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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 24, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS WELDING ON A BRACE STOOD UP TURNED AND RAN INTO PIPE VALVE STEM

February 21, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HIT WITH A FLYING ROCK WHILE INSPECTING THE FEED CHUTE OF # BALL MILL.

December 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP HAD BEEN REMOVING LOWER ROLLERS FROM SH-03 USING TORCH AND GRINDING BOSS EARS ON SHOVEL SIDE FRAMES. PIECE OF METAL ENTERED EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE

October 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WELDING AT CRUSHER WHEN HE FINISHED THE HOT ROD TOUCHED HIS RT LEG BURNED LEG

August 15, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

AS PAUL WAS TIGHTENING DOWN MASTER PAD BOLT ON D-10 USING A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET THE SOCKET BROKE AND JAMMED HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE ROCKS LEFT INDEX FINGER STRUCK ROCK AND TORE OFF FINGER NAIL

May 17, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING AN 8IN PLASTIC PIPE 90FT LONE OVER A 3 INCH SPIGOT LINE AT THE EAST WEST DAM AND THE CABLE SLING THAT WAS USED TO PULL THIS PLASTIC PIPE INTO PLACE SLIPPED 6FT UP THE PIPE AND THE BLOC K ON THE GROVE CRANE THAT WAS USED TO PULL PIPE IN PLACE HIT MAN ON THE RIGTH UPPER SIDE OF HIS BACK

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