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January 5, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING DRESSED FOR HIS SHIFT. AFTER REMOVING HIS BOOTS FROM HIS LOCKER, HE PUSHED THE DOOR SHUT. THE LOWER CORNER OF THE DOOR STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHIN CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITC HES.

August 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OVER HANDRAILING TO INSTALL COVERS ON W-19 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BELLY. INITIALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE PINCHED HIS SKIN. LATER DIAGNOSED AS A RUPTURED UMBI LICAL CORD.

March 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP METAL AND PLACING IT IN THE DEMPSTER BOX.HE CUT HIS FINGER.

March 14, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CRAWLING BETWEEN TWO SCREEN DECKS TO ENTER THE CHUTE ABOVE.WHILE REACHING FOR A HAND HOLD EMPLOYEE TURNED TO REPOSITION HIMSELF AT WHICH TIME PAIN ENTERED RIGHT KNEE.

September 13, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS DISCONNECTING TRAILER HITCH BALL TYPE TO DO SO HE HAD TO LIFT THE TRAILER TONGUE. THIS STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 4, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UHE WAS POSITIONING HIMSELF INSIDE A DISCHARGE CHUTE OF A CONVEYOR TO MAKE REPAIRS. HE REACHED INTO THE SHARP EDGE OF A METAL SCRAPER BLADE. THE RESULTING CUT SEVERED A TENDON REQUIRING SURG ERY.

August 2, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK POSSIBLY WHILE PULLING A TWO INCH. DIA. WATER HOSE UP AN INCLINED CONVEYOR CATWALK.

June 28, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLIMBING A LADDER ON A 992C LOADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

January 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REPLACING SCREEN COVERSA AS HE PICKED ONE UP TO MOVE TI ONE END CAUGHT ON ANOTHER COVER. AS HE TRIED TO TURN WITH IT HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 9, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 100 POUND BAGS OF SAND FROM A SKID AT GROUND LEVEL TO THE LOCOMOTIVE CATWALK (ABOUT CHEST HIGH). AS HE WAS LIFTING THE THIRD BAG HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 24, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MEASURING WINDOW FRAME TO REPLACE BROKEN GLASS THERE WERE PIECESOF GLASS REMAINING IN THE FRAMES HIS LEFT THUMB BRUSHED AGAINST A SLIVER LACERATING SAME

January 7, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.THEY WERE LIFTING AN IDLER INTO PLACE ON A CONVEYOR TABLE,IDLER FELL ON HIS 4TH FINGER AS HE LOST HIS GRIP.

November 20, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUSHING HYDRAULIC HOSE UP OVER DRIVER SHIAFT TO ALLIGN THE END FITTING AS HE RELEASED HIS GRIP ON THE HOSE IT STRAIGHTENED OUT PUSHING THE FITTING AGAINST THE DRIVE SHAFT.

September 28, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE SCREEN CLOUTH WHILE INSTALLING SIDE BAR THE BAR SLIPPED THRU HIS HAND

August 16, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS OPENING A TRAP DOOR IN THE FLOOR TO CLEAN DOWN MATERIAL SHE GRABBED SQUARE METAL DOOR BY EDGES RATHER THAN THE HANDLE AS SHE OPENED THE DOOR IT SWUNG PAST A HAND RAIL HER RT HAND WA S PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR & THE RAIL

July 29, 1991 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM LAODER TO MOVE DRILL STEEL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

July 29, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 5' GALLON BUCKET FILLED WITH GREASE AND CARRIED IT ABOUT FIVE FEET. THE BUCKET WEIGHED ABOUT 35 POUNDS.

May 15, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS MOVING FOUR DRAWER FILE CABINET. HE PINCHED HAD BETWEEN CABINET & ADJACENT AIR CONDITIONER. WHEN HE PULLED HAND FREE EDGE OF AIR CONDITIONER HOUSING LACERATED RIGHT THUMB. THIS REQUIR ED FOUR SUTURES.

April 27, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CARRIED A 40' EXTENSION LADDER. AS HE TRIED TO LIFT IT ONTO THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

March 23, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS IN HTE OLD HYDRATE PLANT WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.HE INDICATED HE HAD SURGERY ON THAT KNEE FOLLOWING A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.

February 15, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WITH A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS BACK MUSCLE SPASMS REACHED OVER AN ENGINE TO WORK ON THE AIR FILTER.THIS OVEREXERTION CAUSED MUSCLE SPASMS IN LOWER BACK.

February 4, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LUMPS OF MATERIAL OFF OF A JAMMED CONVEYOR.

November 21, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO LIGHT SUPPORT WITH RIGHT HAND. HE WAS IN A HURRY AND AS HE WALKED AWAY HE SLID HIS HAND DOWN THE SUPPORT ACROSS A JOINT ON THE SUPPORT. THE JOINT CAUGHT HIS SHIN AT T HE FIRST BEND IN HIS LITTLE FINGER AND CUT IT REQUIRING A SMALL AMOUNT STITCHES.

October 14, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING THE CORDS ON THE STONE BINS TO RELEASE STONE INTO HIS EUCLID.

September 19, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SAMPLE BUCKET OF STONE STRAINED BACK

August 17, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS STANDING ON DECK OF SCREEN. HE BENT OVER AND TRIED TO PICK UP A COVER PLATE AND TURN WITH IT. AS HE DID SO, HE GOT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN CWS BLDG. 5TH FLOOR-CHANGED SCREENS ON 5-D. EMPLOYEE RUBBED HIS R EYE WITH HIS HAND, WHICH HAD DIRT, GREASE, & SMALL PIECES OF METAL ON IT. MANUAL LABOR, PHYSICAL EXERTION.

July 25, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING FORKLIFT TO MOVE A 300 LB DRUM OF OIL. AFTER STOPPING THE FORKLIFT EMPLOYEE TRIED TO SHIFT THE DRUM MANUALLY TO ANOTHER POSTION.

July 16, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEP LADDER WHILE PAINTING THE WEST SCALE OFFICE. AS EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ON THE LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE HIT A STEP RUNG WITH RIGHT FOOT & SUFFERED A BRUISE TO METATARSAL S, ONLY SAFETY TOE BOOTS.

May 14, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STACK OF SHIMS AT #1-4 KILN WHEN THEY SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

May 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE BRICK FROM #3 KILN WHEN A PIECE OF BRICK OR SCALE ENTERED HIS L EYE. PRESCRIPTION EYEDROPS.

May 7, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING ROLLS ON CONVEY WHILE ON BACK IN AKWARD POSTION

December 20, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING STEEL PLATE FROM CRUSHER AFTER IT FELL I N PINNED HAND BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THER CRUSHER JAW

December 5, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ON VACATION WHEN HE CALLED TO REPORT THIS ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 10 DAYS PRIOR. EE CLAIMS TO HAVE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON 980C CAT LOADER LADDER.

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