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May 2, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE USING 7HAIN OVER FORTH OF FORKLIFT TO LIFT OIL SEPARATOR HEAD PLATE. TRYING TO CENTER PIECE OVER FRAME TO LOWER IT, CHAIN SLIPPED OFF PLATE CAUGHT EMPLOYEE S FINGER UNDER IT AGAINST F EMPLOYEE 3

January 24, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPAIRING ASPHA5T PLANT PULLING ON WRENCH.PERFORMING MECHANIC WORK-STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH.LAST DAY WORKED 1-29-86.

January 3, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CLIMBING ON A BARGE AT THE BARGE LOADING FACILITY AT THE MCNEARS QUARRY WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND BROKE HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND FRACTURING HIS LEFT WRIST.

December 16, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE INSTALLIN1 TROUGHLING ROLLER FRAMES AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ROLLERS.

December 11, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Fall onto or against objects

DAMP,ICY LADDER3ON LOADER.WHILE CLIMBING DOWN AGFTER CHECKING OIL,SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON LOADER PARKED NEXT TO HIM.

December 9, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING DRIVE 8PROCKET WITH PULLER,APPLIED PRESSURE WITH 36'' PIPE WRENCH,WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING WEIGHT TO BE ABSORBED BY RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 27, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SMASHED THE 9ND OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHILE INSTALLING OXYGEN/ACETYLENE BOTTLES IN COMPARTMENT ON SERVICE TRUCK.

October 2, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A COME ALONG WA8 BEING USED TO LOOSEN CRUSHER AS CRUSHER TURNED COME ALONG SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK LEG

September 17, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A STEEL PLATE W5S BEING UNLOADED FROM A FLATBED THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BLOCK UNDER THE PLATE WHEN IT SHIFTED ON THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT AND DROPPED ON EMPLOYEES HAND

August 26, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HELPING T2 REPLACE PUNCH PLATES IN DIESTER SCREEN EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS FINGER NAILS ON THE RING & INDEX FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND

August 21, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Contact with electrical current

WIRE SHORTED OUT ON DW-20 ENGINE THAT HE WAS OPERATING. HE PULLED WIRES LOOSE WITH HIS BARE HAND, BURNING MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

August 6, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SITTING IN TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH A 988 LOADER LODER HITTING TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN NECK SPRAIN

July 19, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING H9AVY OBJECTS EMPLOYEE NOTICED INCREASING PAIN DEVELOPING IN THE BACK AREA. THE PLANT WAS BEING DISMANTLED

May 14, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WASHING HIS HANDS AND ARMS. THE RAG HE USED TO DRY HIS HANDS AND ARMS HAD A NEEDLE IN IT. THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE ELBOW TO THE WRIST PLUS THE NEEDLE WA S INBEDDED UNDE9NEATH THE SKIN. THROUGH SURGERY, THE NEEDLE WAS REMOVED.

March 19, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BY #49 HEAD PULLEY ON SHORT BELT WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A ROCK FROM THE UNDR SIDE OR RETURN PORTION OF BELT

February 20, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE HOW INJURY HAPPENED HE HAD BEEN CLIMBING UP AND DOWN LADDERS ALL DAY HIS LEFT ANKLE STARTED TO HURT THE LADDER THAT EMPLOYEE USED THE MOST ON 2-20 WAS THE ONE LOCATED AT THE SWOOP WINCH STATION

December 14, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS 3RD & 4TH FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREEN & SUPPORTING FRAME THIS ACTION SMASHED THE 3RD & 4TH FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND

November 5, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE DOCK LOADING BARGES.HE STEPPED ON A ROCK FELL TO HIS KNEE AND IN THE PRCESS TWISTED THE LOWER PORTION ON HIS BACK.

October 9, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMS THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A PERIOD OF TWO TO THREE MONTHS CAUSED BY DRIVING OFF HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT.

July 25, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO CLEAN OUT THE FEEDER. HE SIGNALED THE LOADER OPERATOR NOT TO FEED THE HOPPER. AFTER 5 MINUTES THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FEEDER RUNNING & ASSUMED IT WAS ALRIGHT TO DUMP . THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE FEEDER AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL DUMPED STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE

July 1, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

DRIVER STOPPED TRUCK AT UNLOADING SITE,GOT OFF TRUCK,PROCEEDED TO GET BACK INTO HIS TRUCK FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP STRIKING LEFT ELBOW ON SIDE OF VEHICLE.

May 29, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OVER AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE CHUTE INTO 5\6" CRUSHER.

May 14, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman OTHER
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INSPECTING SAND SHUTTLE CONVEYOR BELT, A STRONG GUST OF WIND PICKED UP BELT SLAMMING IT AGAINST THE OPERATOR WHO WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE THROWING HIM AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL

March 27, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING OUT OF T HE SWITCH ROOM & HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE- THERE WAS NO SAFETY VIOLATIONS. EE HAS HAD PRIOR ANKLE & LEG PROBLEMS DUE TO EXTREME OBESITY.

February 22, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME AT PORTABLE PRIMARY CRUSHING PLANT. HE WAS HSIFTING ROCKS SO IT COULD BE SAFE TO GO DOWN THE MAIN TOP TO BOTTOM LADDER. WHILE HE WAS SHIFTING THE ROCKS ONE ROCK SLIPPED SMASHING HIS RI GHT THUMB & BRUISING HIS RIGHT HAND.

February 7, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE STEAMCLEANING, EMPLOYEE CHANGED DIRECTION OF THE WAND AND HE STRUCK HIS LEG IN DOING SO.

January 23, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DISLODGING A ROCK FROM THE SIDE OF A HEAD PULLEY. THE BELT WAS STOPPED. THE BELT MOVED SLIGHTLY BACKWARD PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK & A SIDE PIECE OF ANGLE.

January 6, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING STEEL, THE GRINDER WHEEL BROKE A PIECE OF THE GRIND WHEEL HIT MR. HILL IN THE MOUTH.

September 12, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE SHORT HEAD CRUSHER PULLED OR STRAINED LOWER LEFT BACK MUSCLE.

July 11, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BREATHING SILICA DUST WHILE REPAIRING HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT

June 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WELDING FABRICATED STEEL CAGES FOR PRECAST PANELS REASON UNKNOWN FOR ACCIDENT COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE LIFTING 8 TO 10 PIECES OF REBAR FELT PAIN AT ELBOW GOT WORSE AS DAY WENT ON PAIN RIGHT E ELBOW

June 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basalt Rock Div-Dillingham Heavy Const Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ATTEMPTING LIFT LENGTH OF DRILL STEEL,MUSCLE TORE IN BACK OF RIGHT ANKLE-MUSCLE PULL IN BACK OF RIGHT ANKLE.

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