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1983–2026
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March 2, 1999 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE WAS WELDING STAINLES CLIPS ON A SKIRT BOARD OF A CONVEYOR FOR 6 HRS. LATER HE BEGAN TO FEEL SICK TO HIS STOMACH

August 6, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS HOLDING HAMMER BIT WHILE IT WAS BEING UNSCREWED FROM THE HAMMER BARREL, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE THE BIT DROPPED SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TABLE AND THE BIT.

May 3, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cobre Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ON A SCISSOR LIFT TRUCK AND LOST CONTROL OF JACKLEG, STRIKING EE ON RT. RIB AREA.

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