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July 23, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Gifford-Hill & Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A NEW SAND PLANT WHEN HECAME IN CONTACT WITH POISON IVY. IT SPREAD OVER BOTH OF HIS FARMS AND HIS UPPER CHEST.

March 6, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME ANVILES FOR SPOKANE CRUSHER FROM THE GED OF A PICK UP & T HROWING THEM ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK

November 29, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

November 2, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL BENT DOWN TO PICK UP GUARD RAIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING THE RAIL.

August 27, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.

August 13, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC

July 21, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

EMPL GOT HOT AND STARTED HAVING HEADACHES. Y

June 14, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOPPED EUCLID TO GET A PLATE OFF OF THE HAUL ROAD AND NEVER SET HIS PARKING BRAKES. EUCLID STARTED TO ROLL, EE RAN TO GET IN AND THE DOOR HIT HIS ARM. CAUSING BRUISE AND SWELLING.

August 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING ON HAMMER. EMPLOYEE LIFTED HAMMER WITH THE CRANE IN THE SHOP. CHAIN SLIPPED AND BREAKER DROPPED ON HAND WHILE TRYING TO PUT BLOCKS UNDERBREAKER.

June 27, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON PLANT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE A TETNUS SHOT

May 1, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP YARD, WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT BED ON TRUCK. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.

April 21, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

March 15, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON CONE AT 42 WIND WAS BLOWING SAND BLEW IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

October 11, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID ON 10-11-88 WHEN THE PLANT WENT DOWN AND HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO WALK TO WALK DOWN A SLOPE OF THE HEADER BANK WHEN HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG BUCKLED AND CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN THE SLOPE.

September 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.

August 11, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE

June 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING FLOATING ROLL ON 4030 TRIPLE ROLL FOR ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE HYD RAM BUSTED THE UBOLTS THAT SUPPORTED IT THIS CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS LOOSE TO FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK

June 7, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS LIFTING A BULL GEAR COVER - HE LOST HIS FOOTING AS HE WAS PICKING IT UP AND HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE COVER WITH HIS ARM UNDER IT CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET BRUISED.

April 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THE MATERIAL HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

February 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING WEST ON US 84, WHEN A PICK-UP STRUCK HIM IN THE REAR IOF VEHICLE CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GOTHRU THE REAR GLASS ON THE TRUCK. THE OTHER PICK-UP WAS DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH, MAN WAS BELIVED TO BE DWI.

October 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRABBED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS JUST TRACK WELDED. WELD BROKE AND HE PULLED METAL INTO THE FACE.

July 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

WAS WORKING OUT IN SHOP, GOT TO HOT HAD SHORTNES OF BREATH, UP SET STOMACH. HAD DIZZNESS. LAID DOWN FOR AWHILE. PEACHES BATHED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER AND GAVE HIM LIQUIDS.

July 1, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS CUTTING3A PIPE AT THE PLANT WHEN THE PLANT GAVE WAY CAUSING OBJECTS SUCH AS SCREENS AND IRON TO FALL STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN RIB AREA AND ON THE HEAD

June 30, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN MASABI HAMMERING ON BOULDER & TWISTED WRIST.

June 5, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING ON ROLL2R, REACHED ACROSS ROLLOR TO START ANOTHER WELD, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE COULD NOT GET SHIRT OFF. BURN ON BACK.

May 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING SKIRT BOARD HOOKER ON TOP OF CONVEYOR GAURD ON BACK OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HIMSELF TO JUMP DOWN & HIS WEDDING BAND GOT HUNG ON WIRE, PULLING SKIN OFF THAT FINGER.

April 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING ROCK OUT OF JAW, SWINGING BREAKER BAR & HIT HAND ON METAL ON SIDE PLATE.

March 16, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PLANT MAINTENANCE-SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK & FELL. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

September 3, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WATER PIPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 12, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DRIVING EU7LID IT BECAME STUCK IN MUD,ANOTHER EMPL I.NAME ASSISTED IN GETTING HIM UNSTUCK BY HOOKING WINCH CABLE ONTO EUCLID AND PULLING HIM OUT WITH DOZER,CABLE BROKE CAUSING EUCLID TO J UMP BACKWARDS C5USING I.NAME TO STRIKE HEAD ON JUARD RAIL.

July 7, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WORKING O3 A WATE RPUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF SUCTION HOSE ON PUMP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOG AND HIS LEFT LEG ON A PIPE ON THE WATER PUMP.

January 15, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING 2N GRAVEL TRUCK WITH OTHER EES. I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE A BAR WITH A HAMMER & SUBSEQUENTLY MISSED THE BAR STRIKING EE-I.NAME- IN THE HEAD & LEFT EAR.

October 16, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL UNIT DOWN ROAD TO PIT & DID NOT SEE THE DITCH. WHEN HEE HIT THE DITCH IT THEN THREW THE HAUL UNIT & DRIVER INTO ANOTHER DITCH. BECAUSE HE WAS TOSSED AROUND INSIDE THE H AUL UNIT INJURY WAS CAUSED WHEN HE STRUCK THE INSIDE OF THE CAB. EE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD & OVER LEFT EYE BROW.

September 25, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A BAR WHILE A PIN WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A DRAGLINE CHAIN. WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK THE BAR A PIECE OF THE HAMMER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.

August 12, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING RAIL TRACK WHICH HAD SLIPPED OFF ON THE EUCLID HOPPER HE WAS USING A PIECE OF PIPE AS A LEVER TO LIFT THE RAIL INTO PLACE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF AND THE PIPE STRUCK H IM INTHE RIGHT RIB SECTION.

July 16, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK A CROW FOOT OFF OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE METAL FROM THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN CHEST

July 1, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON TO THE WALKWAY OF THE #2 BELT WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE WAY & HE TWISTED IT. EE WAS ABOUT TO GREASE #2 BELT.

February 27, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRIMING WATER PUMP & PUTTING PUMP BACK INTO WATER A CHAIN STRUCK EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON THE LEFT LEG

February 2, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

AFTER WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER, EMPLOYEE RUBBED LEFT EYE WITH HIS HAND AND GOT GOREIGN BODY IN EYE.

October 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

OVERHEATED RADIATOR EXPLODED WHEN CAP WAS REMOVED THROWING SCALDING WATER ON EMPLOYEES BACK ARM AND LET BURNING SAME

September 14, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

CHANGING SCREENS AT PLANT SHOOT FELL HITTING ENPLOYEES LEFT LEG AND ARM

August 15, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING ON DRAGLINE, STEPPED ON CABLE AND FELL. RIGHT ARM HIT GUARD RAILS ON DRUM CUTTING RIGHT ARM.

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