THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SUPPORT THE BACK- HE PUT HIMSELF OUT UNDER OPEN GROUND (UNSUPPORTED) - WHILE COLLARING A DRILL HOLE THE BACK GAVE WAY STRIKING THE DRILL OPERATOR - THE EMPLOY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK UNDER THE SUPPSUTED BROW - IT WAS A SAFETY VIOLATION.
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October 17, 1985
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Pacific Silver Corp · Struck by falling object
Pacific Silver Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS CRIBBING OVERHEAD IN A TIMBER SET SLAB CELL OUT OF RIB, FORCING EMPLOYEE OUT OF THE TIMBERED SET - HIS FOOT GOT HUNG UP MOMENTARILY IN THE LAGGING
Pacific Silver Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TIMBERING DRIFT SET SLAB FELL HIT HAND LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN SLAB & TIMBER MINOR BRUISES.
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