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June 14, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING REMOVE CABLE REEL FROM TRUCK, SMASHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN REEL AND REEL TRUCK.

April 13, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TIMBERING #1 SHAFT. PUTTING IN COLLAR BRACE. COLLAR BRACE SLIPPED CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN COLLAR BRACE AND SKIP.

December 21, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A HEAVY TIMBER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS TESTICLE, CAUSING A RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL.

November 10, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF WOOD TIE FORM BENEATH MUCK PILE WHEN A BOULDER ROLLED OFF THE TOP OF THE MUCK PILE STRICKING HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE BROKE HIS HAND.

September 11, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CARRYING A COREBOX TO THE PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 6, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunker Hill Mining Company (Us) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CRIBBING A RAISE. HE PICKED UP A 5 FT. CRIB AND TRUNED TO PUT IT IN PLACE. HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND COULDN'T MOVE.

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