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1983–2026
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October 8, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

MANTRIP DERAILED ON WAY INTO MINE AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE PORTAL.

March 20, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS IN ATHE OPERATOR'S CAB OF A BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT HAND BY A ROCK THAT BOUNCED OFF OF THE NEARLY LOADED CAR THAT HIS PARTNER WAS FILLING FROM TC427RAISE.

January 25, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CHIPPED BONES IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN A CABLE USED TO SLINGSHOT A TIMBER TRUCK ONTO A SIDE TRACK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

December 8, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal underground transportation trainee POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIDING REAR COUPLING OF TRAIN AS SWAMPER WHEN HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER TRAIN.

June 26, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNTANGELING AN AIR HOSE ON THE TRACK THE TRAIN WAS SIGNALED BACK TOWARDS THE MINER AND THE MAN WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE SIDEBOARD ON A GRANBY CAR.THE MOTORMAN WAS FOLLOWING THE

February 2, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
New Butte Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TRIED TO UNCOUPLE CARS FROM LOCOMOTIVE IN TIGHT AREA OF DRIFT AND WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR AND TIMBERPOST.

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