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July 9, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spartan Minerals Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A RAIL CAR & WALKED INTO EXTENDED CHUTE EDGE CUTTING HIS EYE BROW ABOVE H IS SAFETY GLASSES

June 16, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WORKING ON THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND HAD STARTED IT UP THE GATE VALVE BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND PRESSURE TANK WAS OPENED BUT WAS BROKEN AND REMAINED CLOSED THE PRESSU RE BUILT UP AND3BLEW OUT THE STAINLESS STEEL MESH EXPANSION SECTION INTO HIS FACE CHEST ARMS AND EYES

June 16, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE SATES 2E WAS WORKING ON THE AIR COMPREOSSOR AND HAD STARTED IT UP THE GATE VALVE BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND PRESSURE TANK WAS OPENED BUT WAS BROKEN AND REMAINED CLOSED THE PRESSU RE BUILT UP AN8 BLEW OUT THE STAINLESS STEEL MESH EXPANSION SECTION INTO HIS FACE CHEST ARMS AND EYES

February 18, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE ACCIDENTLY OPENED O VALVE TO BAUER MILL BULK LOADING SYSTEM I NAME HURRIED OVER TO CLOSE VALVE TO STOP MATERIALS FLOWING OUT AND SLIPPED ON COMPRESSED AIR CONDENSATE HE FELL TO THE FLOOR O3 HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK OF HEAD.

January 15, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS BENDING3OVER PICKING UP 80 LB BAG OF CALCINED MAGNESITE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

November 6, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PICKING UP 100 LB BAG OF BENTONITE.

August 28, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithium Corp Of America · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A WOODEN BLOCK UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF A USED FLAT BED (SMALL PICK-UP TRUCK). ONE END OF THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD OF THE BED, IT RAN THROUGH A SHACKLE ON THE LOADER BUCKET, AND HOOKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD BOARD. I,NAME REACHED BETWEEN THE BLOCK & BED TO SLIDE THE BLOCK INTO POSITION WH

July 15, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHANGING TIRES ON T RUCK, HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON BOTTOM OF TIRE TO HOLD IT IN, TWISTED TO THE RIGHT TO PICK UP AIR WRENCH, PULLING THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

January 22, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithium Corp Of America · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

INJ THROWING BLASTING WIRE OVER BENCH WALL AND INJURED HIS BACK.WEIGHT OF WIRE -11 OZ/FT.

January 18, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF AMINEX, WHEN THE LIQUID SPLASHED UP IN HIS EYE

December 29, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Mineral Ventures Inc · Struck against a moving object

SHE WAS HAULING GRAVEL WITH THE ORE TRUCK THE ROAD TO GRAVEL PIT WAS VERY BAD SHE HIT ONE SPOT WHICH HAD A LOT OF HOLES IN THE ROAD TRUCK HIT HOLE WHICH GAVE WAY ROCKING TRUCK BACK & FORTH TW ISTING BACK CAUISNG PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

December 13, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lithium Corp Of America · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS TAKING A SAMPLE AT THE SCAVANGER TAILS AREA STANDING ON A FIXED 5 LADDER WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN THE LADDER HE STEPPED BACK ONTO A 2 WATER HOSE THAT WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE DR PLACED HIM ON LIGHT DUTY BUT THE FIRST NIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT THERE WERE NO LIGHT DUTY JOBS AUMLAGLE ATT HE TIME.

August 7, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lithium Corp Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING 3-10 FT PIECES OF DRILL STEEL FROM THE DRILL HOLE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE FIRST PIECE OF STEEL, THE COUPLING REMAINED ON THE STRIKING BAR OF THE HAMMER. THE INJURED LOWERED THE HAMMER AND TRIED TO LOOSEN THE COUPLING BY TAPPING IT AGAINST THE OTHER COUPLING. WHEN THE COUPLING MADE CONTACT A PIECE APPROX. 1X2X4 MM LONG BROKE OFF STRIKING HIM I

July 9, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lithium Corp Of America · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE DRIVE-LINE FROM WATER TR. #6.-DUE TO THE WATER LEAKING FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND ACCUMULATING UNDER THE TRUCK-I,NAME WAS IN A SQUATTED POSITION WHEN HE DISCO NNECTED THE BOLTS HOLDING THE DRIVE-LINE. WHEN THE DRIVE-LINE DROPPED, I,NAME LOS THIS BALANCED AND PULLED THE MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

March 22, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Lithium Corp Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEON MOORE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING HIS AIR TRACK DRILL. HE STARTED BACKING THE DRILL USING THE SIDE CONTROLS MOUNTED ON THE TRACK FRAME. HE BACK INTO THE INSIDE RIGHT FOOT. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE INSIDE RIGHT FOOT REQUIRING 18 SUTURES.

July 20, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithium Corp Of America · Contact with hot objects or substances

AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE INJURED WAS REMOVING THE SPARK PLUG WIRES FROM WELDING TRUCK #4. HE WAS SITTING ON T HE FENDER OF THE TRUCK WITH HIS LEGS DOWN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF TH E TRUCK. THE INJURED STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE HIT THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE WITH HIS LEG CAUSING IT TO RUPTURE. THE INJURED RECEIVED THERMAL BURNS 1ST & 2ND DEGREE TO THE UPPER & LOWER LEFT LEG

May 26, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Spartan Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

ROLLING RAIL HOPPERS DOWN THE TRACK AND ONE HOPPER RAN INTO THE OTHER WHICH RESULTED IN JARRING MR SIZEMORE HE HIT HIS SHOULDER AND ARM AGAINST CAR

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