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October 25, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE SAID HE SLIPPED ON CONVEYOR BELT AS HE CLIMBED UP TO GREASE CRUSHER BEARINGS.

September 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BELLY PAN ON A D8K TRACTOR WHEN A BLOCK SLIPPED OUT AND LEFT PAN PINCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE GROUND.

February 16, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOTTOM DECK OF 8X20 SCREEN-HE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PULLED LOWER RIGHT GROIN. RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE HERNIA.

June 14, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING PICKING HARD ROCKS FROM PUMICE ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.DOCTOR CLEANED EYE AND PRESCRIBED PAIN KILLER FOR EYES AND TOLD HIM TO WEAR A PATCH ON EYE U NTIL IT FELT BETTER.

March 6, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A BOLT BEN IN PARTY VAN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK-HE FINISHED SHIFT BUT WENT TO A DR THE NEXT MORNING. DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO NOT DO ANY HEAVY LIFTING FOR 1 WEEKS.

November 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL GOING TO MOVE ROCK FROM APPROACH TO PLANT FEEDER.ONE FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 30, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Natural Aggregate Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING LOADER OPERATOR LOWERED BUCKET TO GROUND LEVEL WHICH ABRUPTLY STOPPED LOADER THROWING OPERATOR AGAINST WINDSHIELD

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