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January 15, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TAKING A WATER SAMPLE FROM PINE CREEK USING A DIPPER ATTACHED TO A ROPE. HE STATED THAT THE ROPE WAS TOO SHORT TO ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THE SAMPLE FROM BEHIND THE GUARD RAIL ON THE BRI DGE. HE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE RAIL AND SLIPPED OFF THE BRIDGE FALLING INTO THE CREEK DISLOCATING HIS RT ANKLE.

November 4, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Avocet Tungsten Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-NOISE EXPOSURE OVER 28 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT.

July 13, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BARRELS OF CLEAN UP A.P.T. WHEN HEFELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN.

May 15, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN THE MILL. HE MISSED A STAIR AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FLOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.

March 15, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE HAD OVER FILLED THE M5 TANK ON THE PRECIPDECK. THE 402 TANK WAS EMPTY SO HE WAS GOING TO PUMP THE EXCESS SOLUTION INTO THIS TANK. THE EE ATTACHED A 2" RUBBER HOSE TO THE M5 RECYCLE PUMP FOR THE TRANSFER WHEN HE STARTED THE PUMP THE HOSE CAME OFF THE PUMP AND SPRAYED HIM WITH HOT SOLUTION

July 24, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Avocet Tungsten Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE INJURED WAS ACIDIFYING AN M TANK ONTHE PRECIPITATION DECK. THE M TANK BELCHED OUT A BURST OF H2S GAS CAUSING THE WORKER TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.

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