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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 6, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

I.NAME MINER WA8 OPERATING A BATTERY TRAMMER HAULING ORE OUT OF THE MINE WHEN HE CLEARED THE PORTAL A GUST OF WIND BLEW A FORGEIN OBJECT INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

January 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OIL LINE ON GYROTORY CRUSHER BROKE SPILLING OIL ON FLOOR AND CONVEYOR BELT FROM CRUSHER TO BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN CLEANING OIL OFF OF CONVEYOR EMP STARTED CONVEYOR AND HAD HIS HAND CAUGHT IN DRI VE PULLEY OF CONVEYOR

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