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July 28, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON MONDAY 7-28-97 AT APPROX 1720, I DISCOVERED THAT OUR WAREHOUSE/BAGGING/MILL ROOM WAS ON FIRE.

June 2, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCKS UNDER THE DRYER CAUSING HIS ARM TO BECOME SORE. HIS LEFT ARM IS SORE ABOVE THE ELBOW.

April 20, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK WITH DOCK PLATE DOWN. EMPLOYEES WERE TALKING NEAR THE RAMP. EMPLOYEE BACKED OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH PALLET ON THE FORKLIFT (2 WHEELS PLATE - 2 FLOOR) EMPLOYEE THEN TOLD OTHER THAT HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE DOCK PLATE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY SHOES. DOCK PLATE THEN FRACTURED HIS TOE.

October 29, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS RUNNING INTO BUILDING WHEN ANOTHER EMPL WAS COMING THROUGH DOOR WITH DUMPSTER & RAN INTO INJ HITTING HIM IN CHEST.

July 9, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WORKING IN THE CRUSHER WHEN GUARD OVER MAIN BELT RIPPED LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK

June 14, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME PULLING ON A CHAIN TRYING TO MOVE HOIST ON THE MILL AND CHAIN BROKE WHICH MADE HIM FALL FROM MILL.

June 12, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING BLACKOX IN 50 LB BAGS AND FELT CRAMP IN BACK.

September 5, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 100 LB. BAGS WHEN HE HURT HIS ELBOW AND UPPER ARM.

July 7, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I. NAME WAS MIXING LIQUID COLOR AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM.

February 15, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS WORKING ON THE MILL REMOVING THE BIG DRIVE WHEEL WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND TORE HIS ROTATOR CUFF.

September 9, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BAGS OF COLOR OPEN WHEN HIS ARM SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS CORNEA.

January 12, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING3THE FILL HOSE FROM THE SMALL COLOR HOPPER TO THE LARGE SILO WHEN THE HOSE STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

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