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May 1, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basins Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING TOPS FROM BUCKETS KNIFE FOLDED UP PINCHING CUTTING FINGER. DR PUT STITCHES IN FINGER RET. TO WORK.

April 20, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basins Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING A PIN ON ARM OF BLADE ON BULLDOZER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF PIN & HIT EMPLOYEE IN LIP

April 6, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Basins Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

NUMBNESS IN LEFT HAND STARTED IN MID SEPTEMBER 1987 EXAMINING PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDED SURGERY TO CORRECT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

February 4, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basins Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING AND PALLETIZING LIME-RITE IN 40 LB BAGS FOLLOWING NORMAL PROCEDURE THIS REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF LIFTING AND MOVEMENT

January 4, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basins Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME PLANT MG9.WENT TO QUARRY THE MORNING WE RETURNED TO WORK FROM CHRISTMAS SHUTDOWN HE WAS LEAVING MAINTENANCE OFFICE TO RETURN TO HIS PICKUP & SLIPPED ON SOME ICE & SNOW RESULTING IN BREA KING BONES IN H3S RT.ANKLE(2BREAKS IN LARGE BONE 1 BREAK IN SMALL BONE) HE WAS TTAKEN TO HOSPITAL THEY TRANSFERRED HIM TO LARAMIE TO SET THE BONES

September 9, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Basins Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO WEDGE A ROCK THROUGH THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN THE WEDGE FLEW BACK OUT HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. IT KNOCKED OUT RIGHT EYE TOOTH AND BROKE EMPLOYEE'S CORRECTIVE LENS.

March 24, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Basins Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED LOWER LE0T LEG. EMP WAS WARMIN GHIS FEET BY A FIRE AHEN HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT FIRE AND WENT UP THE INSIDE OF PANT LEG. THE COVERALLS HAD DIESEL AND SOLVENT ON THEM FROM CLEANING PARTS

June 19, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basins Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RIGHT SIDE HERN3A INTESTINE STRANGULATION WHILE RESTACHING 50# BAGS OF MARBLE DUST ON PALLETS

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