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May 28, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OEPRATING HIS TRUCK IN THE PIT AREA, HE TURNED HIS BODY AND FELT A POP IN HIS NECK.

September 9, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHOVEL AT THE PIT. HE STATES THAT ERATIC MOVEMENT OF THE SHOVEL CREATED THE STRAIN. EE ALSO STATES HE HAS ARTHRISTIS.

February 29, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD UNCLOGGED THE HOPPER IN TANK 1 MILL 2 AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REINSTALLING A COVER WHEN THE COVER DROPPED ON THE BELT. THE EE GRABBED THE COVER, WHEN THE MOVING BELT CONTACTED HIS LEF T HAND, TRAPPING THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE HOPPER AND THE GUIDE.

November 2, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

MATERIAL ON LOWER SIDE OF BELT WAS BEING REMOVED WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS ARM INTO THE BELT PULLEY. THIS BROKE HIS RIGHT ARM, BRUISED HIS SHOULDER AND LEFT ABRASIONS ON ARM.

June 18, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT OVER A SOMEWHAT ROUGH & UNLEVEL GROUND FORKLIFT TIPPED TO ONE SIDE THE EMPLOYEE STARTED TO BAIL OFF & STRUCK HIS RT KNEE AGAINST THE DA SH FORKLIFT THEN RIGHT ED WITH EMPLOYEES WEIGHT ON OPPOSITE SIDE (EMPLOYEE HA D INJURED RT KNEE IN A MOTORCYCLE SPILL A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT

June 27, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL PULLING FULL PALLETS FROM LINE AND STACKING IN WAREHOUSE.FLECK OF METAL SCRAPED OFF FORKS AND BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

May 20, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE HAD BE9N STACKING BALES FROM 10 LB MACHINE THE MACHINE HAD STOPPED EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ON ROLLER TABLE AT END OF CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE ALLOWED HIS FOOT TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLERS AND THE CONVEYOR B9LT

September 8, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER ON ELEVATED ROAD NEAR MINE MILL COMPLEX. FOR UNEXPLAINED REASONS THE ENGINE DIED AND BECAME UNSTEARABLE. THE LOADER STARTED OVER THE BERM, THE EMPLOYEE BAILED OFF ONTO ROAD. FRACTURE OF RIGHT HIP, MULTIPLE BRASIONS AND BRUISES TO FACE AND BODY

February 20, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Excel Mineral Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

LOST FOOTING-SLIPPED AND FELL INTO ROLLERS ON #305 CONVEYOR LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLERS IN CONVEYOR

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