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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 31, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Profile Products LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A STEEL BEM. THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF RUST UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WENT HOME WITHOUT REPORTING IT OR RECEIVING FIRST AID. THE ENXT DAY HE WENT TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST WHO REMOVED THE RUST THAT HAD BECOME EMBEDDED IN THE EYE.

February 23, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Unimin Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR CO FILED AN INJURY REPORT ON THIS EE ON 1/10/94 AT THAT TIME HE INJURED HIS BACK & WAS UNDERA DOCTORS CARE W/O ANY TIME LOSS. THIS INJURY THAT WAS FILED ON 1/10/94 BECAME A LOST TILME INJU RY ON 2/23/95. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED ONTHE ADVICE OF THE BELLEVUE, WA. MSHA OFFICE.

June 9, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Colloid Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BEGINNING TO WORK ON MILL STRUCK WITH HEART ATTACK

March 28, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Profile Products LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HOOD ON AN OUT SIDE CONVEYOR SYSTEM WHILE REMOVING THE HOOD THE WIND BELEW A TINY METAL FLAKE IN HIS LEFT EYE

September 24, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
American Colloid Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WORKING,G2T STUNG BY WASP.HE IS ALLERGIC TO BEE/WASP STINGS. (NAME) TREATED STING AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.RECEIVED SHOT AND MEDICATION.RELEASED BACK TO REGULAR DUTY.

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