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January 19, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS CUTTING MUD FLAPS ON UTILITY TRUCK & KNIFE SLIPPED OFF & CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON KNUCKLE.

December 2, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC FITTERS FROM 980 LOADER. WRENCH SLIPPED, PUSHED HAND INTO STAIRWAY ON LOADER-CUT ON HAND-METAL PIECE INTO HAND.

April 28, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HEAD PULLEY ON THE WET PLANT AND TO REMOVE THE BEARING EMPLOYEE HAD TO USE A COME-A-LONG.WHILE PULLING THE COME-A-LONG OVER HIS HEAD HE PROCEEDED TO PULL THE CHAIN AND REALIZED IT WAS TOO HEAVY BUT HAD ALREADY HURT HIS BACK.

October 23, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN A CIST ON THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND APPARENTLY BECAME AGGRAVATED AND POPPED.HIS FINGER THEN BECAME AGITATED BY ENGINE OILS ETC .

December 2, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Linda Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CUTTING PIECE OF BELTING FOR CONVEYOR WITH POCKET KNIFE BLADE CLOSED UP ON HIM CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER INSTEAD OF USING BELT KNIFE.

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