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1983–2026
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December 12, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Struck by falling object

STARTED DRILLING HOLE FOR ROCK BOLT. DRILL KNOCKED SMALL ROCK LOOSE IT FELL APPROX 8\ & HIT DRILLER ON LEFT FOOT.

November 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE ERECTING A RETAINER WALL AT CONVEYOR ON THE CRUSHER. THE LOADER OFER BROUGHT AROUND A LOG TO PUT INTO A PLACE HE WAS TOLD IT WAS TOO SHORT. HE BACK AWAY WITH THE LOG AND IT STARTED B OUNCING IT THEN HIT ELDON ACROSS THE LEGS WHICH REBULTED IN A BROKEN ANKLE.

August 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AN AIR DRIVEN CRAWLER TRACKED DRILL RIG WAS BEING MANUVERED FOR A NEWDRILLING POSITION THE OPERATOR WAS STANDING IN THE WRONG POSITION RELATIVE TO THE CONTROLS BECAUSE OF THIS AND HIS LACK OF ATTENTION HE BACKED THE TRACK OF THE DRILL OVER HIS FOOT THE TRACK EMBENDED ABOVE TRACK PART OF THE FOOT PROTECTED BY STEEL XXX INJURING HIS TOE AND ANKLE

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