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November 15, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS HOOKING UP A WELDING TRAILER TO THE FORK LIFT. THE FORK LIFT OPERATOR BACKED UP TO THE TRAILER & BUMPED INTO INJURED.

October 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE SHOP ANVIL.SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 21, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNPLUGGING THE RECLAIM HOPPER AT THE SCALPING TOWER. THE FRONT END LOADER, DRIVEN BY EE PARKED ON A ROADWAY ABOVE THE EE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER NEXT TO A LARGE CONCRETE BLOCK WEIGHING A PPROX. 500 LBS WHICH IS USED AS A BARRIER IN PLACE OF A BERM WHEN THE DRIVER EXITED THE LOADER HE BRUSHED AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. THE LOADER ARTICULATED TO THE RIGHT AND THE BUCKET PUSHED

February 22, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN IN THE PREP PLANT, CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT FRAME AND THE SCREEN.

January 7, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE JOBSITE THROUGH THE BRICK PLANT HE STEPPED INTO A TRANSFER CAR PIT & FELL

December 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A RAW SHALE SILO WITH A METAL PRY BAR. HE WAS WORKING FROM OUTSIDE THE SILO THROUGH THE DOORWAY WORKING SHALE LOOSE FORM THE INSIDE WALL. HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE D OOR FRAME, CUTTING IT SEVERELY. HE WAS SENT TO MT. DIABLO MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY WHERE THEY DETERLMINED HIS RIGHT THUMB WA BROKEN.

September 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WASHING OUT THE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE HATCH CAM EDOWN AND CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST THE FRAME WORK OF THE EQUIPMENT.

August 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EE DRIVING DUMP TRUCK. DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

June 25, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT RIGHT KNEE HWILE CUTTING OUT A GASKET.

March 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING WELDER THAT WAS STUCK IN THE DIRT.

February 27, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF METAL FOOF COVER - [2' X 3'] FELL APPROX. 3' & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT - SAID HE WAS FINE. WORKED REMAINDER OF THE DAY & FALLOWING DAY - INCLUDING O/T. WENT TO KAISER ON 3/2 - HIS DAY OFF.

January 23, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A CHUTE AT THE RAW SHALE SILO. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND HIT HIS HAND AGAINST A METAL GUARD.

January 10, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A NEW CHUTE. HAD REMOVED A SECTION OF STEEL DECK. STEPPING IN AND OUT OF HTE AREA WHERE DECK WAS REMOVED HE STEPPED OVER A BEAM. LOST HIS BALANCE FELL HITTING HIS SHOU LDER ON A BEAM.

December 17, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Port Costa Materials Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS PCM SECURITY/TRAFFIC MANAGER ALSO PERFORMS JANITORIAL DUTIES HE HAD OPENED THE GATES AT THE PLANT MONITERED TRUCK TRAFFIC IN CROCKETT TO KEEP TRUCKS FROM ENTERING CROCKETT BEFORE 6 :00AM RETURNED TO THE PLANT & WAS EMPTYING TRASHBASKETS IN THE OFFICES FELT SHARP PAIN IN CHEST & DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY

December 13, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHE WAS CLEANING WITH A METAL BAR-STRUCK HER HAND AGAINST THE CHUTE.

November 16, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator OTHER
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE FELT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK.

October 20, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF SHEET METAL

September 16, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS FASTENING HIS SEAT BELT ON THE L-2 LOADER. THE SPRING ON THE BUCKLE BROKE AND LODGED IN HIS FINGER.

July 31, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A GUARD TO CLEAN UNDER A TAIL PULLEY. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOCKING OUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE SLIPPED & FELL ON SOME LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE PELLETS.

July 27, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING INTO THE SCRUBBER TANK TO CLEAN DOWN THE MUD AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF THROUGH THE MANHOLE HE FELT A PULL (PAIN)IN HIS GROIN

June 30, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN WHILE CLIMBING STEPS TO TOP OF SILOS

June 1, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE BURNED HIS ELBOW WHILE WELDING. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 6/10 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED.

May 29, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER - DUST BLEW IN HIS EYES.

May 11, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CARRYING HEAVY MATERIALS UP THE STEPS TO THE TOP OF THE SILOS TO DO REPAIRS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 7, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE SERVICING FRONT END LOADER PRIOR TO OPERATIOLN BURNED ARM STEAM FROM RADIATOR

March 22, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

TWO MECHANICS WERE WORKING ON THE SAME JOB. WELDING. DID NOT USE SCREEN TOSHIELD OTHER EMPLOYEES.

February 16, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS NOT RELATED TO WORK.

January 12, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HIT HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

December 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING GRINDER ON A PIECE OF STEEL. IT KICKED BACK AND CUT HIS KNEE.

December 11, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING A SCREEN HE FELL INTO A CHUTE-A FALL OF APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS OK AND DID NOT GO FOR A MEDICAL UNTIL JANUARY 8,1993.HE WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION.

November 18, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS HOLDING THE HAMMER DURING THE INSTALLATION OF HAMMERS IN A CRUSHER AND MASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

November 1, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PRODUCT FROM THE HOT BELT AT THE EXIT END OF THE ROTARY KILN.A PIECE OF HOT AGGREGATE HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

October 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL WHILE ANOTHER MECHANIC WELDED EMPLOYEE SAID HE LOOKED WITHOUT WEARING GLASSES OR A HOOD AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS.

October 15, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE AS CLEANING OVERSIZE ROCK OUT OF THE MCCLANAHAN CRUSHER AS HE LIFTED A LARGE ROCK HIS HAND HIT A SHARP ROCK

September 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ANVILS FROM THE CRUSHER AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY AND FOLLOWING DAY WITHOUT COMPLAINT.

July 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL CARRYING A PART TO MATERIAL WELDING TABLE WHILE ANOTHER EMPL WAS ARC WELDING AND RECD FLASHBURNS TO EYES. ALSO GOT A METAL CHIP IN EYE-LEFT EYE.

May 8, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES.REQUIRED MEDICATION.

April 14, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRING A SIPHON HOSE FROM ONE QUARRY SETTLING POND TO ANOTHER. HE SLIPED AND FELL ON THE EMBANKMENT BETWEEN THE PONDS. HE DID NOT FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH.

March 26, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE ENGAGING IN HORSEPLAY. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS BACK & NECK TWISTED. NOW COMPLAINS OF PAIN IN NECK & SPINE & IS CURRENTLY BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR. HE WAS NOT SURE OF THE DATE OF INJURY - APPROX. 3-26-92. [LATER NOTE- NO EVIDENCE THAT INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK]

January 16, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

OPERATOR WAS MAKING ROUTINE CHECK OF EQUIPMENT. AS HE WAS WALKING PAST THE 3240 CONVEYOR BELT ON HIS WAY TO CHECK THE CHUTES, A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL STRUCK THE MAGNET AND BOUNCED OF THE CON VEYOR. THE PIECE OF MATERIAL STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE DECK.

January 14, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Port Costa Materials Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS COMPLAINED OF STRESS DUE TO HIS JOB. CALLED IN ON 1/14/92 TO REPORT HE WAS IN HOSPITAL. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY MEDICAL (PHYSICIANS 1ST REPORT) VRIFICATION FROM EITHER TOM'S DO CTOR OR THRU HIM.

January 10, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO CLEAN A CHUTE AND HIT HIS HAND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER.

December 14, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Port Costa Materials Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INJ PERSON JUMPED ONTO A TEMPORARY DECKING WHICH HAD SHIFTED.THE DECK SHIFT RESULTED IN A HOLE WHICH HE FELL THROUGH TO THE GROUND FLOOR 10'.

December 4, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO DISLODGE MATERIAL IN ONE OF THE STORAGE SILOS. WHILE DIGGING AT THE MATERIAL HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.

October 25, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Port Costa Materials Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE CEMCO, TRYING TO REMOVE A CHUTE. WHILE REMOVING THE GUARD HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

October 8, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Port Costa Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING A BOLT WITH A CUTTING TORCH

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