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August 13, 2012 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A miner was leaning out of the bucket to position a pipe when he decided he needed to be higher. He rang the bells to raise the bucket then failed to get the bells rang to stop the bucket. He was crushed between a guide rail timber and the bucket. The injuries included head lacerations, neck & spinal injuries.

July 22, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HOISTING
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE RIDING IN THE SKIP GOING DOWN THE SHAFT, EE CAUGHT AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING AND HAD HIS HAND PULLED IN BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE SHAFT. THIS RESULTED IN INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND.

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