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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 8, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Burro Chief Copper Company · Struck against stationary object

KNEELING ON SS TANK BOTTOM WHILE LAYING SKETCHES HE REACHED FOR A PRY BAR TO LIFT LIP SKETCH PLATE, DRAGGING HIS KNEE ACROSS THE SHARP SHEARED EDGE OF THE PLATE CUTTING HIS KNEE.

February 22, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Burro Chief Copper Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WQAS FIXING HEATER, CUT HAND WITH KNIFE.

January 20, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Burro Chief Copper Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS PULL3NG HANGER BARS FROM CATHODES ON AN UNLOADING TABLE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A HANGER BAR AND THE UNLOADING MACHINE. I,NAME RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON HIS WON AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE3A MEDICAL REPORT UNTIL LATER ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HE HAD A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

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