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January 19, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS DESCENDING STEPS ON D-9 DOZER SLIPPED ON STEEL STEP ON PUSH ARM AND FELL ON HIS BACK & TAILBONE AREA, ALSO HIT LEFT SHOULDER ON SIDE OFDOZER TRACKS

January 15, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PATHCING A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT AND CUTTING RUBBER PATCH RAZOR BLADE SLIPPED AND CUT INTO LEFT LEG.

October 5, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING FROM A STORAGE PILE IN MAINTENANCE YARD. WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 8, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MANUALLY MOVING ROCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN CRUSHER JAW WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK DUE TO LIFTING ROCKS.

July 11, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON MAINTENANCE AT MAIN ROCK CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED ON TO THE HANDRAIL NEXT TO THE 66" ROCK CRUSHING CONE TO GO AROUND CO-WORKER. EE PUT HIS HAND ON EE'S HARD HAT, THEN W HILE WALKING BY ON RAIL, SLIPPED AND FELL OFF RAIL, BOUNCED OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY GUARD. HE FELL IN TOTAL 15 FT TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS BACK AND SIDE IN THE DIRT AND ROCK BES

May 2, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING UNDER CATERPILLER BULLDOZER WHEN METAL & DIRT PARTICLES FELL INTO RT EYE, CAUSINGIRRITATION THAT INCREASED SEVERAL HRS LATER UNTIL HE REQD MED TREATMENT TO REMOVE FOREIGN BODY IN RT EYE. AFTER REMOVED EE RETD TO WORK WITH NODAMAGE TO EYE

April 25, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING SKID STEER, EE WAS WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR BELT AT LOWER PLANT AND DROVE UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE BELT AND FELL ON HIS RT. KNEE CAUSING BRUISING AND A CONTU SION.

March 27, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACEMENT OF CRUSHER JAW & WAS WAITING FOR EE OPERATING CRANE TO MOVE ROCK BOX. THE CRANE WAS LIFTING THE ROCK BOX WHEN ROCK BOX GOT HUNG UP AND WAS SPRUNG-LOOSE. THE ROCK BOX RAMMED INTO EE & PUSHED HIM INTO RAILING

March 25, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SET SMALL PIECE OF STEEL TO BE WELDED INTO PLACE. STEEL SLIPPED AND INJURED LEFT THUMB WITH BRUISING AND A LACERATION.

March 20, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND TO DO A PLANT INSPECTION. HE SAW THAT THE PLANT A.C. STACKER HAD STOPPED AND RAN TO THE CONTROL VAN TO TAK ECARE OF IT. IN THE PROCESS OF HURRYING HE STEPPED IN A LOW SPOT IN THE GROUND AND HYPEREXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

March 10, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by falling object

A COWORKER DROPPED A PIECE OF LUMBER FROM BARMAC EQUIPMENT CATWALK ABOVE EE. EE WAS SHOVELING DIR WHEN THIS PIECE OF LUMBER FELL & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG MUSCLE & TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

March 6, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP A PART THAT FITS ON THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

August 3, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE FRONT END LOADER WAS LOWERING BARRELS OF FLIGHT THE LOAD BEGAN TO SLIP FROM THE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STOP SLIPPAGE OF BARREL OF FLIGHT BY LIFTING BARREL CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

May 14, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING UNDER JAW CRUSHER [CONFINDED AREA]

March 25, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PIN WHEN OTHER WORKER SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER AND IN THE PROCESS MISSED THE PIN CAUSING THE SLEDGEHAMMER TO HIT EMPLOYEE RIGHT CHEEK AND EYE AREA.

March 11, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

NORMAL CONDITIONS EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WATCHING HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED ON JADAIR CATWALK. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE HIT HIS MIDDLE RT. SIDE OF LOWER BACK.

February 2, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVAL OF ROLLERS AND ASSEMBLY, THE ASSEMBLY WAS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 3 FEET ON TO THE BACK OF EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING WORK BELOW OTHER WORKERS. THE WORKER ABOVE REMOVED T HE ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IT FELL ON TO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACK.

December 20, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS A COLD MORNING 40 DEGREE WITH THE WIND COMMING OUT OF THE SOUTH. HE WAS SPLICING A BELT WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB.

December 14, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by flying object

AFTER FINISHING A WELD HE LIFTED UP HIS PROTECTIVE HOOD WHILE STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER WELDER WORKING, THEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A PIECE OF SLAG METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

May 24, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN CUT LEFT KNEE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER TO PUT ON SCREEN LIP MAKE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT KNEE. RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES.

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