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February 21, 1996 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULBS. HE WEN TO STEP OFF THE STEEL FRAME WORK ONTO THE TAIL SECTION GUARD OF 1/4' STONE FEED BELT. THE GUARD GAVE WAY AND HE SLIPPED AND HIS WORK BOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY.

February 6, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. ASCVD

January 5, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING DRESSED FOR HIS SHIFT. AFTER REMOVING HIS BOOTS FROM HIS LOCKER, HE PUSHED THE DOOR SHUT. THE LOWER CORNER OF THE DOOR STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHIN CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITC HES.

August 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall from machine

LOAD STRAIGHT TRUCK WITH SCREENS FROM SCREEN DECK. SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCED FELL OFF SIDE OF TRUCK LANDED ON HANDS AND SNAPPED HIS WRIST.

August 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OVER HANDRAILING TO INSTALL COVERS ON W-19 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BELLY. INITIALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE PINCHED HIS SKIN. LATER DIAGNOSED AS A RUPTURED UMBI LICAL CORD.

June 19, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall down stairs

EE WAS DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STEPS HE LOST HIS FOOTING ABOUT FOUR STEPS FROM THE BOTTOM, SLID DOWN FRACTURING HIS RIGHT HEEL..

June 19, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING OPERATORS CAB AFTER RAISING RIG ON JACKS. HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND NEXT TO A CREVICE. THE GROUND BROKE AWAY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

March 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP METAL AND PLACING IT IN THE DEMPSTER BOX.HE CUT HIS FINGER.

March 14, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CRAWLING BETWEEN TWO SCREEN DECKS TO ENTER THE CHUTE ABOVE.WHILE REACHING FOR A HAND HOLD EMPLOYEE TURNED TO REPOSITION HIMSELF AT WHICH TIME PAIN ENTERED RIGHT KNEE.

January 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS STANDING ON A TAIL GUARD FOR A CONVEYOR TO REACHE THE HOPPER ABOVE. WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMEMR TO HIT THE HOPPER, HE SLIPPED STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LATER COMPLAINED OF BACK PA IN.

November 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING PIPE TO PUT ON A HAMMER. WRENCH SLIPPED AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND MAST.

October 21, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ALONG SIDE A CONVEYOR AND WALKED OVER A STONE PILE. HE OVERTURNED HIS ANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE.

October 11, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRACKING A CONVEYOR BELT. HE NOTICED MATERIAL BUILD UP ON TABLE. HE TRIED TO REMOVE IT WITH A HOE. THE HOE GOT CAUGHT CAUSING LACERATIONS TO BOTH HANDS.

September 22, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPENIGN A BOX WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS STOMACH. REQUIRED STITCHES.

September 13, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS DISCONNECTING TRAILER HITCH BALL TYPE TO DO SO HE HAD TO LIFT THE TRAILER TONGUE. THIS STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 9, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF #4 WATER TRUCK. HE STEPPED ON THE BATTERY COVER. THE COVER MOVED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND. HIS CHIN STRUCK THE COVER CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

August 9, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON ASERVICE TRUCK. HE SAT UP TO GET OFF FLOOR CREEPER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

July 18, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE DOZER AND STEPPED ON A LOSE STONE, AND LOST HIS BALANCE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS BACK ON A ROCK.

July 8, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD AND THE STEERING WENT OUT ON THE TRUCK. HE LOST CONTROL AND HIT A ROCK BANK. HE WENT THRU THE WINDSHIELD.

June 3, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING CAT HAUL TRUCK & EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN

April 25, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK ROLLED OVER, THE VICTIM WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM DRIVER SIDE.

April 5, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLOSING AN OVERHEAD DOOR IN THE CRANE CAB. HE WAS WALKING ON A CATWALK & STEPPED OFF THE CATWALK WITH ONE FOOT & LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET.

March 31, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRYING TO TAKE A SAMPLE OF LIME FROM A BELT CONVEYOR WHILE THE BELT WAS IN OPERATION THE 5 GAL BUCKET HE WAS USING WAS CAUGHT BY THE BELTPULLING HIS HAND INTO A DISCHARGE CHUTE CLOSE TO THE CONVEYOR HE NEEDED STITHES

March 29, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall from machine

IT WAS RAINING AND HE WAS CLEANING OUT ROCKS FROM CRUSHER. HE SLIPPED WHILE GOING DOWN FROM CRUSHER AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

February 21, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN THE PREHEATING OF A ROTARY KILN. AFTER THE PROPANE WAND WAS RELIT AND INSERTED INTO THE HOOD. THE COAL IN THE KILNIGNITED. THIS PUFF PUSHED FLAMES BACK TOWARD HIM AND CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND COAT ON FIRE.

February 2, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE ICE FROM CONVEYOR PULLIES. HE HE SWUNG THE HAMMER HIS RIGHT THUMB HIT A SUPPORT ANGLE OF THE CONVEYOR RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

January 31, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON 1-31-94 AT 8:30 PM TERRY BOYER WAS TIGHTENING#3 CRUSHER AND SLIPPED ON ICE. WHILE TRYING TO STOP HIS FALL HE JAMMED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HISLEFT HAND.

January 3, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PNEUMATIC HAMMER CHISLETO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM A CHUTE. THE BIT WAS NOT LOCKED IN PLACE IT CAME OUT AND HIT EE HAND.

October 28, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM FLOOR TO CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE DUMPED A SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL ONTO BELT. THE SHOVEL TOUCHED THE BELT PROPELLING THE SHOVEL TOWARD HIM. THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

October 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE FELL THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE FLOOR PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY REMOVABLE GRATING.HE WITHER WALKED ON THE GRATING OR WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST OR REPLACE THE GRAT E WHEN HE FELL APPROX 14 FT TO THE FLOOR BELOW SUFFERING A FRACTURED SKULL.

October 22, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO MOVE A GEAR REDUCER OUT OF A HYDRAULIC PRESS. THE REDUCER WAS HOOKED TO AN OVERHEAD CRANE. WHEN THE REDUCER SHEAVE GOT CAUGHT, EMPLOYEE LIFTED IT UP AND THE REDUCER SLID OFF THE PRESS PINCHING HIS FINGER.

October 8, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REBOLT A SIDE RAIL FOR KILM ROOD HE SLIP ON MATERIAL BUILT UP IN WORK AREA & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

September 28, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE FOR A SKIRT ON SCALP ON BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT LEG

September 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by flying object

A STEEL WEDGE WAS BEING REMOVED FROM BETWEEN THE BOWL & BOWL LINER ON A CRUSHER WHEN THE WEDGE WAS DISLODGED IT FLEW OUT & HIT EE AS HE WAS LEAVING THE AREA

September 7, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CRAWLING UNDER A HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN OIL SPILL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 4, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UHE WAS POSITIONING HIMSELF INSIDE A DISCHARGE CHUTE OF A CONVEYOR TO MAKE REPAIRS. HE REACHED INTO THE SHARP EDGE OF A METAL SCRAPER BLADE. THE RESULTING CUT SEVERED A TENDON REQUIRING SURG ERY.

August 2, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK POSSIBLY WHILE PULLING A TWO INCH. DIA. WATER HOSE UP AN INCLINED CONVEYOR CATWALK.

June 28, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLIMBING A LADDER ON A 992C LOADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

June 15, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEN WERE DISASSEMBLING CRANE BOOM FOR TRANSPORTATION, THEY LOWERED BOOM ONTO A 40' FLAT BED. THEY HAMMERED OUT THE LOWER PINS & THE BOOM BUCKLED & HIT INJURED ON THE BACK.

June 14, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall from ladders

INJURED WAS CLIMBING A WOODEN STAIGHT LADDER. HE WAS CARRYING ABOUT 2 1/2 GAL. OF OIL. WHEN HE STEPPED ONT EH 7TH RUNG THE RUNG BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. AS HE FELL HE BROKE THE 6TH AND 5T H RUNGS ALSO.

May 27, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUSHING HARD ON THE SHOVEL USED TO TAKE SAMPLES ANTICITATING ALOT OF RESISTANCE. WHEN THE SHOVEL PENETRATED THE COARSE STONE. THE SHOVEL WENT THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE MATERIAL EASIER. THAN EXPECTED. THIS PUT ALL HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT LEG.

May 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AT 5:#0 PM WE STARTED PREHEAT OF #5 ROTARY KILN WITH L-P GAS. MEN COMING ON AT SHIFT CHANGE NOTICED AN ODER OF GAS. THEY FOUND A LOOSE CONNECTION INT EH GAS LINE. THEIR ATTEMPTS TO TIGHTEN IT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAME. ATTEMPTING TO RE-IGNITE THE GAS, AN ACCUMULATION OF GAS INSDIE THE HOOD AND COOLER BENEATH IT EXPLODED CAUSING DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND MINOR INJURIES TO 2 MEN.

April 22, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS IN A HURRY TO FINISH HIS WORK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER OF A HAUL TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUNG CAUSING HIS FACE TO HIT THE FENDER. THE IMPACT BROK E HIS GLASSES FRAME LACERATING HIS NOSE AND EYE BROW.

April 5, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING HIS HAUL TRUCK AS USUAL. HIS BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM. HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK HE SAID HIS PAIN CAME FROM HIS JOB.

March 30, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS HOLDING A STEEL PLATE IN POSITION FOR OTHER TO WELD. DUE TO THE CLOSE QUARTERS IN THE CRUSHER SLAG FROM WELDING LANDED ON EE S PANTS. THIS RESULTED IN BURNS TO HIS RIGHT THIGH.

March 22, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A RIB RUBBER TO INSTALL ON A VIBRATING SCREEN. HE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB REQUIRING STITCHES.

March 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wimpey Minerals Usa Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING FROZEN MATERIAL BUILDUP FROM A PAN UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE PULLING ON THE HOE THE MATERIAL MOVED AND THE HANDLE OF THE HOE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH.

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