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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.

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 20, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRUCK BY A WRENCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE A SHAKER HEAD PULLEY, LACERATING THE UPPER THIGH.

September 13, 1996 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 LEFT ARM WITH A BELT KNIFE WHILE TRIMMING A BELT FOR INSTALLATION. KNIFE SLIPPED.

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.

August 26, 1993 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)

WHEN CUTTING A WET BELT WITH RAZOR KNIFE, SLIPPED & CUT RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.

March 4, 1993 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 INSTALLING A GRIZZLY BAR IN THE DRIVE OVER GRIZZLY HE GOT ONE SIDE OF THE BAR IN PLACE & WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LIFT & MOVE THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & S TRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT

August 10, 1992 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 USING A HEEL BAR TO PRY ON A BEARING ON THE CONVEYOR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OFF, CUTTING HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.

July 7, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONDUIT AND AFTER THE CUTTER WENT THROUGH, THE CUT PIECE FLIPPED DOWN AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND JUST ABOVE THE FINGER KNUCKLE.

March 17, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE PIECE OF ASPHALT TO THE CRUSHER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL AGAINST HIS RIGHT LEG. HE SUFFERED AN ABRASION TO HIS RIGHT LEG AND A SPRAINE D RIGHT ANKLE.

January 15, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CONVEYORS ON A TRAILER USING RAILROAD TIES. HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN BENDING WITH CHAINS TO LOAD TRAILER.

May 6, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BAR-MAC CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON WRENCH WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

March 7, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO CLEAR BRIDGE IN JAW CRUSHER WITH PRY BAR, ROCK SHIFTED AND PINCHED RIGHT FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND HOPPER.

January 17, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO ADJUST ROCK CRUSHERS AND ADJUST CONVEYOR BELTS CAUSED LUMP ON RIGHT WRIST-DIAG GANGLION CYST.

June 25, 1990 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)

RACKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND HIT EE IN FACE CAUSING CUT AND BROKEN TEETH.

May 2, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE BAR MACK CRUSHER, SHOVEL HIT ONE OF THE CRUSHER LEGS, JARRED HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM.

December 9, 1989 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

SWINGING KNOCKER WRENCH AND WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE STOMACH.

November 13, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ADJUSTING BELTS ON DEVER RECLAIM PUMP, ADJUSTED SCREWS WITH PIPE WRENCH, STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER ABDOMEN.

November 10, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LOOSENING THE MAIN FRAME HOLD DOWN BOLTS WITH A PIPE WRENCH AND CHEATER BAR FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM.

October 24, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK THE NUT LOOSE ON THE MANTLE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

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