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August 1, 1997 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Usmx Of Alaska Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BACK STRAIN DUE TO LIFTING WOODEN BLOCK WHICH WERE TOO HEAVY FOR 1 INDIVIDUAL.

July 7, 1997 SD · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A COLUMN IN THE PROCESS PLANT WHEN SHE FELT A PULL FOLLOWED BY PAIN IN HER RT. SHOULDER AS SHE LIFTED A SAMPLE TO POUR INTO THE COLUMN,OULLINGOR TEARING A TENDON IN HER RT . SHOULDER.

May 1, 1997 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO REMOVE END CAPS ON R.O. UNIT, AS HE STOOD UP AND TURNED HIS BACK WENT OUT. HE COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT AND WAS IN PAIN.

October 18, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE'S BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM - HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS & THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY. NOTIFIED EMPLOYER ON 11/20/96 THAT DOCTOR SAID PART OF PROBLEMWAS WORK RELATED FROM LIFTING.

August 10, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS HELPING TO MOVE PORTABLE DRILL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN, BECAME WORSE, VICTIM DID NOT MAKE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

January 20, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CHECKING THE PH OF 4 BOTTLE ROLL SAMPLES WHEN HE STARTED FEELING DIZZY AND WEAK.

January 14, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

December 4, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN. WORKING IN REFINERY.

August 6, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOEYE'S DUTIES INVOLVED PICKING UP AND WEIGHING CRUSHER BUCKETS.DURING A BREAK HE BENT DOWN TO PET A DOG.

July 29, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAFETY CHAIN SLIPPED ON CYLINDER ALLOWING THE BOTTOM OF CYLINDER TO SWING SLIGHTLY AND PINCH LEFT FOREARM AND HAND BETWEEN THE REAR TIRE AND CYCLINDER CAUSING HAND AND FOREARM TO SWELL UP.

April 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS HELPING TO PICK RELIC MINE TIMBERS OFF BELT CONVEYOR.BY THE END OF THE SHIFT VICTIM HAD SEVERE MUSCLE SORENESS IN BACK.

February 26, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM ORIGINALLY INJURED HIMSELF ON 02-26-92.VICTIM HAD BEEN GOING TO CHIROPRACTOR FOR 6 WEEKS DISCOMFORT BECAME TOO GREAT BY 04-08-92 VICTIM HAS NOT MADE SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS.

December 10, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HELPING REFINER MOVE TRAYS OF METAL BEARING PRECIPITATE. VICTIM'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TRAYS WHEN THEY ROLLED TOGETHER. VICTIM RETURNED TO FINISH REGULAR WORK S HIFT. VICTIM THEN TOOK THE NEXT DAY OFF.

October 4, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON GRADER AND SHUT FINGER IN DOOR

September 16, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM LOADED A PARTIALLY FULL ELECTRICAL CABLE REEL INTO BACK OF MAINTENANCE VEHICLE, INJURING SELF.

March 11, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 245 SHOVEL SHANKS/TIPS ONTO PICKUP (APPROX. 125 LB EACH). FELT SLIGHT BACK STRAIN AT TIME. PAIN WAS MORE SEVERE NEXT MORNING. DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 4-16-91 WHEN PAIN STARTED TO BECOME UNBEARABLE. DURING TIME BETWEEN INJURY AND REPORTING, EMPLOYEE HAS LIFTED PARTS AND SHOVELED SNOW- ALL OF WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

March 6, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ATTENDING ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING CLASS OFF-SITE AT CONFERENCE ROOM OF LOCAL MOTEL.INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING EXPLOSIVE NATURE OFDIFFERENT FUELS. DURING DEMONSTRATION A RUBBER CORK STRUCK VICTIM IN LEFT EYE.

February 28, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS PICKING LARGE TIMBERS OFF BELT CONVEYER, STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER SOME TIME DURING SHIFT. WENT TO SEE CHIROPRACTOR 4 DAYS LATER AND REPORTED INCIDENT OF FOLLOWING DAY.

November 1, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYE WAS REMOVING TRACK FROM D9L. METAL FLECK FLEW INTO EYE. EMPLOYEE RINSHED EYE. DID NOT HELP.

October 25, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

VICTIM WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6" X 20' HDPE PIPE FROM TRUCK. VICTIM REACHED DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN PIPES ON GROUND. A SECTION OF PIPE ROLLED OFF TRUCK STRIKING VICTIMS THU. BROKEN CARPAL BONE LEFT THU MB.

November 14, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE PITGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN A LEAK EMPL INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING AND THEN SHUTTING OFF THE CHOLRINE CYLINDER VALVE CHLORINE GAS MASKS WERE USED THESE WERE INADEQUATE THEN A SCOTT AIR PAK WAS USED

August 9, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TIPPING A 55 GALLON DRUM TO EMPTY IT OF ORE SAMPLES. EMPLOYEE HELPING VICTIM TIPPED BARREL TOO FAST. VICTIM WAS GIVEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, MAKING INCIDENT REPO RTABLE.

May 25, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HANDLING A PIECE OF SHEET METAL, SHEET SLIPPED, SMASHED RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

February 22, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM TOLD SUPERVISOR ON 2-16, THAT HE HAD WRENCHED HIS BACK ON THREE OCCASSIONS PREVIOUS TO THAT DATE. AT THAT TIME AN ACCIDENT REPORT INTERNAL WAS FILLED OUT. VICTIM REINJURED HIS BACK ON 2 -22. AT THAT TIME HE STARTED HE HAD SEEN A DR DURING HIS DAY OFF, AND THAT HE WAS TAKING PRESCRITION MUSCLE RELAXANTS.

August 23, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM 769 WATERTRUCK AND RING ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON STEP WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF LAST STEP. RING FINGER WAS CUT DEEP BUT WAS NOT BROKEN. RING HAD TO BE CUT OF F AND WOUND WAS WRAPPED. DOCTOR SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STITCH.

August 16, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS LOADING A WOODEN PALLET INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN PALLET SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON EMPL FINGER

July 5, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING GATE TO PROPERTY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 28, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brohm Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING D8L DOZER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AT THE TIME BUT THE CONDITION WORSENED AND WAS REPORTED ON FRIDAY,APRIL 1,1988 WHICH WAS HIS F IRST DAY OFF WORK.

August 4, 1986 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS ADJUSTIN1 CHLORINE FLOW IN CHLORINATOR. IF CHLORINE FLOW IS ADJUSTED TOO HIGH, THERE IS A RELEASE OF CHLORINE GASS INTO ATMOSPHERE AND GAS WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE.

July 20, 1986 ID · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS ADJU8TING THE CHLORINATOR WHEN A VALVE LEAK DEVELOPED. HE WAS WEARING A CHLORINE MASK BUT BECAUSE OF AM IMPROPER SEAL OF THE MASK HE INHALED SOME CHLORINE GAS. HE LEFT THE AREA & W AS LATER SENT T2 THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR 2 NIGHTS.

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