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April 25, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME FIXING BELT THAT WAS TURNED OFF AND BELT ROLLED BACK,PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY.INFECTION IN 4TH FINGER LEFT HAND.

April 25, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING OUT TAIL PULLER ON DRY BED BELT HE SAID HE HAD TO STOOP DOWN & STRADDLE YOURSELF TO KEEP YOUR BALANCE IN SAND & WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB OUT HE FELT SHARP PAIN.

April 16, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME GETTING DOWN OFF LOADER BACK IN MINE,STEPPED ON ROCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF ROCK.CONTINUED WORKING,DR SAID PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK AND SHOULD BE OFF WORK 10 DAYS.

March 20, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL SAID HE PUT CAT 936 LOADER INTO NEUTRAL & APPLIED EMERGENCY BREAK. H WAS GOING TO GET OFF LOADER. LOADER SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS GIVING HIM JOLT.

January 8, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Flash burns (electric)

I,NAME WAS CHECKING A FUSE IN A FUSE BOX AND WHEN HE STUCK THE FUSE TESTER IN THE BOX IT EXPLODED.

October 15, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WAS GETTING DOWN OFF LOADER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAME DOWN WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON RIGHT LEG AND HE BENT OVER HIS RIGHT KNEE.

February 6, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME DRIVING DUMP TRUCK.DUMP BOX ON TRUCK WENT UP AND HE DIDNT REALIZE IT.WHEN HE ENTERED MINE DUMP BOX HIT CEILING OF ENTRANCE.RECD JOLT WHICH CAUSED INJURIES. TED IN THE INJURIES.

October 27, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING BELT DRESSING ON A PULLEY.THE CAN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS AHND AND WHEN HE WAS REACHING FOR THE CAN HIS AHND GOT CAUGHT BY THE BELT AND PULLEY TWISTING HIS HAND.

January 26, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE WORKING IN THE SHOP PUTTING A DUMP BOX ON A TRUCK I NAME GOT UP IN THE DUMP BOX BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A LITTLE PRESSURE FROM UP ABOVE WHEN HE STOOD UP A BLADE FROM THE CEILING FAN HIT HIM ON THE R SIDE OF HIS HEAD JUST ABOVE HIS EAR

September 28, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay City Silica Division/Treco Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE TURNED THE D6ST COLLECTOR OFF TO CHANGE A BELT ON IT AND HIS PINKY FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT WHEN HE WAS ROLLING THE BELT.

February 25, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN SLIPPED ON 7OP OF RR CAR WHILE LOADING SAND. FELL INTO HOLE ON TOP OF CAR BRUSING HIS LOWER BACK.

July 11, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN STANDING ON PLUGGED PIPE WHILE PUMP WAS TURNED ON. PIPE MOVED KNOCKING MAN DOWN AND PINNING HIS LEGS ON ANGLE IRON FRAM AND CONCRETE PIER. EMPLOYEE FRACTURED BONE IN RIGHT LOWER LEG AND C HIPPED BONE IN ANKLE.

November 7, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Struck by powered moving object

WE WERE HAULING OVERBURDEN WITH OUR SCRAPERS FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST SIDE FOR CONSOLIDATED ZEMI CORPORATION. THE OPERATOR OF THIS SCRAPER SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE TRAIN AND IT STRUCK HIS MACHINE.

June 12, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A FEW #1 SAMPLES OF SAND DOWN STAIRS AND STRAINED BACK.

November 18, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS IN THE OPERATORS SEAT WITH HAND IN DOOR OPENING WIND BLEW DOOR WHICH WAS NOT LATCHED DOOR CAUGHT THUMB ONLEFT HAND

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