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June 21, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMING DOWN OFF CRUSHER, SLIPPED, GRABBED INTO RIAL, PULLED LEFT SHOULDER.

November 12, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ REPLACING RETURN IDLER WITH NEW IDLER.SLIPPED OUT OF HOLDING BRACKET HITTING INJ IN MOUTH.LEFT FRONT INCISOR BROKEN OFF AT GUM LINE.

November 10, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WALKING ACROSS SUPPLY ROOM FLOOR RIGHT KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT CAUSING PULLED MUSCLE TENDONS,LIGAMENTS.

November 10, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
France Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING OFF OF SPOIL PILE, THE BANK SLUFFED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND ONTO ITS SIDE. RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE CAUSED THE BANK TO BE UNSTABLE. THE DRIVER HAD MULTIPLE CONTUSION S BUT NO SERIOUS INJURY.

November 9, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WELDING HAMMERS AND INHALED SMOKE FROM WELDER CONGESTION TO LUNGS AND DIZZINESS

November 9, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM A CRANE, HE SAYS HE STEPPED ON A 1" HOSE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

November 7, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT SKIRT BOARDS ON THE CONVEYOER UNDER THE CRUSHER. WHILE HE WIN KNEE.

November 3, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WA> GRINDING A DRIL BIT WHEN A SMALL PC OF METAL GOT IN LEFT EYE UNDER SAFEY GLASSES.

November 3, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
France Stone Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS INFLATING AIR IN LEFT REAR OUTSIDE TRUCK TIRE.TIRE BECAME OVER INFLATED AND BLEW OUT WITH THE RUBBER FROM TIRE STRIKING INJURED IN CHEST AREA CAUSING INTERNAL INJURIES.

October 25, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS UNSTOPPING #1 CONE CRUSHER AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON PLATFORM BRUISING KNEE LEG AND ANKLE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN

October 20, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Broderick & Gibbons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MATERIAL RESULTING IN A BRUISED ANKLE.

October 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stone Man Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD BELLY PAN OF BULL DOZER PICKED UP WITH CHAIN HOIST WITH COMEALONG PULLER CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED CAUSING BELLY PAN TO CATCH ARM AND SKIN SECTION OF FOREARM BELOW ELBO W.

October 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING RAIL CONNECTIONS AND SWITCH BOLTS WITH A HAMMER AS HE WALKED LOCOMOTIVE BACK INTO PLANT AREA HE BENT OVER SWUNG THE HAMMER ONCE AND APPARENTLY SUFFERED SOME SORT OF SE IZURE HIS BODY STIFFEND AND SHOOK RAPIDLY I.NAME WAS NEARBY AND CALLED I.NAME LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR AND THEY WENT TO I.NAMES AID I.NAME SAID I.NAME APPARENTLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS HIS EYES ROLLED

October 15, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
France Stone Company · Fall from machine

EMPL FOOT SLIPPED OFF #53 CONVEYOR CAUSING EMPL TO SLIP TO THE GROUND HITTING A ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO ABOVE R EYE

October 15, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kern Rock Company · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS WELDING AND EYES BEGAN TO BURY AND IT ON AFTER WELDING ABOUT 40 HRS RECEIVED FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYES DR PERSRIBED ONIMENT AND REST.

October 15, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL ON POWER GRINDER METAL CAUGHT ON GRIND WHEEL PULLING IT IN AND PULLED INJURIES THUMB IN WITH IT INJURY LOST END OF LEFT HAND THUMB.

October 13, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Stone Man Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING A DISC SANDER SOME METAL FRAGMENTS 2 IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.

October 4, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPENING TOOL BOX DOOR ON WELDING TRK.JERKED DOOR-STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN RT.HAND

October 4, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
France Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BELT SCRAPER ON C-20 CONVEYOR SCRAPER BRACKET CAME LOOSE.HIT MOVING BELT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BRACKET AND HOPPER OF CONVEYOR CAUSING LACERATIONS REQ 5 STITCHES,BROKEN RING FINGER RIGHT HAND.

October 3, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PINPOINT WELD BURN ONN ELBOW ON 10-03-88.BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SMALL BURN HE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.ON ALA LATER DATE HE BUMPED ELBOW ON CORNER OF SHAKER #23 STEEL BOX AND BROKE OPEN BURN SCAB.ELBOE BECAME STIFF,RED ANS SWOLLEN HE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 10-10-88.

September 30, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING SLIGHTLY OVERHEAD ON VERTICAL PIPE AND WAS BURNED THROUGH COVERALLS WITH SPATTER. HE NOTICED A RED LINE RUNNING UP HIS ARM FROM THE BURN.

September 28, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nello L Teer Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING POINTGS ON 988B LOADER BUCKET USING HAMMER AS HE WAS STRIKING POINTS WITH HAMMER A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT CHIPPED OFF & BECAME EMBEDDED IN UPPER RT.LEG

September 26, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HER SWIVEL CHAIR AT HE DESK IN THE SCALE HOUSE. SOMEONE SPAKE TO HER AND SHE TURN IN HER CHAIR HITTING HER LEFT KNEE ON THE CORNER OF THE DESK. SHE DID NOT WANT TO G O TO THE DOCTOR AT TIME, BUT SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT (SHE WENT TO THE DOCTORS).

September 22, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck by flying object

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING HIS BUTTON BIT WITH A DIE GRINDER HE CLAIMS A FILING WENT UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD AND UNDER HIS GLASSES LODGING IN THE RIGHT CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE HE COULD FIND NOTHING IN HIS EYE WENT HOME WHEN HIS SHIFT WAS OVER HE SAYS HE FELT DISCOMFORT THAT NIGHT AT HOME AND WHEN HE CAME TO WORK ON 9-23-88 HE WENT TO DR WHO REMOVED A STEEL FILING FROM HISEYE

September 21, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Materials · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS STEPPING OFF A SAMLL TRACK LOADER WHEN HE REACHED GROUND HE EXPER. A PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP. HE STEPED OFF THE WRONG WAY.

September 21, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

UNK-PREVIOUSLY RELATED TO OFF SITE BONE CHIP INJURY NON WORK RELATED.COMMENT.

September 20, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DUMPING STONE SAMPLES OUT OF THE DRYER AND INTO BUCKET WHEN THE DRYER LIFD SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HAND BRUISING HIS THUMB WWHEN HE TRIED TO PREVENT THE LID FROM FALLING.

September 20, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SHOVELING STONE ONTO CONVEYOR PULLED TENDON IN LEFT FOREARM

September 15, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON PIUPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN COUPLING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

September 14, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS JACKHAMMERING TOE IN THE QUARRY THE TOE WAS ONLY A SLIGHT HUMP WHEN HE STARTED THE HOLE HE STOPPED TO CLEAN THE HOLE OUT THE TRIGGER ON THE AIR JACKHAMMER STUCK OPEN WHILE HE WAS PULLING THE STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE A PIECE OF ROCK CHIPPED OFF AT THE TOP OF THE HOLE CAUSING THE AIR HAMMER TO FALL AWAY FROM HIM HE GRABBED THE HAMMER FEELING A PIAN IN HIS BACK

September 13, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEE'S FREE A CABLE THAT HAD BECOME STUCK AROUND THE CABLE DRUM OF THE ELECTRIC SHOVEL USING A CHAIN HOOKED TO THE MOTORGRADER THEY MADE AND ATTEMPT TO PULL TH E CABLE STRIKING EMPLOYEE WHO WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET AWAY ACROSS THE CHEST AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND CAUSING A SPRAINED RT HAND&SHLDR

September 12, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF SIDE OF LOADER BUCKET HIST TIRE & THEN HIT EMPL ON LEFT ARM.

September 1, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS DRIVING SCRAPER ON HAUL ROAD WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED BEE WHICH STUNG HIM.

September 1, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING THE GRATES ON THE MILL THE BAR SLIPPED DOWN FORCING HIS RIGHT THUMB DOWN, CAUSING A SPRAIN.

August 31, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

CLAIMED WHILE CHANGING A GREASE LINE UNDER 7' CRUSHER DISCHARGE BOX HE WAS USING AN 8' LADDER WHICH HE HAD LEANING AT THE TOP AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE BOX WHEN CLIMBING DOWN A SECONDE TIME THE LEFT SIDE OF LADDER SLIPPED IN DIRT CAUSING HIM TO SWING TO THE RIGHT AND THROWING HIM INTO A PLATE OF STEEL ON OPPOSITE WALL

August 31, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
France Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A LUG NUT FROM THE REAR OF A WELDING TRUCK THE STUD BROKE OFF AND THE WRENCH HANDLE PINCHED THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP ANGAINST THE RIM.

August 29, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nello L Teer Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE MOVING PARTS FOR SCREEN, FELT MUSCLE PULL IN BACK.

August 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kaiser Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS ARRIVING AT WORK SPEEDING DOWN ROAD WHEN HE STRUCK ANOTHER EMPLOYEES PICK UP TRUCK.

August 29, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE DRILL STEEL A PIECE OF STEEL FROM A COUPLING FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS RT ARM JUST BELOW HIS ELBOW

August 25, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HOLDING A 5'X1.5" DIAMETER STEEL BAR AGAINST THE INSIDE EDGE OF A DRUM BUSHING WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE END OF THE BAR WITH A 12 LB HAMMER TO KNOCK THE BUSHING OUT WHEN TH HAMMER HIT THE END OF THE BAR A PIECE OF STEEL FLECKED OFF THE BAR AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE LEFT SIDE PENETRATING THE SKIN AND LODGING IN THE FATTY TISSURES THERE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN T

August 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kern Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRIVING WATER TRUCK HAND WAS BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL & GEAR SHIFT TRUCKS FRONT TIRE HIT HOLE CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO TURN QUICKLY TWISTING RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL & GEAR SHIFT.

August 24, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPLICING A NEW CONVEYOR BELT A BELT CUTTER WAS HANDED I NAME BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN THE CUTTER BLADE SLID ALONG CUTTER STRIKING INJURED'S RIGHT AND CUTTING PALM PALM REQUIRED TWO STITCHES T O CLOSE LACERATION

August 24, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Pacific Milling Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP PISTON OFF OF BENCH AND POSATIONED PART IN FRONT OF ROD.HE WAS POSITIONED SOT HAT HIS ABCK WAS BENT WITH VERY LITTLE BEND IN HIS KNEES.THE WEIGHT OF PISTON CAUSED STRAIN TYO TO HIS BACK.

August 22, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stone Man Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DESCENDING STEPS FROM WASHER SCREEN, DREW STEPPED THRU HOLE MADE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, INJURING BACK & RIGHT LEG.

August 22, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
France Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING 729 C HAUL TRUCK INJ. CROSSED DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH HAS EXISTED FOR MORE THAN 1 YR. TRUCK BOUNCED INJ. STRUCK HEAD ON CAG ROOF CAUSING INJ. TO REC. STIFF OR TWISTED NECK MUSCLES.

August 22, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stone Man Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DESCENDING STEPS FROM WASHER SCREEN A SECTIN OF CATWALK GAVE WAY, EM LEFT LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE CUT GASH BELOW LEFT KNEE.

August 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Davidson Mineral Properties Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEAN-UP AROUND PIT AND GOT INTO POSION OAK.

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