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March 18, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING DRILL RODS THAT SLIPPED OUT OF PICKUP BED WHILE MOVEING TO NEXT DRILL SITE. HE LOADED ONE OF RODS & IT SLIPPED OUT OF BED & HIT HIM IN BACK..PICKUP WAS SITTING ON INCLINE.

October 27, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT AT THE POINT WHERE THE CONVEYOR GOES UNDER THE JAW FRAME. HE SLAMMED HIS HAND INTO THE CRUSHER FRAME.

October 21, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE AND TEETH OF 988 LOADER FROM LOAD INA 769 TRUCK BECAUSE THEY HAD BROKEN OFF LOADER THEY WERE IN 2 PIECES WHEN HE LIFTED LARGER PIECE HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS STOMACH AND BACK FOLLOWED BY NAUSEA

October 6, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING MATERIAL OF OFF A STOPPED CONCERYOR BELT. STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 23, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING PUT A FUEL PUMP ON A 988 LOADER. CAT SERVICE MAN WAS HANDING PUMP TO EMP W HEN IT SLIPED. EMP GRABBED PUP BU T AS HE CAUGHT IT HE TWISTED AN ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AN D TEAR SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND STOMACH. PAUMP (PUMP) WEIGHS APPROX. 100 LBS.

July 11, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A 4" VALVE FROM A PALLET THE VALVE JAMMED INTO THE PALLAT WHILE THE MINER TRIED TO REMOVE THE VALVE IT CAME LOOSE AND THE MINERS FINGER WAS SMASHED AGAINST ANOTHER VALVE ON THE PALLAT THE LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CUT AND FOUND TO BE FRACTURED

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