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October 15, 1996 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
L A Demers · Struck by flying object

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNPLUGGING JAW CRUSHER BY USING WEDGES TO PUT BETWEEN BLOCKED UP STONE & MOVABLE PART OF JAW CRUSHER. WEDGES ARE ATTACHED TO 6' RODS ON CABLES & LOWERED INTO JAW TO GI VE BLOCKED STONE SOMETHING TO HIT ON. WEDGE BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN STONE & MOVABLE JAW & SHOT UP PUSHING ATTACHED ROD UP INTO HIS HAND. EE DIDN'T REPORT INJURY THEN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T BOTHER H

November 30, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
L A Demers · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE WASK RACK & STEPPED ON A ROCK ON THE GROUND CAUSING SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

September 16, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING CONVEYOR ROLLS ON THE GORUND HWEN HE SLID ONE OF THE ROLLERS ACROSS HIS MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.

April 7, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE INJURED ELBO STEPPING OFF COMPRESSOR LADDER.

October 1, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L A Demers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURY OCCURRED WHILE EMPL USING INSERTION TOOL TO PUT CAP IN STICK POWDER.

August 15, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
L A Demers · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM A BLASTED FACE WHEN A LARGE STONE CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE BUCKET CAUSING THE MACHIEN TO LURCH UPWARD MAKING HIM STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD OF THE MACHINE AND SPRAINING SOME MUSCLES IN HIS NECK.

July 31, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall from ladders

I NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A LADDER IN T HE SCREEN SHACK & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A RUNG AS HE WAS HOLDING ON WITH HIS HAND HE SNAPPED AROUND WITH HIS BODY & DEVELOPED A MUSCLE SPRAIN IN HI S BACK

April 20, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A METAL WEDGE FROM A ROVING BELT WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF A SMALL SHACK SITUATED NEXT TO THE BELT WHEN HE INADVERTANTLY STEPPED OFF THE SHACK AND IN THE FALL FR ACTURED HIS RIGHT LEG.

March 27, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
L A Demers · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE WHEN COUPLING FELL OFF TOP OF DRILL STEEL AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT POSSIBLY FACTURING BONE ION THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

October 12, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCIDNET OCCURRED ON TOP OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN EMPLOYEE PUSHED A LARGE STONE OUT OF HIS WAY AND IT CAME BACK ON HIS FOOT AND FRACTURED HIS SMALL TOE AND THE ONE NEXT TO IT.

October 6, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF REPAIRED EQUIPMENT ONTO A LOADER AND IT AGRAVATED A BACK MUSCLE, WHEN HE GOT UP AND SAT IN THE LOADER HE FOUND HE COULD NOT MOVE.

April 30, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IECE OF DRILLIN1 STEEL AND TWO OF THEM CAME TOGETHER WITH HIS THUMB INBETWEEN

October 29, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
L A Demers · Struck by falling object

WE HAD JUST STARTED UP AFTER FREEING A JAM IN THE ROLLERCONE CRUSHER A STONE FELL FROM THE LIP OF THE BIN OVER THE ROLLERCONE ABOVE 20\ AND HIT THE INJURED ON THE BACK OF HIS HARD HAT

June 13, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF BULLDOZER TRACK TRACKS WERE SLIPPERY FROM COATING OF WET CLAY MUD

November 5, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON 4" DISCHARGE HOSE HURT BACK.

August 28, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
L A Demers · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS PUTTING WHEEL CHOCKS BEHIND WHEELS WHEN COMPRESSOR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. HE TRIED TO STOP IT FROM ROLLING ANG HOSE SNAPPED AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE FACE.

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