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1983–2026
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April 27, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN LOOSENING THE IOL FILTER HOUSING CLAMP IT HAD EXTREME AMOUNT OF PRESSURE . IT BLEW OFF WITH A VERY LOUND EXPLOSION..

February 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOUNTING ROCK FROM CHUTE WHEN SEVERAL ROCKS DISLODGED.PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR GRIZZLY AND ROCKS.

November 6, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING ROCK 7RUSHER AND HAND WAS POSTIONED IN WRONG PLACE ON CRUSHER, THEREFORE CAUSING A CONTUSION OF THE LEFT THIRD FINGER.

February 24, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMTING3TO REMOVE A PIECE OF TRAMP METAL FROM A ROCK CHUTE BY TUGGING ON IT.THE PIECE OF METAL TOTATED WHEN IT DISLODGED,LACERATING THE RIGHT HAND IN TWO AREA.

February 3, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kern Rock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING SCREENS ON SYMON S SCREEN FRAMES HURT BACK WHEN HE LEFT FRAME DOWN.

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