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January 7, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING STRAPS FOR FORKLIFT FORKS TO GO INTO TO LIFT BAGS FROM FLOOR, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN FORKLIFT BLADE & BAG STRAP.

January 6, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FLOOR WAS WET, FORKLIFT STARTED TO SLIDE, IN REACTION DRIVER STUCK HAND UP, FORKLIFT CAUGHT HAND AGAINST POLE.

May 2, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING DOWN HILL FROM MINE AND THE TIRE ROD END ARM BROKE. THE TRUCK WAS PULLED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER TRUKC WHICH WAS COMING ALONG.

November 1, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLANT SITE TO ANOTHER ON THE HIGHWAY 24W WHEN THE ONCOMING VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LANE & STRUCK EE HEAD ON.

October 14, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMP WAS USING AN AIR HOSE TO REMOVE BUILDUP OF DUST ON BELT ROLLERS WHEN HOSE BECAME CAUGHT BY CHAIN LINK BELT AND HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED INTO PINCH POINT BETWEEN TWO OPERATING BELT CONVEYO RS. BELT WAS NOT STOPPED.

September 16, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

RELEASING BRAKE ON HOPPER CAR. BRAKE WAS TOO TIGHT, HAD TO PULL EXTRA HARD AND STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES.

September 13, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by powered moving object

EE BACKING OUT OF BOXCAR ON FORKLIFT. ANOTHE FORKLIFT CAME AROUND CORNER & POLES ON LEFT STRUCK EE IN UPPER RT. ARM.

March 13, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERATING DUMP TRUCK IN ABOVE MINE, AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP LOAD OF CLAY, THE GROUND GAVE WAY UNDER RIGHT REAR TANDEM OF TRAILER CAUSING UNIT TO OVERTURN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BRUI SES & ABRAISIONS TO RIGHT SHOULDER & CHEST AREA.

July 31, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against stationary object

UNLOADING SLURRY CAR WENT OUTSIDE TO CHECK CAR WAS SITTING UNDER CAR WHEN AIR LINE BLEW OFF WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT FROM UNDER CAR STRUCK FOREHEAD ON RAILCAR LADDER

February 23, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING REASON WHY PRODUCT WAS NOT FLOWING AT PROPER RATE. BEAT ON CHUTE WITH HAMMER. FEED DID NOT IMPROVE. USED WRENCH, UNSCREWED 1" PLUG OUT OF BODY OF FEEDER AND STUCK FINGER THRU H OLE INTO MOVING AIR LOCK CHAMBER WHERE ROTATING ASSEMBLY CAUGHT AND CUT OFF FINGER.

August 6, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS RETURNING TO THE PLANT AND WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT. COMPANY VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANTOHER VEHICLE THAT WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR.

June 3, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shiely Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING UNDER THE SHOVEL BUCKET TO GET A LOAD OF ROCK AND EE BLEW HORSE STOP AND EVE ROLL BACK AND HIT BUCKET.

May 23, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HEAVY BAGS CAUSED BELT TO GET IN A BIND & STOP EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON BELT TO GET STARTED &FELT A PULL & SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER

February 19, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE & EE WERE OPERATING LOADERS IN THE PIT FEEDING MATERIAL INTO THE ALLIS CHALMERS FEEDER SAVERAL LARGE CHUNKS OF FROZEN MATERIAL PLUGGED THE FEEDER & EE GOT OFF HIS LOADER TO DISLODGE THE MAT ERIAL EE WITH THE FEEDER STILL RUNNING PROCEEDEDTO UNPLUG THE MATERIAL NORMALY A SLEDGE HAMMER IS USED IN THE PROCESS BUT THE HANDLE WAS BROKEN SO EE GRABBED A ROCK & BEGAN TO HAMMER WEDGE PL

February 12, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES THEY WERE BEING LOWERED ON A FORKLIFT WORK CAGE WHEN A V-BELT GOT CAUGHT BEHIND THE MAST CHAIN CAUSING IT TO ROLL OFF OF SPROCKET. FORKLIFT DROPPED 6' TO THE GROUND.

June 14, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING NEW 980 F CAT LOADER WITH A SEAT BACK THAT WOULD NOT STAY IN POSITION IT MOVED BETWEEN THE 3 ADJUSTMENTS PARTS WERE ORDEREA EE RAN THE LOADER 6 HRS AND CALLED THE NEXT AM WITH A SORE STIFF NECK. HE ALLEDGES THIS WAS CAUSED BYTHE TILTINY SEAT BACK.

June 14, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPER NEW CAT FRONT END LOADER WITH SEAT BACK

May 26, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK ROLLED OVER SLID DOWN FACE 2 FRACT VERT POSSIBLY OTHERS

June 5, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shiely Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ASSEMBLING CONVEYOR TRUSS WHEN HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR END PLATES.LOADER MOVED CONVEYOR WHEN INJURED WAS GETTING OLD BOLT OUT OF HOLE.

February 22, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING BEHIND 4 SLICER BY THE STEPS LOADER WAS FILLING HOPPER AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING CLAY LUMPS.

December 5, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AS EE WAS BACKING HIS FORKLIFT OUT OF A TRUCK HE WAS LOADING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER HANDLE HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER HE WAS LOADING CAUSING THE EXTINGUISHER TO DISCHARGE DRY CHEMCIAL INTO HIS EYE.

October 27, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TRAVELING ON HAUL ROAD WITH LOADED TRUCK WHEN GOING AROUND SHARP CURVE. SHE LOST CONTROL AND TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. SHE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS EE WAS SLIGHTLY INJ URED SHE APPARENTLY WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT ATTIM OF ACCIDENT.

September 10, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS OPERATING AN OFF THE ROAD DUMP TRUCK HE WAS COMING DOWN THE HAULROAD & HIT THE WALL OF THE ROAD IMPACT BROKE THE TIRE ROD & HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT & WAS T HROWN PARTALLY OUT OF TRUCK THE TRUTURN OVER ON ITS SIDE & CRUSHED I NAME RIGHT ARM

July 26, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRAIGHTEN A BAG THAT WAS CAUGHT BY A GUARD WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND BUT HIS HAND WENT INTO UNDERSIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT NEXT TO PULLEY AND WAS P ULLED TOWARD PULLY.

February 27, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS BACKING UP TOO FAST & BACKED OVER BERM ON TOP OF PUMP THE OFF-ROAD DUMP TRUCK WAS SUSPENDED OVER THE EDGE & I NAME JUMPED OFF

December 1, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE BRUSIED LEFT EYE WHEN SMALL WIRE OFF A FAN MOTOR HIT EYE.

October 22, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING PICK-UP TRUCK, LOST CONTROL ON WET CLAY. TRUCK SLID INTO SHOP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO SHOP BUILDING AND TRUCK. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE PAIN IN UPPER BACK REGION.

October 10, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Fall from machine

BRAKES WOULDNT STOP TRCUK AS IT WAS COMING DOWN THE RAMP HE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK, ON CLAY GORUND.

September 13, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shiely Company · Struck against a moving object

I NAEM AGGREVATED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK

February 27, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTING CONTRACTOR WHERE TO INSTAL QUARD TO PROTECT PINCH POINT. ELECTRICIANS CALIBRATING PACKER STARTED BELT PINCHING EMPLOYEE S FINGER.

January 7, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING LANDFILL IN THE TRASH TRUCK, HE BRAKED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THE TRUCKSTARTED TO SKID ON THE WET ROAD AS HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK SKIDDED INTO BERM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED.

December 1, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shiely Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS TRYING TO FREE SHIFT LEVER DUE TO COLD WEATHER AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE SLIGHTLY

November 15, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING FORKLIFT ONTO TRAILER, THE LEFT RAMP WAS PULLED AWAY FROM TRAILER, THIS CAUSED FORKLIFT TO FALL TO THE LEFT, AND TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEE N ROLL CAGE AND THE GROUND.

September 29, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LIFTED IN WORK CAGE BY FORKLIFT ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A VALVE, RIGHT HAND WAS MASHED AT PINCH POINTS BY FORKLIFT.

August 22, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING STENCIL ON R UNNING BELT, MASHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT.

January 27, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING THROUGH OFFICE PARKING LOT WHEN SHE WAS BROAD-SIDED BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE.

August 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING A SCRAPER,HIT A BUMP,THUS INJURING HIS BACK.

August 17, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS HOOK3NG UP A BIG BAG OF CLAY.I NAME WAS DRIVING FORK LIFT,I NAME WAS HOLDING UP THE BAG STRAPS.FORKLIFT DRIVER DIDN'T STOP WHEN I NAME YELLOWED STOP I NAME LEFT ARM WAS BRUISED BY T THE FORKS. 3

July 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRI5ING FORKLIFT PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO PASS AND COLLIDED WITH ENCDOF CONVEYOR SECTION THAT IS STORED BEHIND THE CRUDE STORAGE BUILDING COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEFT L OWER LEG 3

August 9, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME HAD HAND ON FORKS OF FORKLIFT. AS OTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED FORKLIFT I,NAME\S HAND WAS CAUGHT IN FOR MECHINISIM CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND.

November 2, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HOLDING UP HOOKS ON GANG BOARD SO IT COULD BE POIKCED UP BY FORK LIFT. CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BLADE OF FORKLIFT & HOOKS OF GANGBOARD.

October 14, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CLEANING OUT ALCO BUCKET FEEDER BEHIND #9 FILTER BUCKET FEEDER WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ONE OF THE BUCKETS AND THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER

October 3, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOWN OFF A STOCKPILE WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE CLUMP OF CLAY WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE LOADER TO FLIP TO THE LEFT OVER A 10 FT. EMBANKMENT. THE OPER ATOR JUMPED OFF TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE LOADER TURNED OVER.

September 29, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WAS HELPING MAINTENANCE MAN UNHANG FINGERS FROM V BELT PULLTY MOTOR ACCIDENTLY STARTED AND PULLED NAZARIOS FINGERS THROUGH THE PINCH POINT OF V BELT PULLEY

August 31, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A BAG OF MATERIAL WAS HUNG UP AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A PACKER CONVEYOR WITH A WIRE MESH BELT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE REACHED TO PUSH THE BAG OFF AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN THE WIRE MES H BELT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED OFF APPARENTLY BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY SPROCKER ,O

January 2, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by powered moving object

WAS BRAKING HOPPER CAR WHILE STANDING ON TONGUE COUPLING WHEN HOPPER HIT A TANK CAR JAMMING RT FOOT BY IMPACT

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