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Years on record
1983–2026
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June 11, 1985 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WENT TO BREAK JOINTS FROM CRAMER ROD WITH WRENCHES TOO MUCH STRAIN HURT NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER

November 5, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOWERING PART WITH A COME A LONG HANDLE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND MOTOR FRAME.

January 11, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BAR THROUGH A PIECE OF GRATING AND HIT HAND WITH HAMMER-HAND HIT GRATING AND CUT LEFT THUMB.

January 2, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING NYLON TIE ON RUBBER GUARD KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT SECOND FINGER ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL

September 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING KNOCKOUT WRENCH KNOCKING OUT BOLTS IN SAG MILL WRENCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FAC E JUST ABOVE THE UPPER LIP

June 22, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

REPLACING BRAKE PADS ON KOPE HOIST, PIECE OF RUST FLEW IN EYE. REMOVED WITH METAL PROBED, EMBEDDED IN EYE.

June 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS HOLDING A DRIFT PIN AND LEWIS BUTLER WAS STRIKING PIN WITH HAMMER ALIGNING BOLT HOLES IN STRUCTURAL STEEL. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF PIN AND HIT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND

March 9, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BETTY REPORTS SHE WAS MOPPING COMPUTER ROOM FLOOR. WHEN SHE STEPPED ON THE MOP RINGER SHE FELT PAIN IN HE BACK. REASON UNKNOWN.

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