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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.

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.

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

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