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October 22, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL MOVING ADJUSTMENT RAM FOR CONE CRUSHER WITHOUT NOTIFYING OPERATOR AT THE CONTROLS.HAD LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE END OF THE CYLINDER AND THE HEAD OF THE RAM WHEN OPERATOR RETRACTED THE RAM .LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED-LACERATING THE SKIN AND BREAKING THE BONE.

August 20, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING A BULLDOZER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN & WEAS SEVERLY JOLTED CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE LOWER BACK

August 9, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN HIS GLOVES GOT HOT & HE DROPPED STINGER ON STEEL WHICH CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES

June 21, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING TRACKS ON DRILTECHS DK25 DRILL WHEN TORCH SLIPPED OUT OF BRACKET AND BURNED HIS HAND.

November 13, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS UNLOADING TRASH BARRELS AT THE GARBAGE PTIT BY THE MILL. THE BARREL CAME OGG THE HOOKS AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BASCK AS HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY. HE GOT UP AND PUSHED THE BARREL OFF UP THE HILL. AT THE SHOP HE WAS LOOKED OVER AND TRANSPORTED BY SOMEONE TO THE OFFICE.

December 7, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRILLER & FOREMAN PUTTING HAMMER ON DRILL PIPE WHEN THREADS CROSSED,HAMMER SPUN OFF PINCHING DRILLERS HAND BETWEEN HAMMER BARREL AND PULL-DOWN CHAIN.

April 21, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLER WAS SETTING TABLE BUSHING ON DRILL AND PUT THUMB IN PINCH POINT

February 29, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

D8L CAT DOZER BACKED UP ON CUT SIDE OF ROAD WITH LEFT CRAWLER SO HIGH THAT MACHINE BECAME UNSTALE & LAYED OVERF ON ITS RIGHT SIDE ON ROAD WAY

December 2, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

RAISED TABLE BU8HING UP DRILL STEEL AND SECURED WITH WINCH LINE.CABLE SLIPPED ALLOWING BUSHING TO SLIDE DOWN STEEL AND PINCH FINGER.

August 17, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR OPEN FOR A3R CIRCULATION DOOR LATCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND CLOSED ON OPERATORS GLOVED HAND

August 4, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Independence Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DRILLER LEFT DR3LL TO CALL A MECHANIC. WHILE WALKING OUT OF THE PIT HE WALKED B A WORKING DOZER. AS HE PASSED A HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SPRAYED HIM IN THE FACE WITH HYDRAULIC OIL.

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