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1983–2026
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March 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET WITH BACK TO REJECTED PALLET. EMPLOYEE ON FORKLIFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE REJECT PALLET WITH FORKLIFT & PUSHED IT INTO 1ST EMPLOYEES FOOT PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PALLETS.

November 2, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

APPARENTLY TORE ROTATOR CUFF WHILE OPERATING 631 SCRAPER

October 8, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS LOOKING BACK TO CHECK ON ROCK PICKER HE WAS PULLING AND THE FRONT WHEELS OF TRACTOR FELL INTO A DITCH THROWING OPERATOR AROUND CAB CAUSING INJURY.

April 29, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SWEEPING FLOOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN AND RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIGHT FOOT.

January 30, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER TO CLEAN THE WAREHPUSE AREA. HE REPORTED HE NOTICED SOME SORENESS IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND LATER SWELLING OCCURRED IN THE KNEE.

December 11, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 LBS BAGS OF BENTONITE FROM CONVEYOR TO A PALLET.HE MISSED A BAG AND IT CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR AND HIT HIS KNEE.THIS CAUSED STRAIN TO LEFT KNEE.

November 23, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WRECK BRUISE TO HEAD MINOR LACERATIONS CHIPPED TOOTH AND WHIPLASH

July 3, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE STANDING NEXT TO PALLET BOX FORK LIFT RAN AGAINST LEG.

January 11, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH A LOADER FROM A STOCKPILE BUCKET RELEASED AND CAUSED A ROCKING ACTION IN THE LOADER THIS RESULTED IN A WHIPPING ACTION THAT CAUSED A WHIPLASH OR STRAIN TO NECK

May 2, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND A FORKLIFT AND WAS HIT FROM THE SIDE BRUISING LEFT HEEL.

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