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December 1, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE PULLED MUSCLE IN MIDDLE OF BACK WHILE SWINGING A #12 SLEDGE HAMMER, REMOVING LINER WEDGES FROM CONE CRUSHER.

July 25, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT ABOVE RIGHT KNEE WHILE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT.

July 14, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PULLING CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER TO RESPLICE RING BROKE THEREFORE BELT CLAMP STRUCK EMPLOYEE.

June 25, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SWELLING AND PAIN IN BOTH ARMS, HANDS AND WRISTS FROM OPERATING LOADER. DIAGNOSED WIHT SYNOVITIS AND TENOSYNOVITIS.

June 20, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BLADE MILL SPIRALS INTO BLADE MILL WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

June 9, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING WITH TORCH SLAG, EMPLOYEE BURNED THROUGH PANTS AND BOOT BURNING LEFT FOOT.

April 16, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A RETURN ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE FRAME.

January 23, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAULING MATERIAL, SAW A LARGE BOULDER IN THE HAUL ROAD, & ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO MISS IT. THIS CAUSED A STRAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

January 20, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRUCK BY A WRENCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE A SHAKER HEAD PULLEY, LACERATING THE UPPER THIGH.

November 13, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING V-BELTS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK-BY A V--BELT GUARD.

October 28, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING A HOSE ONTO A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 15, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER AND TURNED TO CLOSE DOOR AND COME DOWN THE STAIRS, AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

October 13, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM A CONE CRUSHER WITH ANOTHER EE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 28, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS WELDING BRACES FOR A SAFETY PLATFORM WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL BACK ON SHAKER WALL.

June 30, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO BREAK A ROCK WEDGED BETWEEN THE MATERIAL BELT AND THE TAIL PULLEY. THE BELT CAUGHT THE HAMMER AND PULLED THE HAND AND HAMMER UNDER THE PULLEY CAUSING A FRACTURE AND LA CERATION TO THE RT THUMB.

May 8, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A STAIRWAY AND CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON A STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND TWIST HIS KNEE.

March 25, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against stationary object

STRUCK LEGS ON CONVEYOR FRAME WHILE PULLING ROCKS OFF CONVEYOR.

December 27, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED BACK PULLING HIMSELF UP BETWEEN GRIZZLY BARS AFTER DIGGING OUT PLUGGED FEEDER.

October 17, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING ROCKS BENEATH A RUNNING CONVEYOR WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING WITH THE HANDLE TO THE SHOVEL. THE HANDLE STRUCK BETWEEN THE ROCKS CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER AND STRIKE THE EM PLOYEE IN THE ARM.

September 13, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEFT ARM WITH A BELT KNIFE WHILE TRIMMING A BELT FOR INSTALLATION. KNIFE SLIPPED.

August 23, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT KNEE "POPPED" AS EE WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH JAW CRUSHER

August 23, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED RIGHT KNEE CLIMBING DOWN FROM ROCK TRUCK

August 16, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against a moving object

HE CLAIMS LOADER "BUCKS" WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS RESULTED IN LOWER BACK STRAIN. LOADER IS BEING TESTED BY CATERPILLAR FOR ALLEGED PROBLEMS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE ABOVE REFERENCED CL AIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED AS OSHA NOT MSHA. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE WAS FEEDING THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, WHICH COMES UNDER OSHA.

July 18, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED ON A 1" PIECE OF WIRE STICKING OUT OF CONCRETE SLAB. FELL ON LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.

May 31, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LOWERING TOOTH ON CHAIN TO UNPLUG JAW CRUSHER, MATERIAL MOVED, PULLING CHAIN DOWNWARD CAUSING HAND TO HIT I BEAM, FRACTURING RIGHT THUMB.

December 26, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall onto or against objects

LOST BALANCE STEPPING OFF LOADER LADDER TO CONCRETE STEP AT THE FUEL ISLAND.HIT LEFT HIP AGAINST THE LADDER.

November 29, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING TABS OFF EURETHANE SCREEN PANELS WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED OFF PANEL AND CUT HIS LEFT THIGH.

November 8, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING A CUT ON THE BELT END, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CUT, AND CUT THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

September 11, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against a moving object

SEAT ON LOADER WOULD NOT ADJUST FAR ENOUGHT FORWARD FOR EMPLOYEE TO REACH BRAKE & ACCELERATOR PEDALS SO HE OPERATED THE LOADER ALLDAY LEANING FORWARD BOUNCING & VIBRATION HURT BACK & HIP BY TH E END OF THE DAY Y

August 6, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CARRYING A FIVE GALLON WATER BOTTLE TO TOP OF JAW CRUSHER TO COOL OFF FLY WHEEL, BUMPED INTO AN ANGLE CAUSING IMBALANCE. FELL AND LANDED ON ELECTRIC MOTOR ON CHEST. FRACTURED LEFT RIB.

June 8, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED WHILE COMING DOWN CONVEYOR WALKWAY SPUN AROUND & STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON ANGLE IRON

August 4, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by flying object

TRYING TO REMOVE THE DRIVE SHEAVE FROM THE NEW ASH 12 X 14 PUMP. THE EARS OF THE BUSHIN GHA DBUSTED OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE WERE USING APORT A POWER AND PULLER TO TRY TO REMOVE THE SHEAVE. ONE OF THE BOLTS ON TE PULLER BROKE SHOOTING THE BOLT END OUT AND STRIKING ELMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT CHIN.

February 28, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT A SCREEN AT THE WET PLANT. HE HAD HIS HARD HAT, STEEL TOED BOOTS, SAFETY GLASSES AND GLOVES. WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER THE WEIGHT OF THE SCREEN PUSHED HIM BACK AGAINST THE HANDRAIL CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

February 25, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE LOST HIS FOOTING ON MATERIAL LAYING ON CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE AND FALL CONVEYOR WAS LOCKED OUT.

September 28, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON V-BELT AND WATCHING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ASSISTING HIM.HIS HAND GOT TOO CLOSE THE THE PULLEY AND WAS DRAWN IN EQUIPMENT WAS DEENERGIZED AND LOCKED OUT PROPERLY.

August 26, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN CUTTING A WET BELT WITH RAZOR KNIFE, SLIPPED & CUT RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.

August 23, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall from machine

EE WAS USING TRUCK #60609 AS A WORK PLATFORM WHILE SETTING ROTOR INTO #70048 IMPACT CRUSHER. EE WAS STEPPING FROM THE TRUCK BED TO PLATFORM ON THE CRUSHER. EE TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS GOING TO STEP & LOOKED UP AT THE ROTOR FLYWHEEL HE WAS ABOUT TO GRAB AHOLD OF. EE FELL ABOUT 3' TO THE GROUND AND FELT A PAIN JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE.

July 7, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by falling object

HAD CUT A MOTOR STAND OFF OF A BELT & WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED IT WITH BOOM TRUCK. HOCK ON BOOM TRUCK CAME LOOSE & MOTOR STAND FLIPPED OVER ON TOP ON INJURED. STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER & THEN PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND.

June 7, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STEPPING ONTO THE JAW HE SLIPPED AND KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF & HIT HIS HEAD ON CROSSBEAM.

April 21, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING HYD PRESSURE ON MAIN LIFT CIRCUIT AND WAS CLIMBIN GUP TO CAB TO START ENGINE TO CHECK PRESSURE. SLIPPED ON LADDER, CAUGHT HIMSELF ON RAIL WITH ARMS.

April 21, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPL DISLODGED A STEEL WEAR PLATE WHICH WAS BLOCKING THE CHUTE TO #72355 CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR WAS LEFT RUNNING TO EMPTY THE MATERIAL OUT. EMPLTRIED TO GRAB THE PIECE OF PLATE OFF THE BELT & SMASHED & TORE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

March 10, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LETTING CAT WALK DOWN, THE LADDER SWUNG OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

March 4, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A GRIZZLY BAR IN THE DRIVE OVER GRIZZLY HE GOT ONE SIDE OF THE BAR IN PLACE & WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LIFT & MOVE THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & S TRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT

October 30, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM HEAD PULLEY OF FEED CONVEYOR TO TAIL SECTION OF NEXT CONVEYOR STEPPEDDOWN WITH LEFT FOOT & RT FOOT HUNG UP ON FEEDER CONVEYOR CAUSING FORWARD MOTION TO MAKE EMPLOYEE DO T HE LEG SPLITS

October 19, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON PIPE JOB AT WET PLANT, A PIECE OF DUST/METAL/RUST ENTERED RIGHT EYE. (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.)

October 19, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company Of Arizona · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP GUARD WITH LEFT HAND AND PROCEEDED TO WELD GUARD BRACKET. HE FLICKED WELDING HELMET DOWN; BUT BEFORE IT COVERED HIS EYES, THE WELDING ROD ARCED AGAINST TRUCK BODY.

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