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1983–2026
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December 12, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING AN ANVIL RING FROM THE FORKLIFT TO WHERE HE WAS INSTALLING IT (A COUPLE OF FEET)

December 5, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE SETTING UP CRANE AND ADDING EXTENSION BOOM, THE CABLE SHIFTED AND WHIPPED AROUND.

September 11, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A MOTOR ON THE #2 MILL PUMP AND BUMPED HIS KNEE A WEEK LATER HE REPORTED IT AND WENT TO THE DR

September 8, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON PALLETIZER WHEN HE REACHED FOR A RAG OF SAND HE STRUCK HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF EXPANDED STEEL SCREEN.

May 8, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING SAND OF A PIPE SO IT COULD BE REPAIRED

March 25, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS RESTACK3NG A PALLET OF SAND, WHILE TRANSFERRING BAGS, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

January 6, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A CONVEYOR & BUMPED HIS HEAD HE HAD H IS HARD HAT ON

November 22, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG HIS NORMAL JOB IN THE NORMAL MANNER.

November 19, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG HIS REGULAR JOB IN THE NORMAL MANNER.

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

WHILE INSTALLIN1 A NEW HEAD PULLEY ON SWITCH BACK CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK

July 11, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BENT DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A BAG ON A PALLET THEN STOOD BACK UP.HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 7-16-85 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME.

October 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL CLEANING OUT DRAIN BIN.

July 26, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING RELIEF BAGGING, IT WAS REPEATED TRAVEL THAT HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

March 23, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE LABORATORY WHEN HE DROPPED A BREAKED & INSTINCTIVELY TRIED TO CATCH IT, HE CAUGHT IT & IT BROKE AT THE SAME TIME.

October 5, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS LIFTING CATWALK MATERIAL UP TO A PLATFORM WITH ROPE AND SNATCH BLOCK MATERIAL GOT CAUGHT ON SOME PIPES AND EMPLOYEE REACHED DOWN TO FREE IT

May 3, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PUT HER FINGER IN A DRAWER AND THEN CLOSED THE DRAWER ON IT

May 2, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS TAKING A SAMPLE OF OUR PRODUCT OUT OF A TRUCK AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS HAND

April 7, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING EMPTY OXYGEN BOTTLES.PICKED ONE UP BY CAP AND BODY. CAP NOT SCREWED ON TIGHTLY AND CME OOF,CYLINDER FELL AGAINST ANOTHER ONE SMASHING EMPL HAND.

April 1, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 100 LB. BAGS OF SAND ONTO A TRUCK.

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