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739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 22, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LIFTING MANTLE WITH CRANE, EE WAS TRYING TO STABALIZE IT WITH HIS HANDS, THE 6 TON MANTLE PINCHED HIS R HAND BETWEEN THE MANATLE & A BELT WHICH WAS SITTING NEXT TO IT.

July 30, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE CUTTING AND WELDING IN THE TANK OF WATER TRUCK, EE BECAME ILL AND HIS EYES WERE IRRATATEDBY THE FUMES GIVEN OFF.

June 13, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO PLACE BAR UNDER SHOVEL IDLER, HE RAISED THE OTHER END WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE, WHICH CAUSED THE END HE WAS WORKING ON TO SLIDE AND PINCH HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND W OODEN BLOCK, CAUSING A LACERATION- 13 STITCHES.

May 22, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDER WAS WELDIMG WHEN HIS L. EYE STARTED HURTING HIM AND SWELLING SHUT. EE HAD EYE FLUSHED OUT ON SITE. EE STILL FEL SOMETHING WAS WRONG, SENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE A PIECE OF SLAGE WAS REMOVED.

February 20, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SITTING IN THE TRUCK CAB WAITING TO BE LOADER, THE SHOVEL BUCKET STRUCK THE TRUCK BED JARRING THE DRIVER.

July 6, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Mt Hamilton Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE CUTTING OUT THE LINER OF THE CONE CRUSHER, THE LINER FELL OUT STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE HEEL AREA OF THE LEFT FOOT. THE LINER WAS NOT CRIBBED OR SECURED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

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