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December 7, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Callahan Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

I NAMES WERE RIDING #1SKIP TO CRYDERMAN. I NAME GOT OFF AT BATTLESHIP TO RING BELLS FOR THE MUCK CYCLE. I NAME THEN RANG '1 SKIP DOWN. THE SKIP REACHED THE CHAIRS & HESITATED. I NAME YELLED TO I NAME THAT THE SKIP HAD HUNG UP IN CHAIRS JUST AS SKIP FELL. THE SKIP HAD HUNG UP CAUSING SEVERAL FT OF SLACK CABLE. I NAME WAS STANDING ON BOTTOM SKIP STEP. WHEN SKIP FELLHE SLIPPED OFF S

July 27, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Callahan Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOWERING THE DRILL HEAD I ANMER WERE IN BOTTOM PUSHING HEADER TO CENTER OF SHAFT I NAME STEPPED FROM INSIDE II NAME MUCKER AND PLACED 1 FOOT ON THE WALLPLATE. HE THEN LOOKED OVER THE DIV IDER TO SEE TO STOP DRILL HEADER .THIS PLACED HIS HEAD IN THE RUNNING COMPLARTIME 2 SIDE AND THE 2 SHIP CAUGHT HIS H EAD BETWEEN THE SKIP AND THE DIVIDER RESULTING IN A 6 OUT ON FOREHEAD AND

February 8, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Callahan Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS WORKING ON TIMBER REPAIR IN SHAFT, WAS RELIEVING HEADING ON WALLPLATE WHEN SKIP BUCKET STRUCK HIM ON LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP. MAN TENDING SKIP BUCKET SIGNAL CABLE DIDNT COMMUNICATE C LEARLY TO INJURED MAN THAT SKIP BUCKET WAS MOVING

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