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June 3, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck against stationary object

INSTALLING LIGHTENING MIXER MOTOR,LIFTING THE PROP SHAFT OVER A DIVIDER AND DRAGGED BACK OF LEFT ARM ACROSS EXPANDED METAL.

February 27, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PLACING PAIL OF OIL ON CATWALK, SLIPPED ON ICY CONITIONS LOWER BACK DISCOMFORT

January 2, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIE A KNOT IN A TUGGER CABLE,AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 11, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING FRESH SNOW OFF FROM WINDSHIELD OF OWN VEHICLE & SLIPPED ONSNOW COVERED ICE & STUCK RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 22, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS ALLEDGED DISCOMFORT MIGHT B3E DUE TO A REOCCURANCE OF AN APPARENT BACK INJURY THE EMPLOYEE HAD ON 07-15-83

December 4, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TURNED ON A SMALL AIR FAM IN A CAT 930 LOADER AND CUT HIS FINGERS ON THE BLADE WHIHC PROTRUDED THROUGH THE GUARD.

November 11, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISCOMFORT DUE TO REOCCURRANCE OF INJURY.

August 20, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

DUMPING ROCK INTO BACK OF A 35 TON VOLVO TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO JERK WRENCHING EMPLOYEES BACK

June 18, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Fall down stairs

WALKING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS TO GO TO LUNCH, CAUGHT FOOT ON SOMETHING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS BACK AS HE FELL.

June 15, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by flying object

HELPING TO PUT A TRACK PIN INTO THE TRACK OF A CAT 235. WHILE HAMMERING THE PIN, A PIECE BROKE LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.

May 18, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Fall onto or against objects

ATTEMPT TO SIT DOWN CHAIR MOVED CAUSING EMP TO FALL STRIKING HEAD ON HANDLE OF FILE DRAWER

April 6, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING DOWN THE INSIDE OF A RAILROAD HOPPER CAR, WITH A BROOM, HE WAS SWEEPING OVER HIS HEAD. A PARTICLE OF DUST OR RUST MUST HAVE BECOME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

March 9, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS SCALING ROCK NOTICED A LOOSE ROCK OVER HIS DRILL WENT TO QUICKLY MOVE DRILL HURT BACK WHEN HE TWISTED

January 29, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PLOWING SNOW WITH 930 LOADER STRUCK RAILROAD TRACK BUMPED HEAD & CUT NOSE WITH HARD HAT-REQUIRED SUTURES

August 31, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator MACHINERY
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A PAVEMENT BREAKER, AND FELT PAIN WHEN LIFTING THE PAVEMENT BREAKER. APPARENT PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.

July 19, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCALING LOOSE ROCK,EMPLOYEE MISSED THE CRACK IN THE ROCK AND OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF SO AS NOT TO LOSE HIS BALANCE CAUSING UPPER BACK STRAIN.

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