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September 15, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SOME RUBBER HOSE- KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEG.

February 24, 1992 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HOLDING UP CUTTING EDGE ON 95ZIII WHILE ANOTHER EMPL TOOK CUTTING EDGE NUTS OFF.CUTTING EDGE SLIPPED WHEN BOLTS CAME OUT,GROUND DOWN BOLT CUT EMPL RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN 7 ST ITCHES.

November 10, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING THE BAG CHAIRS (HAVE PINS) EE PREED UP WITH BAR AND EE REACHED IN TO PULL PIN.

August 21, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE BOLTS LOOSE ON THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER ON 63 LOADER WITH A 3/4 RATCHET AND 4' PIPE.PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

June 23, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A STEEL BAND ON A BOX OF CYANIDE WHEN THE BAND BROKE.EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED AND HIT ANOTHER BAND ON ANOTHER BOX WHICH CUT HIS THUMB.

November 23, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON PALLETIZER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF & SMASHED RT INDEX & MIDFINGER.

July 21, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE TIRES ON LUBE TRUCK WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT RIM WITH A HAMMER CAUSING LUGS TO FLY OFF. A LUG HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH WHEN TURNED AROUND ABOUT FIVE OR SIX FEET FROM T HE TIRE.

June 12, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Struck by flying object

PIECE OF SLAG IN HAND.

April 9, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLS WERE CHANING HYDRUALIC CYLINDER ON LIEBEER SHOVEL ONE EMPL HIT INJURED IN RIBS WITH SLEDGEHAMMER.

March 6, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF A 4X4 TRUCK WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DIPPED OFF OF THE JACK AND MASHED HIS WRIST.

February 15, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GUIDING A REEL OF WIRE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING WITH A PIECE OF PIPE. HAND SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND PIPE HIT THIS EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYE. TOOK 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

October 4, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHE WAS CLEANIGN THE PRIMARY SCREEN WITH A BAR. SHE SMASHED HER FINGERS BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE BAR.

September 5, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL REPLACING REAR STRUT ON 769 CAT TRUCK AND WHILE PRYING ON A STRUT BAR SLIPPED AND HIT ELBOW ON FRAME OF TRUCK

August 29, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THERE WAS A BOULDER STUCK IN ONE OF THE WASTE ROCK CHUTES IN THE SORTING ROOM I,NAME WAS TRYING TO FREE THE BOULDER WITH THE BAR. HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE. HE DOES NOT KNOW AT THIS TIME IF IT WAS BROKEN OR NOT.

June 23, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE TAIL PULLEY BEARING.HE WAS USING A CHISEL AND A PIECE BROKE OFF,STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST.

May 22, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIN FROM LOADER BUCKET. WHEN PIN CAME OUT, HE FELL AGAINST LOADER ARM, INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 7, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ USING UTILITY KNIFE TO SPLIT PIECE OF 3/8 CHANNEL RUBBER AND CUT RIGHT PALM.

December 10, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Montana Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CLEANIGN OUT VIBRATING FEEDER WITH CROWBAR, CROWBAR SLIPPED & SMASHED HER FINGER.

November 8, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIPE WITH A HAND PIPE CUTTER AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON A SHARP PIECE OF PIPE LOCATED ABOVE THE ONE HE WAS CUTTING.

September 24, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BOLT ON HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. IN THE PROCESS HE DMAGED HIS RIGHT WRIST TENDON.

May 4, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES INVOLVED WERE TRYING TO EXTGRACT AN OVERSIZE ROCK THAT WAS WEDGED IN THROAT OF JAW CRUSHER THEY HAD WENT AROUND ROCK WITH A NYLON STRAP THEN TO HAVE ENOUGH REACH TO HOOK ON LOADER BU CKET THEROCK WITH A NYLON STRAP THEN TO HAVE ENO UGH REACH TO HOOK ON THE LOADER BUCKET THEY EXTGENDED TRAP WITH A CHAIN LOADER BUCKET WAS THEN RAISED TO PULL ROCK OUT BUT THE CHAIN BROKE & H

October 18, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING PICK TO D3G DITCH ON FRONT PAD #1 AND SWINGING PICKAXE STRAINED STOMACH MUSCLE.

July 29, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A GEAR AND A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF OF THE GEAR STRUCK RIGHT EYE.

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