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EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FEED CHUTE ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE VANADIUM SECTION WHILE FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN UPPER LEVELS. CONTAMINATED WATER SPLASHED ONTO BACK OF CLOTHING AND CREA TED RASH ON BACK. FIRST VISIT TO DOCTOR 7-23-90.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIECE OF ONE QUATER INCH PLATE ONTO WELDING TABLE. WHEN PAIN FAILED TO SUBSIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT. LOW BACK STRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED.

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING FIVE GALLON PAIL (EQUIPPED WITH BAIL) CONTAINING ORE SLURRY SAMPLE (EST. 60 LBS. TOTAL WEIGHT). NO VERTICAL LIFTING INVOLVED I N EXCESS OF SIX INCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PALLET LOAD OF CASTING WHEEL SEGMENTS WITH FORK LIFT TRUCK WHEN ONE SEGMENT SLIPPED FROM PALLET. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE SEGMENT (APPROX. 80 LBS. WEIGHT) ON THE PALL ET HE FELT "TWINGE" IN LOWER BACK. ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING HIS BACK WAS MORE PAINFUL AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT.

EMP RESPONDED TO REP. FIRE IN THE SX AREA AND HAD A RESPIRATORY REACTION TO FUMES IN AREA. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MECHANICS HAD DRAINED A SULFURIC ACID LINE TO SUP FLOOR IN PREP. FOR REP AIRS. EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A FILM OF RESUDUE SALTS CONTAINING SODIUM CHLORATE ON FLOOR WHICH REACTED WITH DROPES OF SULFURIC ACID PRODUCING SMOKE AND FUMES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNGIN 14 FT X 4 FT X 1/4 IN RUBBER SHEETS ON A TABLE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEE NOTICED BACK PAINS AT THE END OF SHIFT WORKED REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 5-22-88 WHE N HE WENT TO DR HE THEN WORKED LT DUTY FOR 4 DAYS THEN RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY

EMPLOYEE WAS DI5GONED AS HAVING CELLUTITIS IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ATTRIBUTED THE INFECTION TO A MINER BURN ON THE EMPLOYEES LEFT WRIST WHICH FAILED TO HEA L PROPERLY DUE 7O CONTAMINATION WITH VANADIUM PRODUCTS AND IMPOPER CAR TO THE WOUND BY EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO CARRY TWO FIVE GALLON PAILS OF "MONOWET"WETTING AGENT DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS,EMPLOYEE TRIPPED,DROPPED THE PAILS AND SPLASHED THE MONOWET INTO THE EYES AND FACE.

EMPL ASSISTING 5NOTHER EMPL LIFT JOINT OF 8'' THINWALL DRISCO PIPE WEIGHING 220 LBS INTO FUSING MACHINE WHICH IS 3'HIGH.AFTER THIS DONE EMPL COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS ASSISTI3G 5 EMPLOYEES LOWER EIGHT INCH DRISCOE PIPE TO GROUND IN EMP RT FOOT STUCK IN THE MUC AND HIS RT LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE PIPE

EMP PUSHED FOUR3DRUMS OF PRODUCT APPROX WT. 900 LBS, ON A ROLLER CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS PUSHING HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. DR DIAGNOSED A LIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA, EMP DOES NOT PLAN TO HAV9 IT REPAIRED IN THE NEAR FUTURE

EMPLOYEE NOTICE8 DISCOMFORT IN LEFT EYE NEAR END OF SHIFT ON 1/20/87.DISCOMFORT CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND M.D. REMOVED METAL PARTICLE FROM THE EYE EARLY A.M. OF 1/21/87.

I,NAME HAD BEEN3WORKING ON THE VANDADIUM DRYER OPERATION AND DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ON 7-10-86, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING HEMOPTYSIS. THIS REPORT IS FILED TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH 30 CFR PART 50.203BUT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION THAT THE ILLNESS WAS OCCUPATIONALLY INCURRED WHILE WORKING FOR UMETCO MINERALS CORPORATION. EMPLOYEE WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR RESPIRTORY PROTEC

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WINDOW IN CONTROL ROOM AND CUT HAND ON SMALL PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS PROTRUDING FROM FRAME OF ADJACENT WINDOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG THE DRIVE BELTS TO MANUALLY ROTATE A PUMP SHAFT WHILE REMOVING THE IMPELLER. HE CAUGHT THE END OF HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND SHEAVE, RESULTING IN A SIMPLE LACERA TION, REQUIRING3SUTURES.