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1983–2026
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October 6, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Supply · Fall from machine

EE WAS ON HIS KNEES ON DOZER TRACK LOOKING FOR AN OIL LEAK TO REPAIR-AS HE STARTED TO GET OFF TRACKS HE INJURED HIS KNEE

August 10, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Supply · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WORKING AT SAND PLANT UNCLOGGING THE HOPPER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT HEAD AGAINST A STEEL BEAM.

February 15, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Supply · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO LOADER PREPARING TO LOAD SAND WHEN HE TWISTED INJURE RIGHT KNEE.

August 26, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Supply · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PREPARING TO OPERATE LOADER TO MOVE SAND. AS HE STEPPED FROM THE GROUND TO THE LOADER HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

June 15, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sand Supply · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS O THE YARD USING A CHISEL TO PRY LID ON BARRER THE CHISEL SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER

May 18, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Supply · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING CABLE ON SHOVEL AND GOT HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN THE CALBE PULLEY HE MASHED RIGHT RING FINGER AND SEVERED TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER.

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