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1983–2026
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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 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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