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January 6, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING STEEL & A PIECE OF STEEL <HEEL PLATE| FELL ON LEFT BIG TOE THEY WERE UNLOADING 10 SMALL PIECES OF STEEL BY HAND & 1 PIECE SLIPPOED OUT OF I NAME HAND & FELL ON HIS TOE

August 10, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON A MOTOR ON THE PLANT, WHEN CLIMBING DOWN HE CAUGHT HIS RING ON A SHAKER SCREEN AND CUT HIS FINGER BADLY.

April 20, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SIDE DOOR CAME UNLATCHED,HAND WAS HIT.

February 4, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING PIECE 2F STEEL, WHICH SLIPPED IN HAND. BURR CUT AND PUNCTURED PALM OF RIGHT HAND.

January 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND I NA4E WERE REPLACING SHAKER SCREEN IN TO FRAME WORK, SCREEN SLIPPED INTO FRAME TO FAST FOR I NAME TO REMOVE HIS FINGER COMPLETELY. THE FINGER WAS CUT OPEN BY THE S CREEN. I NAME A ADMINISTERED FI9ST AID AND RETURNED TO W ORK. LATER IN WEK FINGER BECAME INFECTED

May 17, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS PULLING3A HYD. PUMP ON A LOADER - THE PUMP SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER

February 25, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME HE WAS P3CKING UPO A LOADER AXEL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS BACK AFTER THAT HE COULD NOT LIFT ANYTHING HEAVY.

January 10, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck by flying object

I.NAME BRIEFLY 9EMOVED HIS WELDING HELMET TO CHANGE THE WELDING ROD & A SMALL PIECE OF WELDING SLAG FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE

February 28, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING OUT SH2P AND PICKED UP SEVERAL 10'LONG BOARDS LAMINATED TOGETHER.

September 16, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL ROLLING CA3T OVER,CANT HOOK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM-HEAD.THIS HAPPENED AT THE SAW MILL.

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