EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PNEUMATIC ROCK BREAKER TO BREAK ROCKS ON THE ORE FEED HOPPER WHEN THE POINT OF THE STEEL BECAME WEDGED IN THE ROCK THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS NOT WEARING GLOVED PULLED ON THE BR EAKER AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT PINCHED HIS THUMBS BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE HOPPER FRACTURING THE LEFT THUMB
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December 27, 1983
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
August 31, 1983
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE MOVING MILL LINER BARS WITH OVERHEAD CRANE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN LIFTING STRAP AND BAR BARS WEIGH APPROX 135LB EMPLOYEE DIDNT FEEL THE INJURY WAS SIGNIFICANT IT WAS NOT UN TIL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26THTHAT HE REPORTED THAT IT WAS STILL GIVING HIM PROBLEMS
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