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October 21, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 3IN STREEL SHAFTING ON TO THE FORKS OF A CLARK FORK LIFT THE SHAFTING SHIFTED ROLLING BACK PINCHING RT HAND OF EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TWO PCS OF 3IN ROUND SHAFTING SMASHING HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO TOP OF RT HAND

February 12, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BOWL FROM PULVERIZER. SHE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK WHICH RADIATED DOWN HER RIGHT LEG SHE WENT TO AN ACUPUNCTURIST ON 2-19-91 FOR A TREATMENT.

February 6, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WALKED UP DECLINE BOTH ARMS WENT NUMB ABOUT 30 SECOND THEN FELT WEAR ABOUT HALF HOURNEXT DAY HAD LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER RUNNING THE SURFACE LOADER WHICH SEEEMED TO GET WORSE EACH DA Y HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE HE HAD MOVED A FLYGHT PUMP AT THE DECLIEN FACE FINALLY WENT TO DOC ON 02-20-91 & DIAGNOSED AS SEVERE BACK STRAIN

November 18, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A ROCK DRILL WHILE REPOSITIONING IT,IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS FALLING AND STRKKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

November 1, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A DRILL STEEL. THE WIRE SLIPPED OUT OF THE STEEL AND POKED HIM IN THE EYE.

October 23, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOVING HIS SLUSHER BLOCK A SLAB ON THE MUCK PILE SLID DOWN AND HIT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUSING A ONE INCH LACERATION WITH SWELLING AND NUMBNESS.

September 13, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL OUT BLADE PIPE WHICH WAS WRAPPED AROUND A DRUM CHAINED IN A MUCKER BUCKET IN THE PROCESS OF UNHOOKING THE CHAIN END DESCENDING FROM THE BUCKET I NAME CAUGHT HIS RING ON A BURR OR SOMETHING ON THE BUCKET & PEELED HIFINGER

June 15, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS GETTING OFF OF LOADER WHEN RESPIRATOR GOT HUNG IT SNAPPED BACK & STRUCK HIM IN MOUTH.

May 29, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING UP THE GROUND FROM A SITTING POSITION PUSHING UP WITH HIS ARMS AND HANDS. HE HAD LAID A SARDING CAN LID ON THE GROUND DURING LUNCH AND WHEN HE GOT UP HE UNKNOWNING HAD HIS HAND ON THE LID CUTTING HIS HAND.

April 24, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS REMOVING TIN SHEETING FROM CRUSHER SHED ROOF WHEN INJURY INITIALLY OCCURED BY TWISTING BACK UNFASTENING TIN SUBSEQUENT INJURY TO BACK OCCURED WHEN EMPL FELL OFF OF LADDER WAY ACCESSIN G CHUTE PULING PLATFORM AT GA-25 RAISE.

January 19, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A DRILL OUT OF A HOLE WHEN HE REINJURED A 2 YEAR OLD SURGICAL WOUND IN HIS ABDOMEN

August 29, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by falling object

WHILE WORKING IN A RAISE, THE MAN ON THE UPPER FLOOR DROPPED A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT. THE NAIL STRUCK THE MAN BELOW CUTTING HIS LEG.

July 8, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS MOVING A LOG AND STRAINED HIS BACK

July 7, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Range Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CARRYING A COMPRESSED AIR HOSE HE ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED THE VALVE ON AND THE END OF THE HOSE STRUCK HIM

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