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January 25, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE EE STATED HE WAS GRINDING OVER HEAD ON 1-23-95 AND WELDING ON 1-24-95. EE MISSED THE LAST DAY OF HIS REGULAR HITCH.

October 18, 1994 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCH-REMOVED SAFETY GOGGLES AND AT THAT TIME A PIECE OF FOREIGN OBJECT MAY HAV EFALLEN INTO THE LEFT EYE. EMPOYEE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM UNTIL NEXT MORNING WHEN LEF T EYE WAS IRRITATED REMOVED BY P.A.

March 19, 1994 AK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AUGER TO ANFO TRUC BECAME PLUGGED WITH MATERIAL, EMPLOYEE OPENED SIDE ACCESS DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG MATERIAL WITH AUGER ENGAGED-GLOVE CAUGHT AND PULLED HAND INTO VERTICAL AUGER.

October 23, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS RUNNING ROD FOR SURVEY WHEN A FROZEN SLAB CAME LOOSE FROM THE WORKING FACE OF HTE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HSI RIGHT KNEE.

January 5, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS GRINDING STEEL PLATE WITH 9" HAND GRINDER. HE WAS WEARING CUTTING GOGGLES AND SWITCHED TO SAFETY GLASSES. PIECE OF METAL BECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING A RACE SH IELD.

May 26, 1992 AK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED STATED HIS LEFT EYE WAS IRRITATED FOR APPROX 2 DAYS PRIOR-UPON EXAM NOTED FOREIGN OBJECT ON LEFT EYE-INJURED STATED HE WAS GRINDING APPROX 2 DAYS AGO.

April 9, 1992 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A BEARING RACE-WAS GOING TO REMOVE IT TO FREEZE IT-THEN REINSTALL IT-TIP OF AIR CHISEL CAME OFF AND WENT INTO ARM.

December 14, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS PLACING A PLASTIC PIPE (SLURRY LINE) IN THE PIPE WELDING MACHINE. THE PIPE SLIPPED. PINCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND WELDING MACHINE.

August 27, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS CUTTING BOLTS UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT WHEN PIECE OF HOT SLAG LODGED IN RIGHT EAR CAUSING BURN.

April 3, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

LIGHTING PLASMA ARC TOUCH TO CUT PINS OUT OF CUTTING EDGE ON GRADER. TORCH IGNITED WHILE LEFT HAND WAS IN WAY, RESULTING IN SERIOUS BURNS TO LEFT FOREFINGER.

March 23, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE USES GRINDING MACHINERY FREQUENTLY-EMPLOYEE DOES WEAR SAFETY GLASSES-EMPLOYEE ALSO AROUND DUST AND SAND-SORENESS OF RIGHT EYE WAS CHIE COMPLAINT.

March 11, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS GRINDING CASING NEAR ROCK CHUTE ROCK FELL APPROX 8 FEET STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 4, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CHECKING PIPE GRADER WENT OVER PIPE GRADER BLADE CAUGHT CORNER OF PIPE CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EMPL IN CHEST.

February 1, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS CLEANING SLAG OFF OF WELD WITH PNEUMATIC SCALER AND A FRAGMENT WEN TOVER TOP OF HELMET AND INTO EYE.

November 20, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH BOILEVNAN TO THAW FROZEN 6" WATER LINE USING STEAM JENNY.LOOSENED PIPE JOIN TO BLEED OFF STEAM.SUDDEN RELEASE OF STEAM HIT EMPLOYEE IN FACE CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

January 1, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEP AGAINST THE FLOOR WITH HIS HAND WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN OT. DRILL BIT SLIPPED AND PUNTURED HIS LEFT PALM.

July 12, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PT WAS WATCHING WATER PIPE BEING MOVED AND A BOOM TRUCK INEXPERIENCED BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR SWUNG THE WATER PIPE INOT THE KNEE OF THE PT ACCIDENTLY KNOCKING THE PT TO THE GROUND

June 29, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INAPROPRIATE HEIGHTS OF KEY BOARD AND TYPE WRITER LONG HOURS AND CRAMPED WORK AREA

January 9, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AN OXY/ACET. TORCH TO CUT HANDHOLDS IN BARRELS FOR GARBAGE CANS, WAS WEARIGN SAFETY GLASSES BUT NOT APPRIVED WELDING GOGGLES. HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG INTO RIGHT EYE.

December 23, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Flash burns (welding)

SOMETIME DURING3THE DAY THE PERSON BURNED HIS LEFT EYE WHILE WELDING AND HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE GRINDING.

July 12, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Cambior Alaska Inc · Struck by falling object

SAFTEY LATCH DE8IGNED TO HOLD REAR OVER HEAD DOOR UP WAS WORN. ROPE WAS USED TO HOLD THE DOOR UP. THE ROPE BROKE AND THE DOOR FELL STRICKING THE OPERATOR IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. OPERATOR W AS WEARING HARD3HAT.

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