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October 31, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN AS HE BENT TO PICKUP A WOODEN PALLET FROM A PLATFORM SCALE.

August 28, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS TO LIFT A BEARING TOP FROM A TRUNION BEARING ON A BALLMILL FROM ITS POSITION TO THE GROUND. THE CAP WEIGHED APPROX. 175 LBS AND WAS MOUNTED ABOUT 5' UP.

June 30, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A PRODUCT BIN ACCESSING A SIDE PORT HATCH.

November 11, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD A RR CAR WHEEL LEANING AGAINST A TABLE AND WAS TAKING THE UNDERSIDE MEASUREMENTS WHEN THE WHEEL SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS HAND. CAUSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER, SMALL CUT ON THE LITTLE FINGER AND PALM. THE RIGHT FOREARM ALSO ABSORBED THE IMPACT CAUSING SWELLING ON IT AND ON THE RIGHT HAND.

December 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DRYINGN IRON PYRITE ORE AFTER BIN WAS FULL IT WAS TO BE EMPTIED ON CONCRETE FLOOR TO FEED #2 SCREENHOPPER INSTEAD EMPLOYEE EMPTIED DIRECTLY INTO HOPPER WITH EMPLOYEE INSIDE HOPPER EMPLOYEE OPENED BOTTOM GATE TO BIN CAUSING THE HOTORE TO CREATE 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH THE RT & LEFT CALF & ANKLES

February 25, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

USING AIR HOSE TO BLOW OVE THROUGH A CRUSHER DUST MATERIAL FLEW UP IN FACE, & UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASS. A DUST PARTICAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

October 1, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

DURING A HOPPER/SCREW FILLING OPERATION THE SCREW LOCKED UP. THE EMPLOYEE HURRIEDLY TURNED AND STARTED WALKING QUICKLY TO THE SWITCH. THE EMPLOYEE WALKED DIRECTLY INTO A PIPE W/A QUICKLY COU PLING ON IT. THE PIE IS PART OF A DENSVEYOR SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEES 6'5" HEIGHT ELEVATED HIMSELF SO HE STRUCK THE PIPE. THE PIPE WAS HARD HAT LEVEL.

August 14, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BAGGING SOME MATERIAL AT THE 400 PLANT AND USUALLY USES A RUBBER MALLET TO HIT A METAL BOX WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE THE BAGGING MACHINE. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO HIT THE BOX WITH THE MALLET, HE HIT THE BOX WITH HIS HAND AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

October 16, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING THE TANK ON THE AIR SEPARATOR. WHEN HE FINISHED AND WENT TO GET OUT OF THE TANK HE FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE SOLE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

July 19, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS ADJUSTING THE WEIGHT ON THE SAND PACKER WHEN THE WEIGHT CAME OFF & HIT HIS FINGER

May 22, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICATING A METAL COVER FOR A NEW DRYING SYS BEING INSTALLED HE TRIED TO REPOSITION THE COVER FOR ADDITIONAL WORK BY HIMSELF BY HAND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT BACK AREA

April 10, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING PUTTING BAGS IN OUR BAGHOSUE AT THE CALCINER PLANT, THIS MAN WAS WALKING IN A CATWALK ALONGSIDE THE BAGHOUSE, A 2X6 WAS PROTRUDING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE BAGHOUSE ABOUT 10" FROM THE DECK. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG OR THIS PROTRUSION.

March 29, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COVER A PALLET WITH A SHRINK WRAP THIS MAN LEANED FORWARD TO SPREAD OUT THE WRAP. AS HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK A DOG LATCH ON THE COVER OF A BLOW BACK PIPE. THIS PIPE WAS NOT I N THE "NORMAL" TRAFFIC PATTERN.

January 3, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS MAN WAS WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER AS HE PICKED UP A 15# SLEDGE HAMMER A LOBE IN HIS LUNG COLLASPED

October 31, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING WITH 3 OTHER MEN AS THEY WENT TO PUSH UP ON A SECTION OF 4" BLOW LINE HE ELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

October 7, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REASSEMBLING MILL FROM MAJOR BREAKDOWN EMPL PLACED HAND IN AREA WHERE PIECE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE.EMPL TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT.CARELESSNESS OF EMPL WAS CAUSE.

August 11, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED HAD BEEN WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING SULFURIC ACID, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAS BEEN WARING HIS SAFETY GOGGLES. UPON COMPLETION EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING THE EXCESS ACID BACK INTO THE BARREL AND INJURED REMOVED HIS GOGGLES BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT AND THE GLASS WAS COMING OUT. HE THEN WENT OVER TO WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID SPATTER AND GOT

April 24, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER COMPLETION OF BAGGING A PALLET OF MATERAL THIS MAN PICKED UP A PLASTIC BAG TO COVER THE PALLET. WHEN HE RAISED HIS ARM HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 3, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

HELPING OPER FREE CRUCHER. LARGE PC OF ORE ROLLED BACK ON FOOT.

November 2, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HOOKING UP PLANT SWEEPER TO LOADER PULLED ON ARM OF SWEEPER & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.

December 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS3HELPING THE PLANT OPERATOR TO CHANGE SCREENS ON THE CRUSHING PLANT.IN ORDER TO DO THIS HE HAD TO PULL THE SCREEN FROM THE TOP AND (NAME) HAS TO PUSH FROM THE BOTTOM.IN DOING SO HE WALKED BACK3INTO THE GUARD RAIL AROUND THE HOPPER OPENING HITTING THE BACK.BRUISED RIGHT RINBS LOWER.

March 17, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO4N IN MAIN PLANT CRUSHER PIT SHOVELING ORE. TWISTED BACK WHILE SHOVELING.

September 17, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS SENT3TO COVER THE CHROMITE STOCKPILE WITH TARPS AND TO USE PALLETS AS WEIGHTS TO HOLD DOWN THE TARP. ONE OF THE TIMES THAT HE WENT TO PLACE A PALLET ON THE TARP HE TURNED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN H3S BACK.

January 8, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HANDLING 100-LB8.BAGS.

October 3, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME & I.NAME3THE OPERATOR WERE FILLING SUPER SACKS AFTER HAVING FINISHED FILLING ON UP HE WENT TO GET ON FORKLIFT.WHEN HE JUMPED TO GET ON,HE HIT HEAD ON ROLLOVER BAR CAUSING SHARP PAIN DOW N HIS NECK AND 5EFT SHOULDER BLADE.I.NAME DIDNT REPORT THIS UNTIL 11-20 WHEN IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.WENT TO DR 11-25-85.

September 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME AND OPERATOR SENT UP TO 500 PLANT TO CLEAN PIT NEXT TO ELEVATOR.LADDER IS LOCATED RIGHT BESIDE ELEVATOR AND WHILE GOING DOWN THE LADDER,I.NAME HIT RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST ELEVATOR.

May 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND THE WELDER WERE GETTING READY TO SECURE FROM THEIR SHIFT. THE WELDER DROVE THE FRONT END LOADER BACK TO WHERE THE WELDING MACHINE WAS, AS THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOOK UP THE PORTA BLE WELDING MACHINE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.

May 3, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A SAMPLE FROM FLO-BIN, AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO OF THEM.

April 23, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

USED POOR JUDGEMENT AS WHERE TO PLACE HANDS WHEN MOVING LIFTING FORKS OF A FORKLIFT

March 6, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING & STACK3NG 100 LB BAGS ONTO PALLETS.RECURRING INJURY.

February 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL BAGGING BR-1 MATERIAL.BAGS USED FOR THIS MATERIAL HAVE TO BE MARKED.WHILE DOING THIS HE PLACED GEAR ON TOP OF BAGS SO WIND WOULDNT BLOW THEM AWAY.GEAR FELL OFF BAGS AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.EMPL SAFETY SHOES DONT HAVE METATARSAL GUARD.

September 20, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPLACING FLAT TIRE ON FORKLIFT WHEN EMP WAS REPLACING TIRE ON FORKLIFT HE SET IT IN WRONG AS HE WENT TO PULL IT OUT AGAIN HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK

March 3, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

120 LB.

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