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January 20, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE GANGSAW WAS TURNED ON WHILE I.NAME WAS STILL IN UNSAFE AREA. I.NAME LOST BALANCE AND STRAINED OR THRU HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE.

October 2, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON BIG WRENCHES.

August 26, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE THROWING STONE TRIMINGS, STONE BROKE IN HALF IN HANDS. ONE PIECE FELL ON FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE PART OF BOOT.

May 16, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by flying object

PIECE OF CAST IRON IN RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING SPROCKET.

April 4, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

METAL DOGS STORED ABOVE THE OOR IMPROPERLY & WHEN HE WENT TO PULL DOOR DOWN ONE OF THEM FELL & HIT HIM ON THE HAND

April 1, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED BACK MUSCLE TRYING TO PULL A SAW BLADE OUT OF A SAWED BLOCK OF STONE.

March 27, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED DOWN OFF A ROOF OF A SHED.

March 5, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED BACK WHILE PULLING 16INCH DRILL THAT WAS STUCK.

March 1, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER WAS GOING AT TOO HIGH A SPEED FOR ROAD CONDITIONS TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE.

January 10, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Briar Hill Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAS NOW DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN LEFT ARM NOW PLUS HE HAD HIS RIGHT ARM TAKEN CARE OF MID 1990 HE PRESENTLY IS DR FOR IT BUT NO IMMEDIATE PLANS YET.

December 10, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING ON #2 GANG SAW 3'ABOVE CEMENT FLOOR.RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASE SPOT AND DID A SPLIT.CAUGHT A SECTION OF SAW PREVENTING FALL,BUT MUSCLES ON RIGHT INSIDE THIGH AND RIGHT GROIN STARTED HURTING.FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED 2 MORE DAYS.

July 31, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BRINGING IN A CART OF SLABS, THE ROUGH BACK BROKE, FELL OUT OF CART AND STRUCK HIM.

July 5, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT BY A PIECE OF STONE WHEN POUNDING NAIL INTO IT.

May 17, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

20' CREASER TANGLED UP WITH AIR HOSE AND WAS PULLED DOWN ON HIM, HITTING HIM ON THE HAND AND SHIN.

May 15, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE KNIFE THAT HE WAS USING TO STRIP A PIECE OF WIRE, SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

May 10, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING OSTONE HE REACHED IN TO REMOVE SMALL PIECE FROM UNDER BLADE AT WHICH TIME THE UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED ON & CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN STEEL & THE STONE

May 3, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHING STONE ONTO TABLE, THE STONE BROKE IN HALF, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND STEEL FRAME ON TABLE. FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

September 26, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WENT TO LEAN OVER TO PICK UP WEDGE. HE STEPPED ON A STONE THE WRONG WAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

August 16, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING ROCK OFF PLUG IN IT TRYING TO HOLD WITH L FT STRUCK IT WITH SLEDGE BURISED IT PREVENT ING FROM WORKING ONE DAY

July 26, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO RESTART THE PUMP THAT PUMPS WASTE WATER FROM THE SAWING AREA. HE SLIPPED IN SOME OIL THAT HAD LEAKED FROM THE PUMP ONTO THE FLOOR AND THE SLIP CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS L EFT UPPER LEG, HIP AND GROIN MUSCLES.

July 6, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING UP LAST PC OF STOCK AND TRACK DIRLL HAMMER WENT DOWN INSTEAD OF UP WHEN HE TRIED TO CONNECT THE LAST PC HOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER AND THE SANDSTONE WHICH HAD DRILL IN IT

June 26, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS ON TOP OF THE DUMP TRUCK UNHOOKING THE BALES FROM A PIECE OF SCRAP THE HOOK ON THE CRANE BLCOK HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND HE FELL APPROX 10 FT TO THE GROUND WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND JAMBED HIS BACK

June 16, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING STONE IN THE MILL. WHEN HE WENT TO PUT ANOTHER SMALLER PIECE OF STONE UNDER THE STONE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF STONE. IT SMASHED HIS FINGER CAUSIN G THE SKIN TO BREAK AND REQUIRE STITCHES. WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

April 24, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BUNK OF GANG SAW AS IT WAS BEING PREPARAED TO BE PULLED OUT. SLABS WERE BLOCKED, CHECKED TO ENSURE IT WAS TIGHT. AS THE CHAIN WAS PULLED, A CHECKED PIECE OF STONE FELL D IRECTLY ONTO HIS HAND. MASHED HIS THUMB AND BROKE TWO FINGERS.

December 16, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE PRYING STONE.

October 10, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS USING AN AIRHAMMER LIFTING IT UP & DOWN TO CLEAN OUT THE HOLES HAD SLIGHT PAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY THE NEXT MORNING THE PAIN WAS WORSE SO CALLED OFF WORK & WENT TO THE DOC.

September 21, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS IN THE STONE YARD HOOKING UP A STONE. HE STEPPED IN A LOW SPOT AND SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE.

September 12, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by flying object

CREW WERE BALSTING A SMALL BREAK. CREW MEMBERS WERE STANDING BEHIND THE AIR CRAWLER APROX. 75-100 FEET AWAY. A PIECE OF SANDSTONE FLEW AROUND THE AIR CRAWLER AND HIT HIM IN THE LEG. PIECE OF STONE WAS APROX. 10" IN DIAMETER.

August 11, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS DOWN IN THE PIT PULLING A COUPLE SAW BLADES OUT OF POSTION IN ORDER TO RAISE THE GANG. A BROKEN ROUGHBACK FELL TRAPPING HIM AS HE WAS CLEARING THE PIT.

August 4, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CRANE OPERATOR WAS SETTING STONE SLAB ON ROLLERS SLAB HAD A PARTIAL CRACK APPROX.2FT FROM EDGE I.NAME TRIED TO PRY UP STONE WITH BAR ON ROLLERS AS I.NAME PULLED AT CRANE CHAIN UNDER STONE THE PIECE OF STONE BROKE OFF & CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN CHAIN & STONE AS HE WAS PULLING AWAY

June 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING A PC. OF SONE UP TO THE GAUGE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE ROLLER.

May 18, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS THROWING A PIECE OF SCRAP STONE INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE CONVEYOR RAIL

May 6, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING 3IN WALL STONE OFF CONVEYOR & STACKING IT ON PALLETS WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON SOMETHING IT STARTED TO BLEED BUT HE WIPED IT OFF & KEPT WORKING

February 26, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE PIECE OF STEEL FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AS HE REACHED TO GRAB HOLD OF ONE END, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED FROM HIS END CTCH ING HIS END CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE TOWMOTOR.

February 15, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A 3 INCH PIPE PIPE CAME LOOSE AND FELL END WAYS ON HIS FOOT. PIPE WAS 6-7 FT LONG AND WEIGHED APPROX 60 LBS.

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