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November 15, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS HOOKING UP A WELDING TRAILER TO THE FORK LIFT. THE FORK LIFT OPERATOR BACKED UP TO THE TRAILER & BUMPED INTO INJURED.

September 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WASHING OUT THE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE HATCH CAM EDOWN AND CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST THE FRAME WORK OF THE EQUIPMENT.

June 1, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE BURNED HIS ELBOW WHILE WELDING. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 6/10 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED.

March 22, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

TWO MECHANICS WERE WORKING ON THE SAME JOB. WELDING. DID NOT USE SCREEN TOSHIELD OTHER EMPLOYEES.

December 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING GRINDER ON A PIECE OF STEEL. IT KICKED BACK AND CUT HIS KNEE.

October 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC WELDED EMPLOYEE SAID HE LOOKED WITHOUT WEARING GLASSES OR A HOOD AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS.

July 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL CARRYING A PART TO MATERIAL WELDING TABLE WHILE ANOTHER EMPL WAS ARC WELDING AND RECD FLASHBURNS TO EYES. ALSO GOT A METAL CHIP IN EYE-LEFT EYE.

October 8, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING A BOLT WITH A CUTTING TORCH

July 25, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE WHILE DRIVING BULLDOZER.

January 30, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CUTTING ON METAL THAT WAS COVERED WITH LEAD PAINT SAID HE FELT DIZZY NAUSEOUS HEAD ACHY ALSO HE BROKE OUT IN A RASH SUPERVISOR FEELS IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS OTHER EMPLOYEES WORKED IN THE AREA WITH NO REACTION

December 14, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WATCHING OTHER EMPL CUTTING & GRINDING.NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE./

November 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A GEAR. A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UP UNDER THE LENS OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND PENETRATED HIS EYE.

June 29, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL WELDING ON ROTARY KILN.ANOTHER EMPL ALSO WELDING AT CLOSE RANGE.EMPL FLIPPED HELMET UP AND RECEIVED FLASHBURN FROM OTHER WELDER.R

June 16, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE VACUUM TRUCK. CAUGHT FINGER IN PINCH POINT AT DISCHARGE LEVER.

April 11, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSISTING A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC.MAINT MECH WAS CUTTING 4" STRIPS FROM A 4'X8' SHEET OF TEFLON.THE INJURED WAS PULLING CUT PIECES FROM THE RADIAL ARM SAW AND STACKING THEM AS MECH CUT THEM.SAW DEVELOPED TRACTION ON A PIECE OF THE TEFLON MATERIAL AND SHOT IT OUT OF THE SAW.THE MATERIAL HIT HIM IN THE GROIN.

October 27, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FLOW OF MATERIAL. CLIMBED UP ON THE WHISPER VIBE TO CHECK THE HOPPER AT THE END OF THE BELT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE VIBRATOR MOTOR.

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