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1983–2026
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August 31, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REPAIRING WIPER BOARD ON SIDE OF CONVEYOR. HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN THE METAL FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.

August 26, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

VICTIM WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN SOME SLAG BURNT THROUGH HIS SHOE.

May 6, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A CUTTING EDGE WITH AN IMPACT TOOL HE WAS HOLDING THE HEAD WITH HIS FINGERS WHEN THE BOLT SPUN CUTTING HIS FINGERS.

January 22, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM WAS ASSISTING THE REMOVAL OF A JAW PLATE ON PIONERR CRUSHER HE WAS DOWN IN THE JAW HAMMER INC HE BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT SINCE THE SURFACE HE WAS ON WAS SLICK HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE HOIS T LINE OF THE CRANE TRUCK AT THE BLOCK AREA THE END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE PULLEY.

December 19, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Flash burns (welding)

THE VICTIM RECIEVED BURNS TO HIS EYES WHILE HELPING THE MAINTENCE MAN DURING WELDING.

November 25, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Provo Convenant Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CHANGING MANTLE3& LINER HAD TO BURN RETAINING EARS OFF WITH TORCH.INHALED SOME OF THE SMOKE AND FUMES GIVEN OFF BY BURNING LINER.4 DAYS LATER,BAGAN HAVING ALLERGIC REACTION AND SOUGHT MEDICAL SERVICES. 3

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