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October 4, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL RIDING NEXT TO OPERATOR IN HAULAGE UNIT WHEN FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN UNIT AND RIB.FX OF HEEL -RIGHT FOOT.

November 9, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

SHE WAS DRIVING A BOSS BUGGY. THE FRONT WHEEL HIT A ROCK. IT SPUN THE STEERING WHEEL INJURING EMPLOYEES LEFT WRIST.

June 15, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 769 CAT END DUMP. HE CROWDED OUTSIDE BERM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK,DRIVING FOR 155 FEET WITH FRONT AND REAR TIRES ON RIGHT SIDE IN AND UPON BERM.HE HOOKED THE RI GHT FRON TIRE INTO BERM,WENT THROUGH BERM AND ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT ONE COMPLETE TURN.

February 14, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE BELT ON 7BC2 CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING TO ONE SIDE BECAUSE OF THE SALT BUILD-UP ON THE TAIL PULLEY. I.NAME PROCEEDED TO CLEAN THE BUILD-UP OFF THE TAIL PULLEY BY PLACING A SHOVEL AGAINST IT WHI LE THE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING. A CHUNK FLIPPED THE SHOVEL UP CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE SHOVEL HANDLE TO GO INTO THE PINCH POINT OF THE BELT IDLER.

December 4, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE TURNED A SMALL WALDON LOADER OVER AS HE WAS DRIVING THE LOADER FROM B PLANT DOWN MILL HILL THE EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF THE LOADER BY NOT KNOWING HOW THE LOADER OPERATED THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT TRAINED QUALIFIED OR AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE THE LOADER

March 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN MAN CAR TO OUTSIDE END OF SHIFT DRAW BAR CAME LOOSE FRONMOTIR ABD STRYCJ STEEL TIE UNDER THE RAILS CAUSING AN ABRUBT STOP OF THE CAR. ROSSY\S BODY WENT FORWARD AND HI FRONT OF CAR THEN HE WAS THROWN BACK ON THE CAR.

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