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December 14, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING TWO ROCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN CHUTE. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT SMASHING HIS LEFT THUMB THAT WAS BEING USED TO BALANCE.

December 8, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Of Central California · Fall onto or against objects

FALLING MATERIAL CAUSED EE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST CHUTE.

December 1, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE PULLED MUSCLE IN MIDDLE OF BACK WHILE SWINGING A #12 SLEDGE HAMMER, REMOVING LINER WEDGES FROM CONE CRUSHER.

November 20, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON #4 DECK OF RELIANCE MILL. SHOVEL STOPPED WHEN IT WENT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF DECKING. THE MOMENTUM CAUSED A JAM TO ARM AND THER WRIST.

September 17, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SUFFERED SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PUTTING WEDGES IN CRUSHER

September 11, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A WEDGE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE WEDGE AND STRUCK THE FIRST EE'S FINGER.

August 14, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF BOARD HOLDING BOARD WITH LEFT HAND AND HOLDING KNIFE WITH RIGHT HAND. KNIFE SLIPED, POINT OF KNIFE ENTERED LEFT HAND BETWEEN INDEX AND MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

July 29, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A STEEL BAND OFF A PARTS DELIVERY BOX AND AS HE CUT THE BAND IT FLEW UP AND IT HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

July 25, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT ABOVE RIGHT KNEE WHILE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT.

July 14, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PULLING CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER TO RESPLICE RING BROKE THEREFORE BELT CLAMP STRUCK EMPLOYEE.

January 23, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Los Banos Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

USING A HAMMER TO HIT OFF EDGES FROM A PIECE OF METAL FRAGMENT HIT LEFT EYE BELOW THE GOGGLES.

December 18, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG AT AN ANGLE. IT BROKE LOOSE AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND BRACKET FOR ROLLER.

November 26, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN BUCKET TEETH WHEN A SPIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG.

October 14, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING ON 3/4" CR GATE UNDER MILL, THE GEARS ON THE GATE WOULD NOT MESH SO ANOTHER EE STRUCK IT WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A PEICE OF METAL ATO STRIKE EE BELOW THE RIGHT EYE.

October 14, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Los Banos Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON SCRUBBER WITH HAMMER & HIT OWN INDEX FINGER.

October 1, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Of Central California · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER CUTTING CARDBOARD BOX OPEN WAS CLOSING KNIFE WITH ONE HAND AND BLADE CUT MIDDLE RT FINGER.

July 16, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A 10'X10'X1/2" PIECE OF USED CONVEYOR BELTING WHENHIS KNIFE SLIPPED AS THE BLADE STARTED TO CUT THROUGH A WORN SECTION. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF HIS CUTTING STROKE AND THE BLADE ENTERED HIS LEFT THIGH.

July 9, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BEARING ON CONVEYOR BELT, HE TAPPED THE BEARING RACE WITH HAMMER TO CHECK F THE RACE WOULD COME OFF. APIECE OF METAL FROM THE RACE STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER LEFT THIGH CA USIGN SEVER BLEEDING.

June 9, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK AREA.

May 30, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of New Mexico · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OILING THE SHAKER HE TRIED TO PRY THE GUARD AWAY AND THE BAR GOT CAUGHT IN THE FLY WHEEL CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO THE RIGHT HAND.

May 9, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CABLE THAT WAS RUSTED IN A SHACKLE WITH A HAMMER ANND WEDGE A PIECE OF STEEL CABLE SHOT OUT AND PUNCHED HIS LEFT ARM.

April 16, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM GATE ON MILL WHEN THE GATE CLOSED, RAM PINCHED THE BAR HE WAS USING AND SMASHED AND CUT TWO FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 28, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SMALL HAND WRENCH TO LOOSEN A RUSTY BOLT AND NUT WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 28, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of New Mexico · Struck against stationary object

HIT ELBOW ON SKIRT BOARD AFTER REMOVING DEBRIS WITH A LONG BAR.

September 26, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of New Mexico · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING BONNETT ON CONE CRUSHER, STEEL BAR SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD CASUING A LACERATION.

September 18, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triangle Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A V-BELT FOR SOME REPAIR WORK AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

July 18, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.

July 13, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGES INTO THE PORT. 1 CRUSHER WHEN HE SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A POLE.

May 29, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triangle Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING A ROCK BAR TO UNPLUG A CHUTE AND TAPPING IT WITH THE HAMMER TO PUSH IT THRU THE MATERIAL WHEN THE ROCK BAR MOVED AND THE HAMMER MISSED IT, STRIKING EMP IN THE KNEE.

March 28, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A WEDGE & DOG WHILE INSTALLING A STEEL PLATE TO RELINE THE BOTTOM OF #2 CRUSHER DISCHARGE CHUTE. AS HE WAS HAMMERING THE WEDGE, A STEEL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF THE DOG & STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK. THE FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL E.R. & ONE STITCH WAS REQUIRED.

February 7, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by falling object

BEATING ROCKS OUT OF GRIZZLY. ROCK CAME FROM TOPOF GRIZZLY & PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON SLEDGEHAMMER HANDLE.

November 29, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING TABS OFF EURETHANE SCREEN PANELS WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED OFF PANEL AND CUT HIS LEFT THIGH.

November 8, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING A CUT ON THE BELT END, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CUT, AND CUT THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

October 30, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SHOVELING, EE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SHOVEL HANDLE & METAL FRAME OF A CONVEYOR BELT, SMASHING THE 4TH & 5TH FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

September 15, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN NUT ON BOLTS. WHILE HITTING WRENCH WITH THE HAMMER, HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST AND THUMB.

August 9, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Los Banos Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS UNBOLTING 8" PIPE TO REMOVE IT. PIPE FELL AND LANDED ON FOOT.

July 10, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF THE SHANK COVER BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO INNER THIGHT ON LEFT LEG CUTTING LEG AND ARTERY IN LEG.

May 16, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Of Central California · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON TORQUE WRENCH BECAUSE HE WAS TORQUEING HEAD BOLTS TO 330 LBS.

May 13, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Los Banos Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSIDE SCRUBBER AND COWORKER WAS ON THE OUTSIDE TIGHTENING A BOLT. THE BOLT, UNDER PESSURE, BROKE AND SHOT UP, HITT EE IN THE EYE.

May 9, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTLALING STARTED. HE WAS PUSHING ON RATCHET AND THE RATCHET SLIPPED PUSHING HIS THUMB AGAINST FRAME AND BENDING IT BACKWRDS. WAS NOT INFORMED OR RECEIVED INJURY REPORT FROM E PLOYEE UNTIL 6-13-95.

April 3, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A LINOLEUM KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH.

March 2, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMMOVING A ROCK A B-1 (OVERSIZE), THE CHAIN COME-A-LONG (3/4TON) CAME LOOSE LANDING ON EMPLOYEE'S FINGER CUTTING IT.

February 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE SHOVELING UNDER SCREEN DECK, EE HIT SCREEN DECK WITH SHOVEL AND DUST AND SAND FROM THE SCREEN FELL INTO HIS EYES. PLEASE NOTE EE DID NOT NOTIFY US OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 2-27-95.

December 21, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Of Central California · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF IRON OFF A PIPE. A PIECE OF IRON FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

December 9, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE COMPACTED ROCK, WHICH WAS JAMMED IN THE CRUSHER , WITH A BAR. WHEN THE ROCKS BROKE FREE, THEY CAUSED THE BAR TO JERK INTO HIS FACE, CUTTING IT.

June 28, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A CHISEL TO LOOSEN UP A UJOINT ON A TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE HAMMER HE WAS USING BROKE OFF & HIT HIS RT SHOULDER EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR TH IS INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY JULY 29 1994

June 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 2"X 2' STEEL BAR, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT ADN GREASED SO IT WOULD SLIDE SMOOTHLY, AS A RAM TO HAMMER OUT THE HYDRAULIC TILT PIN OF A DRESSER 560B LO ADER. THE REPETITIVE MOTION OF SLIDING THE BAR TO DRIVE OUT THE SEIZED PIN FOR 30 MIN. OVER A 45 MIN. PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED HIS BACK TO LATER STIFFEN UP.

June 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Los Banos Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING GRIZZLEY ON CRUSHING PLANT. POSSIBLE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

February 25, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACK ON 2-2-90, EMPLOYEE WAS USIGN A PRY BAR TO LINE UP THE SCREEN WHILE CHANGING A WIRE CLOTH ON SHAKER AND FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTEN TION FOR THIS INJURY UNTIL 2-25-94.

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