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March 15, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLT GROOVES FOR SKIRTING WITH A BELT KNIFE ON CONVEYOR AND CUT THROUGH SKIRTING INTO FINGER.

January 19, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING LARGE PIN PUNCH. CO-WORKER WAS DRAWING OUT PIN BY STRIKING PIN PUNCH WITH HAMMER. ERRANT BLOW CRUSHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.

May 6, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD HOOK ATTACHED TO A RUSTY PIECE OF METAL TO BE LIFTED THAT WAS CUT LOOSE WHILE LIFTING METAL PIECE HOOK PULLED THRU IRON DUE TO METAL BECOMING BOUND CAUSING HOOK TO FLY UPWARD & ST RIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT SIDE OF FACE AT THE MOUTH AREA

December 28, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON LOADER DRIVING BUSHING FROM BUSHING BORE WITH 10 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND 4' PUNCH. THE END OF THE PUNCH LOST CONTACT WITH THE BUSHING,HIT END OF PUNCH WITH HAMMER,DROVE HAND AND P UNCH INTO SHARP EDGE OF BELL CRANK.

November 18, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING AND TWISTING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE REMOVING AND INSTALLING SCREENS BETWEEN DECKS.

August 22, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE CLEANING MUD OUT OF 4FT CRUSHER WITH A 6FT CROW BAR BAR CAME BACK & HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE EAR LACERATING IT

April 7, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SPLICED CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED OFF CONVEYOR FRAME #44 AND LACERATED HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING SUTURES.

February 27, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING DRIVE COMPUND ON PRODUCTION LOADER #5218 AND NOTICE A PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

January 11, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SOCKET SEALING RING ON 3 FT. CRUSHER USING A SCRAPER. THE SCRAPER HIT A SHARP EDGE ON SOCKET SEALING RING CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER TO SLIP HITTING THE SHARP EDGE OF RING LACERATING HIS FINGER.

July 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE KUE-KEN JAW CRUSHER WORKING, HINGE PIN CAP AND SOCKET WAS STUCK ON HEAD OF BOLT, HE PULLED ON THE SOCKET WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IT SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN SOCKET AND FRAME FOR CATWALK.

July 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING JAW PLATE AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS TEETH.

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