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November 8, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING SAND ON A PALLET & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER

September 23, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck by falling object

STACKING BAGS ONE FELL ON ANKLE

August 19, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Pearl Sands Inc · Contact with heat

EMPL WAS CHECKING OUT HOPPER FEED TO SEE IF THEY WERE STOPPED UP WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME B HEAT & PASSED OUT.

August 16, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Pearl Sands Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS HELPING TO FILL BULK BAGS. FORKLIFT OPERATOR PICKED UP BAG & EMPL THOUGHT HE WAS READY TO UNHOOK STRAPS WHEN FORKLIFT OPERATOR SAT BAG DOWN FINGERS.

June 24, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS RESTACKING APALLET OF SAND 100 LB BAGS EE STATED THAT AS HE TURNED TO PUT A SACK ON THE PALLET, HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK EE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT.

June 19, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck by flying object

EE HAD REMOVED THE BURNER JET TO REMOVE THE BUILD UP OF OIL AND DUST WITH A WIRE BRUSH, WHEN HE WAS BENDING OVER HIS GLASSES PROBABLY SLID DOWN HIS NOSE ALLOWING THE DUST TO GET PAST THEM AND IN TO HIS EYES.

April 26, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pearl Sands Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAGGING MACHINE WOULD KICK OFF BAG OF SAND MASHED BUTTON AND LEVER HOLDING THE WEIGHTSS RELEASED FALLING ON EMP HAND HAND CUT AND BRUISED ON R MIDDLE FINGER PINKIE FINGER

April 18, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A COVERED LADDER TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE FILTER PLANT WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE LAST STEP.

April 16, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Pearl Sands Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON MOTOR, GRABBED BELTS PULLED HAND THROUGH THE PULLEY CUT HIS FINGERS

March 28, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pearl Sands Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD BULK BAGS FROM BACK OF PICK UP WHEN BINDING STRAPS HE WAS PULLING ON BROKE. EMPLOYEE THEN FELL BACK AND LANDED VERY HARD ON HIS TAILBONE.

March 18, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING FRONT END LOADER ACROSS RUTTS, LOADER BOUNCED CAUSING BACK PAIN.

November 28, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pearl Sands Inc · Fall onto or against objects

I.NAME WAS STEPPING UPON A STEP TO OPEN A SAND HOPPER AND GOT OFF BALANCE AND HIT HIS HAND ON CONVEYOR FRAME.

October 4, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pearl Sands Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE STEPPED ON PILE OF SAND AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 4, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND STACKING SAND FROM REJECT CHUTE OF PALLETIZER WHEN BAGS STARTED COMING TOO FAST TO HANDLE, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP BAGS IN CHUTE AND SPRAINED OR BROKE HIS WRIST.

March 14, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND FILLING AND TIRING BAGS BY HAND WITH HAND TOOL.

March 7, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING DRYER ROLLER ON PICKUP TRUCK TO TAKE TO MACHINE SHOP FOR REPAIR

October 2, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Pearl Sands Inc · Struck against stationary object

WALKING BY PALLETIZER AND KICKED BUMPER PIPE..

September 12, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pearl Sands Inc · Rubbed or abraded

GRAIN OF SAND BLOWN INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE. EMPLOYEE RUBBED EYE, CAUSED SAND GRAIN TO BECOME LODGED IN EYE. SOME PARTICLE REMOVED BY PHYSICAL.

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