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March 3, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN PRODUCT BIN #2 WHILE THE BIN WAS PRESSURIZED- CREATING A STRONG SUCTION.

February 21, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I WAS CLOSING THE RAILCAR DOOR IT WAS STUCK AND WHEN IT WENT IT CAUGHT MY FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME I HAVE GLOVES ON.

October 4, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HEAVY BARREL WITH OTHER EMPL TO SET ON PALLET.FELT BACK POP AND WENT DOWN TO KNEES.WORKED FOR SHORT TIME AT SORTING AND WENT HOME TO REST.WILL SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF NOT BETTER THIS AFTERNOON.

July 23, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

DOING MAINT ON FLANGE AND GOT SPRAYED WITH HOT OIL

July 23, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REMOVING THE TIRES OFF LOADER TO WORK ON BRAKES STRAINED BACK

June 26, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HYD PUMP OUT OF LOADER KNELT KNEE ON FRAME FOR LEVERAGE.KNEE POPPED.THOUGHT TO BE A CONTINUATION OF 5-9-90 CLAIM.

May 9, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON REAR AXLE OF DUMP TRUCK,KNELT DOWN AND SOMETHING SHARP JABBED HIS KNEE. THEN ON 6-26 KNEELING DOWN TO LIFT HYDRAULIC PUMP OUT OF LOADER AND IT POPPED.SWELLED UP SO DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP AT THAT TIME.

April 3, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION AS A SORTER.

February 15, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

APPROX 2-1 5 I NAME HIS KNUCKLE WHILE FILLING SUPERSACKS HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY TO ANYONEHE IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL WITH BLOOD POISONING THE LAST DAY HE WORKED WAS 04-13-90 THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE BACK TO WORK AT THIS TIME EVIDENTLY IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A WHILE

February 8, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

(STRAINED HANDS SORTING)

September 22, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT BACK WHILE CLEANING THE PRIMARY SCREEN

September 11, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS MOVING SOME WOODEN PALLETS WHEN HE LIFTED ON HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS ABCK HE WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR.

September 8, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD JUST FIISHED LAODING A RAIL BOX CAR THEY WERE SEALING IT. HE WAS LATCHING IT WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE HINGE IT PULLED HIS FINGER NAIL OFF AND SOME OF THE FLESH AROUND IT.

July 17, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHANGING SHEAVES ON NO 1 ACM SEPERATOR WHILE TAKING THE DRIVE BELTS OFF HE POPPED HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE

June 27, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED HAS SEEN A DOCTOR SHE COMPALINED OF SORENESS IN HER RIGHT ARM AND AHND,ALSO SWELLING IN HER FINGERS.

May 3, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHE REPORTED ON HER TIMECARD THAT THERE IS SORENESS IN HER WRIST DUE TO SORTING TALC.

April 14, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HER BACK BECAME SORE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE SORTING.

April 9, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME REPLACING PELLETIZER DYE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND PULLEY.

March 17, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS DUMPING HER LOAD AND LEANED DOWN TO PULL THE DUMP LEVER AND HER BACK POPPED.

February 2, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WORKIING IN MILL & SOME DUST GOT UNDER CONTACT LENSE & SCRATCHED CORNEA.

December 19, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING, HER ARMS AND SHOULDERS BECAME INCREASINGLY SORE FROM SORTING. SHE THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR THE FIRST TIMEON 12-21 AND THEN GOT ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION ON 1-11-89.

August 12, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PICKED UP FAN & CARRIED IT DOWN STAIRS AFTER HE SET IT DOWN HE REALIZED HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 15, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS SHE WAS SORTING, HER SHOULDER STARTED TO BECOME SORE. IT WAS REPORTED TO ME ON 7-20-88.

July 7, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Struck against stationary object

AS HE STOOD UP, HE BANGED THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON TE FORKLIFT FORK. THIS RESULTED IN A STIFF AND SORE NECK.

May 4, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHANGING DIES ON THE PELLITIZER WHEN SHE SMASSHED HER FINGER ON BETWEEN A STEEL COLAR AND THE CLAMPS THAT HOLD THE DIES HER INDEX FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES

March 16, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING A ROCK UP THAT WAS STUCK IN THE WASTE BIN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK STUCK IN HER RT.MIDDLE FINGER AFTER A WEEK THE SWELLING & SORENESS GOT WORSE SO THE WEEK OF MARCH 28 I.NAME WENT TO THE DOC.FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

February 18, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME STARTED WORKING FOR MTC ON 2 5 88 DURING HER FIRST FEW WEEKS SHE HAS BEEN SORTING ROC,, PAINTING AND GENERAL CLEANUP. AFTER HER SHIFT ON 2 18 88 SHE WENT HOME TO BED. WHEN SHE WOKE UP HER RT HAND AND FINGERS WERE TINGLY AND SORE. SHE IS NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT BUT SHE DID NOT HIT HER HAND ON ANYTHING AT WORK. SHE RETURNED TOWORK THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS BUT HER HAND WAS ST

September 29, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 9-29-87 I NA4E WRIST STARTE DGETTING SORE WHILE SHE WAS SORTING ROCK. ASTHE WECK WEATER HER LEFT WRIST GOT SORER. SHE NOTICFIED ME ON 10-2-87 OF THE SORENMOSS AND SWELLING ON 10-5-87 HER WR IST WAS STILL S2RE SO SHE WAS SEAT TO THE DR FOR EXAM. DR PUT A COST ON TO IMMOBILIZE THE WRIST SO THE SWOLLEN TENDENS.

June 19, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING THE LEVEL OF THE DUMP TABLE ON THE BAGGING MACHINE WHEN HIS HEAD CONTACTED FILLING MECHANISM WHICH IN TURN CLOSED THE DUMP TABLE ON H IS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A CUT I.NAME REC EIVED 5 OR 6 ST3TCHES

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