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July 7, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker OTHER
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ORIGINALLY REPORTED HE INJURED SHOULDER AT CO. SOFTBALL GAME. A MONTH LATER HE REPORTED HE AGGRAVATED IT ON THE JOB. AFTER WORKER'S COMP. INVESTIGATION CARRIER DECIDED IT WAS COMP. EE NOW S AYS REACHED UP IN TUNNEL AND REINJURED SHOULDER INJURY FROM SOFTBALL.

January 8, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S FINGER WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN A DOOR AND METAL RACK USED TO DRY KAOLIN SAMPLES. DOOR WAS BLOWN SHUT BY WIND.

October 7, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TURNED AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.

June 3, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WASP STUNG EMP ON RIGHT EAR THAT MORNING. LATER THAT NIGHT EMPS NECK, EAR, AND FACE STARTING SWELLING. EMP WENT TO ER AND WAS TREATED FOR ANAPHALACTIC SHOCK.

January 8, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STRONG WIND BLEW DOOR CLOSED MASHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN DOOR.

September 10, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IMMOBILITY DUE TO LOWER BACK PAIN DUE TO 4+ HOUR WALK AND CLIMBING HILLS AND STAIRS, SITTING FOR HOURS IN FOLDING METAL CHAIRS, MORE WALKING AND SITTING FOR HOURS ON WOODEN STOOL/ NO RUNGS.

February 27, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEAVY BAGS CAUSED BELT TO GET IN A BIND. EMPLOYEE PULLED ON BELT TO RELEASE IT AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.

August 26, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING FORKLIFT WIND BLEW TRASH OR DUSST IN BEHIND GLASSES

June 21, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRAVELING ON COMPANY BUSINESS,EMPLOEYE CONTACTED COMPYLOBACTER.

February 22, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER WALKING DURING LUNCH BREAK EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK CPR WAS PERFORMED IMMEDIATELY BY WITNESS THEY WERE RELEAVED BY ENERGENCY PARAMENDIASE BUT COULD NOT REVIEVE HIM TRANSPORTED EM PLOYEE TO MEMORIAL HOSPIT AL OF WASHINGTON CO WHERE FURTHER EFFERTS TO REVIEVE HIM FAILED TO DO SO

September 30, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WORKING ON DIESEL ENGINE. FOREIGN MATERIAL BLEW IN EYE BUT NOT SURE WHEN. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS EYE.

June 10, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATES WHEN HE GOT HOME HE NOTICED SOME PINK PATCHES ON HIS LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSECT BITE AT FIRST BUT SEVERED DAYS LATER ACQUIRED SOME BLISTERS. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT REMEMBER GETTING ANY CHEMICAL ON HIM.

April 16, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COLLAPSED ON THE JOB. EMPLOYEE HAD RETURNED TO WROK WITH WORK RELEASE FROM DR STATING EMPLOYEE HA DCONGETIVE HEART FAILLURE AND HYPERTENSION, EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT LOOSA VAL LEY MEDICAL CENTER.

April 13, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FELT NAUSEOUS & FAINTED

December 10, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POTENTIAL HEART ATTACK.

April 14, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ABOVE DATE IS WHEN COOLEY GRAVEL CO. AGREED TO PARTIAL PAYMENT OF AN ALLEGED BACK INJURY FROM 9-1-90 (NO LOST TIME). THE EMPLOYEE HAD AN INJURYAND SURGERY IN 1977 PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT BY CO OLEY. HE WORKED UNTIL 4-14-92 AND LEFT WITH PAIN. HE SAW OUR WORKMANS COMP DOCTOR IN JUNE AND THE FINDINGS WERE NOT CONCLUSIVE THAT THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THIS LOST TIME INJURY.

March 24, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FLIPPED FINGER AND TENDON SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.

June 3, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT FOREIGN MATTER IN LEFT EYE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN, WHERE, OR HOW HE GOT IT. PROBABLY DIRT.

March 25, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Shiely Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE INSTALLING SCREEN PANELS A GUST OF WIND BLEW FOREIGN PARTICLES INTO THE AIR.A FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES EMBEDDING INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

July 26, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE IS UNSURE HOW OR WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PARTICLE REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE WAS DIRT OR A SMALL ROCK. MOST LIKELY WIND BLEW DIRT IN HIS EYES.

May 31, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS LOCKING GATE TO GO HOME, TRASH BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

June 1, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
International Drilling Fluids Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS WORKING IN THE MILL ROOM WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE

May 2, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS CUTTING GRASS WHEN A WASP FLEW UP AND STUNG HIM THE EMPL WAS STUNG ON THE L SIDE OF HIS NECK

December 17, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Anglo American Clays Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NO NARRATIVE WA8 PRESENT.

October 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Southern Clay Products Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS INV9STIGATING A PROBLEM WITHT HE 4 MILL FEEDER. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, THE WIND BLEW A SPECK OF DUST INTO THE INJURED EYE THE INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TI ME INJURED DID 3OT GO TO THE DRUNTIL 12ED WAS WE15ING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TI2 THE PROBLEM, THE87 INJURED HAD A REACTION TO PHENYLEPHRINE HCI WHILE AT THE DR OFFICE HAVING TO LIE DOWN FOR SE

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