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1983–2026
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May 28, 1998 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Silver Bell Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE STOP BOLT OF THE CATHODE LOAD OUT CONVEYOR, INJURED'S RIGHT HAND (PALM) WAS PINCHED AND BRUISED. MEDCIAL TREATMENT WAS NOT REQUIRED AT THAT TIME. ON 12-1-698 INJ URED WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INFLAMED MIDDLE FINGER TENDON ON THE RIGHT HAND. THE INJURY DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL THE DIAGNOSIS OF 12-16-98.

September 17, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Silver Bell Mining Llc · Struck by flying object

INJURED SUSTAINED A LACERATED LOWER RIGHT LIP, WHEN STRUCK BY AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT. INJURY MAY HAVE OCCURRED WHEN A ROPE, USED FOR PULLING A POWER CABLE BROKE APPROX. 100 FT FROM INJURED'S LOCATION; POSSIBLY FLINGING A ROCK. INJURED DID NOT KNOW AND THERE WERE NO EYE WITNESSES. SUTURES WERE TAKEN.

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