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May 14, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON RAW MILL CLUTCH WITH A PROPANE TORCH AND THE TORCH FLARED AND RELEASED PARTICLES THAT FLEW INTO EYE, EMBEDDED OBJECT IN LEFT EYE WAS REMOVED.

February 12, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING SPROCKET IN COUNTERWEIGHT FOR BUCKET ELEVATOR, SLIPPED & THE SPROCKET HIT HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER.

February 7, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Royal Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE INSTALLING BRICK INTO THE KILN, HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. HE DID NOT NOTIFY US ABOUT THE DOCTOR'S NOTE UNTIL 2-14-03. HE WENT TO A DIFFERENT DOCTORE, THEN THE DOCTOR WE USE.

January 31, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS JACKING UP A PIECE OF METAL WITH A COME-A-LONG AND IT SLIPPED & POPPED HIM IN THE FACE MAKING A SMALL CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE BETWEEN EYEBROWS REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

January 12, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING & SPARKS FLEW INTO THE EYE.

December 9, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Royal Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GRABBING BAGS OF CEMENT OFF OF CONVEYER, HE MUST HAVE GRABBED THE WRONG WAY AND TWISTED WRIST, WRIST SWOLLEN.

June 24, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Royal Cement Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE RECEIVED 10 STITCHES IN LEFT KNEE. EE WAS OUT OF WORK AREA, COMMITTED UNSAFE ACT & GOT HURT. EE WAS GETTING CLINKER SAMPLE FROM AN AREA THE WAS CLOSED LOCATED AT THE BACK END OF CLINKER COO LER. EE CHANGED SAMPLE PICK UP ON HER OWN. EE WAS WRITTEN UP ON MATTER.

October 22, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Royal Cement Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE SUPERVISOR WAS INSTALLING A FUSE IN FUSE HOLDER. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER. IN PULLING HIMSELF OFF HE SLIPPED & FELL CUTTING THE SIDE OF HIS FACE ON JUNCTION BOX. ELEVEN STITCHES WERE PUT IN HIS FACE AT THEHOSPITAL.

June 16, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FINISH MILL RECALIM HOPPER WAS STOPPED UP, SO HE CLIMBED UP AND REACHED INSIDE THE HOPPER WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING THE TRY AND MOVE THE LARGE CHUNKS OF ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE CHUNKS TO BREAK QUICKLY CATCHING HIS HAND AND WRIST BEFORE HE COULD PULL THEM OUT, RESULTING IN A MAJOR LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.

March 9, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE FROM A GRINDER NEAR BY.

February 14, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS JACKHAMMERING & A PIECE OF METAL FLAKED OFF THE BIT AND INTO HIS LEFT LEG. 2 STITCHES TO LEG.

February 1, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN CINDER BLOCK WALL AND THE DRILL GOT HUNG UP KICKING BACK INTO HIS FACE. LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF UPPER AND LOWER LIP. 5 STITCHES TOTAL-3 ON UPPER LIP AND 2 ON LOWER L IP.

November 9, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COUPLING A 2" DIAMETER AIR LINE UP AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT. LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT AT FINGER TIP REQUIRING 4 TICHES. THE FINGER TIP WAS ALSO CRACKED AT BONE.

October 11, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS LEAVING 90 LB JACKHAMMER AGAINST CONCRETE WALL AND LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SMASHED. EE BROKE LEFT INDEX FINGER TIP.

June 7, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING 4" DIAMETER STEEL USED FOR HOLDING FM MOTOR IN PLACE TO WORK ON CLUTCH, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT PINKY WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT OF BAR ANDBUILDING STRUCTURE. THIS SMASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY CUTTING THE FLESH. EMPLOYEE HAD 10 STICHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

May 12, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Royal Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WENT TO SOUTH PRECIP. ROTARY CLOSEST TO STACK, REMOVED GUARD TO SEE WHE ROTARY WAS NOT TURNING, AND THE ROTARY STARTED TURNING. THE EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGH IN THE PINCH POINT BETWE EN THE DRIVE CHAIN AND SPROCKET. EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGERNAIL AND PORTION OF FLESH WAS NIPPED OFF.

May 10, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Royal Cement Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHIPPING BUILD UP FROM FINISH MILL ELEVATOR FLANGE SO HE COULD REPAIR HOLE IN HOUSING. SMALL PARTICLE OF CEMENT BUILD UP GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, WELDING H OOD. THE WINDS WERE GUSTING UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ACCIDENT. EE TAKEN TO EYE DR, PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

April 4, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Royal Cement Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES AND HE WAS FOUND IN THE DUST APPROXIAMEATELY THREE FEET DEEP AND THE DUST WAS HOT. INOFRMATION RECEIVED FROM THE DR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMPANY INVESTORS INDICATE S THE EE MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK BEFORETHE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HELP ARRIVED QUICKLY AND THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

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