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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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

February 24, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS LAYING ACROSS TIRE ON 980C LOADER GRINDER ON WELD WHEN PIECE OF SLAG OR STEEL GOT INTO EYE.

February 20, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WELDING & SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE.

December 29, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING TORCH BLEW UP OR POPPED VERY LOUD.

November 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR OF CRANE MISREAD HAND SIGNAL AND JERKED CABLE UP WHILE EMP HAD A HOLD OF CABLE.

October 25, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THIS REPORT IS BEING AMENDED PER THE ATTACHED 5020 REPORT. EMP ALLEGES PULLING ON LOADER THROTTLE TO KILL MOTOR, FELT BACK POP. EMPLOYER NOTIFIED OF INJURY 10-25.

October 16, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOCTOR'S REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 10-30-89. EMPLOYEE RELEASED HOOK ON HOIST HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE BOOM.

May 18, 1989 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

RECEIVED FROM PALA PLANT ON 8/7/89 EMPL DID NOT GOTO COMPANY DR EMPL WAS WELDING AND BURNED FOOT

April 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE WELDING, EYES EXPOSED TO ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS FROM WELDING ARC.

March 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL HAD BEEN CUTTING AND WELDING BOLTS ON MAIN FRAME OF CONE CRUSHER AT PLANT.WHEN HE FINISHED WELDING THE LAST BOLT,RAISED WELDING HOOD DISCOVERED HAD SOMETHING STUCK ON RIGHT EYE IN CENTER OF PUPIL.

January 26, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING METAL GRINDING DUST ENTERED LEFT EYE.

January 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A GRINDING WHEEL AND WELDING- FOREIGN PARTICLES CAME INTO MY LEFT EYE.

December 1, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE OPERATING D8 DOZER WIRE ON SEAT LATCH BROKE DROPPING OPERATOR AND SEAT TO FLOOR OF DOZER

October 10, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON 190B SHOVEL 1 DRIVE IMPACT AIR DRIVEN SLIPPED OFF NUT & FELL ON EMPLOYEES ARM

September 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE ASSISTING A WELDER EMPL LOOKED AT THE WELDING ARC FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES

August 1, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING WITH JACK HAMMER ON ROCK WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES

July 28, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING HE GOT DIRT INTO HIS EYE.

June 21, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK WHILE BULLDOZING AND JARRED BACK.

May 28, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH A PIECE OF MOLTEN STEEL POPPEDINTO EAR

April 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LIFTED IN A MAN BASKET BY A CRANE CRANE WAS SWUNG TO THE RT AND EMPLOYEE FELL

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