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November 24, 1997 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN MUCKING SALT, A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN & HIT THE BUCKET, PICKING THE BACK OF THE MACHINE OFF THE GROUND & JOLTING THE OPERATOR OUT OF SEAT & HIS NECK & BACK WERE INJURED.

March 18, 1996 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD FROM BELT AND REACHED ACROSS TO CLEAN ROLLER. HIS CAP LAMP CAUGHT ON V-BELT AND JERKED HIM AROUND. HE BROKE HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.

August 16, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GRAB A TAIL END OF STRETCH WRAP WHEN PALLET MOVING ON LIVE ROLLERS ROLLED OVER HIS MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND. MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND WAS FRACTURED AND LACERATED.

October 9, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck against a moving object

FORKLIFT DRIVEN BY EE & FORKLIFT DRIVEN BY EE COLLIDED AT CONGESTED DOG LEG CURGE BY WEST WAREHOUSE AREA COLLISION DAMAGED REAR OF EE FORKLIFT & BENT FORKS ON EE FORKLIFT AREA OF ACCIDENT WAS CONGESTED WITH LOW VISABILITY & ONLY ROOM FOR ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC NEITHER DRIVER SOUNDED HORN THROUGH THE AREA EE HEARED EE ENGINE BUT DIDNT SEE EE HE SAW HEADLIGHTS & HIT BRAKES

June 14, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING UNIMOVE TO TRANSFER BLOXKS FROM PRESS TO PALLET SUFFERING PAIN IN NECK ON R SIDE AND DOWN SHOULDER

October 4, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING TRUCK WITH FORKLIFT BACKING OUT RAMP FELL DOWN THREW HIM BACK AGAINST SEAT OF FORKLIFT

August 2, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Fall from machine

INJURED MAN WAS OPERATING A CHERRYPICKER ABOUT 7 FT ABOVE GROUND. MAN FELL FROM CAB AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.

May 10, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck by powered moving object

MAKING REPAIRS TO GATE,OTHER EMP LOST CONTROL OF FORKLIFT STRUCK HIM MULT FRACT ON R ANKLE

February 20, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck against a moving object

HE STRUCK A RIB IN THE CAT. THE STEERING WHEEL TWISTED, WRENCHING HIS ARM. HE SUFFERED A TORN ROTATOR CUFF.

October 29, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPT TO BREAK SALT ON DIGGER ARMS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO TAIL CHUNK STRUCK L SHOULDER

September 27, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Domtar Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO HAUL TRUCKS WERE PARKED WITH OPERATORS TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER.EMPL HAD RIGHT FOOT DANGLING ON CATWALK.ACCIDENTLY HIT BRAKE RELEASE AS HE LEANED BACK.TRUCK ROLLED INTO THE OTHER AND THE OTH ER CATWALK HIT FOOT.

September 8, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Domtar Industries Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE REPLACING THE SUPPORT FRAME FOR THE C-1 CONVEYOR THE FRAME SECTIONS WERE BEING LIFTED WITH A FORKLIFT FRAME BECAME JAMMED EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE IT BY MOVING THE WIRE ROPE SUSPENSION CAB LE WHEN THE LOAD WAS FREED THE RT FORK JUMPED THE KEEPER BOLT & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE

August 27, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT 11 WHICH REQUIRED THE EE TO LEAN TO HIS RIGHT, TO OBSERVE HIS FORKS. AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTIVITY, THE EE COMPLAINED HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM AND HIS RIGHT SIDE WA S NUMB. THE EE HAS HAD CONTINUING BACK COMPLAINTS SINCE HIS FALL FROM A TRUCK A YEAR AND HALF AGO.

July 25, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE JAW CRUSHER IN THE MINE.A CHUCK OF SALT FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR AND CAUGHT THE LEFT THUMB OF THE EMPLOYEE.GREASE FITTINGS ARE BELOW AND TO THE SIDE OF CONVEYOR.EMPLOYEE ASKED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 07-30-90 BECAUSEOF EXCESSIVE SWELLING.LEFT HUMB WAS DRAINED BY DOCTOR.

June 12, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED A PALLET DOWN AT BAGGING MACHINE #7 TO BE LOADED.THE EMPLOYEE THEN TURNED THE BELT ON, THEN BENT DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN THE SLIPSHEET ON THE PALLET.AS SHE WAS STRAIGHTENING THE SLIPSHEET A 50 LB BAG FROM THE BELT STRUCK HER CAUSING HER TO SLIP AND FALL.

April 24, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WORK ON BIN ONE SCREW CONVEYOR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO START THE MOTOR TO TAKE A LOAD READING. I,NAME SAID HE COULD PUT THE GUARD BACK ON. OTHER EMPLOYEES DID NOT HEAR HIM. I,NAME WAS THERE TO WATCH THE MOTOR FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE. I,NAME BEND DOWN TO PICK UP GUARD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, HIS LEFT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RU

February 25, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO STEER #2 SHUTTLE CAR WHICH HE WAS OPERATING TO AND FROM THE FACE.

February 15, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WAREHOUSING PRODUCT OFF OF PRODUCTION LINE. HE GOT OFF HIS FORKLIFT TO PUT PLYWOOD ON TOP OF A PALLET. HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A PIECE OF STRAPPING THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE THOU GHT HE HAD KICKED THE STRAPPING OFF HIS FOOT. HE GOT BACK ON THE FORKLIFT AND STARTED MOVING. STRAPPING CAUGHT UNDER THE FORKLIFT, JERKING EMPLOEE'S FOOT AND LEG.

October 27, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS 2 OR 3 STEPS INTO A TRAILER PARKED AT THE DOCK WHEN DRIVER PULLED THE TRAILER AWAY FROM THE DOCK WITH A JOLT.THE JOLT CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AS HE TURNED TO RETRE AT TO THE DOCK.AS A RESULT,THE EMPLOYEE FELL 4 FEET TO THE GROUND AT THE BASE OF THE DOCK.

September 28, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BACKING FORKLIFT WHEN WHEEL ON ONE SIDE STRUCK PALLET WITH MINICUBES ON IT. THIS CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN OUT OF EMPLS HAND & STEERING KNOB OF FORKLIFT WEDGED BETWEEN INDEX FIN GER & RING FINGER. THIS FORCED LEFT HAND BACKWARD.

July 9, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
North American Salt Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS RT.THUMB TO OPERATE CONTROL LEVER WHICH RAISED & LOWERS FORKLIFT FORKS AS EMPLOYEE PUSHED CONTROL LEVER WITH HIS THUMB RTTO LOWER THE FORKS HE FELT HIS THUMB POP & WAS UNABLE TO USE JUST HIS THUMB THE REST OF THE SHIFT

June 21, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Carey Salt Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT AND HAD STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF BUILDING. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ALSO DRIVING FORKLIFT, STRUCK THE OTHER FORKLIFT FOM BEHIND. THIS CAUSED BACK SPRAIN .

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