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February 2, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE CRUSHER BREAKER PLATES WHILE ASSISTING THE REPAIRMEN. A METAL CHIP STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EYE.

February 14, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE EN7ERED INTO THE FENCED AREA AROUND THE OVERLAND BELT DRIVE MOTORS WHILE THE BELT WAS IN OPERATION.WHILE STANDING NEAR THE MOTORS HIS FOOT SLIPPED INTO A BROKEN PART ON THE SOUTH MOTOR GEARBOX.T2E PART WAS SPINNING ON A SHAFT AT A HIGH SPEED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

December 17, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING DISS TO3 TUNNEL 1 STEPPED OVER TUNNEL & DOWN ON HALF METAL & SOFT CEMENT FELL DOWN & TWISTED ANKLE.

December 10, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOOKING CABLE T2 RAW MILL TO TURN THE MILL AND IT CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS GLOVE. HE TOLD THE HOIST OPERATOR TO LOWER CABLE AND HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND PULLED HIS GLOVE AND FINGER INTO THE HOOK SHEAVE. 3

October 14, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

TRANSFERRING COAL FROM STORAGE TO COAL HOPPER SLIPPED ON CLINKER & FELL ON COAL BELT LINE

September 17, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Wyoming Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING A GUST OF WIND EXTREMELY WINDY ALL DAY BLEW A SHEET OF PLYWOOD WHICH HIT HIM IN BACK.

September 17, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Flash burns (electric)

CLEANING STARTERS ON #2 KILN #4 ELECTRICAL CONTROL ROOM SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND HIT HOT CONNECTION WHILE PUSHING STARTER IN.

August 21, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING IN \\A\\ MILL ROOM CEMENT DUST FELL ON EMPL.

August 8, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FROM 175 LOADER TO HOUGH LOADER-SLIPPED ON TIRE TWISTING HIS KNEE.

August 7, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DUMPING DUST BINS HOT DUST FELL IN BOOTS BURNING HEEL.

August 6, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SHOVELING FEED BELT ON B MILL-CLINKER & CEMENT DUST BLEW IN EYES.

August 6, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

CLEANING #1 KILN CLINKER CRUSHER-CLINKER BLEW IN EYES CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION.

July 13, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CHECKING OIL LEVEL ON PIER # TRUNNIONS - NORTH WEST TRUNNION EXTREMELY HOT AND STUCK IN POSITION OPENED VERY QUICKLY PUSHING EMPLOYEE\S ARM AGAINST CASING.

June 22, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS DRIVING A CAT DJB OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK LOADED WITH APPROX 40 TONS OF SILICA MATERIAL. THE TRUCK DRIFTED ONTO THE LEFT BERM CONTINUED ONTO THE ROAD & OFF THE RT SHOULDER INTO A FIELD A PPROX 1500\. THE EE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS BESIDE THE TRUCKS COMPARTMENT ONT EH VEHICLE RT SIDE & TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO TEHACHAPI HOSPITAL.

June 20, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING CHAINS IN KILN FELL FROM WORK PLANK & CUT HIS ARM ON CHAIN HOLDER.

June 20, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall down stairs

WALKING DOWN STAIRS TO MIX LAB FELL LAST 4 STAIRS PULLING MUSCLES IN BACK.

June 4, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUMPING CEMENT SMASHED LIF RELEASING PIPE ON EXBINNER

May 30, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING CEMENT AWAY FROM FK PUMP MOTOR AND CEMENT FLUSHED OUT FROM SEPARATOR AND BURNED EYES

April 29, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING OVERHEAD CRANE HIGHLINE BROKE AND ARCED EMPLOYEE GOT COPPER SLIVER IN LEFT EYE.

March 26, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

CLEANING UP YARD AREA, DRIVING HYDRA MAC HIGH WINDS AT THE TIME WIND BLEW PARTICLE INTO HIS EYE.

March 15, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator OTHER
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GOT FEET WET BY WALKING THRU WATER SHOES RUBBED ON TOES CAUSING THEM TO BLISTER.

March 2, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING CHUNKS FROM FEED TABLE AND BELT TO RAW MILL,CLEANUP OF CHUNKS IRON ORE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED.

February 26, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING SPILL AWAY FROM TAIL PULLEY BELT GRABBED EARTH MOVING DEVICE CAUSING THE HANDLE TO BE PULLED AGAINST STRUCTURE OF BELT SYSTEM SMASHING HIS FINGER.

February 15, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

COMING INTO BUILDING,COMING THROUGHT DOOR,WIND BLOWING HARD,WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT ON FINGER,CUTTING FINGER AND TEARING FINGERNAIL.

February 7, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ICE FROM UNDER DSM SCREENS, CHIPPING ICE WITH IRON BAR, ICE WAS HANGING OVERHEAD, STRUCK HANGING ICE, BREAKING IT LOOSE STRIKING END OF BAR FORCING END TO CHIN.

February 1, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO MOVE A 4 IN HOSE THAT WAS 17 FT LONG STEPPED OUT OF DOORWAY TO MOVE HOSE SLIPPED ON ICE JARRING BACK

January 3, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HAULING IN KILN CHAINS AND KILN BRUCK IN WHEELBARROW, PUSHING UP AN INCLINE, RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.

December 14, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

CLEANING PIER 3 OF 2 KILN SHOVELING AND SWEEPING WALKING ON PIER 3 AND SLIPPED ON ICE, FALLING, STRIKING AN I BEAM CAUSING A SEVERE CUT ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.

December 10, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING FAN HOUSING BACK,IT SLIPPED ON BUILD UP AND HE PULLED HIS GROIN MUSCLES RESULTING IN A HERNIA.

December 4, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING MUD AND ICE ON EAST SIDE OF TANK 8 MUD WAS FREEZING AND FORMING AN UNEVEN FOOTING EMPLOYEE SWUNG AROUND WITH SHOVEL FULL OF MUD TWISTING KNEE

December 3, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOOL BUCKET AND FELT BACK POP OUT.

November 23, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING CLINKER AWAY FROM FANGUARD A PIECE OF STEEL CAUGHT ON BELT AND FEW OUT OF GUARD CAUGHT RIGHT ARM CUTTING ARM AND HAND

November 16, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Monolith Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BUCKET ON P & H CRANE GUST OF WIND BLEW CLINKER DUST & COAL DUST INTO RIGHT EYE.

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