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1983–2026
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March 11, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP ATTEMPTED T2 CLEAN DRAIN ON BOTTOM OF SCREW CONVEYOR BY RODDING WITH A BOLT HE FAILED TO SHUTDOWN AND LOCKOUT EQUIPMENT THE FLITE ON THE SCREW CONVEYOR CAUGHT THE BOLT AND MASHED EMPLOYEE THUMB BETWEEN T2E BOLT AND DRAIN NIPPLE

February 13, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUMPING PUP LOA8 WITH ORE LOAD WAS DUMPED. BOX WAS COMING DOWN AND STOPPED 3 FT FROM FRAME DRIVER RELEASED BOX AND WHEN BOX WAS COMING DOWN DRIVER SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL BOX HIT DRIVER IN HEAD AND LEFT 9YE BROW

January 28, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER DIDNT OP9N END GATE TO UNLOAD ORE.

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