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November 1, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOWER BACK PAIN.

July 14, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Colloid Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS INTO THE DRYER ROOM. HE SLIPPED ON LAST STAIR AND SPRAINED ANKLE. HE MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK, LOST TIME INJURY- REPORTABLE.

March 26, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BOX CUTTER WHILE OPENING A BOX. CUT REQUIRED STITCHES THUS CONSTITUTING MSHA REPORTABILITY.

February 23, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS STACKING BOXES ON A PALLET. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. LEFT WORK AND SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT HTUS CONSTITUTING MSHA REPORTABLILITY.

December 19, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STACKING A PALLET OF MATERIAL, EMPLOYEE FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.

October 16, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING PLASTIC JUGS FROM STACK FROM OVER HIS HEAD. SLIPPED BACKWARDS - FELT PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA (RIGHT SIDE). LATER DETERMINED TO BE A HERNIA SITUATION BY DR.

October 1, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS THROWING BAGS OF BENTONITE AND NOTICED HIS BACK BEGINING TO HURT. BY THE END OF THE DAY, HE WAS IN PAIN. HE MISSED WORK 1 DAY, 10-5-98, CONSTITUTING LOST TIME REPORTABLILITY.

August 13, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL AND A PIECE OF IT WENT INTO HIS EYE. (LEFT EYE).

July 6, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN THE UPPER LEFYT SHOULDER WHILE THROWING BOXES, ONTO A STACK HIGHER & HIGHER.

June 29, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE OPEING GATE ON TRAINCAR. IT GOT STUCK AND HE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO OPEN THE GATE. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE BAR WHEN THE GATE OPENED AND JAMMED HIS NECK BACK CAUSING PAIN AT BASE OF NECK. SUBSE QUENT CHIROPRACTIC VISITS CONSTITUTE REPORTABLILITY FOR MSHA REQUIREMENTS.

May 20, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING CARDBOARD. THE RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE STABBED HIMSELF IN THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

April 3, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING CHANNEL IRON ON TO ROOF. HE DISLOCATED HIS LOWER BACK. ***CHIRPORACTIC VISIT 4/9/98 DEEMED REPORTABILITY.

September 9, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUT LEFT SMALL FINGER WITH RAZOR BLADE KNIFE WHILE CUTTING SLITS IN LID TO OPEN IT ON A 5-GAL. PAIL.

June 23, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITION WORK RELATED TO PACKAGING CAT LITTER CAUSING SORENESS IN LEFT WRIST. EMP INSTRUCTED TO DO ALTERNATIVE WORK FOR 10-14 DAYS AND KEEP WRIST SPLINT ON AT WORK FOR IMMOBILIZATION OF INJU RED WRIST CONSTITUTING MEDICAL REPORTABILITY.

June 13, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING UP & DOWN ON A STEEL STRUCTURE. WHEN HE GOT DOWN OFF THE STRUCTURE, HE TWISTED WRONG & FELT A PULL IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK & WENT AROUND TO THE FRONT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.

May 30, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by falling object

ABRASION TO EYE. EE WAS LOOKING UP TO CHECK OUT NEW DEFLECTION SHEET WHEN A PIECE OF BENTONITE CLAY FELL AND WENT IN BETWEEN HIS GLASSES AND FACE, HITTING HIS RIGHT EYE.

March 24, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 5" ROUND PIECE OF PIPE WHEN HIS LOWER BACK POPPED.

October 31, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SEWING BAGS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

August 6, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Struck against stationary object

EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON TRUCK RAM WHILE TALKINGTO A TRUCKER. THE EE, UPON LEAVING, SLID HIS RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE RAMP CUTTING IT ON JAGGED METAL. THIS CUT DID REQUIRE STITCHES.

July 17, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS THROWING 25# BAGS, TWISTED THE WRONG WAY AND FELT A POP IN LOWER BACK.

July 1, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE THOUGHT THAT POWER TO THE SEWING MACHINE WAS OFF SINCE THE BULB WAS NOT ON. HOWEVER, THE BULB WAS BURNED OUT AND POWER WAS ON. EE WAS THREADING THE NEEDLE WHEN THE MACHINE STARTED CAUSING T HE NEEDLE TO PUNCTURE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

June 11, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Struck by falling object

POWDER FROM TOP OF THE LITTER PURRFECT PACKER FELL INTO LEFT EYE OF EE WHILE HE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE SLIDE.

March 18, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BULKHEAD DOOR IN BOXCAR WHEN RIGHT HAND BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE WALL OF THE BOXCAR. RIGHT HAND WAS BRUISED.

March 16, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM GATE ON OPEN TOP CAR. WHEN GATE SLAMMED SHUT, WITH HAND ON LEVER OF GATE, THE JOLT CRACKED AN OLD FRACTURE ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 4, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Colloid Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE OFFICE TO THE PLANT, SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL CAUSING RIB ON LEFT SIDE TO BECOME FRACTURED.

December 2, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING A BUNDLE OF EMPTYWARE JUGS AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

October 27, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A STRETCH WRAP ROLL. HURT LOWER BACK.

September 21, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Colloid Company · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO CHECK GAUGES ON BAGHOUSE PIPES. THE LADDER WAS NOT POSITIONED PROPERLY AND WHEN EE LEANED OVER TO READ GAUAGE AND THE LADDER FELL OVER CAUSING THE EE TO FALL TO TH E GROUND.

August 25, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING INSPECTION DOOR FROM HAMMER MILL. HAMMER WAS LAYING IN OPENING, FELL AND HIT LEFT FOOT, BROKE LITTLE TOE.

December 10, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN A BOX OF LIDS AND TH EKNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.

November 16, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Colloid Company · Fall from machine

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LADDER UP THE SIDE OF THE RAILCAR HE WAS BACKING UP AT WHICH POINT HE FELL INTO ONE OF THE EMPTY CARGO HOLES AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.

October 14, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Colloid Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOXES OPEN WHEN KNIFE CAME IN CONTACT WITH TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. THE CUTS REQUIRED STITCHES.

August 21, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPIN GTO GET THE GRANNY AUGER GOIN. WHEN MOTOR KICKED OUT, EMPLOYEE MANUALLY BACKED THE AUGER BY PULLING HTE V BELTS. WHEN MOTOR CAME ON, EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS PULLED THROUG H THE SHEAVE.

March 27, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS TURNING THE CUTTING EDGE ON THE FRONT END LOADER AND PULLED STOMACH MUSCLES WHILE LIFTING THE CORNER SECTION.

February 26, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Colloid Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET SLIDE ON PACKER TO MOVE FREELY WHEN LEFT FOOT WAS PUT INTO PART OF SLIDE SLIDE RELEASED & LEFT FOOT WAS SMASHED

February 24, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SECTION SFROM 3" DIAMETER PIPE WHEN A 4' SECTION OF THE PIPE SWUNG DOWN OFF OF TRUCK BED, STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE AND PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE TRUCK.

February 17, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A BOXCAR INNER BULKHEAD DOOR, AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE DOOR HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

February 1, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS ASSEMBLING A DIESEL ENGINE, SWUNG A SOFT HAMMER TO SET GEAR HOUSING ONTO ENGINE BLOCK. IMPACT OF HAMMER CAUSED HAND & ARM PAIN.

January 14, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 55 BAGS OF CHEMICAL AND CAUSED A HERNIA.

January 3, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO TRACKS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW ON TRACKS. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE JARRED HIS NECK.

December 30, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Colloid Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS THROWING BAGS ON TO A PALLET FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT. HE FELT A LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN IN HIS BACK (LOWER PART).

November 30, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN DIVERTER GATE BETWEEN TWO BELTS, FROZEN MATERIAL PREVENTED TRUNING. EMPLOYEE PULLED VERY HARD ON LEVER, FROZEN MATERAL LET GO SUDDENLY, CATCHING & IMPACTING HIS HAND (RIGHT THUMB) BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE STOP. RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED & REQUIRED STICHES, DOCTOR INDICATES FRACTURE.

October 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN SACK OF PRODUCT THAT HAD BEEN LOADED ON A TRUCK TRAILER HE TRIPPED AND FELL FROM TRAILER, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND, SPRAING HIS WRIST.

October 11, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN MATERIAL IN JIG BED HE RAISED HIS HAND AND HIT A FLURESCENT LIGHT TUBE THE TUBE BROKE AND A PIECE OF GLASS BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS HAND.

October 1, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO GET IN THE LOADER, LOST HIS BALANCE & HIT HIS KNEE ON RUNG OF LADDER. HE RETURNED TO WORK OF 7/13/93. ON 10/1/93 HIS KNEE GAVE OUT AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE ROOM & HE IS AGAIN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE AS A CONTINUATION OF THE ORIGINAL INJURY OF 7/7/93.

August 25, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD ON A CAT 631 SCRAPER, WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS ARM. HIT LOWER LEFT ARM WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CAB.

August 20, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH & METAL STARTED TO FALL WHEN HE REACHED FOR IT HIS HAND PASSED THRU THE FLAME OF THE TORCH IN HIS OTHER HAND

July 7, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO GET IN THE LOADER, LOST HIS BALANACE AND HIT HIS KNEE ON RUNG OF LADDER.

April 7, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

THE TRAILER DECK HAD SNOW ON IT THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS HELPING ANOTHER DRIVER CLEAN OFF HIS TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE TRUCK, HE LANDED WITH HIS LEFT WRIST AND HAND CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE HIS LEFT WRIST JOINT.

March 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET WITH BACK TO REJECTED PALLET. EMPLOYEE ON FORKLIFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE REJECT PALLET WITH FORKLIFT & PUSHED IT INTO 1ST EMPLOYEES FOOT PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PALLETS.

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