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1983–2026
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February 17, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Idarado Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HANGING AN OVERHEAD PHONE LINE, EE PICKED UP A SPOOL OF PHONE LINE ON A FLATCAR AND TURNED. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS SENT TO A DR.

September 30, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Idarado Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING GARAGE DOOR SPRING AND SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT SMALL FINGER.

January 13, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Idarado Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS FABRICATING A LOADER PART. HE GOT A STEEL SLIVER IN EYE. THE STEEL WAS REMOVED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

February 9, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Idarado Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SPRAYING CEMENT, WHILE EATING HE SCRATCHED HIS EYE. THIS SCRATCHED HIS EYE. HE WAS TREATED AT THE CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

July 22, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Idarado Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING PIPE AND FELT PULL IN STOMACH. WHEN HE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING HE HAD A SMALL SOFT AREA IN HIS STOMACH HE WAS SENT TO THE DR AND DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA HERNIA WILL BE SURGICALLY REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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