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3,112
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1983–2026
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June 16, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE DURING THE SHIFT AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD REMOVED IT WITH EYE WASH. HOWEVER, LATER DURING THE WEEKEND HIS EYE BEGAN TO HURT SO HE WENT IN TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE DR. REMOVED A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT.

May 18, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS A MEMBER OF A TWO-MAN DRIFT CREW ON A DEVELOPMENT LEVEL. IN THE PROCESS SWITCHING LOADED MUCK CARS, A CAR (LOADED) THAT HE HAD BLOCKED WITH A PIECE OF CHAIN UNDER A WHEEL ROLLED O VER THE CHAIN AND IMPACTED HIS LEG WHICH WAS AGAINST THE DRAW HEAD ON THE NEXT MUCK CAR.

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