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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 30, 1993 AZ · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Mesa Pipeline Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE LINER BOLTS FROM A ROD MILL IN DOING SO HE PULLED A MUSCLE ON HIS RIB CAGE

June 23, 1988 AZ · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Mesa Pipeline Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE P/L#3 RODMILL MOVING RODS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE RODS DURING ROD CHARGE.THE ROD HE WAS PRYING BOUNCED BACK INTO HIS PRY BAR.THE PRY BAR WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS AHND AND THE B AR HIT HIS LEFT THIGH AND BRUISED IT.

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