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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 13, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROCKBOLTING THE MAIN DIFT WHERE WE HAD REMOVE SOME TIMBER WE HAD INSTALLED 5 MATS WITH BOLTS AND WAS STARTING ON THE SIXTH MAT HE DRILLED THE HOLE FOR THE BOLT AND HAD STARTED TO INSERT THE BOLT WHEN A SLAB CAME OUT OF THE BACK HITTING THE JACKLEG KNOCKING HIM DOWN THEN BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECE THE PIECE HITTING HIM.

March 27, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING ROADWAY & SOME WATER SPLASHED INTO HIS EYE WAS WAS MUDDY & CONTAINED SOME FOREIGN MATTER WHICH GOT INTO HIS EYE & SCRATCHED THE CORNEA

January 31, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Mining Company · Struck by falling object

MEN WERE GETTING READY TO BOTL THE BACK WHILE COLLARING A DRILL HOLE SMALL ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK HITTING EE S RIGHT HAND BETWEENT THE ROCK AND THE DRILL STEEL BREAKING A SMALL BONE ON THE LITT LE FINGER.

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