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May 24, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A CHAIN HANGING FRON THE RIB SNAGGED THE RAILING ON THE TRUCK BEING OPERATED BY INJURED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CHAIN THE RAILING SLID AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS.

July 23, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RETURNING TO BARROW AREA VIA RAMP. ACCELARATED DOWN RAMP AND LOST CONTROL. HIT HEAD ON ROOF OF SCRAPER. FRACTURED T-12 VERTEBRA. DOES NOT APPEARINDIVIDUAL WEARING PROVIDED SEAT BELT.

November 29, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD PARKED THE TELEDYNE TRUCK NEXT TO TWO TAIL GATES FROM HAUL TRUCKS THAT HAD BEEN STACKED ON THE GROUND. AS HE BEGAN TO LOWER THE OUTRIGGER ON THE TELLEDYNE TRUCK, ONE OF THE TAIL GATES SLIPPED AND LAYED ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.

September 4, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT, UNLOADING A MOTOR CARGO TRUCK, WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE FORKS WERE TOO NARROW FOR THE TWELVE FOOT LONG CRATED FREIGHT. EE STOOD BESIDE THE FORKLIFT, UNKNOWINGLY PLAC ED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FORK EXTENSION RAIL. EXTENDED THE FORKS, AND BROKE AND LACERATED HIS SMALL FINGER TIP.

June 27, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRIVING A LHD WHILE UNDERGROUND AND RAN OVER A ROCK BOLT. THE ROCK BOLT FLIPPED UP AND ENTERED THE OPERATOR'S AREA. PIERCED EE S BOOT AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS SHIN WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

May 21, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING HT3057 HAUL TRUCK DRIVING DOWN MAIN RAMP OF MURRAY MINE. EE CLAIMS HE WAS IN SECOND GEAR AND IS UNAWARE OF WHAT CAUSED HIM TO ENCOUNTER THE RIB AT Z-2 190/51. HIS NEXT RECOLLE CTION WAS CALLING THE MECHANICS. THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SOME INFORMATION INDICATES THAT EE MAY HAVE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS.

April 7, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING LOWBOY (UV 3086) ON THE RIDGE ROAD AND HIT A POT HOLE, JARRING HIS BACK AND CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

November 18, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

1994 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK DRIVEN BY EE OVERTRAVELED ELEVATED ACCESS DRILL ROAD & OVERTURNING. ANOTHER EE WAS A PASSENGER IN TRUCK AND RECEIVED FATL INJURIES.

June 20, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER IN R2-275 AND PLACED HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT AND SMASHED THE TIPS OF THREE FINGERS (LONG,RING,LITTLE) OF THE LEFT HAND.

January 28, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK. HE HAD THE HOOD AJAR TO ALLOW HEAT TO WARM HIM. HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE YARD AND THE HOOD FELL CLOSED ON HIS HAND. HE RECEIVED STITCHES.

October 8, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

RAMPING MUCK PILE WITH MUCKER, SCRAPING BACK WITH BUCKET. ROCK CAME DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF BUCKET, INTO THE CAB AREA. EE ATTEMPTED TO DEFLECT THE ROCK WITH HIS LEFT HAND, INJURING THE HAND.

April 25, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN BACKING A HAUL TRUCK FROM R2 INTO THE MAIN RAMP AREA, EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT EAR ON A PROTRUDING ROCK BOLT PLATE.

September 13, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CEMENT TRANSFER BECAME PLUGGED. DECISION WAS MADE TO DRILL WITH A 36' STEEL & S58F. THE LEFG & DRILL BECAME TO HEAVY TO LIFT & THE WINCH TRUCK WAS ATTACHED TO GIVE UP PRESSURE. THE PRESSURE CA USED THE LEG TO BECOME BOUND, WHEN IT CAME LOOSEIT STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER & HEAD.

February 22, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SERVICING THE 913 LDH, STANDING AT REAR WNEAR FUEL TANK WHEN A CONTACT SUPPLIER TRUCK LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AND SLID INTO LOADER STRIKING AND PINNING EE BETWEEN UNITS.

January 28, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER ON KUBOTHA TRACTOR TRAVELING TO PLACE OF WORK. WHEN THE FRONT TIRE STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING THE BUGGIE TO DART AND STRIKE THE RIB. THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM BUGGIE INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE AND SHOULDER.

January 29, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BIG ROCK FALL OFF OF MUCK FACE CAUSING LOADER TO ROCK BACK & FORTH CAUSING EE NECK TO SNAP BACK & FORTH DID NOT GO T O DOC UNT IL FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY

August 10, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

10713LET OF SHOTCRETE HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO FACE. AS THE OPERATOR WAS LOWERING BUCKET ON LHD,INJ STEPPED TO THE FRONT OF THE LHD AND THE BUCKET WAS SET ON FOOT.

March 26, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE DRILLER'S 2 1/2 TON WATER FROM HIS BASIN PIT OT THE MINE ADMINSTRACTION BUILDING AT THE END OF HER SHIFT. SHE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AS SHE WENT AROUNDA CURVE ABOUT 1/ 2 MILE FROM TEH PATTANI GAP AND ROLLED THE TRUCK ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE.

December 16, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN HAUL ROAD TO ORE STOCKPILES AND TRUCK BEGAN TO FREE WHEEL ON 4.5 GRADE. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE TWO RUNOFF RAMPS, THE EMPLOYEE CHOOSE TO RIDE OUT THE RUNAWAY. HE LOST C ONTROL IN A CURVE AND OVERTURNED THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SEATBELT AND ROPS PROTECTED CAB.

October 21, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOING PAPERWORK IN CAB OF TRUCK HAUL TRUCK BUMPED IN FRONT OF TRUCK

May 19, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS UPON A LOWBED STARING TO UNLOAD A CAT. WHEN THE LOWBED STARTED TO MOVE BACKWARDS DOWN A STEEP INCLINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OFF AND IN DOING SO, SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG AND HURT HIS OTHER FOOT AS WELL. HE SLIPPED - LANDING BACKWARDS.

January 14, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME TRUCK HA8 BEEN PARTIALLY LOADED WITH A LARGE ROCK ROLLED DOWN ONTO THE TAIL END OF HIS TRUCK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL AWAY, THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK CAME UP OFF OF THE GROUND. WHEN T HE TRUCK BOUNCE8 BACK MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, I,NAME SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS BACK.

May 18, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS ASSISTING IN REINSTALLING THE VIBRATING FEEDER IN POSITION WHEN HE PLACED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE FEEDER AND CHUTE CAUSING THEM TO BE CUT. I.NAME HAD SEVERAL STITCHES BUT WAS RELEA SED FOR FULL DUTY ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT 5/22/84

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