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August 28, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

54736YEE WAS PULLING THE MACHINE OUT OF THE HOLE AND CUT HIS ELBOW ON THE RIB.

July 29, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

55061S DRILLING IN LOOSE GROUND AND ROCK FELL BOUNCED OFF HIS MACHINE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

May 28, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE LEG OF THE MACHINE.

April 11, 1991 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND TURNED THE MACHINE AROUND TO DRILL OUT A HOLE WHEN HE WENT TO TURN THE MACHINE HE GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LEG AND MACHINE.

February 13, 1991 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK FELL OUT FROM THE BACK AND BOUNCED OFF THE MACHINE HITTING EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

December 11, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A LARGE PACK OF H.W. VOLCANICS CAME DOWN AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEG KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND TRAPPING HIM. WHILE TRYING TO GET HIS LEG OUT, ANOTHER SMALL ROCK CAME DOWN AND CUT HIS HEAD.

November 13, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK CUTTING HIS RIGHT ARM.

September 7, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A ROCK FELL FROM BACK WHILE HE WAS STARTING A NEW HOLE.

June 25, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SMASHED IT AGAINST A ROCK. HE CUT HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

May 15, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG. HE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE HOLE AND THE NUT ON THE JACKLEG PINCHED HIS THIGH.

March 23, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG AND INJURED HIS BACK.

June 22, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE IGNITING A CUTTING TORCH, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS TO NECK AND CHIN 1 ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT SIDE OF TORSO EXTENDING AROUND TO RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

June 9, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS ARC GOUGING IN SIDE GRINDING MILL AND RECEIVE FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.

June 8, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING DRILL AT FACE,PRILL POT WENT EMPTY AND HOSE SURGED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN SIDE OF FACE.EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ON THE SIDE OF FACE.

June 4, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIHGTENING THE CUTTING EDGE OF A BLADE ON DOZER WITH PNEUMATIC IMPACT WRENCH AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.

May 31, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE WELDING A FLANGE ONTO A PIPE, THE FLANGE FROPPED ON LEFT INDEX FINGER. LACERATION - SUTURED.

May 31, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL TIGHTENING BOLTS W/AIR IMPACT WRENCH.THE AIR BLEW METAL FRAGMENTS INTO LEFT EYE.FOREIGN BODY REMOVED BY OPTHALMOLOGIST FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR REMOVAL OF F.B.THIS IS LATE-WE WERE UNAWAR E THAT MEDICAL PROCEDURE WAS USED.

May 31, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WORKING ON A COMPRESSOR, EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE EXHAUST PIPE. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND.

May 16, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING A SCREEN, SLAG WENT THROUGH HOLE IN BOOT AND BURNT TOES OF LEFT FOOT.

May 11, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A RAISE ROUND STEEL CAME OUT OF THE CHUNK AND FELL. STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE WITH THE END OF THE STEEL.

May 10, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING DRILL BIT IN HAND DRILL DRILLED L MIDDLE FINGER WITH DRILL SUTURES LACERATED.

May 6, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

SPARK FROM WELDING ENTERED LEFT EAR. PERFORATED LEFT TM. GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATON. ACCIDNET OCCURRED 5-6-89 REPORTED 5-19-89. THIS ACCIDENT AND INJURY RESULTING FROM IT WERE NOT REPORT ED TO THE COMPANY BY THE EMPLOYEE, NOR WAS THE COMPANY AWARE OF SUCH INJURY UNTIL 5-10-89. THE INJURY WAS DETERMINTED TO BE ALLEAGES UNTIL 5-1-89 WHEN REPORTED TO MSHA.

May 5, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL STRUCK LEFT HAND ON END OF LATHE DRILL. SUTURABLE WOUND DORSUM OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND DIGITS.

April 20, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOAING RR TIES FORM FLAT CAR HOISTED LOAD OF TIES SWUNG AROUND PINNED HIM AGAINST STACK OF TIES BEHING HI8M ON CAR. FRACT OF TIBIA AND FIBULA LOWER R. LEG.

April 19, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING AC UTTING TOOL ON A GRINDER WHEN THE TOOL SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT AGAINST GRINDER.

April 14, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

L WRIST CUT BY BROKEN WINDOW FROM #38 SHOVEL SUTURED

March 31, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DRILLING WITH JACKLEG, JACKLEG KICKED OUT AND EMPLOYEE TOOK WEIGHT WITH HIS BACK AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

February 19, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON FEEDER STOCK PILE AN APPARENT BRIDGE OF MATERIAL WAS ENCOUNTERED & THE DOZER FELL OR DROPPED SEVERAL FEET EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE NECK BUT WAS UNSURE WHETHER IT WA S FROM LOOKING BACKWARDS OR THE DROP EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC 030189

January 17, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN PIECE OF STEEL ON DRILL PRESS. VICE THAT WAS HOLDING STEEL WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN. BIT HUNG IN STEEL AND ROTATED VICE PINNING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RINGFINGER AGAINST BA CK OF PRESS.

January 13, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Greens Creek Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH CUTTING TORCH, WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND DISCOVERED EYES BURNING ABOUT 2 A.M. WENT TO DR. EMPLOYEE HAD GRITTY EYE.

December 17, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OBSERVING HELPER GRINDING PIPE. EMPL HAD ON WELDING HOOD BUT SLAG PIECE GOT UNDER HOOD & IN EYE.

November 29, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND IT DROPPED ON HIS RT SHIN 2.5 CM LACERATION SUTURED

November 28, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNIGN OFF BOLT S WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO HIS RT.EAR CANAL F.B.(SLAG ADHERRED TO R.EAR DRUM) R EMOVED BY SPECIALISTS

November 22, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER JACKHAMMERING FELT PAIN IN NECK AND UPPER BACK GIVEN RX

November 11, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS OPERATING AN AMERICAN 40TON CRANE.THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF CRANE AND JUMPED OUT.THE MAGNET USED ON CRANE STRUCK THE OPERATORS FOOT.THE CONTACT WITH THE MAGNET CAUSED AN AVU LSION TO THE LEFT ANKLE.

November 9, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED WRIST WITH TORCH WHILE HEATING STEEL. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11-9-88 AND WAS REPORTED TO CLINIC 11-14-88 AS LEFT WRIST BECAME INFECTED. 2ND DEGREE BURN-GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

October 18, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT RING ON LEFT HAND ON STEEL BAR CUTTING LEFT FOURTH FINGER.

September 19, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A SPACE HEATER. HEATER WAS NOT GETTING FUEL SO EMPLOYEE TRIED TO ADJUST FUEL INTAKE WHILE HEATER WAS ON. HAND SLIPPED AND FAN CUT FINGER.

September 6, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING UNISUIT ON STAIRWELL WHEN THE BLADE HUNG DURING GRINDING AND SKINT BACK SIDE OF LEFT HAND.

August 18, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING A CAT STARTED FEELING BACK PAIN LOWER BACK PAIN INCEREASED AFTER WORK

August 8, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

BACKED GRADER UP BUMPING INTO ANOTHER GRADER MILD CERVICAL STRAIN GIVEN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ON 8-11-88

July 30, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

20 INF OF WELDING BURN R ELBOW

July 28, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING A PLATE WHILE INSTALLING A BOLT.PLACED HAND ON HOT WELD.2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS-PALM LEFT HAND.

July 27, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING OVERHEAD HOT PIECE OF WELD GOT IN RIGHT EAR DEBRIS EMBEDDED IN CANAL OF R EAR GIVER PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION

July 18, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDER LACERATED LEFT HAND.

July 13, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING A LOADER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ARC BURN ON THE LEFT SHIN.

June 29, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

3 DEGREE BURN OF THUMB BY TOUCHING CAD WELD

June 14, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler MACHINERY
Unknown operator · Struck by falling object

HELPING TRIP OUT OF A HOLE WHEN A FLIPPER BROKE OFF AND FELL AND HIT ME ON TOP OF THE HEAD THE WELD BROKE WHICH MADE THE FLIPPER FALL.

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