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March 1, 1991 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING ON TIMBER AND BLADE OF THE SAW WENT THRU TIMBER CUTTING HIS FINGER.

January 23, 1991 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS AND A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE AND HIT HIS ANKLE PENETRATING THE ANKLE BONE AND JOINT.

August 27, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS BREAKIN1 THE CORE BSARREL WITH WRENCHES AND THE WRENCHES SLIPPED

April 15, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SWEEPING 7HE WOMAN DRY HOUSE HER BROOM HANDLE HIT A CHAIN ON A HANGER BASKET KNOCKED IT DOWN AND IT HIT HER ON THE HEAD.

May 6, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall from machine

LOADING SURFACE HAUL TRUCK HAD TO BAR LARGE BOULDER LOOSE AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HE JUMPED DOWN OFF TRUCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

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

September 13, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WORKING NEAR GRIZZLY AT B04 STOPE BREAKING ROCK WITH A DOUBLE JACK WHEN A SHARP SPLINTER OF ROCK BROKE OFF & CUT THE EES ARM.

February 21, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WAS TYING DOWN HEAVY LOAD ON TRUCK WITH CHAIN BINDERS WHEN HEATER PIPE CAME OFF HANDLE OF CHAIN BINDER AND FLEW UP AND HIT HIM UNDER RT RIB CAGE CAUSING BRUISE AND POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURES

July 18, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING STEEL PIN INTO GROUND DOUBLE JACK HANDLE SPLINTERED & A LARGE SPLINTER ENTERED PALM OF LEFT HAND.

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