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August 19, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INVOLVED IN WORK THAT REQUIRED HEAVY LIFTING WHICH AGGRAVATED A HERNIA

August 9, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING COVER ON CONVEYOR AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW.

June 25, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ANTICIPATING A COUPLING OF A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WITH A LOCI AND OPENED THE AIR LINE TO THE LOCI. THE AIR LINE ARCED UPWARD AS IT EXHAUSTED AND STRUCK HIM UNDER THE CHIN, CUTTING HIS CHIN .

June 11, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON A CATWALK, A DRUM ROLLED INTO THE OPEN LOADING DOOR. THIS IN TURN PUSHED EE'S HEAD DOWN TO THE CATWALK. HIS CHIN HIT IT CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH TOOL STITCHES TO CLOS E.

May 20, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK INTO A ORE CAR, HIS RIGHT ELBOW STARTED TO BE PAINFUL. HE WENT TO THE DR WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A RIGHT LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS WHICH HE TREATED WITH AN INJECTI ON. HE WAS ADVISED TO ABSTAIN FROM SHOVELING WHICH COULD AGGREVATE THIS ILLNESS.

May 19, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck against stationary object

EE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A PIPE RESULTING IN A CONTUSION. HE OBTAINED MEDICAL CARE FOR THIS AND RETURNED TO WORK. AFTER A FEW MONTHS HIS ELBOW AGAIN BECAME A MEDICAL PROBLEM. AS OF 5-19-99 HE WAS RESTRICTED TO NO USE OF HIS RIGHT ARM. THIS WE COULD NOT ACCOMODATE. ON 5-19-99 HIS ILLNESS BECAME REPORTABLE AND LOST TIME.

May 3, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck against stationary object

EE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WHILE WORKING ON A ENGINE AND TRYING TO RESET THE STARTER..LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

April 26, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN A PIPE AND A 4" HEADER PIPE. THIS CAUSED A NAIL AVULSION OF THE FINGER NAIL WHICH POPPED UP. STITCHES WERE USED TO HOLD THE NAIL BACK INTO THE NA IL FOLD.

April 21, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE HOODOF A TRUCK, FIXING THE HOOD ATTACHMENT, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

March 3, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO THE MINE WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME.

January 19, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A VEHICLE (#904-1700 LOADER), AND AFTER GETTING IN, SHUT DOOR CATCHING THE TIP OF HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME. THIS RESULTED IN A AMPUTATION OF THE TIP OF HI S FINGER BACK TO THE BASE OF THE FINGERNAIL.

January 18, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 6' LONG STEEL BOLTS INTO A BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA. DIAGNOSED AS A POSSIBLE HERNIA.

December 3, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A HEAVY JACK AND ALSO TWISTED WHICH RESULTED IN A MUSCLE SPASM. DR. DIAGNOSED THIS AS A SPASM OF THE RIGHT TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE AND REFERRED HIM TO PHYSICAL THERAPY.

November 12, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PUT SOME REBAR BOLTS ON HIS SHOULDER TO CARRY THEM. WHEN HIS SHOULDER BECAME PAINFUL. HE PUT THE BOLTS DOWN AND REALIZED THAT HIS SHOULDER HAD DISLOCATED. AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WHILE MOV ING IT GENTLY, THE SHOULDER WENT BACK INTO PROPER PLACE,

November 5, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE UNPLUGGING A SHOTCRETE NOZZLE, EE WAS SPRAYED ON THE NECK AND EARS WITH SHOTCRETE. THIS CAUSED CONCRETE BURNS AND CELLUITIS.

September 18, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING 2'X1"X2" WOODEN STAKE FROM BUNDLEOF STAKES. STAKE CAME SUDDENLY LOOSE, POINT HIT EE NEAR EYEBROW CUTTING HIM REQUIRED 2 STITCHES

August 10, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck against stationary object

CUT RIGHT RING FINBER ON AXE MOUNTED ON HAUL TRUCK WHILE CLEANING WINDOWS

August 10, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by falling object

A CONCRETE FILLED METAL GRATING WAS BEING MOVED WHEN IT FELL ONTO THE EE LEFT FOOT. THIS WAS DIANOSED AS A FRACTURE OF THE 5TH METATARSAL.

July 27, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING A CABLE ONTO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LUMBAR STRAIN

July 24, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PINCHED HER FINGER BETWEEN A NOZZLE AND A HOPPER. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

July 10, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER CUTTING A SECTION OF RAIL, EE WERE LOWERING IT INTO PLACE WHEN IT SHIFTED TO THE SIDE AND CAME DOWN ON THE EE S LEFT FOOT.

July 2, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER RECD SMALL PUNCTURE IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF WOOD OFF OF HAUL ROAD. WOUND BECAME INFECTED 4 DAYS LATER. TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS NO FURTHER TREATMENT REQUIRED

June 16, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A LOCI COUPLER. HE ATTEMPTED TO MANUEVER THE COUPLER INTO ITS PROPERY SEATED POSITION AND WAS MANHANDLING THE HEAD END WHEN HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT H AND.

June 9, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING DOLLIES FROM A PALLET TO CONCRETEPAD WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THISNWAS DIAGNOSED AS ACUTE BACK PAIN.

May 26, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by falling object

EE JUST LIFTED THE TONGUE OF A FLAT TRAILER FROM THE FORK-LIFT WHE WAS USING. IN DOING SO THE TONGUE SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN HITTING HER OTHER HAND.

May 14, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS UNHOOKING A FLAT FROM A FORK-LIFT WHEN THE FLAT ROLLED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGERON THE UNDERSIDE. THIS LACERATION WAS ON THE PADAREA OF FINGER NEXT TO HIS HAND

April 7, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 5 GALLON WATER BOTTLE ONTO COOLER STAND. APPROX. MIDWAY THROUGH TASK WITH BOTTLE HORIZONTAL, EE FLET BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT BICEP AREA.

April 6, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING PIECES OF WOODEN TIMBER WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK DR. DIAGNOSED THIS AS BACK PAIN

March 6, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE GOT WATER INTO HIS BOOTS WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A CONTACT DERMATITIS/RASH.

March 3, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WITH A SHOVEL AND LATER FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ARM, AND HAND INCLUDING NUMBNESS IN HIS HAND.

February 17, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE DEVELOPED A CONTACT DERMATITIS FROM THE MINE WATER.

January 19, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS HIT WITH HOT WATER WHEN A PLUGGED PUMP HE WAS WORKING ON CAME UNPLUGGED. HE HAD 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON RIGHT ARM & RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.

December 29, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON A SACK OF PLASTICE VENT LINE AND TWISTED CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN.

November 13, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE END OF A 8" CHANNEL TWENTY FEET LONG WAS INADVERTENTLY DROPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHANNEL WAS BEING CARRIED INTO THE FABRICATION AREA FROM OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER UNDER THE CHANNEL.

October 1, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SQUATTING DOWN PUTTING AWAY EQUIPMENT WHEN AS HE TWISTED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DR. DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A LUMBAR STRAIN.

July 15, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INCREASED PAIN OVER A PERIOD TIME. WENT TO DR WHO REFERRED HIM TO A SURGEON. POSSIBLE HERNIA.

May 21, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP AN ITEM, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND FOUND THAT HE COULDN'T GET BACK UP WITH ASSISTANCE.

April 28, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS INSTALLINGA GRIZZLY BEAM WEAR CAP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN STOMACH. FOUND FROM GOING TO DR THAT IT WAS HERNIA.

April 24, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS PULLING ON SHORT LENGTH OF CHAIN WHICH CAME LOOSE ABRUPTLY HITTING HIM IN FRONT BOTTOM PORTION OF NOSE CAUSING A LACERATION.

February 17, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING IN THE HEAD HOUSE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & HIP.

February 14, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A PIECE OF STEEL BEING WORKED ON FELL AGAINST HAND PINCHING IT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT HAND.

February 12, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Climax Molybdenum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A MILL MOTOR. WHILE LOWERING THE COVER, IT BECAME CAUGHT ON A PIPE SUPPORT STRAP. WHEN THE COVER WAS MOVED BY EE IT DROPPED SMAHING HIS LEFT THUMB.

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