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November 14, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHEN STEEL WOOL CATHODES ARE PREPARD FOR MELTING,CHEMICALS ARE ADDED TO FORM FLUX.EMPL HANDS HAD DRIED OUT FROM ROCK DUST IN SAMPLE PREPARATION.EITHER HAD REACTION TO CHEMS ON CONTACT WITH HAN DS OR HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO CHEM DUST.

November 8, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE IS HAUL TRUCK DRIVER. HE SAYS HE STOPPED HIS TRUCK AND REMOVED BURNING SENSATION INHIS LWOER BACK. THREE DAYS LATER 11-11-90 WHILE VISITING HIS PARENTS HIS BACK WENT OUT AND HE HAD TO E TAK EN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

October 18, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING UP STEEL WOOL CATHODES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL. AFTER CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL WOOL WAS WRAPPED AROUND HIS LITTLE FINGER AND AS HE PULLED HIS HAND AWAY THE STRAND CUT HIS FINGER ALL THE WAY AROUND.

October 8, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO REMOVE BOX OF COMPUTER PAPER FROM BACK OF HER CAR & FELT PULLING IN LOWER BACK SHE FELL IT WAS MINER & WOULD GO AWAY ON 01--04-91 SHE DECIDED TO GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR

October 3, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BAGS HURT BACK

September 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CONTRALIZER WRENCH SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE DRUG HIS THUMB ACROSS A BURR ON THE CENTRALIZER

August 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING LIPSAVER ON 600 LOADER BUCKET.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS UNDER WELDING HOOD.FLUX ON WELD MUST HAVE POPPED AND MOLTEN PIECES WERE BLOWN BY WIND BEHIND HOOD AND GLASSES AND CUT INTO RIGHT EYE AND EYE LIDS.

August 24, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAYS THAT HE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING WATER TRUCK FRIDAY 08-24-90.ON THIS TIME CARD FOR THAT DAY HE CHECKED THE COLUMN FOR NO INJURY TODAY.HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR U NTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY 08-27-90.

August 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ON LOOSE ROCKS CARRYING 50 LB BAG OF LIME, SLIPPED AND TWISTED RT KNEE.

August 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Gull Operations Inc · Struck against stationary object

PARKING MOTORCYCLE BETWEEN 2 OFFICE TRAILERS HIT HEAD ON AIR CONDITIONER.

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL FILLING WELD,MAKING UPHILL BRIDGE WHEN BOTTOM FELL OUT.BALL OF MOLTEN METAL BURNT THROUGH BOOT AND BURNT RIGHT FOOT.1 DAY LOST TIME.

July 21, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING D-9 DOZER AND RIPPING IN HARD ROCK,THE DOZER HIT HARD AND OPERATOR FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER RIGHT GROIN AREA.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 08-20-90 WHEN EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK EARLY.

May 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING AN AGGREATE SAMPLE IN 50 MPH WINDS WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS BLOWN INTO LEFT EYE.

May 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I WAS DOING NORMAL JOB IN SAMPLE PREP I WAS LIFTING FIVE GALLON BUCKETS FULL OF SAND IT WAS NOT HURTING AFTER THAT A FEW HOURS LATER I WAS WALKING AROUND GETTING MY SAMPLES AND MY BACK STARTED HURTING FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

March 2, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SERIOUS BACK PAIN CAUSED LEGS TO GO NUMB & COLLAPSED ON GROUND FOR APPROX 10 MIN COULDN'T GET UP DUE TO PAIN.

February 20, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING ON PIECE OF METAL WITH HAND-HELD GRINDER.IT KICKED BACK AND STRUCK LEFT FOREARM CUTTING A CUT.REQ 2 SUTURES.

February 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gull Operations Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING WITH A D-9 DOZER AND JARRED LOWER RIGHT SIDE.

December 31, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING SURFACE OF PUMP SHAVING FROM GRINDING WHEEL AND IMPELLAR WERE BLOWN IN L EYE GLASSES WORN WIND WAS BLOWING HARD

December 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gull Operations Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WELDING UNDERSIDE OF CROSSBAR ON STACKER CONVEYOR I LOST MY BALANCE & FELL OFF SIDE WITH LEFT ANKLE CAUGHT IN FRAME 1 1/2' OFF GROUND WENT TO DR ON 12/15.

December 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELT MATERIALS KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT KNIFE.

June 15, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ABACK INJURY OCCURRING DURING PHYSICAL MATERIAL T RANSPORT

August 2, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT PINKY FINGER CUT WHILE CHANGING BLADE ON RAZOR BLADE UTILITY KNIFE.

June 30, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gull Operations Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP. BRUSHED SOLID PARTICLE OF CAUSTIC SODA INTO RIGHT EYE CAUSING BURNING IRRITATION.

October 1, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gull Operations Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EFFECTING3REPAIRS IN PLANT, VICTIM'S CLASP KNIFE CLOSED ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER. CUT REQUIRED X-RAY AND REMOVAL OF BONE CHIP, 4 SUTURES AND DRESSING. A PRECAUTIONARY TETANUS SHOT WAS ADMINI STERED. 3

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