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August 30, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Brewer Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WEED EATING WHEN ATTACKED BY BUMBLE BEES

October 12, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Brewer Gold Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING ON THE SCREEN LID WHEN WIND BLEW METAL UP UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. METAL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE WHICH ALSO CAUSED A BURN TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

August 1, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Brewer Gold Company · Struck by flying object

INJ COMPLETING REPORTS IN HIS OFFICE.TOOK OFF HIS GLASSES TO RUB HIS EYES AND A MOTH FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

August 17, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Brewer Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS STANDING ON DOZER'S TRACKS SIGNALING A DRIVER TO DUMP HIS LOAD WHEN WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR AND SLAMMED IT SHUT ON HIS FINGER.

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