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April 25, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 6 TON WAGNER DUMP TRUCK. BACK PAIN STARTED DURING SHIFT AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH STARTED BACK PAIN.

April 7, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUSH STARTING PICKUP BY HAND. FOLLOWING THIS PAIN WAS FELT IN GROIN WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

October 1, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS, FOREIGN MATERIAL CRUST ENTERED LEFT EYE. THE RUST PROBABLY CAME FROM A PIPE IN THE AREA.

July 30, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

CLARK AND ANOTHER MINER WERE BARRING DOWN LOOSE ROCK IN A STOPE PRIOR TO BOLTING. CLARK WAS INSPECTING A BARRED DOWN AREA IN THE BACK WHEN A ROCK FROM AN ADJACENT AREA FELL ON HIM, CUTTING TH E BACK OF HIS HEAD. EIGHT STITCHES (STAPLES) WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

July 23, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHENING U-JOINT BOLT ON JCI-125 MUCKER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ELBOW TO STRIKE THE MUCKER FRAME. FIVE STITCHES WERRE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE RESULTING LACERATION.

July 23, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS IN ROCK. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD, CAUSING A LACER ATION TO THE RIGHT EYE AREA AND CHIPPING THE EYE SOCKET BONE.

May 4, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Formosa Exploration Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND HANGING VENT LINE HE WAS USING A JC1 125 M MUCKER AS HIS STACING HE SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE AND FELL ON THE MUCKER AND THEN TO THE GROUND INJUR8ING HIS LOWER BACK .

February 25, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler POWERED HAULAGE
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN OUR 4X4 TRAVELING FROM MINE SITE TO OFFICE. DRIVER ROUNDED CORNER ON ICY ROAD HIT DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY OTHER HEADON. EE HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD KNEES HIT INTO DASH BOARD CAUSING HIP INJURY LEFT AND CUT LEFT EYELID.

February 22, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING OUT OF PORTAL HIT HIS HEAD ON A AIR VALVE CUAISNG A CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

January 2, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE PUTTING IN UTILITY PIN THE CROW FOOT OF JACKLEG SLIPPED BACK LANDING ON HIS FOOT RIGHT.

December 16, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK WHILE HE WAS ROCK BOLTING OPERATION.

October 13, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTED IN AN INCORRECT METHOD OF GEAR ALIGNMENT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. SEVERE CRUSHING OF RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.

October 2, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING WITH 83 DRILL CAUSING STRAIN AND TENDERNESS TO HANDS WHILE WORKING.

September 11, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WORKER WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG DRILL. PULLED MACHINE OUT OF HOLE. TRIED TO PULL MACHINE UPRIGHT.

August 14, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CEMENT OFF PALLET OF CEMENT BAGS WHEN STACK SHIFTED AND FELL AGAINST HIS LEG.

July 7, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS DRILLING COLLARING A HOLE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE AND STUCK THERE.

May 10, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Formosa Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STARTED CREAM SUBURBAN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHILE IT WAS IN GEAR THE SUBURBAN MOVED FORWARD & HIT THE WORK BENCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SHOP THE DOOR CLOSED ON HIS RT HIP & LOWER BACK

May 6, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON FLOAT DECK INJURED TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.HE TURNED SUDDENLY AND FELT A POP.FROM THEN ON IT HAS BEEN PAINFUL TO WALK ON DECKS AND LADDERS.MOVING UP AND DOWN AGGREVATES KNEE.(RU BBER BOOT CLEAT WAS IN DECK SO WHEN HE HE TURNED HIS KNEE MOVED BUT HIS FOOT DIDN'T).

June 23, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DELIVERING PLYWOOD & TIN SIDING TO MINE SITE. LOAD SLID FROM TRUCK. WHEN LIFTING TIN BACK INTO TRUCK STRAINED BACK.

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