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1983–2026
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January 6, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator OTHER
Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY HIGH WINDS AS A TORNADO PASSED NEAR THE NORTH PIT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE BLASTHOLE AND THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR'S PICK UP (APPROX. 30 FT.) THE WINDS FORCED HER DOWN ONTO HER BUTTOCKS AND DID NOT ALLOW HER TO STAND UNTIL IT PASSED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED BY A DR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT, BUT NO APPARENT TRAUMA WAS NOTED. EMPLOYEE WAS SUB

June 16, 1992 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 16 JUNE 92 AT 1535, EE AT THE TAILINGS GUARD SHACK WAS STANDING BY THE RADAR WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAME UP, BLOSING THE WINDOW OFF ITS TRACK. HE THREW UP HIS HAND TO PROTECT HIMSELF CUTTING H IMSELF ON SEVERAL PLACES OF HIS BODY.

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