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February 6, 1999SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE & ANOTHER EE WERE BOLTING ON A STEE ADAPTOR ON TO A 6" PLASTIC DISCHARGE PIT PUMP WATER LINETHE LINE WAS PROPED UP ON A ROCK TO GET HE BOTTOM BOLTS IN. OTHER EE PULLED ON THE LINE TO GIVE INJ EE MORE ROOM TO GET THE BOLT IN. THE LINE SLIPPED & SLID BACK AND MASHED EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER TIP
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE HEAD PULLEY BY THE V-BELT WHEN HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND THE SHEAVE. HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER WAS CUT AND HE RECEIVED THREE SWITHCE S FOR THIS INJURY.
April 16, 1997NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PULLING ROCKS OFF OF THE PIT CONVEYOR WHEN HE REACHED FOR ANOTHER ONE WHEN HE PULLED HIS BACK OUT.
March 20, 1996SC · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OUT MUD FROM CONVEYOR WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHEST PAINS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK BUT WAS DETERMINE DBY DR TO HAVE SPRIANED CHEST WALL MUSCLES. HE HAD EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AREA THE DAY BEFORE BUT HADN'T REPORTED IT TO ANYONE. THIS EARLIER PAIN MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO SHOVELING OR PUSHING OFF A IRON ORE LUMP WITH A SHOVEL.
SCREEN HAD A LOOSE PIECE OF WIRE AND STUCK IN RIGHT HAND. AFTER EE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. HE RECEIVED A TETANUS SHOT. FROM THAT SHOT HE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION (FEVER & TENDERNESS IN ARM) & HAD TO GO HOME FRIDAY EARLY. DR. SAID THE REACTION WAS FROM THE SHOT, NOT THE INJURY.
June 30, 1995SC · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WASHING ROCK DOWN BEHINED JAW CRUSHER HE WAS PULLING THE 4IN WATER HOSE FROM GROUND LEVEL TO SECOND DECK WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SIDE AROUND THE HIP AREA
March 16, 1995NC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING ROCK OUT OF PLANT FEEDBOXC INTO ROTARY SCREEN CONE & CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROCK & CONE OPENING, LACERATED & FRACTURED LEFT INDEX FINGER NEAR NAIL.
January 22, 1994SC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS JUMPED JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING HIS MOTEL ROOM. HE WAS PUSHED BACK INSIDE THE ROOM. DURING THE ENSUING SCUFFLE HE WAS BEATEN, BITTEN AND ROBBED. HE SUFFERED CONTUSIONS OF THE HEAD AND HANDS. HE WAS TREATED BY A LOCAL PHYSICIAN. HE LATER DEVELOPED AN INFECTION IN HIS HAND FROM THE BITE AND WAS ADMITTED ON JAN 29, 1994 FOR TREATMENT.
March 31, 1993NC · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WERE REMOVING WORN OUT JAW TYPES WELDED LIFTING EYES ACROSS OLD WEDGE HOOKED HOIST TO LIFTING EEYS MASHED HOIST BUTTON BOTTON STUCK IN UP POSITION BREAKING LEFT EYE OFF STRIKING EE ABOVE LE FT EYE REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.
March 29, 1991SC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A DRUM TO PUT ON WHEEL OF A LOADER.THE OTHER EMPLOYEE FELL AND INJURED TRIED TO HOLD THE DRUM SO IT WOULD NOT HIT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE OR THE GROUND.
THE EMPLOYEE ALONG WITH 2 FELLOW EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING A REEL OF TRAIL CABLE OFF TRUCK. BY LIFTING TOO MUCH WEIGHT HE RECEIVED A HERNIA ON THE LEFT SIDE.
I,NAME WAS WORKING AT JAW, HE WAS HELPING CLEAR THE #1 BELT BOX WHEN A ROCK WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BOX BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM ON THE HARD HAT.
EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO P ICK UP WATER HISE AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON THE EDGE OF A PIPE. HE HAD A SLIGHT BRUISE ON HIS SHOULDER.
September 28, 1989NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS HOOKING OIL DRUM UP TO TRUCK DRUM SLIPPED AND FELL ON L HAND BREAKING AND SMAHING MIDDLE FINGER ON SAID HAND
September 1, 1989SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS DISASSEMBLING NW95 PIPE SLIPPED & MASHED END OF INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND
June 12, 1989NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE 4 1/4 SHORTHEAD CRUSHER. A ROCK FELL HITTING HIS LEFT HAND, MASHING HIS FINGER. THERE WAS NO OPENED WOUND BUT EMPLOYEE LOST FEELING IN FINGER.
June 6, 1989SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE TRIED TO MOVE A PICE OF STEEL BY HIMSELF WITH OUT ASKING FOR HELP OR USING THE FORKLIFT SO HE COULD PAINT THE STEEL.HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE SMALL OF HIS ABCK.
LOADING CROSS TIES TO LOADER BUCKET STRAINED BACK.
March 29, 1989SC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becker Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WHILE PLACING THE SHAFT UNDER THE JAW. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHAFT DOWN IN THE JAW HIS SIDE CAME UP AND MASHED HIS FINGER.