Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND A SMALL PIECE WENT INTO HIS EYE.
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February 13, 1989
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING ICE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING NEW FLASHING FOR CONVEYOR BELT, THE RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS ARM.
December 4, 1985
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS TAKING A PIPE FITTING OFF WHITH A WRENCH AND EXTENSION PIPE, THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND THE EXTENSION PIPE HIT THEEMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT NAIL WHILE UNPLUGGING CHUTE ON BALL MILL
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS TAPPING ON A GEAR BOX WITH A HAMMER AND A FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS EYE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
February 15, 1985
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PUNCHING OUT SEALS ON A 930 CATERPILLER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, MISSED AND HIT HIS HAND.
January 29, 1985
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rocky Mountain Refractories · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SHOVELING PRODUCT FROM STORAGE WHERE IT CAN GET VERY DUSTY HIS GOGGLES KEPT FOGGING SO HE TOOK THEM OFF & THE DUST FROM THE PRODUCT IRRITATED HIS EYES.
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