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December 16, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting on some steel and some slag blew back into his right ear.

December 15, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Co-worker was backing up the pickup and backed into employee who was on the rung going to operator station. This was caused due to the blind spot while in the pickup and the overhang of the boom.

August 3, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS ON A WET & MUDDY SURFACE AND SLIPPED AND FELL, HE MISSED TWO STEPS ON THE CRUSHER SCREEN WALKWAY

February 21, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS DRIVING STAKES INTO THE GROUND. HE FELT HE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS BACK. (EE DOES NOT NORMALLY WORK AT THE MINE. HE IS A GENERAL MAINTENANCE GUY THAT TRAVELS FROM FACILITY TO FACILITY.)

February 6, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee informed us on 2/10/05 that he believes that he may have somehow injured his knee at work. He went to the doctor on 2/7/05. He states he woke up on Sunday, February 6, 2005 with excruciating pain in his knee. He could not think of any specific thing that could have caused this pain.

September 27, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A CONVEYOR & TWISTED HIS RT. KNEE. IT WAS WET & A LITTLE SLIPPERY.

August 24, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

While leaving the pit on the haul road he forgot to lower his truck box. He was driving over the posted speed limit with the box in the air. His box hit the over land conveyer which caused the truck hydraulic box to land on the cab of the vehicle.

October 31, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec OTHER
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

DRY DUST BLEW INTO EE'S EYE WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD ON BELT #12 VSI.

August 9, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Fred Hill Materials Inc · No Value Found

HELPING CHANGE THE SCREENS ON THE CHIP PLANT, HE PICKED UP A SCREEN & SHIFTED HIS BACK THE WRONG WAY.

February 25, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW DUST IN EYE WHILE GETTING INTO TRUCK.

April 24, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

FAN FROM WELDER THREW A PIECE OF MATERIAL INTO HIS EYES.

November 6, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fred Hill Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR. HE PULLED UP IN THE GUARD AND IT POPPED UP AND HIT HIS FRONT TOOTH.

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