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April 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against stationary object

REPLACING PLOW IN MILL, UPON PICKING UP THE PLOW, HE SKINNED THE INSIDE OF THE LAST TWO FINGERS ON THE RIGHT HAND, ON PLOW TIP.

April 4, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS THREADING CABLE THRU LIFTING EYE ON LOADER ARM WHILE IT WAS SUSPENDED BY HELPER WITH PRY BAR LOADER ARM SLIPPED FROM PRY BAR AND CAUGHT EE S HAND BENEATH, DISMEMBERING FIRST JOINT FROM RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER.

April 4, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REPAIRING CATTLE GUARD ON MILL CREEK ROAD INVOVING WELDING GRINDING AND CHIPS. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VERY WINDY AT SOME POINT A METAL SLIVER BECAME EMBEDDED IN EE S RIGHT EYE IT BECAM E IRRITATED OVERNIGHT, MEDICAL ATTENTION DETERMINED THE CAUSED AND EE HAD SLIVER REMOVED FROM EYE BY OPTHOMOLOGIST ON 4-7-94. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE NOTED.

March 25, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOOSENING NUT ON RETURN ROLLER OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN CRESENT WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF NUT. EE STRUCK HIMSELF WITH THE WRENCH ON BRIDGE OF NOSE, LACERATING IT.

February 24, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SECTION SFROM 3" DIAMETER PIPE WHEN A 4' SECTION OF THE PIPE SWUNG DOWN OFF OF TRUCK BED, STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE AND PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE TRUCK.

February 17, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A BOXCAR INNER BULKHEAD DOOR, AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE DOOR HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

February 1, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS ASSEMBLING A DIESEL ENGINE, SWUNG A SOFT HAMMER TO SET GEAR HOUSING ONTO ENGINE BLOCK. IMPACT OF HAMMER CAUSED HAND & ARM PAIN.

January 14, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 55 BAGS OF CHEMICAL AND CAUSED A HERNIA.

January 3, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO TRACKS AND SLIPPED ON SNOW ON TRACKS. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE JARRED HIS NECK.

November 30, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN DIVERTER GATE BETWEEN TWO BELTS, FROZEN MATERIAL PREVENTED TRUNING. EMPLOYEE PULLED VERY HARD ON LEVER, FROZEN MATERAL LET GO SUDDENLY, CATCHING & IMPACTING HIS HAND (RIGHT THUMB) BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE STOP. RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED & REQUIRED STICHES, DOCTOR INDICATES FRACTURE.

October 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS REPLACING A BROKEN SACK OF PRODUCT THAT HAD BEEN LOADED ON A TRUCK TRAILER HE TRIPPED AND FELL FROM TRAILER, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND, SPRAING HIS WRIST.

October 11, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN MATERIAL IN JIG BED HE RAISED HIS HAND AND HIT A FLURESCENT LIGHT TUBE THE TUBE BROKE AND A PIECE OF GLASS BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS HAND.

October 1, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO GET IN THE LOADER, LOST HIS BALANCE & HIT HIS KNEE ON RUNG OF LADDER. HE RETURNED TO WORK OF 7/13/93. ON 10/1/93 HIS KNEE GAVE OUT AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE ROOM & HE IS AGAIN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE AS A CONTINUATION OF THE ORIGINAL INJURY OF 7/7/93.

August 25, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD ON A CAT 631 SCRAPER, WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS ARM. HIT LOWER LEFT ARM WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CAB.

August 20, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH & METAL STARTED TO FALL WHEN HE REACHED FOR IT HIS HAND PASSED THRU THE FLAME OF THE TORCH IN HIS OTHER HAND

July 7, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON LOADER TO GET IN THE LOADER, LOST HIS BALANACE AND HIT HIS KNEE ON RUNG OF LADDER.

April 7, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

THE TRAILER DECK HAD SNOW ON IT THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS HELPING ANOTHER DRIVER CLEAN OFF HIS TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE TRUCK, HE LANDED WITH HIS LEFT WRIST AND HAND CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE HIS LEFT WRIST JOINT.

March 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET WITH BACK TO REJECTED PALLET. EMPLOYEE ON FORKLIFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE REJECT PALLET WITH FORKLIFT & PUSHED IT INTO 1ST EMPLOYEES FOOT PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PALLETS.

February 9, 1993 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 POUND BAGS ONTO PALLETS STACKED TWO HIGH. THE STACK OF PALLETS WAS TOO HIGH FOR HIM AND HE OVEREXTENDED, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.

January 28, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TRUCK TIRE, IT STARTED TO FALL TOWARDS HIM,A ND WHILE TRYING TO PUSH TIRE AWAY FROM HIM IT CAUSED INJURY TI HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 25, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING DIVERTER PLATE WHICH DIRECTS ORE TO THE BELT TO 2 TANK USING A BAR TO CLEAN FROZEN MATERIAL BAR CONTACTED CONVEYOR BELT AND SLAMMED HIS HAND INTO THE DIVERTER GATE AND TORE HIS RIGHT THUMB NAIL OFF.

January 4, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING FROZEN MATERIAL & STRAINE LEFT HAND & FOREARM

December 28, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPL TWISTED & BANGED KNEE WHEN THROWING 100# SACKS OF BENTONITE.

December 21, 1992 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEED WAS COMING DOWN THE CHUTE INTO MILL FEED BIN & WAS TRYING TO STICK & STOP UP & HE WAS HITTING IT WITH THE HAMMER AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS THUMB

December 18, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CHUTE HE SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN THE CHUTE CUTTING HIS SHIN.WEATHER WAS COLD AND THERE WAS ICE IN THE CHUTE.

November 20, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 2-LB COFFEE CAN HALF FILLED WITH BARITE TO MEASURE SOME OUT FOR A SAMPLE AND HEARD A POP IN HER LEFT SHOULDER.

November 2, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

APPARENTLY TORE ROTATOR CUFF WHILE OPERATING 631 SCRAPER

June 29, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK UNDER PAN FEEDER CLEANING OUT ROCKS.WHEN HE CRAWLED OUT TWO LUMPS APPEARED ON RIGHT ARM AND BACK WHERE HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY AN INSECT.

May 11, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAFT WITH SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ON IT FROM THE BANK INTO THE WATER WAS PRYING RAFT WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

May 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal auger helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PULLEYS ON CRUDE ORE LONG BELT LEADING TO STORAGE TANKS, WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO A PINCH POINT USING BROKEN HANDLE HOE TO SCRAPE THE PULLEY, SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN DE-ENGERG IZED OR LOCKED OUT AND WAS STILL IN OPERATION

January 15, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO PACKER TO PICK UP BAGS HE HAD DROPPED, WHEN PACKER CAUGHT HIKM AND PINCHED HIM BETWEEN PACKER AND WALL.

December 17, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE. HE TRIED TO RAISE THE POWER DISCHARGE BAG CHAIN. HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, TO STOP MACHINE AND GO GET A MAINTENANCE MAN TO MAKE REPA IR.

December 11, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS COUNTING AND SORTING RIPPERS GUARDS. ONE WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND. WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED TO BREAK IT LOOSE, HE INJURED HIS BACK.

December 10, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING TRUCK IT SLIPPED HIT IN MOUTH

November 27, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING IRON STRAINED BACK

November 7, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 100# BAGS ONTO A WOODEN PALLET. AS THE BAGS CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT, HE REACHED FOR ONE AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

October 8, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS LOOKING BACK TO CHECK ON ROCK PICKER HE WAS PULLING AND THE FRONT WHEELS OF TRACTOR FELL INTO A DITCH THROWING OPERATOR AROUND CAB CAUSING INJURY.

September 20, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE ON UNDERSIDE OF 980B LOADER TO INSTALL NEW BACKUP ALARM. HE WAS PUTTING AS MUCH PRESSURE AS HE COULD ON THE BIT. WHEN THE DRILL BROKE THRU THE BIT LOCKED AND THE DRILL S PUN. THE SIDE HANDLE ON THE DRILL STRUCK HIS FACE, SPLITTING HIS LIP.

September 4, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

August 2, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE ROTARY DRYER SHUT DOWN DUE TO A POWER FAILURE. UPON RESTARTING, THE OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES. THE RESULT WAS A FLASHBACK IGNITION WITH THE OPERATOR IN AN UNSAFE POSITION N EAR THE INSPECTION PORTS OF THE IGNITION CHAMBER. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON THE FACE AND 2ND ON THE FOREARM.

June 5, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING UP THE TRACKS TO SWITCH TRACKS AND SLIPPED IN WET MUD.

June 1, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A CHAIN FLEW BACK AS INSTALLING TRACK ON D9H DOZER. CHAIN STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT ARM, DOWN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK AND LOWER CALF OF LEG.

May 15, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ELECTRICAL CONTROLLER FROM MILL AREA TO SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND INJURED BACK LIFTING CONTROLLER.

May 10, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE AS HE STEPPED FROM EQUIPMENT.

April 29, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SWEEPING FLOOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR MADE A SHARP TURN AND RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIGHT FOOT.

April 16, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 # BAGSOF BENTONITE ON PALLETS, AND SUFFERED ABDOMINAL PAIN.

January 11, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HNADLING 100# SXS OF BARITE THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 16, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET WHEN HE DEVELOPED SORENESS TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 10, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE HOOKING UP 4" RUBBER HOSE TO 4" METAL PIPE EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON 4" METAL PIPE CAUSING CONTUSION TO LEFT ELBOW.

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