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October 19, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE TAIL GATE ON HAUL TRUCK, GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BED AND TAIL GATE. CRUSHED AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER (FRACTURED)

August 5, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING HAUL TRUCK, RIDE CYLINDER EXPLODED. EE JERKED ON DOOR HANDLE TO EXIT VEHICLE, PULLED MUSCLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

July 11, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF BLASTING CAPS ON UNEVEN GROUND AND DISLOCATED LOWER BACK.

June 23, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SHOVELING LIME AT KILNS. LIME BLEW INTO BOTH EYES CAUSING MILD LIME BURNS.

May 22, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REMOVING ELEVATOR DOOR TO CLEAN. LIME BLEW INTO BOTH EYES--CAUSING BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

April 23, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PUSHING RESET BUTTON TO START KILN BACK. KILN BLEW BACK DISCHARGING LIME INTO BOTH EYES.

April 11, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING LOWER PORTION OF WATER DISCHARGE CONE PIECE OF METAL FELL HITTING EE ON RIGHT FOOT CONTUSION TO FOOT

March 29, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING OUT WATER TROUGH AFTER FLUSHING OUT SCRUBBER - WHILE RAKING THE TROUGH - WATER SPLASED OVER SIDE OF TROUGH & INTO EE'S BOOT. LIME & LIME WATER BURNS TO RIGHT FOOT.

February 4, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED FROM JCB FORK TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER CHEST.

December 9, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING BUILDUP FROM SCRUBBER. A PIECE OF MUD HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.

November 27, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS RAKING THE KVS KILN DOWN. WHEN IT PUFFED BACK PUFFING OUT LIME HITTING THE EE IN THE LEFT EYE.

November 14, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SCALING ROCK IN UNDERGROUND MINE A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING SEVERE BRUISES TO RIGHT SHOULDER.

October 2, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS BAGGING HYDRATED LIME. HE REPLACED BAG ON HYDRATE BAGGER AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON WHEN THE BAG WAS BLOWN OFF THE BAGGER, CAUSING LIME TO BE BLOWN INTO THE FACE AND EYES.

August 3, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN CATWALK AND LADDER RUNGBROKEN FINGER ON LEFT HAND - MIDDLE FINGER.

July 6, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING V BELT ON LIME CRUSHER. CAUGHT MIDDLE FIGNER BETWEEN V BELT AND CLEAVE. PINCHED UPPER SECITON OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

June 2, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RAKING & SHOVELING ASH RING FROM KVS KILN. KILN BLEW BACK & PUFFED LIME DUST OUT.

April 19, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BURNER HAD JUST PERFORMED A HEAT RISE TEST & WAS DISCARDING IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE FIRING FLOOR WHEN INJURED SIMULTANEOUSLTY WALKED OFF THE COOLING FLOOR AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE JUST BELOW THE FIRING FLOOR. QUICKLIME MIXTURE COVERED HIS RIGHT SIDE & SOME GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 15, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE RAKING COOLER GRATES & SHOVELING DUST BALLS FROM KVS KILN, STRAINED LOWER BACK, LEFT SIDE. KILN WAS HAVING HEAVY FALLOUT WHICH REQUIRED PERIOD OF TIME OF CONTINUOUS RAKING & SHOVELING.

April 10, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS CLEANING WELDING MACHINE WITH CAR WASH WAND. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED HIS GLASSES, HELD THEM AT ARMS LENGTH AND SPRAYED. WATER AND DIRT CAME BACK INTO HIS EYE. DIRT EMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.

February 24, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE A PASSENGER IN THE MAINTENANCE WELDER TRUCK, DRIVER WAS DRIVING BACKWARDS OFF A STONE PILE, WHEN OPERATOR APPLIED BRAKES & VEHICLE SLID SIDEWAYS OVER A LEDGE. VEHICLE OVERTURNED.

February 22, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE LOADING A TRUCK, WIND BEGAN BLOWING HARD, CAUSING LIME TO BLOW INTO EYES, CAUSING LIME BURNS TO EYES.

February 14, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHEANING OUT CHUTE AT HYDRATE PLANT USING BAR & HAMMER. SMASHED 3RD FINGER RIGHT HAND. BROKE LOWER PART OF HIS FINGER.

January 7, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE USING A JACKHAMMER & PRY BAR TO REMOVE BRICK IN KILNS, MATERIAL FELL OFF SIDE & HIT HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER. TORN LIGAMENT IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

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