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April 13, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP. PUSHED AWAY FROM HER DESK IN HER CHAIR.HER LEFT LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON T HE BOTTOM OF AN OPEN DRAWER.

November 2, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING A CR5NE HOOK. INJ LEFT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED HOOK INTO PLACE

August 17, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING3THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT FOREARM.THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS BEING TENOSYNOVITIS OR AN INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDON SHEATHS.HE WAS GIVEN AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICAT ION (PRESCRIPTI2N) AND WAS ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK.

May 15, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING 150 LB 2AMMERS INTO HAMMER MILL.FELT PAIN WHEN JOB WAS COMPLETED DIDNT MISS WORK UNTIL 7-27 AS BACK BECAME PROGRESSIVELY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.LAST DAY AT WORK WAS 7-27-87 PLACED ON T EMPORARY DISABI5ITY BY SAFETY DIRECTOR.

March 3, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIF7ING 6 94# BAGS OF SAND TO D UMP INTO SAND BLASTER. A FEW HOURS LATER HE STOOPED TO PICK UP EMPTY SACKS & FELT HIS BACK POP.

January 18, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS INSIDE 7LINKER COOLER CLEANING OUT BRICK THE FOLLOWING DAY HIS BACK CAUSED DISCOMFORT AND PAIN HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR, BUT IT DID NOT HELP HIS CONDITION

September 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING PIPE (4"DIA.X 4')FROM VISE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIP.

June 28, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ OPENING HAT7H ON RR CEMENT CAR.BENT OVER TO RAISE HATCH FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.DIAGNOSED HAVING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

June 23, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BRI7KING A KILN WORN PADS ON THE BRICK RING CAUSED BRICKS TO BE EXPELLED HITTING HIUIM IN THE FACE

April 1, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED STEPPED3IN HOT CEMENT DUST HOT CEMENT DUST WENT INTO HIS BOOT

February 13, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING OIL FI5TER ON 50 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WHICH REQ HIM TO BE IN UNUSUAL POSTITION 45 MINUTES.

January 17, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PLACED 2IS HAND ON A PNEUMATIC VALVE TO CLEAN IT. VALVE ACTUATED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

October 21, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WASHING UP ATR TERMINATION OF S HIFT EE WAS UNABLE TO GET UP FROM BENCH IN SHOWER ROOM. THIS OCCURRED AFTER A SHIFT CONSISTING OF HEAVY LIFTING WHILE WORKING ON #2 KILN COOLER.

October 13, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A MISSING PIN ON A COOLER GATE INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT & CLEVIS OF A PNEUMATIC CYLINDER BECAUSE HE FAILED TO BLEED OFF THE AIR PRIOR TO REPAIR

September 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE STARTER ON OUR JAEGER AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN HE LIFTED THE STARTER HE STRAINED HIS BACK

August 30, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION TO GO HOME.INJ JAMMED PIECE OF PAPER TOWEL INTO EYE.

May 17, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LOST HIS GRIP ON FEXIBLEINJURED LOST HIS ON FEXIBLE CONDUIT.THE CONDUIT WHIPPED IN A SUDDEN MANNER AND KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF,STRIKING HIM ON THE TIP OF HIS SKULL.

April 29, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS WORKING ON SILO\S IN BASKET OF CRANE,HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON ROCKS GOT INTO SAFETY GLASSES WHEN INJURED LOOKED UP PARTICLES GOT INTO EYE.

March 5, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT PUMP MOTOR SET WHEN SET SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS AND DROPPED ON FOOT.FRACTURED 2ND METATARSOL OF RIGHT FOOT.

February 19, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJ INVOLVED IN CLEAN UP ON PREHEATER.DUST ACCUMULATED ON VISOR TO HARD HAT .AS HE LOOKED UP AND TILTED HIS HEAD,DUST FELL BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYES.

February 14, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE MANDOOR FROM MILL WHEN DOOR DROPPED SLIGHTLY CAUSING FINGER TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN NUT AND X-BAR.

February 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJ ATTEMPTING TO RELOCATE BURNING BUCKET OF DIESEL FUEL WHEN IT TURNED OVER.

December 28, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

LIFTING A PIPE WITH THE CRANE THE INJURED PARTY WENT TO UNFASTEN THE PIPE FROM A BEAM AND THEN THE BEAM AND PIPE BOTH FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE FOOT

December 15, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A CRACK IN THE PORCELIN TOILET WITH SILICON WHEN HE RAN HIS FINGER OVER A SHARP FRAGMENT RESULTING IN THE LACERATION

October 29, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN CLINKER DRAG TUNNEL WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 8, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT HEAVY TONGUE OF PORTABLE COMPRESSOR OTHER EMP RELAXED AND SHIFTED HIS ENTIRE WEIGHT ONTO INJURED

August 31, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL REPAIRING BOBCAT WHEN CAB FELL STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF HARD HAT FORCING UPPER LIP TO STRIKE AGAINST VALVE BODY LACERATING UPPER LIP REQ 6 STITCHES.

July 31, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF FLAT BAR FROM UNDER PIECE OF 1/2 INCH PLATE PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT HAND.

July 16, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EE WAS PALCING LIFTING RIGGING UNDER CONCRETE BARRIER. THE RIGGING SLIPPED & FELL. MIDDLE FINGER & HIS INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIGGING & T HE BARRIER.

July 6, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

ENTERING THE MAN WAS OF 1 CYCLONE WHEN A MEASURING TAKE BEING WHEN UP ABOVE FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BUCK OF HEAD.

July 5, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A WELDER TO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS ELFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WELDER & THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK.

July 2, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WAS LAYING BRUCK IN CYCLON #2 AS HE BENT OVER TIUB OF CLAY A BRICK FELL HIT THE BACKSIDE OF THE HEAD.

May 21, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LEAVING THE DRIVERS SEAT OF A FORK LIFT HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A STRAIN TO THE LIGAMENTS

April 21, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJ WAS ASSISGNED TO KILN BRICKING CREW THE KILN WAS ROTATED TO COMPLETE THE REFRACTORY AFTER U/2 A ROW WAS INSTALLED THE 1/2 ROW DID NOT HOLD IN PLACE AND FELL ON I.NAME

April 21, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJ WAS ASSIGNED TO REPLACE REFRACTORY IN KILN THE KILN WAS TURNED TO COMPLETE THE REFRACTORY AFTER HALF A ROW WAS INSTALLED THE THE 1/2 ROW DID NOT HOLD IN PLACE AND FELL OUT INJURING MR SAL I. NAME

December 14, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WORKING ON SCAFFOLD PLANK ATTACHED WITH KNEE BRACKETS WELDED TO STEEL VESSEL.WELDING ON TEMP HANDRAIL SUPPORTS.WHEN HE PULLED WELDING LEAD IT SLACKENED SUDDENLY AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING 7\ TO GROUND.

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