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June 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING HARDENED CEMENT DUST OR POWDER WITH A JACKHAMMER WHEN HE NOTICED HIS LEFT WRIST BECOMMING SORE

April 2, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS POKING HOT MATERIAL WITH A POKING BAR MATERIAL FELL DRAWING THE BAR DOWN AND WEDGING THE INJUREDS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE METAL.BAR AND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE PORTAL,CAUS ING A LACERATION TO THE FINGER .SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

March 29, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED A LOWER RIGHT BACK MUSCLE WHILE BREAKING A BELT LOOSE.WITH THE USE OF A HAND WRENCH.LOWER LUMBAR SPINE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN THEY SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE.HE WAS GIV EN A PRESCRIBED MUSCLE RELAXER AND RETURNED TO WORK.

February 8, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER & GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER BIT & CONCRETE WALL.

January 10, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE CUTTING A RAW MILL LINER LOOSE WITH A CUTTING TORCH, THE SEAL POPPED LOOSE FALLING AND STRIKING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE FOOT CREATING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE SECOND TOE OF THE RIG T FOOT.

November 15, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ AND COMPANION OPENING DOOR ON DUST COLLECTOR.DOOR WAS PRYED OPEN A CRACK WHEN PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM SHUT.

September 2, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OUT OF A SHALLOW CANAL ON THE PLANT SITE. WHILE DOING SO HE WAS PUSHED FROM BEHIND CAUSING HIM TO DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO THE WATER. BECAUSE OF THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE CANAL HIS HEAD STRUCK THE BOTTOM JAMMING HIS NICK AND FRACTURING THE FIRST THORACIC VERTEBRA.

May 28, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING THE PREHEATER TOWER A PC. OF HARD RAW MATERIAL DISLODGED AND FELL THROUGH TO THE CHAMBER I. NAME WAS CLEANING WITH A METAL BAR. THE MATERIAL STRUCK THE BAR AT ONE END CAUSING THE OTHER END OF THE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE NECK AND CHIN.

April 13, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP. PUSHED AWAY FROM HER DESK IN HER CHAIR.HER LEFT LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON T HE BOTTOM OF AN OPEN DRAWER.

March 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN A COME-ALONG AND THE BULK HEAD OF AN IMPACTOR CRUSHER.

November 30, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor STRIKING OR BUMPING
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS TRYING TO JUMP (VERTICAL) UP ON A SHEAR-TABLE (32" HGIGH) HE FAILED TO MAKE IT THAT HIGH. CONSEQUENTLY HE PEELED THE SKIN OFF OF HIS SHIN. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.

November 19, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A TANK WITH CHAIN HOIST, WHENTHE TANK WAS SET BACK DOWN AND THE SLACK TAKEN OFF OF THE CHAIN. THE TANK ROLLED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND TANK.

November 2, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING A CR5NE HOOK. INJ LEFT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED HOOK INTO PLACE

September 2, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS BENDING SONG BELTS WITH AN 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. WHILE SINGING THE HAMMER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE PINT OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER THE DR DIGGNOSED THE PAIN AS BEING A RES ULT OF CALCIUM 6UILD UP IN THE KIND OR TENDENITIS.

August 17, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING3THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT FOREARM.THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS BEING TENOSYNOVITIS OR AN INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDON SHEATHS.HE WAS GIVEN AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICAT ION (PRESCRIPTI2N) AND WAS ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK.

May 31, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED CAUGHT 2IS FINGER BETWEEN A STEEL PLATE AND PALLET AS THE PLATE WAS BEING LOWERED ONTO THE PALLET BY A CRANE.

May 20, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED JARRED 2IS BACK AS HE HIT A BUMP WITH HIS LOADER.INJURED USED THIS ICIDENT TO SEE A DOCTOR RATHER THAN WORK OVERTIME ON 5-27-87.

May 17, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

INJURED SLIPPED3FROM DRAG CONVEYOR & FELL THREE FT.WITH A SUD BAR IN HIS HAND CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE REQUESTED TO SEE DOC.ON 101587

May 15, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING 150 LB 2AMMERS INTO HAMMER MILL.FELT PAIN WHEN JOB WAS COMPLETED DIDNT MISS WORK UNTIL 7-27 AS BACK BECAME PROGRESSIVELY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.LAST DAY AT WORK WAS 7-27-87 PLACED ON T EMPORARY DISABI5ITY BY SAFETY DIRECTOR.

May 12, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE REPAIRMAN W5S INJURED WHILE TAKING A TIRE OFF OF A BUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER WITH THE USE OF A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE.THE INJURED REPAIRMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE TIRE OFF THE AXLE. IN THE PROCESS 7HE TIRE BROKE LOOSE SWANG TOWARD THE REPAIRMAN STRIKING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM INTO THE CRANE TRUCK.

May 1, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE JUMPED OFF A FORKLIFT ANDTWISTED HIS KNEE IN JULY HAS KNEE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM THE DOCTOR INDICATED IT WAS A STRAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT IT AGAIN AND SAI D IT SHOULD BE 8COPED HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY . NO LOST TIME.

April 21, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS CARRYING A 50LB BAG OF ANFO IN PREPARATION TO FILLING A SHOT HOLE PRIOR TO BLASTING HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK & TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A LOWER BACK ST RAIN

April 3, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

AS INJURED PLAC9D HIS HANDS ON THE DRILL SHAFT, A ROLL OF TAPE FELL OFF THE CONTROL PANEL HITTING THE FEED HANDLE CAUSING THE DRILL TO ACTUATE

March 3, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIF7ING 6 94# BAGS OF SAND TO D UMP INTO SAND BLASTER. A FEW HOURS LATER HE STOOPED TO PICK UP EMPTY SACKS & FELT HIS BACK POP.

January 18, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS INSIDE 7LINKER COOLER CLEANING OUT BRICK THE FOLLOWING DAY HIS BACK CAUSED DISCOMFORT AND PAIN HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR, BUT IT DID NOT HELP HIS CONDITION

October 29, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE 4 AS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CAB OF A CRANE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME OIL OR GREASE CAUSING HIS BODY TO TWIST & PUTTING A STARIN%@<<@<%@%@ STRAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

September 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING PIPE (4"DIA.X 4')FROM VISE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIP.

July 2, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS POU3DING A STEEL PLATE WITH A HAMMER. A SLIVER OF METAL HIT HIS EYE.

June 28, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ OPENING HAT7H ON RR CEMENT CAR.BENT OVER TO RAISE HATCH FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.DIAGNOSED HAVING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

June 23, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BRI7KING A KILN WORN PADS ON THE BRICK RING CAUSED BRICKS TO BE EXPELLED HITTING HIUIM IN THE FACE

June 3, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USI3G A BALL PEIN HAMMER REPAIRING 37-PC-1 HE HIT HIS THUMB WITHTHE HAMMER

May 31, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON AN AIR VALVE WHILE STANINDING ON A FIVE GALLON DRUM HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND

May 15, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS RUN3ING TO CHECK ON A HOT CONVEYOR BELT HE FELL ON UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING HIS KNEE

April 1, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED STEPPED3IN HOT CEMENT DUST HOT CEMENT DUST WENT INTO HIS BOOT

March 13, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ EMP WA SUSI3G ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN SOME BOLTS THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM JUST BELOW THE NOSE CAUSING A LACERATION

March 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

TO FREE CEMENT 3N FEEDER,EMPLOYEE WAS BANGING FEEDER CASING WITH HAMMER,WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING BLOW IN HIS EYE.

February 21, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PE9FORMING CLEANUP WORK IN FINISH DEPARTMENT USING A WHEELBARROW WHICH WAS OVERLOADED WITH CEMENT.HE EXPERIENCE PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

February 13, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING OIL FI5TER ON 50 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WHICH REQ HIM TO BE IN UNUSUAL POSTITION 45 MINUTES.

February 13, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A HAND GRINDER. THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND CUT EMPLOYEE S HAND.

January 24, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL OPERATING 6OBCAT LOADER,LEVERS WERE HARD TO TURN AND CAUSED STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER.EMPL WORKING IN ''A'' BINS BASEMENT.

January 17, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PLACED 2IS HAND ON A PNEUMATIC VALVE TO CLEAN IT. VALVE ACTUATED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

December 10, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE THE INJUR9D EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING HIS PRE OPERATIONAL CHECK AROUND HIS HAUL TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL BREAKING THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS FIBULA BONE IN HIS RIGHT LEG

November 13, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLE5NING JAWS OF A DRILL CHUCK WHEN THE OPERATOR ACTIVATED THE CONTROLS ACCIDENTALLY.

November 4, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POKING DO4N BUILD UP IN PRE HEATER INJURED S DUST HOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE DISTRACTING HIM. THIS CAUSED HIM TO DROP HIS AIR LANCE. THE LANCE STRUCK HIS HAND.

October 28, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

INJURED CLIMBED ATOP A METAL TANK TO LOAD DUST INHIBITING AGENT INTO HIS WATER TRUCK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL 7\.

October 21, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WASHING UP ATR TERMINATION OF S HIFT EE WAS UNABLE TO GET UP FROM BENCH IN SHOWER ROOM. THIS OCCURRED AFTER A SHIFT CONSISTING OF HEAVY LIFTING WHILE WORKING ON #2 KILN COOLER.

October 13, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwestern Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A MISSING PIN ON A COOLER GATE INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT & CLEVIS OF A PNEUMATIC CYLINDER BECAUSE HE FAILED TO BLEED OFF THE AIR PRIOR TO REPAIR

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