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1983–2026
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March 22, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Akzo Salt Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPL CHANGING SOME BOLTS ON BELT WINDING MACHINE HE USED HIS FINGER TO ALIGN HOLES BETWEEN 2 MOVING MACHINE PARTS.WHILE HIS FINGER WAS INSIDE THE HOLE 1 PART MOVED SUDDENLY WHEN ANOTHER EMPL S TARTED TO ASSIST HIM CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE 2 MOVING PARTS.

January 27, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Akzo Salt Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDG WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD ON A BAND SAW HE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. INDLACERATION REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

January 26, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Akzo Salt Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE STEEL PIN FROM THE ARM OF A CAT 988 PAYLOADER WITH A PORTABLE HYDRAULIC PORT A JACK HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY A STEEL BAR.

November 7, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Akzo Salt Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES WHILE SUPERVISING THREE HOURLY EMPLOYEES IN THE MOVEMENT OF A LARGE PIECE OF GRATING HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS BEING USED TO MOVE SAID GRATI NG INJURIES RECEIVED CONSISTED OF A BROKEN LEFT LEG

September 21, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Akzo Salt Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE DESCENDING INCLINE STEPS IN 1 MILL BUILDING HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN TO HIS BACK AND CHEST STEPS WERE WET FROM THE RAIN

March 5, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Akzo Salt Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

WHILE UNLOADING A PALLET OF CEMENT BAGS FROM THE WEST SKIP WITH A HI-LOW, WOODEN PALLET BROKE CAUSING CEMENT BAGS TO FALL TOWARDS THE EAST SHAFT. VICTIM WHO WAS BELLING SKIP, MOVED BACKWARDS T O AVOID BEING STRUCK WITH FALLING BAGS OF CEMENT, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 35 FT INTO THE EAST SHAFTWAY.

January 20, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Akzo Salt Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE PICKING UP AN AIR COMPRESSOR THE WHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING THE COMPRESSOR TRAILER TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT LEG.

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