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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 28, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Phoenix Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO CLEAR A CHUNK FROM MORTAR SILO DISCHARGE.EMPLOYEE OPENED INSPECTION PORT IN AIRSLIDE,ALLOWING THE PRODUCT,MOTAR CEMENT,TO BLOW OUT OF THE OPENING AND INTO HIS FACE.I NAM E MORTAR CEMENT3DUST ALLEDGELY ENTERED HIS EYES.CAUSING THE POSSIBILITY OF CHEMICAL BURNS AND PARTICULATE IRRITATION.EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TRWATMENT.

December 9, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Phoenix Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WHO IS3LEADMAN, WAS ASSITING REPAIR CREW IN REMOVING WORN METAL SEGMENT FROM SECONDARY CRUSHER HOUSING, WHEN FINAL CUTTING TORCH PASS WAS MADE, CAUSING AN 8 X 5X 1 INCH THICK PLATE TO FALL APPROXIMAT5EY 5 FEET STRICKING HIM ON TOP OF INSTEP OF LEFT FOOT, BREAKING INSTEP.

October 15, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Phoenix Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN ROUTINE DUTIES OF REMOVING BELT SPILLAGE WITH 40 LB JACKHAMMMER WHEN HE PULLED OR JERKED JACKHAMMER WHEN OFF BALANCE CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK

January 17, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phoenix Cement Company · Struck by flying object

NO. 1 EXHAUST COOLER FAN FAILED STRUCTURALLY AND THREW PIECES OF THE FAN OUT THE EXHAUST STACK, ONE OF THEM STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE, CAUSING LACERATIONS AND BONE CHIPS.

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