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October 13, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON D-9 8OZER TRACK ROLLER HAD BEEN SPLIT AND EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN ONTO IT NOT KNOWING IT HAND BEEN SPLIT IT BROKE AWAY AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE HE DID NOT GO TO DR AT THAT TIME A S HE DID NOT FE9L IT NECESSARY

October 8, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Genstar Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A HURRY TO CLEAN ROCK AWAY FROM CRUSHER AND WASNT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CLEARANCE HE HAD

September 23, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON L.D. OF RUNNER SCREW CONVEYOR KNOCK OFF CLAMPS LID SLIPPED WHEN LAST CLAMP WAS REMOVED DUMPING EMPLOYEE INTO 16" SCREW CONVEYOR.

September 14, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Genstar Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WORE N2N SAFETY LOW CUT SHOES TO WORK & STEPPED INTO A WATER & LIME MIXTURE ON FLOOR.

August 25, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall from ladders

EMPL CLIMBED TO31ST FLOOR OF MOTOR TEK SYSTEM TO TURN ELEVATOR ON TURNED TO DESCEND AND STEPPED INTO LADDER OPENING CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.

August 11, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Genstar Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CHANGIN1 SPOOLS ON PUMP IN HYDRATE BUILDING AND IN USING A HAMMER TO LOOSE THE HOSE FROM THE SPOOLS HE HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER AND BROKE SAME

April 2, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

A WALKWAY HINGE8 SO IT MAY BE LOWERRED ONTO BULK TRUCKS FOR LOADING BROKE WELD AT HINGE ,WALKWAY FELL.

March 8, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall from machine

NIGHT WATCHMAN 4AKING ROUNDS STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND ONTO GROUND.HE HAS BAD KNEE AND WAS WEARING LEG BRACE,KNEE GAVE WAY AND HE FELL TO GROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.HE HAS HAD BACK FUSION BEFORE TO MAKE SURE NO3ILL EFFECTS PUT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION ONLY.NO WITNESSES.

July 22, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TRO CLEAN PLUGGED CRUSHER HE WAS SITTING ON FLY WHEEL FLY WHEEL MOVED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX 12FT TO GROUND HE LANDED O HIS FEET THEN FELL HITTING A STEEL POLE

January 31, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genstar Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WAS BAGGING HYDRATED LIME AND HAD THE VISOR ON HIS PROTECTIVE HOOD PARTIALLY RAISED WHIEL HE WAS BAGGING UNDER PRESSURE BURST AND EMPLOYEES EYES WERE FILLED WITH HYDRATED LIME

January 23, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS CLEANING AROUND THE MASTER WET CONTROL ROLLER UNDER THE BELT. THE EE HAD SHORT HANDLED SHOVEL & WAS CLEANING THE KILN ROCK OFF THE CENTER FRAME WORK BETWEEN THE TOP & BOTTOM BELTS WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING. THE EES SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT & HE JERKED HIS LEFT HAND BACK & HIS ARM STRUCK AGAINST A SUPPORT BEAM. THE EES ARM WAS FRACTURED JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.

September 17, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM KILN HE HAD A BRICK IN EACH HAND AND WAS THROWING THEM BEHIND HIM INTO A PILE BRICXK IN LEFT HAND SEPERATED INTO 2 BPIECES AND THE FLYING PIECE STRUCK HIS MIDDLE RI LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND AND SMASHED THEM AGAINST THE BRICK HE WAS HOLDING RESULTING IN FRACTURE AND LACERATION OF RING FINGER AND CONTUSIONSOF OTHER TWO FINGERS

September 4, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Genstar Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ AND FELLOW EMPL REMOVING TOP OF SMALL CYCLONE AT REAR OF KILN.TOP BEING MOVED WAS APPX 42\\ IN DIAMETER AND AS THEY LIFTED IT WITH CRANE TRUCK AND SLING,FOUND THAT SECTION WOULDNT CLEAR HA NDRAIL ABOVE CYCLONE.INJ RELEASED SLING AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION IT WHEN CYCLONE TOP SLIPPED AND OPENED A CUT IN HIS ARM WHICH REQ 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

July 23, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJ EMPL REMOVING SECTION OF BELT CONVEYOR THAT HAD TORN LOOSE AND WRAPPED AROUND HEADPULLEY ASSEMBLY.EMPL STANDING INSIDE CONV FRAMEWORK THE ENCRUSTED MUD ON ANGLE IRON SUPPORT HE WAS STANDIN G ON GAVE WAY AND EMPL FELL STRAIGHT THROUGH CONV FRAMEWORK TO SCREEN DECK -10\BELOW.LANDED ON H

June 2, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Genstar Lime Company · Flash burns (electric)

INJ WAS CHECKING ELECTRICLA SYSTEM ON THE DOUBLE ROLLS CRUSHER AND WHILE CHECKING THE 440 VOLT SUSE SYSTEM A DEAD SHORT SYSTEM WAS CREATED AND THE SYSTEM SHORTED ACROSS THE THREE FUSES AND CA CAUSED ELECTRICAL EXPLOSTION INJURED EXPERIENCED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE NECK HANDS AND WRISTE

April 24, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Genstar Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BULK LIME TRUCK AND WHEN TRUCK FILLED UP, THE LOADING CHUTE ALSO FILLED UP AND LIME ESCAPED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE LOADING CHUTE. THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD THIS DAY AND LIME BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE\S EYES.

April 18, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ HAD JUST REFUELED FORKLIFT BACKED FROM GAS PUMP CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND GAS PUMP GUARD POST.

April 6, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall from ladders

INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER TO RETURN TO THE HYDRATE FLOOR. INJURED\S FEET SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER RUNG AND HE FELL APPROX. THREE FEET. WHEN EMPLOYEE LANDED, HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A BIN COVER AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

March 23, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INJURED WAS HOISTING LIMESTONE TO THE KILN PREHEATER, HE NOTICED A BUILDUP OF LIMESTONE RUBBING AGAINST THE CONVEYOR BELT THAT FEEDS THE PREHEATER ELEVATOR. INJURED ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR TH E LIMESTONE SPILLAGE WITH A SMALL BAR AND WHEN THIS FAILED, HE LAID THE BAR ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND STUCK HIS HAND UNDERNEATH THE HEAD PULLEY GUARD AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE SPILLAGE WITH

January 31, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A WATER LINE HE LOST HIS FOOTING FROM HIS WORK PLATFORM AND FELL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED ONTO A CONVEYOR FRAMING TO BREAK HIS FALL AND STRAINED HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK NECK AND UPPER BACK.

October 11, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genstar Lime Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER TO CLEAN THE MAGNETS ABOVE THE OPENING TO THE MICRO-PULVERIZER. THE EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BASE OF THE MICRO-PULVERIZER AND H E FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE MOTOR BASE

September 22, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION RERQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES TO THE 4TH FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE USING A SHOP PRESS. INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL BAR S TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE PRESS. WHEN INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN, THIS ALLOWED THE DOUBLE BARS TO SWING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE PIN AND INJURED\S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HORZ

May 24, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genstar Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED HAD JUST DUMPED A KILN DUST COLLECTOR BAGHOUSE & WAS CLOSING THE DOOR BY PUSHING AGAINST THE LIP OF THE DOOR. THE SUCTION CAUSED THE BAGHOUSE AIR SYSTEM CAUSED THE FOOR TO SLAM SHUT & INJURED\S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAGHOUSE DOOR & THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING CONTUSIONS OF THE LEFT HAND & A FRACTURE OF THE 4TH FIGNER.

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