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February 24, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING CUT7ING TORCH, EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF SSLAG ROCK IN HIS LEFT EYE

February 10, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT MI8DLE INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN PINION AND SHAFT CAUSING A CUT AND SMASHED FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES

June 6, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE LOADING A DUST TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A ROPE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE INJURED KNEE REQUIRED ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY

March 19, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS STANDING ON ELEVATED PLATFORM ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BUILDUP OF MATERIAL FROM HEAD PULLEY OF INSIDE TRIPPER BELT HE WAS USING SQUARE POINT SHOVEL TO SCRAPE THE MATERIAL FROM THE PULLEY S SHOVEL BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND HEAD PULLEY AND PULLED HIS HANDS INTO PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY

December 15, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SQUATTED TO WELD, AS HE RAISED UP AND ATTEMPTED TO STAND, HIS KNEE LOCKED HE STOOD UP. EMP. REQUIRED ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR A TORN KNEE CARTILIDGE.

September 13, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS LAYING BRICK IN KILN A BRICK DROPPED FROM THE TOP OF KILN STRIKING HIM ON THE HARD HAT RT HAND AND LEFT FOOT HE STRAINED HIS NECK BIT HIS TONGUE CUT HIS THUMB AND FRACTURED THE TIP A AND BRUISED HIS INSTEP HIS RT THUMB WAS SPLINTED AND BANDAGED

September 9, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UP PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS IN LAV WHEN SUSTAINED DEEP CUT ON LEFT INDEX FINGER-3 SUTURES.

June 30, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING AN ADJUSTABLE ROCK CHUTE, WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS OF CHUTE. THE SKIN OVER THE KNUCKLE OF THE FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING SUTUR ING.

May 24, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING A LINK IN A BUCKET ELEVATOR. HE SUTAINED A CUT TO HIS LEFT ARM FROM A SHARP PIECE OF METAL ON THE CHAIN AS HE REACHED ALONG IT TO RETRIVE A TOOL. A 2" LACERATION RESULTED WH ICH REQUIRED SUTURING ALTHOUGH NOT DEEP.

March 26, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON A GRATING CATWALK HE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS KNEE ON GRATING AND CUTTING HISLEFT KNEE SUTURING WAS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE CUT 9 STITCHES

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