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March 20, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weyerhaeuser Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 3-20-91 AT 7:00 AM, THEY STARTED HOOKING UP A SHOT. WE USE THE NON-ELECTRIC DETA-LINE SYSTEM. THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND RAINY. HE HAD LOADED AND CLIPPED THE STARTERS ON THE DAY BEFORE. HE WAS HOOKING UP THE TRUNK LINE TO THE STARTERS WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. ABOUT 9:00 AM, HE WAS WORKING THROUGH A BADLY BROKEN UP AREA. I.NAME WAS STANDING DOWN BELOW HIM WHEN THEY HEAR A ROCK

August 19, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER HIT RAN3OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED OPERATOR. PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

August 18, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS LOWERIN1 WINDOW IN HIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW. EMP WAITED THREE WEEKS TO SEK MEDICAL HELP. ELBOW REMAINED SWEELLED AND WOULD NOT HEAL

April 24, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FUEL HOSE TURNE8 IN HAND LACERATING THUMB-STITCHES REQUIRED.

February 11, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING HYDRAULIC TANK CAP AND DID NOT RELIEVE ALL PRESSURE BEFORE REMOVING CAP BLOWING HOT OIL ONTO RT ARM

December 17, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck by falling object

JUST FINISHED L2ADING NEW SHAKER SCREEN ON BUCKET OF 966B WHEN SIDE OF SCEEN DROPPED ONTO BACK OF LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND AND BRUISE TOBACK OF HAND

February 23, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WEATHER WAS WET RAINING, CONVEYOR BELT WAS SLIPPING EMPLOYEE WAS THROW DRY INTO THE PINCH POINT OF THE BELT BELT GRABBED THE SACK AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER. LEFT ARM WAS BROKEN

December 12, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Weyerhaeuser Company · Flash burns (welding)

THIS SUPERVISOR WAS WORKING NEAR SOME WELDING AND GOT HIS EYES WELDING BURNED.

November 10, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weyerhaeuser Company · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS ADJUSTING HIS OUTSIDE MIRROR ON HIS TRUCK LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET

November 8, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERTOR REMOVED ASH TRAY FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION IN THE TRUCK, THIS EXPOSED A SHARP EDGE HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE DUMP LEBER AND OPERATOR CUT HIS FOREARM

October 4, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR WAS DESCENTING FROM ON ORE TRUCK AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM ON SOME TIN BUILDING

September 6, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR STEPPED FROM SCRAPER STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TIWSTED HIS ANKLE

September 6, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS DIAMOUNTING A TRUCK AND HUNG HIS RING ON LADDER REQUIRED STITCHES

May 26, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weyerhaeuser Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

OPERATOR WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL & HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. ONE WEEK LATER HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR STRAINED MUSCLES.

January 30, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weyerhaeuser Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER BY CLIMBING DOWN LADDER THE BOTTOM STEP WAS BENT FROM HITTING A ROCK EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO THE GROUND HITTING A 6 IN ROCK WITH HIS FOOT SPRAINING HIS RT ANKLE

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