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1983–2026
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February 12, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Struck against stationary object

HOLDING A SHEET OF PLYWOOD UP TO POSITION WHEN THE LEFT UPPER CORNER CAUGHT ON SOMETHING. IT FELL FROM EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND. IN ATTEMPT TO GRAB IT HE STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM ON THE EDGE OF THE PLYWOOD.

November 10, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Struck by falling object

EE REACHED FOR SOMETHING ON A MIRROR SELF AND KNOCKED OFF A GLASS FUNNEL WITH A CHIPPED TIP THAT WAS ALSO ON THE SHELF THE FALLING FUNNEL STRUCK HER RIGHT CALF LACERATING IT.

October 3, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A PIPE UP FROM A WELL. PERSON AHEAD OF EMPLOYEE KEPT MOVING THE EMPLOYEE COULD NT KEEP UP WITH THEM AND AS A RESULT, FELL. THE PIPE HE WAS CARRYING STRUCK HIS FINGER.

August 3, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WORKING ROCK THROUGH CRUSHER JAW WHEN ROCK FELL BACK AND PUSHED HAND STRAINING WRIST

February 29, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BARREL OF TRASH IT WAS HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED LIFTED WRONG AND INJURED BACK DISK IN LOWER BACK WAS REINJURED EMPLOYEE HAS HAD PREVIOUS BACK INJURY

March 3, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Explorations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MEN WERE SE9VICING A FORK LIFT.THE HOOD WAS UP, AND FASTENED,BUT NOT SECURELY.BOTH MEN WERE STANDING OUTSIDE THE MACHINE.NEITHER WERE UNDER IT. ONE OF THEM BUMPED THE HOOD AND IT CAME UNF ASTENED.THE INJ6RED'S HAND WAS RESTING WITH THE INDEX FINGER IN THE AREA WHERE THE HOOD CAME DOWN.

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