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1983–2026
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March 5, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKING UNDER W5BCO AND DIRT FELL INTO LEFT EYE

February 3, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS STANDING NE3T TO STINGER WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEE LOWERED OUTRIGGER ONTO RT FOOT

September 30, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING 4ATERIAL ON PLATFORM OF WELDING N MACHINE BY EMGINE SECTION. AS HE MADE A PASS WITH THE CUTTING TORCH HIS ARM WAS HIT BY ALTERNATOR PULLEY.

September 24, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ING TO SHAPE A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN A 3IN WEBB ROLL WHENHIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN ROLL PULLING IN HIS LEFT HAND

August 6, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by flying object

GRINDING PIPE A3D WAS STRUCK LEFT EYE.

April 20, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by flying object

USING IMPACT WI7H UNIV SOCKET,SOCKET CAME OFF BOLT AND WHIPPED AROUND STRIKING EMPL ABOVE RIGHT EYE.

April 10, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO DISASSEMBLE A BELT REEL WHEN THE REEL WAS CUT FREE IT FELL ON EMPLOYEE

March 23, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG SHEARING MACHINE, HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN METAL TABLE TOP AND SHEET OF METAL.

February 26, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck against a moving object

MAKING A PASS T2RU MUCK ON DUMP, BACKING UP EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A BOULDER THAT HAD ROLLED BEHIND HIM.

December 3, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STEEL PLATE SLI1PED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN PLATE AND TABLE.

August 31, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by flying object

AS EMPLOYEE WALKED BY THE SCREEN UNIT OF STANDARD CRUSHER, A ROCK FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE DOOR OF THE OVERSIZE CHUTE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ANKLE.

July 9, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING UP DAMAGED SOCKET X 1 DRIVE IN AN IMPACT WRENCH THE SOCKET B*ROKE AND LACERATED THE EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER THE INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES.

June 10, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OUT GUSSETS WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FELL ONTO PANT LEG. IT BURNED THRU PANTS AND WENT INSIDE OF BOOT.

February 22, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN BODY FOUND IN LEFT EYE.

February 13, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

GRINDING ANGLE IRON ANGLE IRON CAUGHT AND PULLED HAND INTO WHEEL

August 24, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE DAMAGED BOLTS FROM WHEEL COVER RING, WRENCH CAME OFF END OF BOLT, ALLOWING BOLT TO TURN AND STRIKE THUMB.

August 20, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO BREAK CONCRETE WITH JACKHAMMER, IT KICKED OUT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO START A NEW HOLE. HE TRIED TO HOLD ONTO JACKHAMMER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 6, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CLEANING SMALL U SHAPED MOUNTING BRACKETS WITH HEAVY DUTY GRINDER WIRE WHEEL UNIT IN MILL REPAIR BAY WIRE WHEEL PULLED BRACKET INTO WHEEL CUTTING EMPLOYEES FINGER

June 10, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Pinto Valley Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO WORKERS WORKING IN THE VICINITY FOUND J D SMITH PINNED BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND THE TRACK DRILL MR SMITH SAID HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF MACHINERY WHEN THE COMPRESSOR ROLLED FORWARD PUSHING THE TRACK DRILL DOWN THE HILL THE TONGUE OF THE COMPRESSOR PINNED HIS RIGHT THIGH AGAINST THE MOTOR OF THE TRACK DRILL THE LEG WAS NOT BROKEN BUT SEVERELY BRUISED

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