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August 5, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SAMPLES OUT OF BACK OF PICKUP EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK

July 14, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

PICKING UP A PIECE OF STEEL ON UNEVEN GROUND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARD RESULT WERE LACERATIONS OF HIS ARM & LEFT SIDE

July 17, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING ROCKS IN SECONDARY GRIZZLEY AT RIP RAP PLANT WHEN HE LIFTED A ROCK AND FELT PAIN.

June 25, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW DIRT INTO EYE.

May 6, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS PULLING WEEDS OUTSIDE OF SCALE HOUSE ON HILL & SLIPPED/FALLING & FRACTURING RIGHT LEG/AKLE.

April 25, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

PLANT WAS RUNNING AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE SCREEN STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE BEHIND HIS RIGHT EAR. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT.

April 22, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING FULL WHEELBARROW OUT FROM UNDER THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON A DIRT MOUND AND FELL.

January 16, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING RAILROAD TIES CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN TIES.

October 5, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING OVER LARGE ROCKS IN DESERT FELT PULL TO GROIN-SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION 10-29-90.

September 26, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING NUT ON LOADER, CHISEL SLIPPED HAND HIT SHARP EDGE ON NUT

September 17, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

UNPLUGGING HOPPER, PULLED PRYBACK, BACK TOO FAR. HAND HIT METAL SCREEN.

September 7, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WEARING OF EAR PLUGS CAUSED INNER AND OUTER EAR INFECTION. RIGHT EAR.

August 24, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER ON HILLSIDE IN PIT AREA. DOZER RAN OVER LARGE ROCKS RESULTING IN A SHARP JOLT.

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

BAD SEAT ON DOZER.

July 27, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTING TO M0VE OIL DRUM STRAINING BACK.

June 5, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS TRYING TO OPEN UP GATE ON 3/8" HOPPER OVER COLLECTING CONVEYOR GATE OPENED & EMPL HIT RIGHT FOREARM ON CROSS SUPPORT.

May 17, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SHOVELING OUT THE TAIL PULLEY OF #27 CONVEYOR BELT FROM THE EAST SIDE A ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT)

May 4, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING OIL PRESSURE SWITCH.

January 29, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE TURNED HIS HEAD AROUND TO BACK UP LOADER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO CAB FROM OPENED REAR WINDOW.

December 7, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A DRIVE BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE HOLDING BELT WITH LEFT HAND, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LOWER LEFT ARM.

November 20, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING ROCK FROM AROUND THE FEEDER BELT,WHEN BELT WAS STARTED UP AGAINS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE GUARD UP AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE BELT PULLING HIS LEFT HAND IN.

October 18, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE SUPERVISING PLANT OPERATIONS I NAME FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE FLUSHED HIS EYE BUT COULD NOT REMOVE THE IRRITANT

October 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON THE CONE CRUSHER WITH A PIPE WRENCH.THE WRENCH CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIS ARM TO FALL AND HIT AGAINST ANOTHER BOLT ON THE CRUSHER.

October 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL COCKED HIS HEAD TO LEFT TO LOOK UNDERNEATH JAW CRUSHER WHEN ROCK FELL FROM CRUSHER.EMPL WAS WEARING HARDHAT.

October 3, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK TO THE GROUND WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.

August 31, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LOST HIS FOTTING WHILE ON TOP OF THE CONE CRUSHER CHANGING V-BELT.

August 29, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHANGING TIP ON LOADER SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT EMPL EMBEDDED METAL CHIP IN HIS CHEST MUSCLE.

August 11, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSPECTING CONVEYOR, DUST BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE, CAUSING HIM TO MOVE UP FAST AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A STEEL DRUM. THERE WAS NO HEAD INJURY DUE TO HIS HARD HAT; HOWEVER, THIS MOTION RESU LTED IN A NECK SPRAIN. (SEE ATTACHED)

August 4, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING TO UNLOAD 55 GAL DRUMS-IN PROCESS OF STANDING UP ONE DRUM IT STARTED TO ROLL AND EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR DRUM AND PULLED LOWER BACK.

July 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.

June 7, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CHANGING SCREENS WEIGHING APPROX. 60 LBS.

May 9, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVER TO REMOVE ROCK FROM WALKWAY FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK

March 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL ON INSIDE OF CLOSED SHOOT I NAME WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE, WHICH CAUSED HIS SHIRT TO RIDE UP AND EXPOSE HIS BARE SKIN ON HIS HIPS TO THE GROUND ROCK DUST AND FINE METAL SHAVINGS ON THE SHOOT. HE FELT TINGLING, LATER THAT NIGHT THIS DEVELOPED INTO WELTS AND THE NEXT DAY HIS EYES WERE SWOLLEN.

March 9, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT HOPPER SHOOT USING METAL BAR PUSHED BAR INTO TOP OF R HAND RESULTING IN A 1 CM LACERATION ON THE TOP OF HAND

December 12, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boral Resources Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL HAD BEEN WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET AND FLIPPED UP WELDING HOOD TO CHIP SLAG OFF BUCKET DURING CHIPPING A PIECE OF STEEL OR SLAG FLEW INTO EYE EMPL WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES AT THE TIME

August 30, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Boral Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON JAW CRUSHER.WRENCH SWITCHED DIRECTIONS CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 12' AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE ON THE METAL FRAME OF JAW C RUSHER.

May 20, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LOADING HEAVY PIECE OF METAL ONTO BACK OF TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK AREA.

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