EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE POWER POLE TO HOOK UP WIRES FOR LIGHTS WHEN HIS HOOKS GRAFTED OUT OF THE POLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
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August 8, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Silica Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 30, 1985
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING OVERHEAD BIN WITH A STEEL B POLE IT WAS STUCK SO EMPLOYEE JERKED IT REAL HARD AND HIS BACK WENT OUT
October 24, 1984
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT ON A NEW CHAIN & PLDPODDLE ON A SCRAPER.WHILE CONNECTING THE MASTER LINK TOGETHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT HIM ON THE THUMB WITH A SLEDGE HA HAMMER.
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