 10, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING LOADER LADDER, SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST FUEL TANK ON LOADER - INJURED R ELBOW & SHOULDER.

June 17, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED INTO RAILROAD CAR FROM TOP TO CLEAN CAR. ABOUT 4-5' JUMP.

May 8, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING SHEET OF METAL IN LOADER BUCKET METAL SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN METAL AND LOADER BUCKET.

November 29, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH AN AIR WRENCH. MASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOLT AND METAL ON DRYER.

August 18, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall from machine

EE PULLED HAUL TRUCK UP TO LOADER & SLIPPED ON TIRE TO TAKE TO LOADER OPR LOADER OPR STARTED BACKING UP WHILE EE WAS STANDING ON THE HE JUMPED TO GRUND LANDING ON HIS FEET BROKE BONE IN R HEEL DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 08-28-95 THOUGHT WASJUST A BRUISE

June 19, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TYING EXHAUST WITH WIRE. WIRE GOT CAUGHT IN RADIATOR FAN AND JERKED WIRE AROUND THUMB AND FINGER. THUMB ON RT HAND WAS AMPUTATED BEHIND NAIL AND RING FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

March 10, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKIGN UNDER A LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND PULLED SOMETHING ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE.

February 2, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON HAMMER MILL-A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG GOT IN L EYE.

December 27, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BOLTS IN PC SEPARATOR--1-1/8" END WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT & HIT L. EYELID.

October 29, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON A BIN WITH A HAMMER, STANDING ON A CATWALK & LEANING OVER A HANDRAIL. THE METAL HANDRAIL BROKE AND HE FELL 3 FEET, HIT THE TOP OF THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK HE WAS LOADING, THEN ON TO THE GROUND ABOUT 10 FEET. HIS RIGHT SIDE OF HIS RIB CAGE WAS BRUISED, THE HAMMER OR PART OF THE HANDRAIL HIT HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

May 30, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by powered moving object

FORKLIFT RAN INTO HIS LEG AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN OFF AND WAS IN FRONT OF IT. HE THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF GEAR AND IT WASNT.

August 23, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BREAKING A 160 CHAIN LOOSE FROM THE DRYER IN THE DUST HOUSE. HE DREW BACK & WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT HIT A GEAR BOX AND HE HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM INSTEAD OF THE CHAIN.

July 7, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REPAIRING PALLET WITH A NAIL AIR GUN. THE AIR GROM THE GUN BLEW A PIECE OF METAL UPWARD & INTO HIS EYE.

June 18, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FORK LIFT DRIVER BACKED INTO HIM, KNOCKING HIM DOWN WITH THE TIRE. HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE FRAME OF FORKLIFT WHILE FORKLIFT WAS MOVING.

February 1, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO CUT A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

December 16, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAGGING DUST THIS WAS A GRADUAL INJURY THE LOUGER HE BAGGED THE MORE IT HURT UNTIL ON THE 17TH HE HAD TO QUIT HE DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL THE 17TH WHEN HE TRIED TO PICK UP 50 LB BAG AND COULD NO T.

November 18, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE RAIL CAR LADDER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB IN THE LADDER. THUMB WAS BENT BACK AND HAD A FRACTURE.

April 24, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PRYING WITH STEEL BAR ON SEPARATOR AIR ADJUSTMENT FINS,BAR SLIPPED JAMMED FINGER AGAINST METAL ON SIDE OF SEPARATOR.

January 10, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH HIS FOOT RESTING ON FORKLIFT FORK CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL. THE FORK SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE LOAD AND THE FORK JUMPED UP CAUSING THE FORK TO BRUISE AND TWIST HIS FOOT AND ANKLE.

September 6, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING HAMMER IN HAMMERMILL CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN HAMMERS & GRATE BAR

August 15, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS USING 3/4 DRY RATCHET TO TIGHTEN COUPLING BALL MILL. JAGGED PIECE OF METAL WAS EXTENDED FROM AUGER ABOVE COUPLING & CUT KNUCKLE ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.

October 18, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS WALKING ON A METAL WALKWAY WITH A GREASE. GUN IN HIS HAND WHEN THE WALKWAY BROKE AND HE FELL AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE AND ONTO THE FLOOR 5 FT DOWN.

May 25, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BAGGING DUST GOT ON FORKLIFT WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRIVING.THEY BACKED UP AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE BETWEEN METAL POST AND METAL ON FORKLIFT.

November 3, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME BAGGING ROCK DUST AND STARTING 10-31-88 HIS BACK WOULD HURT.11-3 IT WAS HURTING COULDNT CONTINUE HIS JOB WHICH IS TO LIFT 50 LB BAGS OF ROCK DUST,TURN AND STACK THEM ON PALLETS AT RATE OF 6 TONS? PER HR.

July 14, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by flying object

LOOSENING BOLTS ON EUCLID TRUCK FRAM USING SOCKET ,BREAKING BAR AND CHEATER BAR.HAND SLIPPED OFF CHEATER BAR CAUSING IT TO SPRING BACK AND HIT LEFT RIB CAGE.

June 29, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO LOADER CARRING THERMOS AND SLIPPED ON SECOND RUNG OF LADDER AND FELL TO GROUND, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

January 6, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS CARRYING3IRON BAR TO REPAIR FROZEN BELT, SLIPPED ON SNOW & FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW. (EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 1-11-88 FOR X-RAY) ON 1-26-88 HAD TO GO BACK TO DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT).

July 29, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS GETTING 2FF THE LOADER AND HIT RIGHT KNEE ON STEERING COLUMN.

February 16, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 6AGGED MATERIAL WEIGHTING 50 LBS AND SPRAINED BACK

October 21, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING HOLES 3N ROCK WITH AIR DRILL. THE AIR FORCED CUTTINGS FROM HOLE AND INJURED LEFT EYE.

October 9, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PUTTING 5 HYDRALIC CYCLINDER TOGETHER WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUAGHT 2 FINGER BETWEEN THE CYCLINDER AND THE CHAIN. ONE FINGER WAS CUT ANDTOOK STITCHES, THE OTHER FINGER WAS ONLY BRUISED.

June 26, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING AND TWI8TING REQ FOR JOB OF BAGGING ROCK DUST CAUSED HIS KNEE TO BE SORE AND IN PAIN.-CONTINUATION OF REPORT DATED 4-1-86.

April 1, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fredonia Valley Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUNING AND TWI8TING REQUIRED FOR THE JOB OF BAGGING ROCK DUST CAUSED HIS KNEE TO BE SORE AND IN PAIN

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