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July 18, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Left index finger was swollen, but did not know how/when, or where. Or it could have been a spider bite. Finger gotten worse later that same morning. Taken to the hospital. They then numbed his finger and cleaned it. They gave him antibiotic. Has to go in every 6 hours to have his finger cleaned out.

April 30, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator OTHER
Pacific Custom Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

Walking around K-3 Kiln gust of wind blew dust and metal particals in face and eyes. a foreign piece of metal went into left eye.

January 9, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Pacific Custom Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in manbasket attempting to weld wear ring on rear of kiln when a gust of wind took it out of his grip and pinched right thumb between new wear ring and rear of hood.

August 29, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Pacific Custom Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING HOT ROCK ONTO PILE WHEN WIND BLEW HOT AMBERS ONTO HIS ARMS, LOWER BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEE LIFTED BUCKET OF BOBCAT ABOVE CAGE TO DUMP.

April 20, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
California Natural Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

PUMICE DUST BLOWN BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTOLEFT EYE. EYE IRRITATED AND SCRATCHED.

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