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October 12, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING TRUCKS AND WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER HE FELT A BAD TWINGE IN HIS BACK AND COULDN'T HARDLY MOVE.

May 9, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck by falling object

REMOVING DISTRIBUTOR PLATE FROM NUT. DISTRIBUTOR PLATE WAS UP ABOUT 6" WHEN IT FELL ON FINGER.

February 10, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING ROLLERS ON A CONVEYOR BELT NEAR A JUNIPER BUSH. BRANCH OF BUSH HIT HIM IN EYE AND PUNCTURED RIGHT EYE.

November 15, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

PATCHING A SCREEN ON AN ALLIS CHALMERS ON THE MIDDLE DECK AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG ON THE BOTTOM SCREEN.

June 25, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DOZER R EYE IRRITATED

May 31, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WHORKING ON PLANT EMPL RAN HAND INTO PIECE OF ANGLE IRON CUTTING LEFT HAND.

February 5, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING ON FRONT TRANSMISSION PAN AND FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND HYDRAULIC LINE.

January 16, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING UNLOAD SWITCH BOX WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED AND HIT EE MOUTH.

May 30, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TRANSMISSION & FELT TWINTGE IN BACK NEXT MORNING EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE AROUND BECAUSE OF STIFFNESS & SORENESS IN BACK

August 14, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED HAND WITH STEEL HOUSE.

June 15, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

BENT OVER & LOST HARD HAT HIT HEAD ON CHANNEL IRON WHILE STRAIGHTENING UP.

September 6, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVING BIG ROCKS FROM THE C RUSHER AND CAUGHT HIS ANKLE BETWEEN A B IG ROCK AND THE CRUSHER

September 8, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING ON T H E PLANT. WAS PULLING ON A SCREEN WHEN HE FELT PAIN.

February 25, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Antelope Valley Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CUTTING EDGE ON A DOZER HE TRIED TO MAN HANDLE THE CUTTING EDGE INSTEAD OF USING PROCEDURES HE HAD BEEN TAUGHT

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