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January 18, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING GRINDER IN SHOP TO GRIND PIECE OF ROUND STOCK TO A POINT.

February 25, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS SENT TO REPAIR PINION ON BALL MILL WHENTHE HAND RAIL WELD BROKE, WHEN EMPL FELL OVER CUTTING RIGHT FOREARM.

August 11, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by powered moving object

54736YEE PLACED HIS HAND BEHIND A GUARD TO LUBRICATE A BEARING AND WAS STRUCK BY A FAN BLADE.

January 14, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE USING ROLLING MACHINE FOR CONE FABRICATION INJURED PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN METAL AND ROLLING MACHINE,WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEE LET METAL SLIP.

July 26, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS A BACK STRAIN DUE TO OPERATING A JACKHAMMER. HE SAYS THERE WAS NOT ONE INCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL ON VACATION ON JULY 31, 1991.

April 20, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM #6 KILN WITH A JACKHAMMER. A ROW OF BRICK FELL AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND HIS TEEL TOE OF HIS SHOE.

September 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS LAYING ANDBLASTER DOWN TO UNPLUG IT. THEN SANDBLASTER WAS FULL OF SAND & TOO HEAVYFOR HIM TO HANDLE. SANDBLASTER FELL ON LEFT HAND FRACTURING MIDDLE FINGER.

June 27, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROTARY VALVE RAM WAS STUCK CLOSED. RAM CAME ON AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CATWALK AND RAM ARM.

January 12, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

DUE TO CONFINED SPACE CHIPPING GUN SKIPPED WHILE EMPL WAS USING IT CAUSING HIM TO BUMP ARM BETWEEN GUN & METAL FRAMING. EMPL DOID NOT FELL HE NEEDED TO SEE DR ON DATE OF ACCIDENT FELT SORENESS & SAW DR ON 1/17 RETURNED TO WORK ON 1/18 WORKED THROUGH 1/23 & REPORTED SORENESS AGAIN. HE DID NOT REPORT WO WORK ON 1/24 & HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE.

December 29, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CELL WITH AN AIR LANCE. GOT CLINKER DUST IN HIS EYES, ALTHOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

December 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING NUT ON FRONT LOWER I-BEAM OF FLAT BED TRUCK.RUNNING AN IMPACT WITH LEFT HAND AND HOLDING NUT WITH WRENCH WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND STRIKING HIS LIP.

September 1, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

PLACED L HAND BETWEEN ROLLERS , ENERGIZED AND MOVING, ATTEMPTING TO OIL ROLLER AT TIME.

May 3, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SANDBLASTING, TRIED TO CATCH HOSE THAT STARTED TO WHIP.

October 7, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WA> UNCHOKING A FIVE CHAMBER AT 2 WHITELIKN. THE FLUE WA> CHOKED WITH HOT KILN DUST AS THE AIRLANCE BROKE THE DUST COVERED HIM WITH DUST, BURNING HIS SKIN.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM KILN WITH A CHIPPING GUN. A BRICK FELL FROM THE KILN ROOF ONTO HIS HAND, WHICH WAS HOLDING THE CHIPPING GUN. UPON IMPACT, HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE AND LACERATIONS.

April 19, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A METAL CUTTER WHEN THE WASHER HE WAS CUTTING SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER

March 16, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING A WIRE F ROM AN HOUR METER. WIRE WAS IN A BLIND SPOT BEHIND COWLING AND ABOVE COOLING FAN, AS EMP PULLED WIRE IT BROKE, HIS HAND JERKED DOWN INTO FAN CUTTING LEFT CENTER KNUCK

February 4, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE BOTTOMEMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE BOTTOM OF CEMENT STORAGE SILOS WHEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES.INJURED WAS USING AN AIR LANCE AT THE TIME OF CLEAN THE DUST FROM THE AREA.

July 7, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING TH ESUPER SUCKER AT THE HAMMER MILLS WHEN THE HOSE DEVELOPED A LOOP.WHEN HE TRIED TO UNDO THE LOOP BY FLIPPING IT OVER, THE HOSE STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HE AD.THIS INCIDEN7 DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 07/15/87 WHEN HE WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR.

March 1, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP RECEIVED A 5ACERATION TO LEFT LEG FROM THE PACKING MACHINE HE W AS UNCHOKING NOT SURE OF THE SOURCE OF THE CUT

January 6, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS CHIPPIN1 OUT SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN CHIPPING GUN BECAME LODGED UNDER CONVEYOR EMP JERKED GUN FREE STRIKING RT HAND AGAINST WALL

September 25, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING A3JACKHAMMER TO CHIP AWAY HARDENEDCENENT WHEN HE STRUCK SOMETHING BENEATH A CRUSTED OVER PORTION OF CENENT CAUSING THE HAMMER TO EITHER FALL BACK OR BOUNCE BACK AND STRIKE HIS R RIGHT KNEE 3

August 21, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ALLEGEDL2 REACHING ACROSS A PALLETIZING TABLE WHIEL HE WAS PALLETIZING BAGS OF CEMENT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

July 21, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS AL5EGEDY PACKING WHITE CEMENT WHEN BAG RUPTURE CAUSING CEMENT TO ENTER EYES.

May 21, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AL5EDGEDLY TAPERING A PIN ON A PEDESTAL GRINDER ON THE SIDE OF THE SHEEL WITH LEATHER GLOVES ON WHEN THE PIN AND/OR HIS HAND WAS DRAWN INTO GRINDER

May 7, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS P5CKING WHITE CEMENT WHEN HE HAD A BAG BLOWUP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE PUTTING HIM IN AN AWKWARD POSITION TWISTING BACK

April 9, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS WELDING3FOR TWO DAYS AND PAINTING WITH AIR GON FOR ONE DAY.

April 8, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS AL5EGEDLY LOWERING HIMSELF ON A BLET ELEVATOR (MANLIFT) WHEN THE BELT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JUMP OFF OF THE ELEVATOR AND FALL APPROX 10 TO 12 FEET HE SUFFERED A HAIRLINE FRACTUR OF THE LEFT HEE5

April 7, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SITTING DOWN PU5LING ON COMBINATION WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON I.R.DRILL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 3, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS AIR LAN7ING WITH A PORTABLE COMPRESSOR AT THE STORAGE AREA. A SECTION OF 1" AIR HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM THE SECURED COUPLING FITTING AND STRUCK THE MAN ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

February 4, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING D9ILL PRESS TO ENLARGE A HOLE IN A METAL HOOK THE HOOK WAS IN A VISE AND CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE MANS FINGER AND CUTTING IT

November 8, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS WALKIJNG PAST #2 DUST CHAMBER THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND HOT DUST FLUSHED ENGULFING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND CAUSING BURNS TO HIS ANKLE

September 26, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING A3POWER DRILL ON A KILN THRUST UNIT HOUSING. THE BIT STUCK, CAUSING THE DRILL TO TWIST. APPARENTLY, THE TWISTING FORCE CAUSED A FRACTURE IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 15, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS A ALLEGEDLY KNEELING DOWN BELOW AN AIRDUCT WHEN A SPRAY OF OIL HIT H IM IN THE FACE HE JERKED UP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

August 11, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ALLEGBEDLY FILLING A BAG OF WHITE CEMENT WHEN BAG BURST CAUSING CEMENT TO GO INTO RIGHT EYE.

May 30, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MAN WAS JACKHAMMING BY #5 CEMENT COOLER WHEN BLADE BECAME STUCK IN CONCRETE.HE TRIED TO PULL IT FREE BY HIMSELF AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

May 16, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PULLED MUSCLES IN RIGHT SHOULDER AS HE WAS LIFTING JACKHAMMER OUT OF HOLE.

April 9, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS WORKING AT 1 KILN FEED CHUTE, CLEANING WITH AN AIRLANCE THE MATERIAL FLUSHED, CAUSING THE DUST BLOW OUT AND GET IN THE MANS EYE.

March 26, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DEMONSTRATING A PROBLEM W/A PACKING MACHINE WHEN CEMENT BAG RUPTURED SPRAYING CEMENT DUST INTO EYE.

March 8, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY HAD HIS RIGHT HAND CRUSHED AS THE BOOM OF PIGNON SCALER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE OPEN SCALER DOOR. EMPLOYEE HAND WAS ALLEGEDLY RESTING ON THE DOOR JAM AT THE TIME.

February 27, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON AUMUND CONVEYOR CLEANING UP WITH SHOVEL.THERE WAS AN AIRLANCE LAGING NEAR HIM WITH VALVE OPEN.ANOTHER EMPL TURNED AIR ON BELOW HIM CAUSING BLAST OF AIR AND DUST TO STRIKE FACE AND EYE.

January 4, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS WORKING AT 2 CHEST ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN IT OUT USING A 10 AS LEAVE THE MATERIAL FLUSHED AND BLEW BACK INTO HIS EYES AS HE WAS WORKING THE MAN FAILED TO PUT ON HIS REQUIRED GOGGLES AND FACE SHIELD.

December 19, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY AIR LANCING FEED PIPE AND CEMENT FLUSHED INTO EYE.

September 12, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS HANDLING METAL SUCTION LINE ON SUPERSUCKER WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE LINE AND THE TOP OF A 55 GALLON DRUM, CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES

September 3, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY GOT SLAG IN RIGHT EYE WHILE WELDING THAT WAS WHIPPED BY WIND AND GOT BEHIND WELDING HELMET.

April 3, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE WELDING ON THE 3A VIBRATOR ECCENTRICK UNDERNEATH THE PREHEATER SKIP. SAPPARENTLY HOT CLINKER FELL OFF THE SKIP AND ROLLED UP AGAINST HIS BACK. THE SHIRT IGNITOL BUT H E DID NOT NOTICE IMMEDRATELY BY THE TIME HE GOT IT OFF HE HAD ALREADY BEEN BURNED.

September 19, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO FREE METAL BOX SOMEONE HAD WELDED TO WORK TABLE.USING HAND GRINDER STRUCK LEFT KNEE CAUSING LACERATION.

August 25, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS WORKING AT THE GARAGE, PRESSING BEARING IN PLACE USING A HYDRAULIC PRESS, WHEN THE BACK UP SLEEVE, BRAKE, HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT CHEEK, AND CAUSING A SMALL CUT-5 STITCHES.

July 11, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Riverside Cement Company · Struck by flying object

STACKER UNIT WAS IN REPAIR PARK STATION BOOMS HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO REST ON PROVIDED STATIONS. MILLWRIGHT PROCEEDED DISCONNECTING BOOM CABLE WINCH. MOTOR BRAKE COUPLING. WHEN COUPLING WAS RE LEASED ELEVATED BOOM GENERATED FORCE THROUGH SPEED REDUCER,BREAKING INPUT DRIVE SHAFT & COUPLING WHICH STRUCK INJURED AS DESCRIBED.

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