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October 18, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

WHEN AIR BLASTER WAS ACTIVATED, ROCKS HIT WINDOW OF DOZER WHICH BROKE CAUSING GLASS TO ENTER EE S EYE.

September 25, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Of Central California · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING A STEEL PIECE OF METAL AND WHILE DOING SO THE OTHER PIECE FELL OFF TABLE AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.

September 17, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH WHEN HOSE CAME OFF CUASING BURNS TO LOWER LEFT ARM & ABDOMEN AREA

September 12, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING A BOLT WITH A BLOW TORCH, BURNED LEFT HAND,WRIST, AND FOREARM

June 9, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING WITH TORCH SLAG, EMPLOYEE BURNED THROUGH PANTS AND BOOT BURNING LEFT FOOT.

May 15, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS REACHING OVER THE TOP OF A FEED CHUTE TO INSERT A BOLT WHILE ANOTHER EE WHO WAS NOT AWARETHAT HIS HAND WAS IN THAT AREA, PASSED A LIT TORCH OVER THE BACK OF IT BURNING HIS HAND

May 2, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER CLEANING UP STEEL PLATE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A STEEL CHIP IN THE LEFT EYE.

March 25, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GRINDING ON METAL SURGACE WHEN METAL PIECE RICOCHED INTO HIS EYE.

January 26, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL INTO A PILE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

November 19, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CO-WORKER THAT WAS WELDING AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN IN HIS EYES.

October 2, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE BENT OVER TO CHECK 4" WATER PUMP, BEARING WHEEL BROKE ON BEARING & HOT GREASE FROM BEARING BLEW ONTO HIS FACE.

September 10, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING U-JOINT ON LOADER WITH PRESSURIZED GREASE GUN. THE NEW GREASE UNDER PRESSURE FORCED THE OLD GREASE TO SHOOT OUT INTO HIS EYE.

August 16, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH TO CUT STEEL ON FLUME LINE WHEN TORCH POPPED AND BURNT LEFT HAND.

July 28, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DIRECTING THE CRANE OPERATOR IN LIFTING CONVEYOR'S COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN THE WEIGHT BECAME UNBOUND AND SWUNG OVER AND PINCHED HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE COUNTER WEIGHT FRAME AND COUNTERWEIGHT.

September 19, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE LOCKING PIN, THE HOPPER WAS BEING LIFTED BY A MECHANICAL SHOVEL. THE EE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE HOPPER.

September 6, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOIST CABLE ON DRAGLINE BROKE. THE CABLE FELL DOWN THE BOOM AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.

July 1, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS UP ON DUST SILO SHUTTING OFF VALVE WHEN THE AIR LINE BROKE BLOWING DUST PARTICLES INTO HIS FACE AND EYES.

May 31, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LOWERING TOOTH ON CHAIN TO UNPLUG JAW CRUSHER, MATERIAL MOVED, PULLING CHAIN DOWNWARD CAUSING HAND TO HIT I BEAM, FRACTURING RIGHT THUMB.

April 8, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP RIGGING (LARGE SHACKLE) TO OVER-HEAD CRANE BLOCK WHEN HIS RIGHT THUMB BECAME SMASHED/PINCHED BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-12-96.

February 6, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN A AWKWARD POSITION AND A DROP OF HOT METAL FELL INTO HIS BOOT BURNING HIS LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-15-96.

December 5, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Triangle Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON TOP OF PIT BANK PUSHING MATERIAL OFF A WALL WHEN THE WALL COLLAPSED UNDER THE MACHINE HE WAS OPERATING. IN THE ACCIDENT HE STRUCK A MIRROR MOUNTED INSIDE THE CAB AND HIS LEGS STRUCK THE CONTROL LEVERS AND PANEL CAUSING BRUISES TO BOTH LEGS AND A CUT ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 4, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANE OPERATOR EXTENDED BOOM WITHOUT LOWERING LOAD BLOCK. HE CONTINUED TO EXTEND BOOM UNTIL THE LOAD LINE BROKE STRIKING EE IN THE BACK.

August 29, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS CUTTING BROKEN ADAPTOR OFF CAT WITH TORCH, HE WAS HIT BY CHEST PAINS.

April 3, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK INJURY FROM OPERATING A DOZER & OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER A PERIOD OF 26 YEARS.

March 9, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN ROCK HOPPER USING AIR CHIPPER AND THE AIRBORNE DUST FROM THE CHIPPER FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

February 24, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING UNDER SCREEN, DUST OR STEEL PARTICLE FELL INTO EE'S RT EYE.

November 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
P W Gillibrand Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STEEL PLATE FROM A SHAKER SCREEN AT THE ROCK PLANT USING A CUTTING TORCH. WHEN CUT THROUGH, THE PLATE FELL, MASHING, & BREAKING THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

October 25, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING WEAR SEGMENTS FROM 988B BUCKET WITH A 1" IMPACT AIR GUN. THE PLOW BOLT FELL OUT OF KEYED SLOT AND STARTED SPINING WHICH CUT HIS ARM (WRIST).

October 1, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS HOLDING A STEEL PLATE IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING, HIS ELBOW HIT THE WELDING TORCH CAUSING OXYGEN TO ESCAPE FROM THE WELDING SPARKS. THIS CAUSED THE TORCH TO BURN HIS LEFT ARM .

September 19, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING WITH A HYDRAULIC PRESS TO REMOVE SHAFT FROM A BEARING. UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE JACK ASSEMBLY WHILE BEING INSTALLED INTO POSITION CAUSED EE'S FINGER TO LODGE BETWEEN THE BOLT AND PLATE ASSEMBLY CUTTING THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT FINGER.

August 4, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by flying object

TRYING TO REMOVE THE DRIVE SHEAVE FROM THE NEW ASH 12 X 14 PUMP. THE EARS OF THE BUSHIN GHA DBUSTED OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE WERE USING APORT A POWER AND PULLER TO TRY TO REMOVE THE SHEAVE. ONE OF THE BOLTS ON TE PULLER BROKE SHOOTING THE BOLT END OUT AND STRIKING ELMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT CHIN.

June 7, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING A GROUND ON THE PIECES HE WAS WELDING SO HE RAISED HIS DARK LENS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AT THAT TIME THE WELDING ROD ARCHED BURNING BOTH OF HIS EYE S.

September 28, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON V-BELT AND WATCHING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ASSISTING HIM.HIS HAND GOT TOO CLOSE THE THE PULLEY AND WAS DRAWN IN EQUIPMENT WAS DEENERGIZED AND LOCKED OUT PROPERLY.

August 24, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Of Central California · Struck by falling object

WHILE REPAIRING WATER LINE NEXT TO SCREEN A COBBLE ROCK APPROX 8" IN DIAMETER BOUNCED OFF AND FELL 12 TO 14 FEET AND STRUCK IN LOWER BACK.

February 5, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS CITTOMG WOTJ AOR ARC - STOPPED TO REPOSTION CABLE LEAD, TURNED TO STRUCK AN ARC WITH THE AIR ARC ROD AGAINST TRUCK BED, CAUSING VIEW OF EYE WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION.

November 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE CUTTING METAL WITH A CHOP SAW, SPARKS RICOCHETED OFF HARD HAT INTO LEFT EYE.

October 19, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP GUARD WITH LEFT HAND AND PROCEEDED TO WELD GUARD BRACKET. HE FLICKED WELDING HELMET DOWN; BUT BEFORE IT COVERED HIS EYES, THE WELDING ROD ARCED AGAINST TRUCK BODY.

October 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE BOB CAT STARTED TO BOUNCE. AT THAT TIME HE COUGHED. THIS CAUSED HIS MUSCLES TO TIGHTEN UP.

September 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

DR'S FIRST MEDICAL REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 10-9. EMPLOYEE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SKIRT ON THE FEEDER WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY RAN A LIT OXY-ACT TORCH OV ER THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BURNING HIS 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH FINGERS ON THAT HAND.

June 13, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Of Central California · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING ON BASE HOPPER AND A HOT SPARK GOT INTO THE EAR.

June 11, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
P W Gillibrand Company · Struck by flying object

GRINDING INTERRIDGE FROM BRAKE DRUM OFF TRUCK PC OF SLAG ENTER L EYE

November 15, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

FINISHING HOLE REACHING DRILL CONTROLS STRUCK ON R CALF BY ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPE

January 21, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Triangle Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING LUG NUTS OFF TRK TIRE IMPACT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER CUTTING TIP TO BONE.

December 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Jamieson Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING HEAD OF CUTTING EDGE BOLT LOCKED IN PLACE IMPACT WRENCH ON NUT CAUSED BOLT TO SPIN AND CUT THROUGH GLOVE IN PALM OF R HAND

October 8, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of New Mexico · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUT L INDEX FINGEWR IN SOCKET OF IMPACT WRENCH, HE TRIGGERED IT NUT LODGED IN FINGER

September 17, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LYING ON BACK GRINDING OVERHEAD WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON, ELMPLOYEE REPORTED TO EMPLOYER THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE BUT IT WAS NOT SERIOUS, LATER IN THE WEEK HE WENT TO HIS DOCT OR.

September 1, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WORKING WITH JACKHAMMER, CLEANING OUT BUCKET ELEVATOR, RAISED JACKHAMMER ADN STRUCK THUMB AGAINST ELEVATOR BUCKET.

August 18, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Arizona Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO GET A LIGHTED ACETYLENE TORCH WHICH WAS BEING PASSED TO HIM BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE HOSE WAS KINKED AND WHEN IT UNTWISTED THE TORCH SPUN AROUND BURNING EMPLOYEE.

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