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June 19, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE CLIMBING A LADDER, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHEAD LIGHT FIXTURE RESULTING IN A NECK STRAIN. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. THIS INJURY DID NOT RESULT IN LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

March 5, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ADJUSTING THE SEAT IN FUEL TRUCK, PUT RIGHT HAND UNDER FRONT OF THE SEAT TO PULL IT FOREWARD BUT THE SEAT SLID BACKWARDS PINCHING FINGER.MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND WAS LACERATED.

February 18, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE PULLED UPPER BACK MUSCLES WHILE LIFTING A MOTOR AND FAN ASSEMBLY TO THE TOP OF A 60" ROLLER MILL. THE EMPLOYEE LATER SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. THIS INJURY DID NOT RESULT IN LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF REPEATED BACK STRAIN.

October 9, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SEPARATING CHLORITE BOULDERS AT THE STOCKPILE AREA. WHILE SETTING DOWN A LARGE PIECE OF CHLORITE INTO A LARGE SACK ON TOP OF OTHER CHLORITE PIECES, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES SMA SHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE'S INJURY RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE BONE AND AN OPEN WOUND, THAT REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

August 22, 1991 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING VIBRATOR ON CRUDE CAR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

August 21, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A BAG ON THE PACKER SPOUT. HE MISSED AND HIS HAND WAS CUT ON THE SHARP SPOUT. THE CUT ON HIS HAND REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

August 13, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING THE HATCH ON A RAILCAR, WHEN THE MECHANISM CAUGHT, CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK. HE HAS SUFFERED BACK STRAIN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE, BUT HAD NOT LOST TIME IMMEDIATL EY FOLLOWING. HIS DR VISIT 10-24 STATED HE ,MAYRETURN TO LIMITED DUTY FOLLINS HIS 2-WEEK VACATION.

May 8, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF THE MANHOLE LOCATED IN THE LOWER PART OF THE PELLET MILL DUST COLLECTOR. IT DID NOT HURT UNTIL AFTER HE HAD ARRIVED HOME AND SAT DOWN.

January 16, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Rubbed or abraded

I.NAME WORKING ON DUST COLLECTOR FAN BELT.KNELT DOWN ON LEFT KNEE TURNED A LITTLE BIT,FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.WAS KNEELING ON BAR GRATING.

April 26, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS CLOSING THE GATE ON THE IRON RACK AND CUAGHT HIS FINGER IN A PINCH POINT.

October 26, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

CLEANING UNDER PELLET DRIVER FELT PIECE OF DUST OR SOMETHING ELSE IN HIS EYE PREPARING TO FINISH SHIFT.

September 15, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ADJUSTING BLADES IN TURBOMIXER,STRAINED UPPER BACK.

August 4, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

STANDING ON A PUMP PLATFORM 2 FEET OFF THE FLOOR, HE STEPPED DOWN TO TURN WATER ON. WHILE TURNING AROUND EMPLOYEE STRUCK ANGLE IRON ON THE I BEAM CAUSING A CUT IN EYBROW AREA ABOVE LEFT EYE.

April 14, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HIS WRIST WAS HURTING SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR FELT THE PAIN WAS CAUSED FROM CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF THE WRIST WHILE PICKING ORE. (HE WAS NOTIFIED ON 4-14-89 THAT HE HAD GONE TO THE D R.)

March 2, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME STACKING 50 LB BAGS ON PALLET.FEET NOT PROPERLY POSITIONED AND WAS ALSO IN TWISTED STANCE AS HE PLACED THE BAG.SAID HE HAD SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.WENT TO EMERG.RM.OF LOCAL HOSP.GIVEN RX FOR PAIN,MCLE RELAXER,ANTI-INFLAMM MEDICINE.

January 25, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING DRILL AUGERS FROM STORAGE RACK ON TRUCK IN PREPARATION FOR DRILLING AN EXPLORATORY TEST HOLE. ONE END WAS RESTED ON CORNER POST OF STORAGE RACK. AS EMPLOYEE STARTED TO P LACE HAND UNDER THE AUGER TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RACK, IT ROLLED OFF AND HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT AUGER AND STORAGE RACK.

November 18, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

TRUCK DIRVER WAS GETTING INTO TRUCK BED TO DIG OUT CLAY STUCK IN CORNER. AS HE WA GETTING OVER SIDE OF BED HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE JAMMED HIS FINGER. THE FINGER SWELLED FRIDAY NIGHT AND WAS WORSE SATURDAY MORNING. WENT TO DOCTOR SATURDAY 11/19/88 AND X-RAY FOUND FINGER BROKEN.

September 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TECHNICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT PIPET RUBBER BULB ON THE END OF A GLASS PIPET WHEN GLASS PIPET BROKE AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER OF PALM SIDE OF LEFT HAND.

July 6, 1988 NE · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN BETWEEN RAILCARS WHEN HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON ALATCH ON THE RAILCAR.THIS RESULTED IN A CUT AND BRUISE ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

May 16, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS RESTACKIN A PALLET OF 50# BAGS THAT HAD FALLEN OVER. EMP. STATED HE FELT A TINGE IN HIS BACK. AFTER GETTING BAGS RESTACKED EMP. WENT INTO INTO MILL LAB AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK . EMP. SAT DOWN AND SUPERVISOR I. NAME WAS CALLED TO EMP. EMP. WAS IN APPARENT PAIN AND LIMPING.

April 18, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT A ROUND IN C-10 STOPE HE WENT TO MOVE HIS DRILL LEG WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE MUD AND AS HE LIFTED TO FREE IT HIS BACK POPPED AND IT STARTED HURTING FROM ABOUT THE MIDDL E OF HIS BACK DOWN THROUGH HIS LEGS

March 29, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A PIECE OF FLOOR GRATING FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO CATWALK I.NAME WAS ON UPPER LEVEL & STATED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

March 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A MAINTENANCE MAN REMOVE A MOTOR FROM AN ELEVATOR THE MOTOR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN IT AND A GUARD BRACKET CAUSING A DEEP CUT TO THE THIRD FINGER OF HIS RT HAND

March 4, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND SWELLING TO HIS LEFT WRIST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SORTING TALC WHILE ON TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT AT THE MINE SITE.

March 4, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REACHING FOR A PART OF A NEW BELT SCRAPER EMPLOYEE RUN HAND INTO APIECE OF SHARP BANDING FROM THE SHIPPING CRATE.

January 12, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING B9LT SKIRT ON CONVEYOR BELT A SECOND MECHANIC DROPPED HIS END OF THE SKIRT FIRST ALLOWING IT TO BOUNCED AND PINCH I NAME RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN A CONVEYOR ROLLER AND THE SKIRT FRACTURE RESUL7ED TO HIS FINGER.

December 4, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

2 EMPL CARRYING3SHEET OF PLATE STEEL AND EMPL MASHED FINGER WHILE PLACING STEEL ON WORK BENCH.

December 2, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE ENTERED A CLEANED OUT SLURRY PRODUCT STORAGE TANK TO REPLACE A GASKET ON A PUMP. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER, A DROP OF REAGENT MUST H AVE GOTTEN UNDE9 HIS GLOVE WHILE HE WAS IN THE TANK. ON 12-17-87, HE REPORTED THIS TO THE SUPERVISOR AND SHOWED THE SUPERVISOR A RASH WHICH HAD APPEARED ON HIS WRIST.

September 20, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATED HE W5S LOADING SLURRY PRODUCT INTO A TANK CAR AND WHEN HE STRETCHED TO INSERT THE LOAD PIPE INTO THE CAR HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS NECK

September 13, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE HA8 HOT PRODUCT COME IN CONTACT WITH HIS HANDS WHEN HE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PAIN RELIEF PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS INJURY.

July 15, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE LEANING OVER A REAGENT TANK TRYING TO PATCH A HOLE, HE BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND NAUSEATED.EMPLOYEE FAILED TO USE VENTILATION OR RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT.

June 23, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT VALVE ON REJECT PUMP WAS PLUGGED UP & HE INSERTED HIS FINGER TO REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTING MATERIAL MILL OPERATOR ASSISTING DIDNOT SEE FINGER & HE CLOSED THE VALVE ON INJURED EMPLOYEES HAND 3

May 6, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT THE CABLES TO THE FORD DUMP TRUCK CAME LOOSE WHILE HE WAS LOWERING THE HOOD AND STRUCK HIM IN THE SHOULDER WHILE HE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE HOOD'S WAY.

February 19, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WORKING UNDERNEATH A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A MECHANIC.EMPLOYEE STATED THAT SOME TRASH FELL INTO HIS EYE.

February 11, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT WHILE PULLING A LARGE PIECE OF TALC FROM THE BELT, IT ROLLED ON TOP OF HER RIGHT HAND.

January 12, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING SWECO SCREENS WITH ACID AND SPLATTERED SOME IN HIS EYES. HE WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

December 11, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1PING OVER A GLUE BARREL 55 GALLON SIZE AND STRAINED HIS BACK

November 13, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATES THAT3HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR HANDLE AND THE GUARD AROUND THE HANDLE CAUGING A LACERATION TO HIS RTR MIDDLE FINGER

November 12, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME AND II N5ME WERE IN THE STOREROOM GETTING A VISE TO BE INSTALLED ON WORK TABLE. WHILE MATERIAL WAS BEING REMOVED FROM TOP OF VISE THE BOX NEXT TO IT. WHICH HAD A NEW HEATER ON IT, WAS

November 5, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING AT THE PACKER PALLETIZING FIFTY POUND BAGS OF FULL PRODUCT, HE PICKED UP THE BAG TURNED TOWARDS THE PALLET, PUT FULL BAG OF PRODUCT ON THE PALLET. WHEN DOING THIS, HE FE LT SOMETHING PU5LING ON HIS BACK. HOWEVER, PAIN WAS TOLERABLE AND HE CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF SHIFT.

September 12, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE HIT THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK ON THE MANHOLE AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUTOF STORAGE TANK

August 23, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS INSTALLING THE DRIVE BELTS TO THE BIRD MILL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT PINKY BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND SHEAVE.

August 19, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN A GEAR AND THE SHAFT HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO MOVE.

August 13, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS UNLOADI3G A HOPPER OF SCRAP METAL WHEN A PIECE OF TIN SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FINGER

May 28, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF MEDIA UP STAIRS AND HURT HIS BACK

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