HELPING TO PUT A TRACK PIN INTO THE TRACK OF A CAT 235. WHILE HAMMERING THE PIN, A PIECE BROKE LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.
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June 15, 1990
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by flying object
April 6, 1990
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING DOWN THE INSIDE OF A RAILROAD HOPPER CAR, WITH A BROOM, HE WAS SWEEPING OVER HIS HEAD. A PARTICLE OF DUST OR RUST MUST HAVE BECOME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCALING LOOSE ROCK,EMPLOYEE MISSED THE CRACK IN THE ROCK AND OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF SO AS NOT TO LOSE HIS BALANCE CAUSING UPPER BACK STRAIN.
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