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December 11, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Young Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING UP AROUND SOME SPARE MIXING BOX ARMS. HE PICKED ONE UP AND IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

December 3, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Young Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING A HANGUP OUT OF A CHUTE.A ROCK BOUNCED UP AND CAUGHT HIS HAND.

June 2, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Young Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL GETTING HA3GUP OUT OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN MOVEMENT OF CRUSHER AND STONE CAUSED TOOL USING TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT HIM IN LEFT JAW.

October 3, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Young Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A HANG-UP OUT OF THE JOW CRUSHER BOX. WHEN HE REACHED IN TO GET STONE CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEM IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STONE AND CRUSHER BOX OR CONVEY BELT.

April 29, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Young Stone Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE CUTOFF SWITCH A HYD LINE CAME OUT OF THE FITTING BURNING THE EMPLOYEE WITH HOT HYD OIL

January 6, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Young Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN OUT A SCREENING BIN--A LARGE CLOD OF DRY SCREENINGS FELL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.

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