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November 22, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
Evans Clay Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DISASSEMBLE BOOM,BOOM FELL ON HIM CRUSHED HIS NECK AND CHEST.

October 12, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

STATES WALKING IN BOXCAR CARRYING BAG OF CLAY, STEPPED ON GANG PLANK , IT SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING R LEG ON BOXCAR KNOCKED SKIN OFF LEG

September 2, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF CLAY AND INJURED HIS BACK.

August 29, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE CLIMBING OFF LOADER, WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH TO KEEP FROM FALLING, THE NAIL AND TISSUE WAS TORN ON HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

March 19, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT BAGGING SPOUT ON MACHINE DID NOT CUT OFF AND PUT 69 LBS IN BAG.HE PICKED BAG UP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.THIS MAY BE ARECURRENCE OF A PREVIOUS INJURY.INVESTIGATION OF PAC KER DETERMINED 69#WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE,UNDER NORMAL OPERATION.COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH MACHINE.NO PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF MALFUNCTION.

March 12, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Evans Clay Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATES HE WAS TRYING TO PULL STENCIL ROLL OFF WHEN A BAG CAME DOWN THE BELT AND MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL LACERATIONS TO R LITTLE FINGER

December 27, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STEPPING FROM BOX CAR TO WAREHOUSE-FOOT LIPPED -FELL AGAINST WAREHOUSE-CUT LEFT LEG IN AREA BETWEEN KNEE & FOOT HE DID NOT PUT ENOUGH OF HIS FOOT ON EDGE OF DOCK SO THAT WHEN HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED T O THAT FOOT IT SLIPPED BACK OFF THE EDGE OF DOCK CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FORWARD STRIKING H IS ELG AGAINST STEEL CORNER OF DOCK CUTTING AREA BETWEEN KNEE & FOOT

September 3, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Evans Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ELECTRIC MOTOR ON CHAIN HOIST ROTATED WHEN MOVED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S THIRD FINGER PM ON LEFT HAND.

August 1, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING ON RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURITNG HIS BACK. AREA WAS WET FROM RECENT RAIN.

June 17, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON HOPPER CAR. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST HOPPER CAR CAUSING BRUISE ON RIGHT HIP.

April 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN FROM PICKING UP CLAY FILLED SCREEN.

April 6, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Evans Clay Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BAG FLATENER BELT WHILE BELT WAS OFF WHEN THE BELT STARTED UP HIS FOOT WAS PULLED TO THE SECOND BELT AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO BELTS CAUSING CONTUSION SPRAIN TO R IGHT FOOT.

March 15, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A PALLET OF STACKED BAGS OF CLAY HURTING HIS CHEST

March 4, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50 LB BAGS HIGHER THAN USUAL TO PLACE THEM ON HIGHER END OF BAG CONVEYOR HE WAS NOT CONDITIONED FOR THIS AND DID NOT PROVIDE HIMSELF WITH A HIGHER PLATFORM TO WORK FROM.

March 4, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ASKED TO OPERATE PACK BEGINNING 3-2-88 AND ON 3-4-88 HIS LEFT WRIST BEGIN TO HURT WHILE HANLING THE 50 LB BAGS. SPRAIN LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM.

January 11, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS WALKING ON RAILROAD TRACK AT JET STACKING STATION, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. EMPLOYEE STATES ICE WAS STILL ON TRACK FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM

December 16, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE OPERATING THE BAG PACKING MACHINE AND REMOVING BAGS FROM THE PACKER SPOUT TO PLACE THEM ON THE BETL HIS LEFT ARM BEGIN TO HURT

October 16, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATES HE W5S STACKING 5 LB BAGS AT JET FLOW PACKER STATION, WHEN HIS BACK/ SIDE BEGAN TO HURT. HE HAD STRAINED A SIDE MUSCLE LIFTING THE BAGS

October 3, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT 4HILE HE WAS OPERATING THE BAG PACKING MACHINE & REMOVING BAGS FROM PACKER SPOUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM BEGIN TO HURT.

September 13, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS CLIMBING STEPS ON THE LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO HARD, SLICK GROUND AND BRUISED HIS HIP AND ARM. STEPS AND GROUND WERE WET FROM RECENT RAIN.

June 26, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE CLAY FROM ROTARY VALVE POCKET WHEN BHLADES LACERATED TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND R/V WAS DE-ENERGIZED BUT HE WAS TURNING IT BY HAND WHEN HE CAUSED A VANE TO FINCH HIS FI3GERS BETWEEN VANE & THE HOUSING

June 22, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE STEPPED OFF THE WALKWAY AT BATES PACKING MACHINE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. THE WALKWAY IS 3 1/2 INCH ABOVE CONCRETE FLOOR, IS A 4 FOOT WIDE AND BOUNDED ON BOTH SID ED. UNCHANGED I3 10 YEARS. FIRST INSTANCE. EMPLOYEE WAS CARELESS.

April 22, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Evans Clay Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS REMOVING TRUCK TIRE FROM RIM, TO DO THIS THE TIRE TOOL WAS HIT WITH A HMMER. A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE TIRE TOOL AND CUT HIS LEFT THIGH. THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED SUCTU9ES TO CLOSE.

April 22, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Evans Clay Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF CLAY WHICH CAUSED HIS FOOT TO TURN- LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.

April 12, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WALKING ON CONCRETE WALK AND WHEN STEPPED OFF HIS FOOT TURNED CAUSING ANKLE TO BE IN STRAINED POSITION.

January 27, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Evans Clay Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR NOT FA4ILIAR WITH THIS TRUCK.DIDNT GEAR DOWN/SLOW DOWN ENOUGH FOR CONDITIONS OF BRAKES WHICH WERE WORN.TRUCK HAD BEEN SAFELY OPERATED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT DAY.DRIVER WASNT WEARING S EAT BELT AS REQ1EMPL HAD CERVICAL SPRAIN-ABRASIONS TO RIGHT KNEE AND CONTUSION & MULTIPLE ABRASIONS TO LEFT KNEE.VEHICLE BODY AND DRIVE TRAIN DAMAGE-$10,000.

January 4, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WORKING WITH CAR PULLER CABLE WHEN CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 1, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Evans Clay Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS PROBING THE WALLS OF THE CRUDE CLAY SLICER WITH A PRY BAR. THE BAR BECAME LODGED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND WALL OF SLICER. THE INDEX FINGER WAS BROKEN AND THE SECOND3FINGER WAS MASHED BADLY.

May 4, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS HELPING STACK ROLLS OF PAPER IN WAREHOUSE AND LOST BALANCE AND ROLL OF PAPER STRUCK HIS LOWER LEG.

February 22, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATES3LOST BALANCE WHEN TRIPPED ON OPEN HATCH DOOR WHILE SHOVELING CLAY INTO DOOR OPENING. LEFT LEG SLIPPED INTO OPENING CAUSING BRUISE AND SWELLING IN GROIN AREA, TRIED TO CATCH WI TH LEFT HAND WH3CH WAS CUT.

July 6, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Evans Clay Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS HITTING A FEED HOPPER WITH A HAMMER AND HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK AGAINST THE IRON FRAME OF THE FEED HOPPER

February 13, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE PICKED UP A STEEL I BEAM RUNNER AND THEN BEGAN TO HAVE PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK

January 28, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evans Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES HE STEPPED IN SOME LOOSE CLAY THAT HAD BEEN WET SLIPPED LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL ON HIS OUT STRETCHED RIGHT HEEL OF HIS PALM

December 14, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Evans Clay Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE & 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING & TALKING BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEES CAR WHEN A FIFTH EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE & DUE TO HEAVY FOG GAILED TO SEE THEM BEHIND HIM. EMPLOYEE\S EFT EG WAS CAIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO CARS. REAR BUMPER OF MOVING VEHICLE PUSHED LEFT LEG AGAINST SIDE O

July 16, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICKUP A LOADED WHEELBARROW

June 22, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Evans Clay Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BAGGING CLAY AND A BAG BURST AND CLAY BLEW IN HIS EYES

June 16, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Evans Clay Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HANGING SKATES ON WALL IN WAREHOUSE. DRIVING NAILS IN WALL BELOW SKATES THAT HAD BEEN HUNG CAUSING SKATE TO FALL LACERATED LEFT ELBOW

May 9, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING SPILLED CLAY FROM AROUND BASE OF IMP MILL THAT HAD FALLEN FROM OVERHEAD AND MORE FELL WHILE CLEANING UP

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