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August 28, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

AS EMP WAS DRILLING AN ICH AND A HALF PLUG VIBRATED OFF THE HAMMER ON THE DRILL

July 16, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL CLIMBING DOWN,SLIPPED OFF WET LADDER ON CONE CRUSHER ONTO WET GROUND AND SLIPPED AGAIN.IT HAD BEEN RAINING.FALLING TO GROUND AND CAUSING INJURY.

July 9, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE & OTHERS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TEARING DOWN A SCREENING PLANT ELECTRICAL CABLES HAD BEEN BURIED IN THE PROCESS OF SCREENING EMPLOYEE PULLED BURRIED CABLES OUT OF THE GROUND. AS HE P ULLED THE CABLES HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK POP

June 7, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL IN PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT SCREENS ON MESABI SCREEN WHEN SLIVER OF STEEL OFF SCREEN RAIL CALAMP ENTERED EMPL RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

April 26, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ASSISTING THE JAW OPERATOR IN DISLODGING A LARGE BOULDER. THE EMP WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON THE BOULDER AS EMP STRUCK THE BOULDER THE BOULDER CHIPPED. THE CHIP OF ROCK STR UCK EMP ON THE GLASSES SHATTERING THEM A PIECE OF GLASS CUT THE EMPLOYEES EYE

April 4, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING JAW OPERATOR IN DISLODGING A LARGE ROCK IN THE JAW. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE ROCK WHEN THE ROCK GAVE WAY FLIPPING BAR OVER AND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER RIGHT THIGH CAUSING INJURY.

October 9, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT HUG UP ON CAT DOZER WITH HIS RING. AS HE WAS SERVICING EQUIPMENT. SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY.

September 25, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING DOWN A WELD ON A BUCKET, HE WAS USING SAFETY GLASSES.

September 6, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BEARING WHEN HE SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER RIPPING FINGERNAIL OFF.

August 27, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN JAW CRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE ROCK WAS HIT A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF FLEW UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD CAUSING INJURY

August 19, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING PADS ON D9H DOZER - AS HE LIFTED PAD- HIS BACK GAVE CAUSING SPRAIN.

August 18, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD SUCCESSFULLY UNJAMMED A ROCK FROM JAW IN THE PROCESS HE WA SPULLING A RIPPER TOOTH ON A CHAIN WHICH IS USED AS A TOOL WHEN A ROCK FELL ON TOOTH CAUSING IT TO CHIP THE CHIP OR FRAG MENT OF ROCK FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CUT AND BRUISE ON EYE

August 16, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING A BOULDER FROM JAW WHEN BOULDER CAME LOOSE FROM JAW IT HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG

July 25, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF OIL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUD AND FELL FLAT ON HIS BACK

June 18, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE JAW CRUSHER A ROCK FROM THE JAW CRUSHER HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING INJURY TO EYE

June 2, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING A HYDRAULIC LINE ON A 988B LOADER AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER HE SLIPPED ONTO THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO BACK

May 9, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING AN OIL LEAK ON THE LOADER THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME OIL HE SLIPPED BETWEEN THE ARM HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS AND GOT HUNG UP CAUSING THE INJURY

April 27, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

IN THE PROCESS OF DIGGING OUT MATERIAL FROM THE JAW CRUSHER A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OVER ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY

April 13, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS CLAIMANT WAS FEEDING THE JAW CRUSHER WITH THE LOADER, HE GOT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS UPPER LEFT SIDE, HIS LEFT ARM NUMBED, AND HE GOT EXTREMELY WEAK.

April 2, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS CLAIMANT WAS TURNING INTO DUMP AREA, THE LOAD APPARENTLY SHIFTED AGAISNT THE TURN, THUS ROLLING THE TRAILER AND TRUCK OVER, AND PINNING CLAIMNAT IN THE CAB CAUSING INJURY.

April 1, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

AS CLAIMANT WAS WALKING DOWN HTE JAW CRUSHER LADDER, HE SLIPPED ON GREASE THAT HAD ACCIDENTLY FALLEN ON THE LADDER, & HE FELL ABOUT 5\ TO THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

March 21, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN AN OVERSIZED ROCK BLOCKED THE JAW OPENING THE CLAIMANT USING A RIPPER BOOT TIED AND SUSPENDED ON A CHAIN LOWERED IT INTO THE JAW TO HELP LOOSEN THE BOULDER THE CHAIN CAME OFF AND THE RIPPER BOOT WENT DOWN FURTHER UNTIL IT WAS STRUCK BY THE JAW WHICH WAS IN MOTION THE RIPPER BOOT FLEW UP OUT OF THE JAW AND STRUCK THE CLAIMANT IN THE FACE

February 25, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING 2" DIA PIN WITH 12 TON JACK. PIN RELEASED SHOOTING OUT LIKE A BULLET HIT LOADER AND BOUNCED BACK GRAZING HEAD OF FOREMAN. DID NOT BREAK SKIN, BUT STARTE GETTING HEADACH HE FINISH REP AIRING LOADER AND WENT HOME.

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