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1983–2026
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March 6, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME ANVILES FOR SPOKANE CRUSHER FROM THE GED OF A PICK UP & T HROWING THEM ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK

November 29, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

November 2, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL BENT DOWN TO PICK UP GUARD RAIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING THE RAIL.

April 21, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

September 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.

April 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THE MATERIAL HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

May 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING SKIRT BOARD HOOKER ON TOP OF CONVEYOR GAURD ON BACK OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HIMSELF TO JUMP DOWN & HIS WEDDING BAND GOT HUNG ON WIRE, PULLING SKIN OFF THAT FINGER.

April 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING ROCK OUT OF JAW, SWINGING BREAKER BAR & HIT HAND ON METAL ON SIDE PLATE.

September 3, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WATER PIPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 27, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRIMING WATER PUMP & PUTTING PUMP BACK INTO WATER A CHAIN STRUCK EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON THE LEFT LEG

February 2, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

AFTER WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER, EMPLOYEE RUBBED LEFT EYE WITH HIS HAND AND GOT GOREIGN BODY IN EYE.

October 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

OVERHEATED RADIATOR EXPLODED WHEN CAP WAS REMOVED THROWING SCALDING WATER ON EMPLOYEES BACK ARM AND LET BURNING SAME

September 14, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

CHANGING SCREENS AT PLANT SHOOT FELL HITTING ENPLOYEES LEFT LEG AND ARM

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