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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CHANGING PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED EE FELL AGGAINST PIPE AND HIT TOOTH.

July 11, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TURNING ROLLER OVER WITH A COME A LONG ROLLER FLOPPED OVER AND CAUGHT FINGER.

February 6, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS UNPLUGGING THE JAW ON THE CRUSHER WHEN ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS HAND HIS RT INDEX FINGER WAS CRUSHED

January 29, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS KNOCKING SLAG AWAY FROM THE WILD WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL FLEW UP AND LODGED IN HIS EYE.

October 17, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POUNDING REBAR W/HAMMER AND STRUCK LEFT HAND

September 21, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Hog Ranch Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE DRILL LOOKING UP TO SEE IF STEEL WAS TURNING WHILE A MAINTENCE MAN WAS STRICKING THE BIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. MAINTENCE MAN MISSED THE BIT AND STRUCK EMPLOY EE IN THE FOOT.

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