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September 26, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH A HALLWAY RESPONDINTO AN EQUIPMENT ALARM WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A CONDUIT COVER(ERICSON CABLE SHIELD) ON THE FLOOR.HE LANDED FACE DOWN TOWARD THE FLOOR HIS AHNDS PAL M DOWN CATCHING AND HOLDING HIS UPPER BODY OFF THE FLOOR.HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 18, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD JUST FINISHED CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A CUTTING TORCH.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE METAL WITH A HAMMER,AND A PIECE OF THE HOT METAL CONTACTED HIS LOWER EYELID. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED EYE MEDICATION).

September 12, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
California Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE CHECKING PLANT GATES, HE WAS EXPOSED TO SAGE BRUSH, CAUSING AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

September 1, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE WORKING WITH JACKHAMMER, CLEANING OUT BUCKET ELEVATOR, RAISED JACKHAMMER ADN STRUCK THUMB AGAINST ELEVATOR BUCKET.

August 24, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE SLID FROM THE CENTER OF THE PICK UP SEAT TO GET OUT OF THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF 176 PICK UP AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SAID THAT WHILE IN PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT CLOSING LINE ON NO 2 CRANE NEW LINE HIT RIGHT ELBOW & RIGHT ELBOW IS SORE. EMPL REQUESTED TREATMENT OF LEFT ELBOW BY DR FRIEDER FOR INDUSTRIAL INJURY RECEIVED ON 8/3. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED BY DR WARSAW FOR LEFT ELBOW INJURY WHEN HE SAW DR FRIEDER ON 8/23 HE TOLD HIM THAT LEFT ELBOW WAS OK & THAT RIGHT ELBOW HURT. WHEN QUESTIONED

August 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL REMOVING TOOTH FROM LOADER BUCKET USING HAMMER.STRUCK TOOTH WITH HAMMER CAUSING PIECE OF METAL FROM TOOTH TO FLY FREE EMBEDDED IN KNEE.

August 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PIECE OF UNSECURED FLOOR GRATING WHEN GRATING VIBRATED LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO BELOW, WITH GRATING, FALLING 61 FEET TO HIS DEATH.

July 23, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON VACUUM TRUCK BOOM HOSE. FELT PAIN IN GROIN.

June 28, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REAGGRAVATION OF PRIOR NON-MEDICAL INJURY,5-23-90.(NONE REPORTED).EMPL REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT 6-28-90.DR RX MODIFIED WORK DUTIES.

June 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS IN MOJAVE CA LOADING CEMENT WIND WAS BLOWING & PARTICAL WENT IN EYE.

June 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL ONTO A BELT CONVEYOR. HAD TO LIFT SHOVEL TO SHOULDER HEIGHT TO SHOVEL ONTO BELT. FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK.

May 30, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE STEPED BACKWARD FROM THE THIRD STEP OF A STAIRWAY-FRACTURED HIS HEEL BONE.

May 22, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING A BOTTOM DOOR OF A RAIL CAR WITH A PRYBAR. THE RAIL CAR DOOR SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND THE SUDDEN LACK OF RESISTANCE CAUSED HIM TO JOLT TO KEEP HIS BALANCE AND THIS RESULTED IN A NE CK STRAIN.

May 21, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A CHUNK IN A FEEDER TRAY USING A BAR. BAR SLIPPED AND HE CUT FINGER. (SUTURES REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND) RESTRICTED TO NO USE OF LEFT HAND.)

May 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall from machine

THE DRIVER WAS PREPARING TO DISMOUNT A CEMENT BULK TRUCK AFTER OPENING THE TRAILER DOORS. HE MISSED HIS STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE FALL RESULTED IN A BRUISED RIGHT HIP AND A FRACTURED R IGHT ELBOW. NOTE: THIS DRIVER IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF (CALIF PORTLAND), HE IS EMPLOYED BY WMB TRANSPORTATION 20414 KEY ST BOX 620 COLTON CA.

May 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WITH THE VACUUM TRUCK RUNNING, SUCTION ON EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADD A LENGTH OF HOSE TO THE ONE ON THE TRUCK. AN OLD PIECE OF DUCT TAPE WAS HANGING DOWN AND WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE CONNECTION SO HE REACHED UP TO REMOVE IT AND HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER WERE SUCKINTO THE HOSE AND THE HOSE SEALED ITSELF AGAINST HIS BODY AROUND THE SHOULER. SUCTION CONTINUED FOR APPROX ONE MIN.

May 9, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED TO ENTER IN COMPUTER FELT DISCOMFORT IN BACK

May 8, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE MOVED WHEELBARROW WITH A LOAD IN IT. FELT DISCOMFORT IN GROIN.

April 17, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING BASE BANK SLUFFED OFF HITTING BUCKET STEERING WHEEL WHIP AROUND JERKING EMP L ARM

April 4, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL PULLING GEAR BOX OUT OF LOADER,EXPERIENCED TEARING IN EYE.RX EYE DROPS BY DR.EMPL REQUESTED TO BE SEEN 4-5-90.

March 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
California Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE SAID THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP A CONTRACTOR FROM INSERTING AT CLOSE DISTANCE TO A LARGE OPENING IN A VESSEL CONTAINING EXTREMELY HOT MATERIALS AND WATERLANCE UP INTO THE BOTTOM CON E OF THE STAGE VESSELL OF THE PREHEATER TOWER WHEN HOT RAW MIX FLUSHED FROM THE VESSELL AND CONTACTED HIM THE CONTRACTOR WHO PERFORMED THE INSERTION AND THE CONTRACTOR FELLOW CONTRACT WORKER

March 6, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

SWEEPING WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN R EYE. SCRIPT EYEDROPS BY DR NO LIMITATIONS

February 15, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE UNDERSIDE OF #6 COOLER, STANDING ON A 2 X 12 PLANK HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE WAS WEARING COLD WEATHER GEAR, MAKING MOVEMENT DIFFICULT. HE RE ACHED FOR AN ANGLE IRON TO "CATCH" HIMSELF BUT THE ANGLE WAS NOT SECURED AND HE FELL TWO TO THREE FEET ONTO A SLOPED PILE OF MATERIAL (CLINKER). PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 11, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PUNCH AND HAMMER TO TIGHTEN A BEARING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT OF FM-2 WEST SEPERATOR. WHILE TIGHTENING THE BEARING THE PUNCH SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING.

December 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO BREAK A CLINKER CHUNK IN THE COOLER. DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT IN LEFT ELBOW. EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED ON 12-30-89. DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1-8-90.

December 21, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER UNPLUGGING A FEEDER WITH HIS HAND WHEN SHALE MATERIAL DISLODGED, PINNING HAND IN CHUTE.

December 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL HAULING KILN DUST WITH TRUCK.DUST GOT ON CHEST AND BACK CAUSING A RASH.

December 5, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET AN EXPANSION JOINT TO HIS JOB SITE. HE STOOD THE JOINT ON ITS SIDE AND IT FELL OVER PINNING AND LACERATING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE JOINT AND THE WALL OF RC I DUST COLLECTOR. THE EXPANSION JOINT IS HEAVY AND AWKWARD.

November 21, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING AND WHEELING A WHEELBARROW. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 16, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OUT OF A TRUCK, STEPPED ON FUEL TANK OF TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

November 9, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED IMPACT WRENCH TO USE TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON COAL MILL ROLL HEAD DISCOMFORT IN UPPE BACK

November 7, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF HIS PERSONAL CAR IN PLANT PARKING LOT AND CLOSED CAR DOOR ON HIS FINGER. (PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND SUTURES).

October 18, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS LEAVING JOB TO GET PARTS. HE WAS WATCHING FLOOR WHEN HE RAN INTO PORTAVAC DROP OUT PORT. PORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOUNTED HORIZONTALY & EMPL SHOULD HAVE WATCHED WHERE HE WAS GOING.

October 12, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
California Portland Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY D3-2-BS1 AND SLIPPED ON SPILLED MATERIAL. FELL AGAINST SOME PORTABLE STEPS AND STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON THESE STEPS.

October 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING OVERHEAD CLINKER CRANE.LOST TRACK OF HIS POSITION AND BUMPED RAIL END STOPS.2 DAYS LATER,FELT STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK.

September 27, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK IN THE YARDS AND ROADS DEPT. OFFICE LINING OUT THE DAYS ACTIVITIES WHEN HE NOTICED AN IRRITATION TO HIS RIGHT EYE AT APPROX. 715 AM HE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THE DAY AND WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK WITH NO LOST TIME AND NO RESTRICTIONS BUT WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN RX MEDICATION.

September 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A ROPE ATTACHED TO A HANDRAIL, WITH HIS POCKETKNIFE, WHEN ROPE BROKE AND KNIFE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM. (SUTURES AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS).

September 18, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

20 EMPL UNROLLING 100' X 150' TARP TRYING TO SECURE IT OVER PILE OF SILICA.A GUST OF WIND GOT UNDERNEATH TARP AND CAUSED IT TO BILLOW UP,KNOCKING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND.THIS EMPL FELL AND LANDED ON KNEE.APPEARS TO BE SPRAINED. MY

September 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
California Portland Cement Company · Accident type, without injuries

KILN OPERATING CONDITIONS SUDDENLY CHANGED RESULTING IN HOT CLINKER MIX DISCHARGING ONTO CLINKER CONVEYOR BELT SETTING BELT ON FIRE DAMAGE TO BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM WAS SUFFICIENT TO REWQUIRE F ULL REPLACEMENT

September 7, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE NOTICED PAIN AND REDNESS IN HIS RIGHT EYE THE NIGHT AFTER ARRIVING HOME. HE SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE EXACTLU WHEN THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED BUT IT COULD NOT HAV E HAPPENED ANYWHERE BUT AT WORK.

August 23, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
California Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM KILN DRIVE GEAR TO WALKWAY,WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON AN AIR HOSE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY DOCTOR.

August 19, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
California Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT SILO 16 FLOWGATE, WHEN SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN FROM REMOTE LOCATION, CAUSING FLOWGATE SHAFT AND NUT TO COME DOWN RESULTING IN RIGHT HAND INJURY. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION P RESCRIVED BY DOCTOR.

August 15, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
California Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE RIDING ON FRONT END LOADER, LOADER BOUNCES A LOT, AND HE DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT IN LEFT HIP.

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