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June 30, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operating articulating truck, was being loaded with material. In the course of this operation, a large boulder was loaded onto the bed of the truck rocking operator against the armrest.

August 12, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting bolt holes on a conveyer with a torch and had a piece of slag fall into his left ear.

May 15, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Nevada Construction Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shoveling under conveyor belt, he felt strain in back.

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