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August 13, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL AND A PIECE OF IT WENT INTO HIS EYE. (LEFT EYE).

May 30, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by falling object

ABRASION TO EYE. EE WAS LOOKING UP TO CHECK OUT NEW DEFLECTION SHEET WHEN A PIECE OF BENTONITE CLAY FELL AND WENT IN BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND FACE, HITTING HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 31, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SEWING BAGS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

July 1, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE THOUGHT THAT POWER TO THE SEWING MACHINE WAS OFF SINCE THE BULB WAS NOT ON. HOWEVER, THE BULB WAS BURNED OUT AND POWER WAS ON. EE WAS THREADING THE NEEDLE WHEN THE MACHINE STARTED CAUSING T HE NEEDLE TO PUNCTURE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

June 11, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by falling object

POWDER FROM TOP OF THE LITTER PURRFECT PACKER FELL INTO LEFT EYE OF EE WHILE HE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE SLIDE.

August 21, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPIN GTO GET THE GRANNY AUGER GOIN. WHEN MOTOR KICKED OUT, EMPLOYEE MANUALLY BACKED THE AUGER BY PULLING HTE V BELTS. WHEN MOTOR CAME ON, EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS PULLED THROUG H THE SHEAVE.

February 26, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET SLIDE ON PACKER TO MOVE FREELY WHEN LEFT FOOT WAS PUT INTO PART OF SLIDE SLIDE RELEASED & LEFT FOOT WAS SMASHED

February 24, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SECTION SFROM 3" DIAMETER PIPE WHEN A 4' SECTION OF THE PIPE SWUNG DOWN OFF OF TRUCK BED, STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE AND PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE TRUCK.

August 20, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH & METAL STARTED TO FALL WHEN HE REACHED FOR IT HIS HAND PASSED THRU THE FLAME OF THE TORCH IN HIS OTHER HAND

January 11, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE WINCH CONTROL BOTTOM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE HOLDING THE SLACK ROPE IN HIS LEFT HAND. THE CAR PULLER ROPE SLIPPED ON THE SPOOL CAUSING THE ROPE TO BE JERKED FROM H IS LEFT HAND. THIS CAUSED A BONE IN HIS LEFT WRIST TO BREAK.

January 15, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO PACKER TO PICK UP BAGS HE HAD DROPPED, WHEN PACKER CAUGHT HIKM AND PINCHED HIM BETWEEN PACKER AND WALL.

December 17, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE. HE TRIED TO RAISE THE POWER DISCHARGE BAG CHAIN. HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, TO STOP MACHINE AND GO GET A MAINTENANCE MAN TO MAKE REPA IR.

December 10, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING TRUCK IT SLIPPED HIT IN MOUTH

September 20, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE ON UNDERSIDE OF 980B LOADER TO INSTALL NEW BACKUP ALARM. HE WAS PUTTING AS MUCH PRESSURE AS HE COULD ON THE BIT. WHEN THE DRILL BROKE THRU THE BIT LOCKED AND THE DRILL S PUN. THE SIDE HANDLE ON THE DRILL STRUCK HIS FACE, SPLITTING HIS LIP.

August 7, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED PUSH DOZER. HE WAS MOVING ACROSS SOME ROUGH GROUND AND THE DOZER STARTED BOUNCING. IT BOUNCED HIM AGAINST HIS SEAT BELT HURTING HIS BACK.

July 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN METAL DOOR FACING WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SHAVING GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

July 11, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HOISTING A TRUCK WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST EMPLOYEE CUAGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HOIST AND TRUCK, CUTTING FINGER.

May 31, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR AIR FLOW ON THE COOLING FAN OF AIR COMPRESSOR. HE STUCK HIS FINGER IN THE RADIATOR FAN.

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