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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 3, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHIPPING CONCRETE WITH HAMMER AND STEEL. I NAME CHOKED UP ON THE HAMMER HANDLE AND WHEN HE STRUCK THE STEEL, THE HAMMER HEAD GLANCED OFF PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND HAMMER HANDLE.

November 20, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE POUNDING GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND HIS BACK WAS STRAINED WHEN GROUND ROD RAN INTO A ROCK BACK WAS NOT STRAIGHT

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