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Years on record: 1983–2026
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October 14, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Vinnell Mining & Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING PIECE OF TRAMP METAL FROM CONE CRUSHER USING A CUTTING TORCH CONE WAS JAMMED OPEN WHEN METAL CUT THROUGH CONE CLOSED PINCHING EMPLOYEES RT THUMB ALONG OUTSIDE EDGE OF NAI L SKIN WAS BROK9N

October 18, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY

Vinnell Mining & Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WHILE IN SQUATTING POSITION AFTER SWITCHING GRINDER OFF AND WHEN SETTING IT DOWN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT LEG BEFORE GRINDING WHEEL HAD STOPPED TURNING THE FLAT D SC WHEEL CUT THROUGH HIS PANTS AND INTO HIS LEG

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