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December 24, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR STRIKING EE'S LEFT FOOT

December 14, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING TWO ROCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN CHUTE. THE BAR SLIPPED OUT SMASHING HIS LEFT THUMB THAT WAS BEING USED TO BALANCE.

November 20, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON #4 DECK OF RELIANCE MILL. SHOVEL STOPPED WHEN IT WENT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF DECKING. THE MOMENTUM CAUSED A JAM TO ARM AND THER WRIST.

October 28, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO GET INTO LOADER.

October 18, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WHILE WORKING, EE STEPPED OFF A CATWALK AND LANDED AWKWARDLY ON LEFT FOOT.

October 18, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

WHEN AIR BLASTER WAS ACTIVATED, ROCKS HIT WINDOW OF DOZER WHICH BROKE CAUSING GLASS TO ENTER EE S EYE.

October 9, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS BACKING UP - IT ROLLED DOWN A 30' EMBANKMENT WITH THE EMPLOYEE IN IT.

October 1, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE HAS BEEN WORKING REPAIR, WHICH ENTAILS HEAVY LIFTING & AS A RESULT HE STRAINED HIS BACK

September 25, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRAGLINE BUCKET AND STEPPED ONTO UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE (KNEE WAS INJURED PREVIOUSLY IN 1996 MOTORCYCLE ACCIDEN, NON WORK RELATED).

September 17, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A ROLLER W/ANOTHER EE WHEN THE OTHER EE DROPPED THEIR END OF THE ROLLER. END OF ROLLER CAUGHT WEB OF LEFT IN THE THUMB AREA CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND. PUNCTURED THROUGH EE'S GLOVE

September 17, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SUFFERED SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PUTTING WEDGES IN CRUSHER

September 17, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH WHEN HOSE CAME OFF CUASING BURNS TO LOWER LEFT ARM & ABDOMEN AREA

September 14, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL.

September 12, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING A BOLT WITH A BLOW TORCH, BURNED LEFT HAND,WRIST, AND FOREARM

September 11, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A WEDGE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE WEDGE AND STRUCK THE FIRST EE'S FINGER.

September 8, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS LINING UP 2 SIDES OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED & HIT CONVEYOR FRAME

September 2, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ADJUSTING BELT AT TRANSBOX WHEN A CLAYBALL MUD BALL BOUNCED OUTOF BOX AND STRUCK EE IN THE HEAD

September 1, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Calmat Company · Struck against stationary object

EE'S KNEE SWELLED UP AFTER CONSTANT KNEELING IN THE SCREEN PAN WHICH WAS LAYERED WITH 1/2" ROCK.

August 30, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE'S BACK BECAME SORE AFTER INSTALLING A CONVEYOR GUIDE ROLLER.

August 29, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Calmat Company · Contact with heat

POSSIBLE HEAT EXHAUSTION

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

EE WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF BOARD HOLDING BOARD WITH LEFT HAND AND HOLDING KNIFE WITH RIGHT HAND. KNIFE SLIPED, POINT OF KNIFE ENTERED LEFT HAND BETWEEN INDEX AND MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

July 29, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A STEEL BAND OFF A PARTS DELIVERY BOX AND AS HE CUT THE BAND IT FLEW UP AND IT HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

July 25, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP HEAVY PIECE OF METAL CAUSED PAIN TO WRIST.

July 21, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING CRUSHER.

July 21, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

OTHER EE TOSSED A BREAKER BAR INTO WHAT HE THOUGHT A CLEAN AREA HITTING EMPLOYEE

June 29, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PRIMARY DOOR HOOKED ON COME-A-LONG WHEN CLIMBED INTO WORK ON DOOR, I BUMPED THE DOORD AND FELL BACKWARDS FALLING ON LEG.

June 27, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED DOWN FROM ONE CONVEYOR ONTO ANOTHER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

June 16, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Calmat Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CAB CAUGHT ON FIR WHICH EE NAUSCIOUS.

June 10, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall onto or against objects

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS FIRST REPORTED AS A FIRST AID (THAT'S THE REASON THAT THIS REPORT IS LATE). EE TRIPPED OVER CHUTE AND HIT KNEE ON CONCRETE STEP.

May 29, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING DEMOLITION OF A SEPARATOR CHUTE, EE POSITIONED HIMSELF TO WHERE WHEN THE CHUTE WAS CUT & RELEASED, A SECTION STRUCK AGAINST HIS LOWER LEG.

May 15, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS REACHING OVER THE TOP OF A FEED CHUTE TO INSERT A BOLT WHILE ANOTHER EE WHO WAS NOT AWARETHAT HIS HAND WAS IN THAT AREA, PASSED A LIT TORCH OVER THE BACK OF IT BURNING HIS HAND

May 2, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER CLEANING UP STEEL PLATE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A STEEL CHIP IN THE LEFT EYE.

April 20, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WASHING OUT HEAD PULLEY HOPPER WITH A WATER HOSE WHEN SAND & DIRT FLEW INTO HIS EYES.

April 10, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE LODGED ROCK FROM CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM.

April 6, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CONVEYOR BELTIN UP TO TRANSFER BOX WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

April 1, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SHOVELING TAIL PULLEY OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN HIS FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD. WHEN HE MOVED TO PULL IT OUT, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK AREA.

March 25, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GRINDING ON METAL SURGACE WHEN METAL PIECE RICOCHED INTO HIS EYE.

March 24, 1998 CA · 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 · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FROM BOTTOM STEP AND FELL ONTO GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ARM

February 23, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS SHOVELING OUT BURIED TAIL PULLEYS UNDER JAW CRUSHER AND GRIZZLEY WHEN HE GOT BURIED UP TO HIS ARMPITS WITH THE WATER, MUD AND ROCKS. HE GRABBED THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD AND PULLED HIMSELF OUT WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS LEG, ARM, BACK AND NECK.

February 5, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING TIRE AND WHEN HE LIFTED TIRE FROM TRUCK, HE FELT PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.

January 27, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE ENTERED A PICKUP, TURNED HEATER ON AND DEBRIS FLEW OUT OF VENT INTO EE'S FACE AND EYES.

January 27, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT WHEN THE HAND RAIL BROKE AND HE FELL OFF LOADER ONTO GROUND SUSTAINING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT ANKLE. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/3/98.

January 27, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING IN THE MUD AND HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT STUCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD INTO THE GUARD OF THE CONVEYOR. THE GUARD HAD A SHARP WIRE THAT PUNCTURED HIS LEFT THUMB.

January 26, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL INTO A PILE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

December 22, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Calmat Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE PIT MAINTENANCE OF BELT REPAIRS ON 12-22-97. AT 4:30 PM ON THIS DAY, EMPLOYEE STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN. THE PAIN PROGRESSED BY THE TIME HE GOT HOME SO HE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

December 18, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG AT AN ANGLE. IT BROKE LOOSE AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND BRACKET FOR ROLLER.

December 15, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN A ROCK FROM ABOVE HIT AND CRACKED WINDSHIELD CAUSING GLASS TO ENTER INTO HIS EYES.

December 8, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calmat Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM PLANT WHEN STEP BROKE AND HE FELL WITH ELBOWS BREAKING THE FALL INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND BOTH ELBOWS.

November 26, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN BUCKET TEETH WHEN A SPIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG.

November 19, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CO-WORKER THAT WAS WELDING AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN IN HIS EYES.

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