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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 15, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Petrotomics Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS DDIV3NG AN OUT RIGGER PIN ON A CRANE HE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK UNDER THE CRANE WHEN THE HEAD CAME OFF THE PIN HAMMER STRIKING & CHIPPING 2 FRONT TEETH

April 29, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Petrotomics Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS PULL3NG ON A WRENCH TRYING TO LOOSEN A NUT THE WRENCH PULLED LOOSE STRIKING THE WORKER ON THE RT EYE BROW CUTTING HIM

May 7, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A PUNCH WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED THE PUNCH AND HIT HIS THUMB.

November 5, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SCRAPING CARBON OFF AIR COMPRESSOR HEAD WITH SCREWDRIVER .HE SLIPPED AND IT CUT INTO HIS LEFT HAND.2 STITCHES REQ.

July 25, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING GROUND FLOOR OF DIATOMITE RETORT TOWER, TURNED AROUND AND WALKED INTO PROJECTING PROCESS PIPING. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD SUFFERED PREVIOUS INJURY IN THE SAME AREA OF BODY.

May 24, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS CHECKING A HAUL TRUCK FOR HYDDRAULIC LEAK A HOSE BROKE SPRAYING HOT HYDRAUYLIC OIL ON EMPLOYEES BACK AND ARM RESULTING IN FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS

May 18, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING SAND FROM LIFTER & BURR ON METAL IN SAG MILL USING A LINOLEUM KNIFE, LACERATEDRIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

March 25, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPE AND CHAIN AMPUTATED RIGHT FIFTH FINGER CONTUSED LACERATED RIGHT SECOND THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS THE AMPUTATED FINGER WAS RE-IMPLANTED SUCCESSFULLY

February 24, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Getty Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIPE THAT WAS SUPPORTING COME-A-LONG SLIPPED AND DROPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK -CONTUSION LOWER BACK

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