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June 28, 1986 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME AND ANOT2ER EMPL LIFTING STEEL FRAME AND MOVING IT APPX 5' TO SIDE.SOMEHOW DURING THIS ,I.NAME PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.HE HAS REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

October 7, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DOING HIS NORMAL JOB RUNNING THE FRONT END OF THE MILL HE JUST TURNED TO THE LEFT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PAIN WENT AWAY AND HE DIDNT MENTION THE INCIDENT TO ANYONE TUESD AY AFTERNOON HE BEGAN HAVING SLIGHT BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT ARM HE NOTIFIED THE OFFICE. AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION

August 18, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS WELDING ON A CONVEYOR ABOVE HIM WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FEEL DOWN HIS SLEEVE BUMING IS H UPPER INSIDE RIGHT ARM. HE DID NOT REPORT THE AINCIDENT UNTIL LATER WHEN THE BURN BECAME PAINFU L & INFECTED. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR AND WENT FOR TREATMENT 8-20-85. THE OFFICE WAS GIVEN THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT 8-22-85.

August 6, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING GARNET SAND INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF SHOVELING, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STOOD UP.

July 19, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL USING 4 IN MAKITA GRINDER WHEN A FRAGMENT OF THE STEEL BROKE OFF AND FLEW UP UNDER THE EDGE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES HE THOUGHT HE GOT IT OUT BUT LATER TRHE EYE S STILL FELT IRRIATED ABOUT 3 AM HE WENT DOWN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE

July 15, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHE WAS LIFTING A 100 LB BAG OF SAND FROM THE FLOOR TO A TABLE APPROX 3 FT HIGH AT ABOUT WASIT LEVEL THE CORNER OF THE BAG CAUGHT ON THE TABLE EDGE THE UNEXPECTED RESITANCE CAUSED HER TO STR STRAIN THE MUSCLES OF HER LOWER BACK

October 29, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OCT. 25 I.NAME REPORTED HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE A HERNIA WHICH HE FEELS HE GOT OPERATING A JACK HAMMER AT WORK THE PREVIOUS WEEK. OCT. 29 A DOCTOR CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD A HERNIA AND REFERRED H IM TO A SURGEON.

October 2, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING BAG OF SAND.HIS SUPV NOT AWARE HIS BACK PROBLEMS WERE WORK RELATED UNTIL AFTER I.NAME SENT TO PHYSICIAN BY SUPV INSISTENCE.UNAWARE OF INJURY UNTIL CONTAC TED BY DR. ON 11-1-84.

June 18, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER MEN CHANGE THE DECKS IN AN AIR SEPARATOR WHEN THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE FRAME . AT THE TIME HE DID NOT WANT ANY MEDICAL TR TREATMENT BUT LATER THE FINGER BECAME PAINFULL AND HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM THAT EVENING.

June 8, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WELDING WEARING SLEEVELESS SHIRT AND GOT WELDING FLASH BURNS.AT THE TIME DIDNT WANT MED TRTMNT.BY MONDAY MORN JUNE 11 BURN HAD BECOME PAINFULL AND HE WENT TO HAVE IT TREATED.WORKED REST OF MONDAY BUT DIDNT WORK TUES-THURS BECAUSE OF SORENESS.

June 8, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME OPENING GATE IN FEED CHUTE WHEN GATE POPPED OPEN ALL AT ONCE HE TWISTED AS HE TRIED TO COMPENSATE FOR UNEXPECTED SUDDEN MOVEMENT AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.

April 2, 1984 ME · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN I-BEAM WAS BEING INSTALLED AS A FLOOR SUPPORT. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE BEAM AND AROUND THE BUCKET OF A LOADER TO LIFT THE BEAM INTO PLACE MR AUSTIN WAS GUIDING ONE END INTO PLACE. TH CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER ALLOWING THE I-BEAM TO FALL ABOUT 3\ THE END OF THE I-BEAM SWUNG AROUND STRIKING MR AUSTIN IN THE SHOULDER

October 14, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING A LOADER OUTSIDE THE REAR OF THE MILL AND HIT AN AREA WHERE RAIN HAD WASHED OUT THE SOIL THE LOADER CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP BOUNCING HIM IN THE SEAT HE RECEIVED A PULLED TENDON I N THE BACK OF HIS NECK

September 8, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck against stationary object

STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER ON METAL FEED PIPE WHILE WALKING AROUND IT

July 29, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. ANDREWS WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO REMOVE AN INNER BUSHING FROM AN ELEVATOR SCREW CASING. A SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF THE CHISEL AND BECAME IMBEDDED IN THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RI GHT HAND.

July 7, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by flying object

MR. GALLAGHER WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH REMOVING A BEARING FROM A CONVEYOR WHEN A SPARK OF HOT STEEL FLEW UP BENETH THE EDGE OF HIS GOGGLES STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE. THE INJURY WAS A 3-CORNER T EAR IN THE CORNEA OF THE LEFT EYE.

June 27, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMP HAD WALKED DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND TRIPPED OVER SOME PIPES ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE BOTTOM ON THE STAIRS HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN THE LOWER B ACK

June 14, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP HAD BEEN USING A HYDRAULIC JACK BENEATH A ROCK CRUSHER WHILE UNJAMMING THE CRUSHER WHEN REMOVING THE JACK HE TILTED IT TO OPNE SIDE AND IT F ELL OVER PINCHING HIS HAND. HE RELIEVED A CUT ON THE PALM OF HIS LEFT REQUIRING 2 STITCHES

June 8, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HOISTING
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. EVERETT FAILED TO LOCK OUT THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH ON AN ELEVATOR BEFORE REPAIRING THE DRIVE BELT. IT TURNED ON WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON IT PULLING HIS HAND UP INTO THE ELEVATOR.

May 26, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Fall down stairs

WHILE WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS EMP SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 20\ DOWN THE STAIRS HE BRUISED MUSCLES AND TORE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LOWER BACK

May 12, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL A FRAGMENT BROKE OFF OF THE WHEEL & STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

February 2, 1983 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HOISTING
Industrial Garnet Extractives Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR FOSTER WAS SHUTTING OFF THE RESCREEN BARREL CLOSE TO AN ELEVATOR WHEN AN ELEVATOR BUCKET CAME UP STRIKING THE WRENCH IN HIS HAND PULLING HIS HAND INTO THE ELEVATOR HE RECEIVED A CUT TO THE LITTLE FINGER AND PALM REQUIRING NINE STITCHES

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