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April 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SORTING ROCKS OFF OF BELT AND PULLED BACK MUSCLES

December 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCREENS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND HE SCRATCHED HIS FINGERS ON THE SCREENS.

December 8, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK CHIPS OFF BELT WHEN HE JAMMED HIS FINGER AGAINST A ROCK.

November 27, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SORTING ROCK SEMP FELT SORENESS I N L. HAND FORM SORTING AND THROWING ROCKS.

November 3, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SORTIN ROCKS EMP SAID HAND STARTED TO HURT AND STA\TED TO SWELL.

October 28, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LEANING OVER BELT AND SORTING ROCK EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN HER BACK.

September 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Silica Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SUING HIS HAND TO CHECK THE FEED LEVEL IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AND A ROCK HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND CAUSED SWELLING.

May 2, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SORTING LARGE ROCKS STARTED HAVING SHARP PAINS BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES AND NECK

November 30, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

SORTING ROCKS AND JAMMED FINGER AGAINST ROCKS.

November 28, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BARRELS OF ROCKS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN.

February 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LEFT ARM STARTED TO HURT WHILE SORTING ROCKS.

February 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PART INSIDE DRUM AT PLANT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN PART AND DRUM.

February 7, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Contact with cold

BREATHING ROCK DUST IN COLD AR, HIS CHEST STARTED HURTING AND HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.

November 10, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yuba Natural Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CHANGING SCREEN IN SHAKER BY PULLING ON IT.FELT POP IN MIDBACK.NEXT DAY WAS HAVI G DIFFICULTY BREATHING.

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