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November 9, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE TAIL PULLEY BASE OF OUR STACKER AS IT WAS BEING MOVED. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY FRAMEWORK AND UNDER TENSION USING A BACKHOE . THE CHAIN SHIFTED AS TENSION WAS APPLIED DISLOEDGING A METAL FRAGMENT INTO THE SIDE OF I.NAME'S FACE. THE LACERATION WAS 3/8 INCHES LONG BY 1/4 DEEP.

October 19, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER SLID OFF OF A ROCK JARRING THE OPERATOR.

September 7, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACK HOE HOOKED A ROCK, LIFTING THE TRACK OFF THE GROUND. BEFORE THE PRESSURE COULD BE RELIEVED, THE ROCK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE HOE TO VOLT SEVERELY.

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