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December 2, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AIR POWERED JAC5LEG DRILL BECAME STUCK BETWEEN AIR LEG AND ROCK FACE DRILL ELBOW BENT QUICKLY AND DRILL BODY IMPACTED ON LEFT EAR

May 30, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERARTING A COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN JACKLEG IN ORDER TO DRILL A VERTICAL HOLE IN THE FLOOR, THE STARTER STEEL BROKE, SENDING THE SHAFT OF THE STARTER STEEL ONTO THE FOOT OF THE OPERATO R. THE SHAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1/4" BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF T HE OPERATOR\S BOOT AND PROCEEDED TO SMASH THE 2ND AND 3RD TOES ON THE LEFT FOOT. THIS CAUSED THE AMPUTATION OF THE 3RD TOE.

April 18, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Exxon Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HELPING ANOTHER PERSON UNLOAD FOUR DRAWER FILE CABINETS ROM A PICKUP I.AMEHAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PICKUP TAILGATE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FILE CABINET

April 11, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Exxon Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WAITING FOR THE SCRAPERS TO RETURN I.NAME WAS GOING TO CLEAN HIS TRACKS. THE SPADE WAS SED WEDGED BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE FUEL TANK. WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE SPADE OUT HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP BURR OF STEEL ON THE CAB

February 15, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Exxon Minerals Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE OPERATING THE GRIND-LEACH CIRCUIT IN THE MILL, GEORGE FELT DIZZY AND SHORT OF BREATH. HE STATES THAT THE STAINLESS STEEL WELDING THAT WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 50\ AWAY GAVE OFF FUMES THAT CAU SED THIS CONDITION

November 23, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Exxon Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING A 6" VALVE FROM A SURPLUS TANK THE EE REMOVED ALL BUT ONE NUT FROM THE BOLTS. WHILE SQUATTING DOWN SHAKING THE VALVE TO REMOVE THE BOLTS, THE LAST NUT FELL OFF CAUSING THE VAL VE TO FALL, FIRST STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING HIM TO SLIP IN THE SNOW THEN ON TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

October 10, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Exxon Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES MR DENNIS WAS PULLING THE LOADING POLES OUT OF THE HOLE AND GRABBED AT THE JOINT OF TWO POLES. THE TOP POLE FELL OVER PINCHING HIS HAND AT THE JOINT THIS CAUSED A LAR GE LACERATION THROUGH HIS GLOVE BETWEEN THE THUMB AND THE INDEX FINGER

February 16, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Exxon Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

SETTING REBUILT DIAPHRAM PUMP VALVE ON STORAGE SHELF IN THE WAREHOUSE. HE HAD SET ONE VALVE ON A 5\ SHELF AND WAS SETTING A SECOND ONE UP WHEN THE FIRST FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. EACH VALVE WEIGHS 40 LBS.

January 18, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LABOR CREW WAS BACKFILLING A BIN WALL MR MACDONALD WAS WALKING ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF THE WALL AND SLIPPED OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME AND THE FOOTING WAS SLIPPERY

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