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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 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.

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.

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.

July 7, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by falling object

HAD CUT A MOTOR STAND OFF OF A BELT & WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED IT WITH BOOM TRUCK. HOCK ON BOOM TRUCK CAME LOOSE & MOTOR STAND FLIPPED OVER ON TOP ON INJURED. STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER & THEN PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND.

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.

June 3, 1992 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)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TRAP IRON OUT OF THE CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE UNDER SPRING PRESSURE SHOT OUT, CUTTING BACK OF LEFT HAND.

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.

August 1, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSENING CHEEK PLATE BOLTS,HELD BOLT IN LEFT AHND AND USED IMPACT WRENCH IN OTHER AHND TO LOOSEN NUT,BOLT SPUN WITH THE IMPACT AND CUT MY MIDDLE FINGER.

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