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1983–2026
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August 27, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object

EE IS A DIESEL MECHANIC. EE WAS CLEANING A BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY ON A 769 HAUL TRUCK. WHILE PLACING THE BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY INTO A TANK OF SOLVENT THE PAD ASSEMBLY SLIPPED OFF GRATING. EE TRIED T O CATCH IT & IN DOING SO CUT HIS FINGER & THUMB ON THE EDGE OF TH E PAD. THIS INJURY REQUIRED SUTURING ONLY.

May 16, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A LARGE WATER PUMP BY PULLING THE SUCTION HOSE OUT OF THE WATER. BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH OF THE WATER THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SQUAT TO USE HIS LEGS TO LIFT THE HOSE, I NSTEAD HE USED HIS B ACK AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN THE LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED THE HOSE BEFORE AND IT WAS NOT VERY HEAVY BUT TIME HE DID NOT CONSIDER THE WATER IN THE HOSE.

December 22, 1983 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP PICKED UP A 5 GAL. PROPANE TANK & FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE LEFT LOWER QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMINAL AREA. WHEN EXAMINED BY THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN JORDAN VALLEY HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL THE DIAGNOSIS WAS AN INCARCERATED INGUINAL HERNIA, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE IMMEDIATE SURGERY

October 20, 1983 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WATER LANCE TO UNPLUG A PLUGGE DUP CYCLONE FEEL LINE SOME OF THE MATERIAL HAD BROKEN LOOSE EMPLOYEE BECAMNE INPATIENT TO UNPLUG THE LINE AND SHOVED THE WATER LANCE FURTHER INTO THE LINE AND STARTED TO PULL MATTER OUT WITH HIS HAND MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE FELL AGAINST HIS HAND AND SLAMMED IT INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE PIPE BREAKING A BONE IN THE HAND

September 22, 1983 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SACK OF PRE-COAT TO THE PRE-COAT MIX TANK, TURNED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS IS AN AGRAVATION OF AN OLD PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR WHO SAID T HAT THELIGAMENT DIDN\T APPEAR TO BE TOR SHORTLY AFTER SEEING THE SURGEON.

May 3, 1983 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE PULLING 3 WELL CABLE ATTACHED TO THE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WAS BEING WRAPPED ONTO A WIRE SPOOL PUMP AND APPROX 80FT OF PIPE CAME LOOSE PULLED CABLE SPOOL OFF STAND STRUCK A GLANCING BLOW TO I NJURED EMPLOYEES KNEES AND KNOCKED HIM AGAINST BUILDING AND TO THE GROUND ON TOP OF SEVERAL LARGE ROCKS INJURED WAS TAKNE TO HOSPITAL FOR XRAYS AND RELEASED FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY

January 10, 1983 ID · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mapco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CARDBOARD FILE BOXES WHEN INJURY OCCURRED HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A BOX TO CARRY IT DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS TO THE STORAGE ROOM WHEN HE LIFTED THE BOX HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO J V HEALTH CLINIC FOR TREATMENT

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