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August 19, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK, HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT HIS HAND WAS IN THE WAY ANDHE SHUT THE DOOR ON HIS HAND.

July 30, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN ON THE SCREEN DECK ON THE PLANT.

April 13, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOT WATER & STEAM SPURTED ON EE'S R LOWER LEG

February 1, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE LOG WASHER. AS HE PREPARED TO REMOVE THE DRIVE COUPLER, EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS HAND.

February 1, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS USING A SHOVEL AT THE BASE STACKER. HE FELT THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM A LITTLE AND HE WAS SORE. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP THE NEXT MORNING, HE COULD HARDLY MOVE.

September 1, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCK OUT OF OVERHEAD BUNKERS, AND LEVER HE WAS OPERATING STUCK. WHEN IT GAVE WAY, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND JAMMED AGAINST STRUCTURE, BREAKING TIP OF PINK FINGER ON RIGHT HAN D

June 10, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO SERVICE A TRUCK IN SNHOP. HE REACHED OVER HTE FRAME TO GRAB THE DIV E LINE AND HURT HIS LEFT SIDE. WENT TO URGENT CARE CLINIC BECAUSE IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. EMPLOYEE REPORT INJURY ON 6/13. HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD GET BETTER, AND WHEN IT DID NOT, HE CAME TO ME.

June 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

LOADING TRUCK AT DRAIN ROCK BUNKER WHEN CLOSING LEVER ON BUNKER ON SHUT OFF HIT BUNKER & BROKE FINGER

November 23, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON GROUND BENDING FORWARD TO HOOK UP HYDRAULIC COUPLER BETWEEN A TEN-WHEEL TRUCK AND PUP TRAILER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

September 3, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING WIPER ON #2 RETURN CONVEYOR ON CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED. A SHARP PIECE OF METAL CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

June 22, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOMETHING THEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN ON L SIDE OF NECK AND DOWN L ARM.

February 10, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SCRAP METAL INTO END DUMP & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK & NECK MUSCLES

March 22, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING THE PLANT. HE WAS REPLACING CLAMPS ON THE YIGS, HE CUT HIMSELF WITH A PIECE OF WIRE ON THE CLAMP.

August 14, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING UP A CUTTING EDGE AND MOVING IT OVER TO A DIFFERENT PLACE HE WENT TO SET IT DOWN AND A STEEL SLIVER CUT HIS L THUMB.

August 8, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME SCRAP IRON INDUSTRIAL BOLTING IRON PIPE IN THE YARD

June 27, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOCKING UP THE COMPUTER KEYES IN A FIRE PROOF METAL SAFE. SHE SHUT THE DOOR ON HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

June 8, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BROUGHT HIS EXCAVATOR INTO THE SHOP TO GREASE IT AND PREPARE IT FOR THE NEXT DAY'S WORK. HE WAS GREASING THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HE STOOD UP AND WAS TURNING AROUND AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

February 19, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIX A CABLE ON ROVER ON THE DW21 THE ROLLER CAME LOOSE & HIT THE FRONT OF HIS LEG

May 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A TIRE HE WENT TO PICK UP A HAMMER OFF THE GROUND, HE FELT HIS BACK POP.

May 9, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF CEMENT WHEN EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND HE HIT A PUMP THAT WAS ON A SHELF & IT FELL ON H IS FOOT

April 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WORKING ON CRUSHER THERE PIC,ING UP STICK S AND THROWNING THEM BEGIND HIM ON GROUND WHEN HE DID HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

December 26, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

EMPL LYING ON BACK UNDER SERVICE TRUCK INSTALLING TRANSMISSION. DIRT WAS NOCKED OFF BODY OF TRUCK INTO EMPL'S EYE.

October 27, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PIPE ON THE DREDGE. THE LINING OF THIS PIPE CAME OUT. WITHIN THIS LINING A PIECE OF WIRE POKED THROUGH AND THIS POKED EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT THUMB.

October 14, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WORKING IN SHOP AND LIFTING VERY HEAVY PARTS.

February 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE PLANT. WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO PICK UP SOME SCREENS FOR THE PLANT, AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

August 27, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING STICKS 5ND TRAMP IRON OFF GRAVEL SEPARATING SCREEN. OBJECT PENETRATED SKIN.

August 12, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Butte Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRUCK BED WAS R5ISED 1/2" OFF FRAME EE WAS MANIPULATING SPLITTER VALVE FRAME CAME DOWN ON FINGER.

January 25, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM PICKUP WHEN OXYGEN BOTTLE FEL OVER AND SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

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