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November 12, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ REPLACING RETURN IDLER WITH NEW IDLER.SLIPPED OUT OF HOLDING BRACKET HITTING INJ IN MOUTH.LEFT FRONT INCISOR BROKEN OFF AT GUM LINE.

October 20, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Broderick & Gibbons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MATERIAL RESULTING IN A BRUISED ANKLE.

October 4, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPENING TOOL BOX DOOR ON WELDING TRK.JERKED DOOR-STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN RT.HAND

October 3, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PINPOINT WELD BURN ONN ELBOW ON 10-03-88.BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SMALL BURN HE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.ON ALA LATER DATE HE BUMPED ELBOW ON CORNER OF SHAKER #23 STEEL BOX AND BROKE OPEN BURN SCAB.ELBOE BECAME STIFF,RED ANS SWOLLEN HE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10-10-88.

September 26, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HER SWIVEL CHAIR AT HE DESK IN THE SCALE HOUSE. SOMEONE SPAKE TO HER AND SHE TURN IN HER CHAIR HITTING HER LEFT KNEE ON THE CORNER OF THE DESK. SHE DID NOT WANT TO G O TO THE DOCTOR AT TIME, BUT SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT (SHE WENT TO THE DOCTORS).

September 21, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Materials · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS STEPPING OFF A SAMLL TRACK LOADER WHEN HE REACHED GROUND HE EXPER. A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP. HE STEPED OFF THE WRONG WAY.

September 20, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DUMPING STONE SAMPLES OUT OF THE DRYER AND INTO BUCKET WHEN THE DRYER LIFD SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HAND BRUISING HIS THUMB WWHEN HE TRIED TO PREVENT THE LID FROM FALLING.

September 20, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SHOVELING STONE ONTO CONVEYOR PULLED TENDON IN LEFT FOREARM

August 31, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

CLAIMED WHILE CHANGING A GREASE LINE UNDER 7' CRUSHER DISCHARGE BOX HE WAS USING AN 8' LADDER WHICH HE HAD LEANING AT THE TOP AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE BOX WHEN CLIMBING DOWN A SECONDE TIME THE LEFT SIDE OF LADDER SLIPPED IN DIRT CAUSING HIM TO SWING TO THE RIGHT AND THROWING HIM INTO A PLATE OF STEEL ON OPPOSITE WALL

August 29, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE MOVING PARTS FOR SCREEN, FELT MUSCLE PULL IN BACK.

August 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP PISTON OFF OF BENCH AND POSATIONED PART IN FRONT OF ROD.HE WAS POSITIONED SOT HAT HIS ABCK WAS BENT WITH VERY LITTLE BEND IN HIS KNEES.THE WEIGHT OF PISTON CAUSED STRAIN TYO TO HIS BACK.

August 3, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LOADING BLAST HOLES. SPILL AMMONIUM NITRATE, FUEL OIL AND EMULSION MIXTURE ON ARM, CAUSING CHEMICAL DERMATITIS AND BURNS TO ARMS.

July 27, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING STARTER FROM TRUCK LOST GRIP OF IT,STARTER FELL CUTTING LEFT PINKY FINGER AND AND STITCHES REQUIRED.RETURNED TO WORK 9:00AM 07-27-88.

July 22, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herbert R Imbt Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 12X12 CRIBBING TIE.

July 19, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS KNEELING IN THE BOTTOM OF A RAILROAD CAR PUTTING RAGS INTO HOLES INTO BOTTOM OF CAR. HIS FOOT BECAME WEDGED INTO THE SMALL AREA BETWEEN DOOR AND BOTTOM. WHEN HE STOOD UP TO MOVE TO THE NEXT POCKET HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

July 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stone Man Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AFTER CUTTING CHANNEL LOOSE HE PULLED ON FRONT CHANNEL TO BREEAK LOOSE FROM SIDES OF SCREEN BACK CHANNEL CAME LOOSE & JERKED HIS BACK CAUSING INJURY.

July 18, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

UNTWISTING KINKED HOSE ON PRESSURE WASHER QUICK TWIST OF HOSE CAUSED RIGHT HAND TO STRIKE SHARP EDGE OF FUEL TANK-CUT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND FINGER REQ SUTURES.

July 9, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS MOVING A BLOW BAR BACK INTO POSITION WORK WAS COMPLETED & HIS HELPER REMOVED CHAIN HOLDING THE ROTOR IN PLACE ROTOR MOVED PINCHING INJUREDS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE ROTOR & THE CRUSH ER FRAME IT IS NOT CLEAR WHY HIS FOOT WAS NEAR THE ROTOR

June 16, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING TIRES ON DROP BALL, EMPLOYEE SAID IT HURT HIS NECK.

June 14, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD SCREEN BEARING AND HOUSING FROM PICK-UP TRUCK BED ONTO WELDING TRUCK WHILE LIFTING BEARING AND HOUSING STRAINED BACK.EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID HOT FEEL PAIN FROM THIS ST RAIN UNTI. AFTER HE HAD GOE AND STARTED OPERATING CRANE.

June 11, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS REPAIRING PART AT CRUSHED PLANT. EMPL WAS ADJUSTING PART & CUT THUMB.

May 31, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stone Man Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE SHOP OVERHEAD DOOR HUNG UP WHILE PULLING ON THIS DOOR HE STRAINED HIMSELF IN HIS GROIN AREA

May 26, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING HAMMERS FOR HAMMER MILL FROM BOBCAT BUCKET WHEN A LOUD NOISE STARTLED HIM, CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONCENTRATION. EMPLOYEE JERKED CAUSING HIS HAND TO ECOME TRAPPED BET WEEN BUCKET AND HAMMER. HE CHIPPED THE BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER.

May 20, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS ON CLEAN UP DUTY WHILE PALNT WAS SHUT DOWN.HE WAS SHOVELING MATYERIAL FROM UNDER CONVEYORS ON 05-20-88.THE NEXT MORNING HE AWOKE AND WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE DOCTORS CARE ON 05-25-88.

May 16, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MOVING A GREASE BARREL THE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND STRUCK HIS CHEST ON THE GREASE PUMP HANDLE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE SEVENTH RIB ON THE LEFT SIDE.

May 10, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHOVELING SPILLED MATERIAL FROM UNDER CONVEYOR AND APPARENTLY WAS IN A TWISTED BODY POSITION CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN

April 29, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ EMPL REACHED FOR SOUTH SIDE OF CHUTE AS ANOTHER EMPL PUSHED ON NORTH SIDE OF CHUTE.AS CHUTE MOVED IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER.CHUTE WAS BEING PERMANENTLY FITTED AND PLACED AT #2 SIMPLICITY SCREEN .EMPL RECD LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO END OF MIDDLE DIGIT FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

April 27, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN LOOSENING THE IOL FILTER HOUSING CLAMP IT HAD EXTREME AMOUNT OF PRESSURE . IT BLEW OFF WITH A VERY LOUND EXPLOSION..

April 18, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OFF THE LOADER, CLIMBING DOWN LADDDER AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.

April 15, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE OVER EXTENDED HIS NORMAL REACH WHEN HOISTING A FIVE FT SECTION OF DRILL ROD FOR ATTACHING TO THE HOISTING PLUG OF THE CORE DRILL.

April 13, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING LARGE ROCK FROM OVERBURDEN CAMP SITE & STRAINED BACK

April 13, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINISHED CLEANING LEDGE AND BIN OF SCREEN DISCHARGE,IN CLIMBING OUT HE PULLED HIMSELF UP AND THERE HIS LEG OVER LIP OF BIN,FELT A SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA.EDGE OF BIN ROUGHLY 3-4 FEET HIGH.

March 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CLEANING UP N SCREEN DECK. HE WAS CLIMBING UP ON SCREEN DECK WITH 1 1/2 IN HOSE SLUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER, PULLING IT UP WITH HIM. WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK

March 22, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herbert R Imbt Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP. WAS UNLOADING SCRAP METAL, POSTS, ETC. FROM PICKUP TRUCK BY HAND. WHILE PULLING SCRAP METAL POST OFF THE TRUCK BED, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

March 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TESTING STONE GRADATION HE DROVE TO PLANT & FILLED 2 BUCKETS 35LBS EACH RETURNED TO LAB CARRYING A BUCKET IN EACH HAND IN LAB HE TURNED TO HIS LEFT AS HE WAS PUTTING DOWN THE BUCKETS HE HEARD HIS LEFT KNEE POP & FELT PAIN AROUND HIS KNEE CAP

March 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING CATWALK ON NEW STACKER.PICKED UP CATWALK.TWO WERE STUCK TOGETHER.THIS WILL REQ MINOR OUTPATIENT SURGICAL REPAIR.DR ESTIMATES NO LOST TIME AND EMPL CAN RESUME HIS REG DUTIES.

February 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOUNTING ROCK FROM CHUTE WHEN SEVERAL ROCKS DISLODGED.PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR GRIZZLY AND ROCKS.

February 25, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PUTTING NEW CABLE ON DROPBALL CRANE. AS HE WAS PUTTING LOOPED CABLE INTO LOT OF CABLE DRUM TO WEDGE IT T.IT SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIS UPPER LIP

January 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK AROUND PLANT AND SCALE HOUSE AREA.EMPLOYEE PICKED UP SOME BOARDS THAT HAD BROKEN OFF OF TRUCK SCALE AND STRAINED BACK.

January 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MOVING MU8 PUMP, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT THE PUMP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 13, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FEEDER AT RECYLE PLANT. EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL FROM INSIDE OF PAN FEEDER. HE HAD CUT OLD STEEL OFF INSIDE OF FEEDER AND WAS THROWING STEEL OUT OF FEEDER. FINGERS WERE TRAPPED BETWEEN STEEL AND SIDE OF FEEDER.

December 28, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EQUIPMENT #14293& #1427 WERE LOW ON WATER. I,NAME HANDED A 5 GALLON BOTTLE OF WATER TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS ON TOP OF HOOD OF #1429. OTHER EMPLOYEE TOOK BOTTLE OF WATER AN D LOST CONTROL3OF BOTTLE. I,NAME JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY OFTHE FALLING BOTTLE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.

December 15, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING SHOP THROUGH SMALL ENTRANCE DOOR AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING LARGE SHOP DOOR TO TAKE LOADER OUT. WHEN OPENING LARGE DOOR IT GOES PAST SMALL ENTRANCE DOOR . EMPLOYEE GOT INDEX FINGER CUT OFF AT 1ST JOINT AND MIDDLE FINGER MASHED ON LEFT HAND.

December 15, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL CLEANING S2OP BLDG.,LIFTED HALF-EMPTY BARREL OF OIL & RUPTURED GROIN.

December 8, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WASNT 8URE OF DATE OR IF HE WAS LIFTING SAMPLES OR SCREEN TRAYS WHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN LOWER BACK HE DIDNT REPORT THIS AT TIME BECAUSE IT DIDNT HURT THAT MUCH A WEEK LATER THE PAIN WAS HURTI3G HIM SO WE SENT HIM TO CLINIC FOR THERAPY

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