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August 24, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WORKING ON MICH. LOADER- PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT ARM.

April 19, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING AT PLANT. OPENED A RAILROAD CAR SPRINGS ARE BAD AND IT TOOK TWO MEN TO OPEN IT THE DOOR OPENED ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND SQUASHED IT PUSHING BONES THRU THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT HE WAS OPERATED ON THAT SAME DAY.

April 11, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS HAULING ROAD MATERIAL AND PLACING ON ROAD LOAD HUNG UP AND TRUCK TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE. POSSIBLE CRACKED RIB TO DRIVER. AFTER X RAYS IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY A BRUISE ON RIGHT SI DE.

June 29, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck by falling object

REPAIRING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, DROPPED HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON LEFT HAND BRUISING 2 FINGERS.

May 16, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAT OPERATOR GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT REMOVED WE DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL 060989 HE LOST NO TIME

September 21, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Fall onto or against objects

WORKER WAS STEP1ING DOWN FROM RAILROAD CAR AFTER SETTING BRAKE AND MISJUDGED DEPTH OF STEP AND WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE AND HIT BACK ON RAILROAD CAR STEP ON FOLLOWING CAR.

April 30, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS MAKI3G MECHANICAL REPAIRS ON A MICHIGAN LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RT ARM HE PULLED LIGAMENTS AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE BUCKET

January 28, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING A DRILL OVER A PERIOD OF OVER TWO WEEKS AND DEVELOPED A STRAIN IN THE RIGHT ELBOW WHICH NECESSITATED A TRIP TO THE DOCTOR ON 1-28-85.

January 28, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON ICY SURFACE OF OPEN RR CAR INTERIOR.STRAINED UPPER LEFT LEG.

February 22, 1984 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Fall from machine

CLIMBING LADDER ON RAILROAD CAR TO GET INSIDE TO CLEAN IT WHEN ALMOST TO THE TOP HAND SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND WORKER FELL FALLING ON LEFT FOOT

December 28, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE USING CABLE ON WINCH TO MOVE RAILROAD CAR FORWARD THE CABLE PARTED STRIKING KIM CAIN JUST BELOW KNEE CAUSING A 3 INCH CUT AND A BRUISED TENDON

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