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October 12, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS STANDING BESIDE MOVING MUCK CAR. HE WASN'T FAR ENOUGH FROM 5TH WHEEL ON MUCK CAR. HE HIT HIS FOOT.

June 22, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOOKING FOR A SHOVEL TOOTH, A ROCK ROLLED OFF STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF HEAD.

June 2, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Greens Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PERATING SCOOPTRAM & DUCKED TO AVOID AIR CURTAIN STRAINED BACK.

May 29, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Greens Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING SCOOPTRAM TO PULL ANOTHER VEHICLE UP INCLINE HE STOOD UP TO SEE BEHIND HIM IN DOING SO HE PLACED HIS HAND OUTSIDE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AS MACHINE ARTICULATED FINGER WAS PIN CHED. TIP OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

May 23, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ANGLE IRON TO BE DRIVEN INTO GROUND BY FORKLIFT. EMPLOYEE HOLDING ANGLE IRON PLACED HIS HAND IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN ANGLE IRON AND FORK OF FORKLIFT.EXTENT OF INJURY TO EMP LOYEE SKIN PUNCTURE AND BROKEN MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT AHND.

May 15, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A MUCK CAR WHILE PULLING THE PIN THE MOTOR MOVED. THE PIN PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE MOTOR.

March 3, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

INVOLED IN VEHICLE ACC. LACERATION L. UPPER EYE LID SUTURED.

February 19, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT RIGHT HAN D BETWEEN BELT AND IDLER PINCHING INJ FX R. 1ST METAC. ACC REP 2-26-89.

January 17, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL BACKED INTO SHOVEL PIT ASH SHOVEL SWUNG AROUND TO LOAD MATERIAL DIPPER STRUCK CANOPY OF TRUCK CAUSING MILD CERVICAL STRAAIN TO EMPL.

December 26, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L 800 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. MAN WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AND FELL ACROSS CAB AND WAS INJURED (NOT KNOWN FRETUALLY IF HE WAS DRIVING). THIS RESULTED IN BRUISES AND SORENESS-WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL AND GIVEN PAIN MEDICINE. NO OTHER INJURIES KNOWN OF AT THIS TIME.

December 26, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L8000 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRUCK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE MAN WAS HIT BY FLYING DEBRIS IN CAB AND SUFFERED GASH A SOVE RIGHT EYE. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL STITCHES.

December 19, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Explorations (Australia) Ltd · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING SCRAPER WHEN HIT DEEP RUT CAUSING SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING LOWR BACK.

December 7, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

INVOLVED IN MINOR AUTO ACCIDENT LOWER BACK STRAIN GIVEN PRESCRIPTION DRUG

November 10, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MUCK WITH A WAGNER TWO YARD SCOOP TRAM. EMPLOYEE BACK UP LOADER TO DUMP MUCK WHEN HE RAISED THE BUCKET HE WAS NOT LEVEL GROUND AND THE SCOOP TRAM TIPPED SIDEWAYS IN DOING SO THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS KNE INSIDE THE OPERATORS CAB.

October 25, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Greens Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING CREW BUS TO MAN CAMP AT THE END OF SHIFT. BUS HIT POT HOLE. EMPLOYEE WAS JOSTLED AND SPRAINED BACK.

October 23, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON UPPER DIKE AND RAN OVER DISTRIBUTION PIPE. NECK STRAIN.

August 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCRAPER OPERATOR BACKED OVER A FELLOW EMPLOYEE SCRAPER OPERATOR SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT

August 1, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AND SOMETHING FELL INTO RIGHT EAR. OTOTIS EXTERNA .

July 29, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRAINS MADE HARD COUPLING CAUSING NECK STRAIN TO EMPL.GIVEN RX

July 24, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SHOULDER STAIN IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MUSCLE RELAXANT

May 21, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP. WAS SHOVELING ROCKS ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF THE FACE BY A FALLING ROCK. THE EMP. BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE BEEN KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS MOMENTARILY.

April 25, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Greens Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO WORK AFTER LUNCH STARTED HAUL TRUCK TOOK OFF PARK BRAKE WHILE LOOKING BACK AT GAUGES HIS TRUCK ROLLED FROWARD INTO RIB EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FINGERS OUTSIDE OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT & FINGERS WERE SMASHED RING FINGER AMPUTATED AT FIRST JOINT FROM TIP

April 22, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT IN BACK BY FORKLIFT.

February 16, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

MUD ON ACCESS ROAD.

January 21, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO PUSH A RUBBER SKIRTING ONTO PLACE UNDER A FEEDER USING A BAR. AS HE DID THIS THE BAR DROPPED CONTACTING AN IDLER ON A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUSIN EMP TO CONTACT TH THE BELT WITH H3S RT FOREARM CAUSING FRICTION BURN

December 28, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by powered moving object

STEPPED OFF OF 4OVING LOCOMOTIVE. DID NOT MOVE INTO THE CLEAR, WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BY HANDRAIL OF PASSING LOCOMOTIVE.

December 28, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

PLOWING ROAD AN8 HIT A CEMENT PAD-CAUSED TRUCK TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP-HIT CHEST AGAINST STEERING WHEEL.

November 23, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LEFT W2RK IN HIS PRIVATE VEHICLE WITHOUT PERMISSION AT APPROX. 4:30P.M. UPON REUTRNING.AT 5:05 P.M. HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS A TRUCK ON A BLIND CURVE AND RAN HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER TRUCK.TH E ACCIDENT WAS 3NVESTIGATED BY THE SALT LAKE COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE. THE EMPLOYEE REFUSED TO TAKE A BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST AND WAS TICKETED AND INCARCERATED.

October 28, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against stationary object

BACKED INTO BY3FORKLIFT-CONTUSION TO MIDDLE & LOWER BACK-GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MUSCLE RELAXANT

October 14, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A FORKLIFT WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED & THE STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED BACK HARD CAUSING STRAIN TO LEFT WRIST GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MUSCLE RELAXANTS

October 9, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING TON3HAUL TRUCK WAITING WHILE ELECTRIC SHOVEL LOADED TRUCK. ALLEGEDLY A BIG ROCK DUMPED INTO BED SHOOK TRUCK SO THAT 3 DAYS LATER HE WENT TO DR. WITH LOW BACK PAIN.

September 29, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Fall from machine

HAULING WASTE F9OM OLD WASTE DUMP TO NEW LOCATION. IT IS VERY DECOMPOSED AND VERY LOOSE. AS TRUCK BACKED AGAINST BERM, THE EDGE OF THE DUMP SETTLED UNDER THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THE DRIVER,FEARI NG THE DUMP WAS3COLLAPSING AND THAT HIS TRUCK WAS GOING OVER, LEFT THE CAB AND JUMPED 12' TO THE GROUND. THE TRUCK STAYED PUT AND WAS PULLED OUT.

September 3, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO PUSH AN IMPROPERLY SEATED IDLER IN PLACE BY HITTING IT WITH PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE CONVEYOR BELT WAS RUNNING. AS HE DID, THE IDLER BEGAN TO TURN AND HIS HAND WAS DR AWN INTO PINCH 1OINT BETWEEN BLET AND IDLER.

August 14, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING E3D LOADER WHEN IT STRUCK BOULDER TWISTING EMPLOYEE IN SCAT.

July 13, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by falling object

SPOTTING ORE CA9S-ROCK FELL FROMSHOVEL DIPPER,GLANCED OFF OF ORE CAR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE CAUSING HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES.

June 8, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIS ARM WAS CAU1HT IN VEHICLE ALTERNATOR PULLEY WHEN HE ASKED HIS COMPANION TO TURN THE KEY ON BUT STARTED THE MOTOR INSTEAD.REQUIRED 11 SUTURES FOR LACERATION.HE WAS CHECKING ON ELECTRICAL P ROBLEM. 3

March 8, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

RIDING A RAILRO5D CAR DOWNT HE TRACKS TRYING TO SET THE BRAKE. HE TURNED WRONG AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER, BECOMING SEVERE. SHOULDER IMPROVED OVER SUCCEEDING DAYS AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK OCCASSIONALLY 5S WEEKS WENT BY, PAIN WORSENED. FINALLY HE SAW DR ON 7-30-87, WHO LAID HIM OFF AND REFERRED HIM TO A SPECIALIST FOR POSSIBLE SURGERY. BECAME LOST TIME REPORTABLE 7-31-87.

October 8, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

WORKING SCRAPER3- STRUCK HEAD ON CAB

March 22, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS POSITION A CAT TRACK ROLLER, AND HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE FORK WHEN THE FORK WAS RAISED. THIS RESULTED IN THE AMPUTATION OF THE TIP OF T HE FINGER. 3

April 25, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK LIGHTING PLANT TON RING TO BUMPER OF PICK UP.I NAME WAS SIGNALING I NAME (DRIVER)TO COME BACK AND BUMPBER CAUGHT I NAME HAND BETWEEN TON RING OR SHACKLE.

March 6, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL BACKED LOCOMOTIVE INTO BUCKET OF RS 150 MUCKER,PINNING HIM BETWEEN BATTERY ON LOCOMOTOVE AND BUCKET ON MUCKER.

February 4, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO RELEASE BRAKE ON RR CAR AND WHEN BRAKE GAVE IT SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIS THUMB. LIGAMENT DAMAGE TO RIGHT THUMB.

January 24, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAINING IDLER - TAPPING ON IDLER WITH HAMMER & CAUGHT RIGHT HAND IN IDLER

January 24, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING AIR LANCE TO CLEAN TIN FROM AROUND TRIPPER BELT. EITHER HOSE OR CLOTHING WAS CAUGHT IN TRIPPER PULLEY PULLING HIS RIGHT HAND INTO PULLEY

November 15, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Struck against a moving object

INJURED FAILED TO YIELD POSTED RIGHT OF WAY AT JUNCTION OF 2 HAULAGE ROADS. HAULAGE TRUCK WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT THIS POINT & INJUREDS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH HAUL TRUCKS RIGHT FRONT T IRE. CAUSING LEFT FRONT CORNER OF VEHICLE TO BE CRUSHED.

November 7, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Ray Mines Division · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS TRAVELING DOWN GRADE IN LOADED HAULAGE TRUCK. GROUND RELAY LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK SPEED BEGAN TO INCREASE INJURED FEARED DYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED AND STEERED TRUCK INTO BAN K. TRUCK WAS NOT DAMAGED.

August 7, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Fall from machine

IN PICKUP TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH HYDRAULIC TAILGATE, CHAIN LOCK CAME OUT AND TAILGATE STARTED TO COME DOWN, HE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK TO GRAB PALLET TRUCK AND THE HANDLE ON THE PALLET TRUCK HIT HIM IN THE NOSE. LACERATION ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE. FRACTURED NOSE

June 25, 1984 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sohio Electro Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME & I.NAME WERE UTILIZING THE BAKER FORKLIFT TO MOVE BULK BAGS,. THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED & WOULD NOT RESTART. I.NAME WAS CALLED TO START THE ENGINE. I.NAME & I.NAME REMOVED THE COVER FO '% FROM THE ENGINE STARTED EASILY HOWEVER THE HYDROSTATIC DRIVE ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO PIVOT TOWARD THE COLUMN, PINNING I.NAME BETWEEN THE TRUCK & THE COLUMN. I.NAME & I.ANME JUMPED ON T HE

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