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February 3, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Struck by powered moving object

INJURED WAS GOING TO WALK INTO HOLEPLUG BUILDING THROUGH PLASTIC STRIP DOORWAY, CAME BACKING OUT THROUGH CURTAIN AT SAME TIME, STRIKING INJURED WORKER AND KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK, CAUSING LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD AND BROKEN BONE IN LEFT FOOT.

November 30, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS TALKING WITH FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHILE STANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF FORKLIFT WHEN OPERATORBACKED UP. INJURED'S LEFT FOOT WAS PARTIALLY IN PATH OF LEFT DRIVE FORKLIFT TIRE WHICH BACKED OV ER END OF SAFETY TOE CAP ON HIS SHOE, CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION OF LEFT GREAT TOE.

September 19, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK AFTER JUMPING ACROSS A NARROW BUT STEEP GULLY. WHILE SURVYING THE TOPGRAPHIL SURFACE FOR A NEW PIT. THE INJURY WAS FURTHER AGGRAVATED AS HE RODE ACROSS RUGGED TERRAIN IN U-WHEEL DRIVE.

September 14, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOVING LOADED BOX CARS DOWN TRACK, AS HE WAS SETTING RATLCAR HAND BRAKE, THE MOVING CARS COUPLED WITH PARKED LOADS. CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF CAR PLATFORM, ONTO CAR COUPLE R.

May 28, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INJURED EMPOLOYEE WAS SHRINKWRAPPING PALLET, LIFTTRUCK DRIVER GOT OFF HIS LIFT TRUCK. AS HE DID HE ACCIDENTLY ENGAGED TRANSMISSION INTO FORWARD GEAR, PINNING INJURED'S FOOT BETWEEN PALLE T AND FORK OF LIFTTRUCK.

November 27, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND IN PINCH POINT END OF PACKER CONVEYOR WHICH BRUISED HIS HAND.

August 16, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PACKING #100 BAGS ON MAIN PLANT PACKER BAGS JAMMED UP ON A CONVEYOR EE MOVED BAGS CONVEYOR BELT COASTED BACKWARDS CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BAG AND GUARD. TWISTING ANKLE.

July 5, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING LOAD & MOVE OPEN TOP HOPPERS EE & EE WERE MOVING THREE (3) HOPPERS DOWN TRACK WHERE FOUR (4) OTHER HOPPERS WERE PARKED TO GET THEM OUT OF WAY OF LOADING WHEN THE HOPPERS COUPL ED TROY FELL FROM THE BREAK LOCATION ONTO THE T RACK EE LEFT LEG WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TRACK & THE HOPPER WHEEL AS THE H OPPERS CAME TO A STOP EE WAS TAKEN TO BEELE FOURCHE HOSPITAL THEN TRA

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