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October 3, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was a member of a crew of three men and was assisting the other miners in standing a set of timber in the face. The crew was digging for a foot block and placing a post when a 24"x24" slab slid off the right rib breaking his leg.

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