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December 15, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES: WHILE GETTING OUT OF TEH BACK OF THE TRUCK, I STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING ME TO TWIST MY ANKLE AND FALL ON THE GROUND.

June 18, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE SCREENS AND GOT HIS HAND STUCK BETWEEN REPLACEMENT SCREEN AND FRAME, CUTTING LEFT PINKY FINGER THAT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES

May 22, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLACING TRACK ON DN8 DOZER, GOT HAND IN BETWEEN TRACK PADS AND HYDRAULIC JACK. A SKID LOADER WAS HOLDING TRACK IN PLACE, AND THE SKID LOADER "BUMPED" THE DOZER CAUSING BUCKET TO FALL ON MEC HANICS HAND.

February 12, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING AIR FILTER IN A WELDING TRUCK WHEN DOOR BLEW SHUT & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD.

November 4, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP TONGUE OF WATER PUMP TROULER. HE PULLED A BACK DISC. HE WAS INSTRUCED TO GET HELP WITH THE JOB BUT FAILED TO DO AS INSTRUCTED.

April 19, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLER WAS ON JOB SITE DRILLING HE STATED TO HIS FREMAN THAT HE WALKED OVER TO THE DRILL TO UNCOUPLE THE DRILL STEEL WHEN HE REACHED UP TO TAKE HOLE OF THE STEEL HIS KNEE GAVE WAY UNDER HIM S TRETCHING OR TEARING A LIAGMENT IN HIS KNEE

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