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September 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING STEEL-I BEAM IN BUCKET OF LOADER WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GROUND HOLDING I-BEAM.

May 17, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPL WALKING DOWN ON OUTSIDE RAMP.IT HAD BEEN RAINING SO RAMP WAS WET.EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL,GRAVBBED HANDRAIL TO STOP FROM FALLING AND HURT LEFT WRIST.

April 4, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE EE WAS LOOSENING ROCK IN A HOPPER HE WAS USING A RAKE TO PRY ROCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND FELL ON TO THE PLATFORM.

January 16, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JUMPING OFF THE VEHICLE, THE EMPLOYEE'S RING CAUGHT IN THE STEPS OF THE UNIT.

October 5, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE PUSHING MATERIAL WITH THE FRONT LOADER THE EMPLOYEE HIT SOME HARD PAN CAUSING THE LOADER TO STOP ABRUPTLY. THIS WHIPPING MOTION UNJURED THE EMPLOYEE. A PREVIOUS NON-WORK RELATED INJURY I S A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

October 3, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE. WHILE LIFTING A SCREEN MUSCLE SPASMS DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK.

May 1, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING DRILL STEELS UP OUT OF A HOLE TH EMPL DROPPED ONE THE STEEL BOUNCED OFF THE GROUND HITTING HIM IN THE LEG

December 5, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. THE EE HAD A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A NEW INJURY AN OLD INJURY OR IF IT IS EVEN WORK RELATED.

November 22, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING JAW CRUSHER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF ADJUSTING NUT. HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN WRENCH & UNIT.

September 15, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRANSPORTING A CRUSHER TOWARD HOPPER BEEN A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES HAND. THE FEED WAS TURNED OFF.

August 16, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FROM GETTING IN AND OUT OF LOADER HIS LEG MUSCLES BEGAN TO TIGHTEN AND HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL.

August 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A TORQUE WRENCH TO ADJUST THE ENGINE ON A CONE CRUSHER HE FELT A SPASM IN HIS BACK.

April 11, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE PUTTING GASOLINE INTO THE PONY MOTOR OF A CRANE THE CAP CAME OFF SPILLING GASOLINE OVER THE EMPLOYEE AT ONE PM HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO SUPERVIOSR WES DUNN AT THIS TIME THE SKIN AND B ECOME BURNED AND BLISTERED.

March 23, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING METAL SCREENS ON TO PLANT FELT PLLING BURNING IN MID SECTION OF BODY

March 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING SPLICING WIRE ON ELECTRICAL MOTOR WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FORE FINGER.

October 1, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING FRONT END LOADER (HOUGH 560), HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE, SPRAYING DEXTRON FLUID ON ENGINE, WHICH REPFARED TO CATCH ON FIRE. EMPLOYEE PUT OUT FIRE WITH 5LBS. EXTINGUISNER, AND WHILE CA LLING ON HIS RADIO FOR ASSISTANCE, APPARENTLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AT THAT TIME. HE WAS SPEAKING UP .

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