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September 28, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverview Quarry Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER, LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE LADDER CRACKING HIS RIBS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

October 30, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING STRAY CAT FROM SHOP PREMISES AND WAS BITTEN ON RIGHT HAND & WRIST.

September 14, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Riverview Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL CHANGING FUSE WHEN FUSE EXPLODED AND BURNED HAND.

July 23, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED TONGUE OF COMPRESSOR ON FOOT FX FOOT.

July 15, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverview Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING LIGHT PLANT AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE LIGHT PLANT.

September 24, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Riverview Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE DRIVING WATER TRUCK ENGINE FAILED. IN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART ENGINE, TWISTED OFF DRIVE SHAFT CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL. TRUCK WAS ON INCLINE, ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. EE OP TED TO JUMP CLEAR OF VEHICLE.

September 10, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN DRIVING RACE OUT OF BRAKE DRUM, PIECEOF STEEL BROKE OFF AND PUNCHTURED AND PENETRATED LOWER LEFT ARM.

August 13, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNHOOKING COMPRESSOR,EMPL SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHICH REQ SUTURES.

June 26, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE GRINDING A BUSHING,PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN EMPL LEFT EYE.

June 4, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING ON THE REPAIR OF A LOADER THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF METAL INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

February 13, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD A BLOCK OF WOOD A TOP A FLOOR JACK WHICH SLIPPED BOUNCED ON FLOOR AND HIT AND CUT EE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

January 10, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING BRAKE DRUM EE DIDNOT REALIZE THAT AS HE WAS PUTTING THE DRUM ON THE FLOOR, HIS FINGER WAS UNDER THE DRUM. WHEN THE DRUM SLIPPED IT PINNED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE OIL PAN, CUTTING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

June 29, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverview Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

IN PULLING ROPE TO START THE MOTOR FOR THE WATER PUMP THE STARTER ROPE FAILED TO TAKE H OLD EMPLOYEE WAS UNPREPARED FOR THIS & FELL BACKWARD HITTING & INJURING HIS RT HAND AGAINST A LADDER WHI CH WAS BEHIND HIM

March 24, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverview Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK A BUSHING OUT OF AN HYDRAULIC DRILL EMPL INJURED R WRIST WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INCREASINGLY PAINFUL

March 7, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverview Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

IN ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE BRIDGE DOWN IN THE FEEDER WITH A HOPPER HOOK, THE HOOK FLEW OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST AND THREW HIM AGAINST THE WALL. WITH THIS BLOW HIS RIGHT ELBOW HIT A GAINST THE STEEL SIDE PLATE.

October 4, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A SCREEN PAD, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT INNER SIDE OF LEFT THUMB.

July 8, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverview Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CLEANING SLAG AFTER WELDING,A PICE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW INTO EMPOLOYEE'S EYE.

June 2, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IN PREPARATION FOR WORKING ON A MACHINE,EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK MACHINE BY USING 12X12 BOCKS.CONSEQUENTLY HE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN IN THE ATTEMPTED MOVE.

January 15, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverview Quarry Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

IN OPERATING A 5UBOTA TRACTOR WITH A FRONT END LIFT, THE HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED SPEWING HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE FACE OF THE EMPLOYEE.

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