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1983–2026
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January 28, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP PARKED SKIP LOADER AND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF AND FELL

August 31, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS CHANGING A TIRE FOR A T RUCK HE HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE TIRE RIM COMBINATION FROM THE T RUCK AND HAD REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE RIM HE WAS MOVING THE RIM WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE RIM FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CRUSHING HIS BIG TOE

April 14, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTRUCTING A HANGER FOR A STACKER BELT HE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO MOVE A 600LB STEEL I BEAM USED AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ON THE HANGER HE WAS ADJUSTING THE CARRYING POSITION OF THE I BEAM ON THE FORKLIFT FORKS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED THE I BEAM MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY PINNING AND CUTTING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FORK LIFT FORK

January 6, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP WEIGHT ARMS ON BATCH PLANT SCALES. HE WAS USING A COME-ALONG AND LENGTH OF CHAIN TO ALIGN THE WEIGHT ARMS. THE COME-ALONG AND CHAIN WERE FULLYU TENSIONED WHEN TWO BARS OF THE SCALE MECHANISM WENT OVER CENTER, SHEARING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND RING FINGER OFF JUST FORWARD OF THE FIRST JOINT.

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