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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 28, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Industrial Constructors Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A APPROX. 10:00, HE INFORMED THE BLADE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS HAVING CHEST PAINS AND TROUBLE WITH CONGESTION OF HIS CHEST. THE PIT SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE COLOSSEUM MEDIC AL ROOM - EVALUATION MADE- WAS TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

November 10, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Industrial Constructors Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT 11:00AM OTHER EMPLOYEE CALLED VIA RADIO (MAYDAY) THAT I,NAME WAS ON THE DUMP AND WAS HAVING SEVERE CHEST PAINS AND THAT AMBULANCE TO E.M.T.S WERE NEEDED.-TREATED FOR HEART ATTACK AND RELEAS ED.

November 9, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Industrial Constructors Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS FUELING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THE WIND BLEW SOME DUST IN HIS EYE EMPL WENT TO CLINIC WHER HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS

November 8, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator OTHER
Industrial Constructors Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTOLS ON A DRILL WHEN HE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER.HE WENT TO THE CLINIC AND WAS ISSUED PRESCRIPTION.

November 5, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Industrial Constructors Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TRACKDOZER WHEN HE GOT SOME DUST IN HIS EYES.HE WENT TO THE CLINIC TO HAVE HIS EYES WASHED OUT.HIS RIGHT EYE HAD A SCRATCH ON IT AND IT BECAME INFECTED.

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