Mining Incidents

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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 24, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING A SURFACE GRINDER IT CAUGHT AND KICKED BACK STRIKING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE ARM, ABOVE HIS ELBOW.

July 10, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE RUNNING A BATCH OF FIBERCRETE, THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO CHECK THE SHUMP. HE FORGOT TO TURN OFF THE BATCH PADDLES TO GRAB A SAMPLE THUS HIS HAND GOT CUT DUE TO THE WIPERS PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TANK AND WIPER BLADES.

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