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September 22, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecc International · Struck by flying object

EE WAS KNOCKING A BROKE SALE CUT OFF OF RAOD, TRUCK XX A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND LODGED IN HIS STOMACH.

August 22, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ecc International · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ROUGH EDGE OFF FROM A PIECE OF FLEXIBLE TUBING WHEN A PIECE OF THE TUBE FLAKED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT EYE.

August 11, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Ecc International · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK INTO HIS TRUCK AND HE SAID HE FELT A BEE ON HIS NECK. HE HIT AT THE BEE CAUSING THE BEE TO STING HIM SEVERAL TIMESBEFORE HE COULD GET RID OF THE BEE.

March 3, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecc International · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS GETTING FILTER OUT OF BOX ON HIS TRUCK, THE BOX LID STRUCK HIS HEAD CAUSING HIS HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDER TO HURT.

January 10, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ecc International · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WALKED IN MINE AREA WHERE TRUCKS WERE DUMPING. DRIVER COULD NOT SEE HIM AND BACKED OVER HIM.

September 1, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecc International · Fall from ladders

WORKING 4' HIGH ON LADDER, A PIECE OF 10" CHANNEL SLIPPED OFF TOP OF 8" PIPE IT FELL DOWN LADDER, SCRAPING INJURED CHEST AND LEG. HE FELL TO CONCRETE.

June 21, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ecc International · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE BACKED OVER THE BERM ON THE DUMP. THE TRUCK TURNED OVER, LANDING IN A MUD POND UPSIDE DOWN. THE MUD FORCED THE WINDSHIEDL INTO THE CAB. THE MUD SUFFOCATED THE INDIVIDUAL.

March 29, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ecc International · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM MACHINE & DISLOCATED HIS ANKLE.

October 7, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Ecc International · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING OVERHEAD CABLES -SAW SLIPPED HITTING LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT HAND.

January 16, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ecc International · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF OF BACKHOE AND APPARENTLY HIS FEET LANDED IN THE WRONG POSITION. FRACTURE TO RIGHT ANKLE. (CAST APPLIED)

December 7, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecc International · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPENING A CHEMICAL BAG USING A UTILITY KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING R INDEX FINGER

August 10, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecc International · Unclassified, insufficient data

PUTTING BAFFLE 9ING BACK ONTO THE BAUER MILL. A HAMMER IS NORMALLY USED TO BEAT THE BAFFLE RING IN PLACE. THE NOISE MADE WHEN BEATING AGAINST THE STEEL MADE A RINGING IN EAR.

January 23, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ecc International · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING CONVEYOR COVER IT SLIPPED AND MASHED CUT RT INDEX FINGER

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