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June 10, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Applied Minerals, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning foam spray out of a hose at the end of a shift. Some of the remnants of the foam got into the employee's eye.

June 24, 2021 UT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Applied Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50LB BAGS OF ANFO, TO LOAD A ROUND UNDERGROUND. COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN ON 06-28. WENT TO THE DOCTOR'S AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA RESULTING FROM STRAINING OR LIFTING HEAVY IEMS. PUT ON LIGHT DUTY. WAITING ON DETERMINATION IF THIS IS A WORK RELATED INJURY.

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