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July 22, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HELPING CLEANUP HYDRAULIC OIL SPILL FROM A DELIVERY (RAW MATERIAL) CARRIER TRUCK. WORKER TRIPPED WHILE RUSHING TO GET CONTAINER AND HAD RIGHT ANKLE INJURY.

March 25, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKIN DOWN SOME STAIRS WHICH ARE 8" X 24". ALTHOUGH HE WAS HOLDING TO A HANDRAIL, HE MISSED ONE STEP AND INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

July 25, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING AT RIVER SILL REPAIR'S. LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS.

April 15, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEES SHIFT WAS OVER FOR THE DAY AND THEY WERE LOCKING THE SHOWER DOORS. RAFAEL GO TO CLOSE TO SIDEWALK CURB AND LOST HIS BALANCE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FALLING TO FLOOR.

May 2, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwest American Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS, WAS JUST GETTING OFF LOADER AND THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

June 6, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

WAS TRYING TO PUSH MATERIAL IN MILL FEED HOPPER THAT WAS STOCKING TO SIDE OF HOPPER MATERIAL WET WAS STANDING ON FLAT DECUTWORK LOST BALANCE DROPPED APPROX. 6 FT TO GLOOR BELOW MILL.

December 22, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SHIFT FOR THE DAY WAS OVER AND HE WAS SHOWERING. HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER ROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A CUT ON BACK OF SCALP.

May 11, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS ON CROSSOVER LADDER WHEN HE LOOKED BACKTO CHECK OPERATION OF PLANT & STUCK LEG BETWEEN STEPS. HE HIT LEFT SHIN ON STEPS CAUSING BRUISES & SWELLING.

April 17, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall down stairs

WHILE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE GRAVEL AND FELL FACE DOWNWARD, LANDING ON HIS HANDS: HE THEN ROLLED OVER AFTER THE IMPACT AND ENDED UP ON HIS BACK, ME DICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT BY THIS PERSON BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE PAIN WAS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY.

March 10, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A MATEIAL TRANSFER LINE, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE TOP FLAT SURFACE OF THE DRYER HOUSING AND FELL OR THE TOP OF THE HOUSING AND BRUISED HIS LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE. IT H AD BEEN RAINING THOUGH-OUT THE NIGHT, AND EVERYTHING WAS WET.

July 14, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

REMOVING 4" NUT FROM MIL SIDE PIPE WRENCH SLIPED FROM THE NUT CAUSING AN TO LOSE FOOTING AND FALLING TO FLOOR

November 11, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CO3STRUCTING A WIND-BREAK ON SECOND FLOOR OF MILL. DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF A STORAGE BIN, A SECTION OF BIN FELL, THE EMPOYEE JUMPED CLEAR FROM FALLING DEBRIS OF A HEIGHT OF 12-13 FT. E4PLOYEE LANDED ON GROUND, INJURING LEFT AND RIGHT FOOT.

August 2, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF FLOORI3G ON GRIZZLY AT CALCINER PLANT BROKE. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG FELL THROUGH HOLE, SKINNING LEFT LEG AND CAUSING TENDERNESS OF LEFT FOOT.

August 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FLO BINS AREA 3X3X5 METAL CONTAINERS USED TO STORE THE FINISHED. ALL FLO BINS MUST BE CLEANED BEFORE AND AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN FILLED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INSIDE THE FLO BIN TO CLEAN IT, W HILE DOING SO HE SLIPPED AND PUT OUT HIS RIGHT HAND TO BREAK THE FALL.

August 10, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Minerals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT ON 2 STEP STOOL TO TAKE SAMPLE.GETTING OFF,STOOL MOVED CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST FOOT.

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