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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 5, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHIEL SHOVELING ROCK OUT OF A SKIP BOX INTO ANOTHER SKIP BOX. SHE STRAINED HER RIGHT ELBOW. SHE STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY 9-29-99.

October 9, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ADJUSTING THE ROLLER CONVEYOR DURING A MILL LINER JOB, EE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND STAND.

April 12, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON THE MAIN SHAFT IF THE CRUSHER HEAD CENTER A PIECE OF DRY ICE SLID DOWN THE SHAFT & CAUGHT EE RT THUMB BETWEEN THE DRY ICE & THE HAND RAIL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS THUMB THE THUMB RECEIVED SUTURES

March 23, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN THE SCAVENGER LAUNDERS, THE WATER SPLASHED SOMETHING IN HER EYES.

March 25, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE BALL HOPPER THE ROCK BOX THAT WAS BEING USED SWUNG & PINCHED EE ARMAGAINST THE CYCLONE

December 7, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Struck by falling object

ATTEMTPING TO INSTALL AIR HOIST ON MONORAIL INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHENT HE HOIST FELL STRIKING INJURED S HAND.

August 6, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asarco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INJURED BACK WHILE CHANGING FILTER SECTORS

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