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Years on record
1983–2026
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March 18, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Wind Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO MONITOR CRUSHER OPERATIONS. IN THE COURSE OF HIS WALK AROUND,A FOREIGN BODY (FUGITIVE DUST) ENTERED THE AREA BEHIND HIS EYE. A MINOR SCRATCH WAS NOTED BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

May 12, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Wind Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL UNSCREWING BOWL LINER FROM CONE CRUSHER.A 1" CHOKER CABLE WAS WRAPPED AROUND BOWL,THEN HOOKED TO DOZER.TENSION APPLIED TO TURN BOWL LINER COUNTERCLOCKWISE.CHOKER FAILED AT EYE BILLET HOOK ED TO DOZER.CHOKER FLEW BACK STRIKING EMPL STANDING NEXT TO CRUSHER.

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