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September 11, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Lordsburg Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS DRILLING A RAISE ROUND. WHILE DRILLING UP A ROCK CAME LOOSE AND FELL, HITTING HIM IN THE FACE. HIS NOSE AND LIP WERE CUT AND A FRONT TOOTH WAS KNOCKED LOOSE. THE TOOTH LATER FELL O UT.

May 8, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Lordsburg Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS CLEARING CONE CURHSER. LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND GOT CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. END OF FINGER WAS LACERATED AND BONE ON TIP OF FINGER FRACTURED.

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