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May 20, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL REMOVING W2OD PALLETS AND WAS BITTEN BY BLACK WIDOW SPIDER.

August 20, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING A LATHE.SHAVINGS FELL TO FLOOR.EMPL ATTEMPTED TO PICK THEM UP BY HAND.SOME CAUGHT ON FLOORING AND WAS DRAWN ACROSS HAND CUTTING THROUGH GLOVE AND CUTTING LEFT FINGER.

May 21, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS ADDING WATER TO T HE RADIATOR OF P-29 LOADER FROM A HOSE ATTACHED TO A SPRING EQUIPPED ELF WINDING REEL. EE WAS STNADIN ON LOADER & ATTEMPTED TO PULL MORE SLACK IN THE HOSE & TWISTED HIS KNEE IN THE ATTEMPT.

April 4, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SECTION OF DAMAGED MILL ROD FROM MILL #2 (OXIDE). HE HAS DONE THIS JOB FOR YEARS, BUT IN SO DOING HE JERKED ON A ROD THAT HAD BECOME STUCK AMONG OTHERS THUS PRODUCING A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BENT OVER WITH ARMS EXTENDED IN FRONT OF HIM. PRELIMINARY DOCTORS REPORT INDICATES A BULGING DISC IN THE LOWER BACK.

October 4, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING OVER A PERIOS OF TIME AND DEVELOPED LOWER BACK PAIN.

September 6, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A WELDING CABLE UP TO #2 S.H. CRUSHER WHEN THE CABLE COUPLING CAME LOOSE AND HE FELL.

September 6, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER MOVING SOME STEEL PLATES ON THE GROUND WHEN HE WENT TO GET UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

August 31, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A HOSE USED TO SEND GSX RAFFINATE SOLUTION TO DRYER SCRUBBER FOR CLEANING PURPOSES BEGAN LEAKING AND SPRAYED IN EMPLOYEES EYES WHILE HE WAS WALKING BY

March 14, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNLOAD R&O OUTSIDE THE OXIDE SHOP WHEN THE OPERATOR PUT OUT RIGGER DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

March 2, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MILLING BOSS BARS IN THE MACHINE SHOP. WHILE SETTING BARS INTO PLACE ONE BAR HUNG UP, FELLOW WORKER WAS APPLYING PRESSURE BAR HUNG UP THEN SLIPPED, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AN D PLATE.

January 27, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DOING A LOT OF PHYSICAL LABOR IN THE MINES AT THIS TIME AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM WITH MUSCLE SPASM AND INABILITY TO MOVE THE ARM. EXAM : SEVERE MUSCLE SPASM IN THE TRAPEZIUS TRIANGLE, NO WEAKNESS IN THE ARM BUT SEVERE LIMITED ROM.

January 21, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING STARTER SHEETS WHEN THE END OF ONE OF THE SHEETS WENT THROUGH HIS LEATHER GLOVE CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER

October 6, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING INTERLAKE MACHINE. WHILE LOADING IT WITH COPPER LOOPS FOR THE STARTER SHEET THE LOOPS SHIFTED AS EE WAS REMOVING THEM FROM RACK HITTING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT HAND.

September 16, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING LEACH DISCHARGE PUMP FOR OPERATION WHEN LEACH DISCHARGE SPRAYED IN HIS FACE AND BOTH OF HIS EYES.

September 12, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST A MECHANICAL DEVICE ON A CATHODE BALE, A LOCK WAS THROWN ON THE DEVICE COMING DOWN AND CATCHING HISRIGHT WRIST.

August 28, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING AT HOT DIP TANK IN TANK HOUSE. WHILE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A CATHODE, IT FELL FROM RACK AND CAUGHT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CATHODE BAR AND TOP EDGE OF DIP TANK.

June 20, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING LOOPS TO BE POUNDED AT THE SECONDARY LOOP SLITTER, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO GATHER LOOPS A SHARP PAIN SHOT THROUGH HIS LOWER B ACK

February 15, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anamax Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS APPLYING RUST PREVENTION TO A SHROUD ON A DRIVE SHAFT WHEN THE COUPLING SHROUD SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS ELFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE SHROUD & SHAFT.

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