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June 30, 1986 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON 6/30/86 DURI3G A RAINSTORM, WATER ENTERED CRUSHER BUILDING. WATER MIXED WITH DUST AND CREATED A SUCK MUD SUBSTANCE. EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING FOR LAGGING NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF CRUSHER BUILDING, SLIPPED HIS RI1HT FOOT "SHOTOUT" DOING THE SPLITS. HE FELT A POP IN GROIN AREA.

June 11, 1985 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WENT TO BREAK JOINTS FROM CRAMER ROD WITH WRENCHES TOO MUCH STRAIN HURT NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER

October 12, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAULTRUCK #13 AND PARKED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SHOVEL #3. THE SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS SWINGING TO THE LEFT TO PLACE THE FIRST BUCKET OF MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK. THE SHOVEL SHUT OFF CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO DRIFT INTO THE BED OF THE HAULTRUCK STRIKING THE FRONT PORTION OF THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED.

July 28, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL FATALLY INJURED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT MINESITE.SHE APPARENTLY LEFT CAB OF HAULAGE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING AND WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN TRUCK ROLLED OVER HER.

December 9, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS IN TRUCK BED WALKING TOWARD BACK TO CHANGE WELDER SETTING HE TRIPPED AND FELL INSIDE THE BED TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE

November 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS DISCONNECTING A 400 HP MOTOR AT THE CYCLONE TAILS PROJECT. HE WAS PULLING ON A 500MCM CABLE. THE WIRE CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF A METAL JUNCTION BOX.

October 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WELDING AT CRUSHER WHEN HE FINISHED THE HOT ROD TOUCHED HIS RT LEG BURNED LEG

October 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED TRACK ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR TO PLACE BACK ONTO DZ-01 TRACK FRAME.LIFTED ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR AND PLACED ON HIS LEG IN ORDER TO SLIDE ONTO SIDE FRAME WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

October 20, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE GOT ON/OFF SHORE CLEANER IN HIS EYES WHILE CLEANING THE LUBE TRUCK

September 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DON WAS WORKING UNDER 14" DEZURICK PLUG VALVES WHILE LIFTING ONE PLUG FROM THE FLOOR TO THE WORK PLATFORM HE FELT A PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. HE ALSO FELT A PAIN IN THE ARE A OF THE RIGHT SHOU LDER BLADE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE PLUGS HE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE GROIN INJURY

August 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP STATES HE WAS WALKING TO THE EAST OF THE BOTTOM WALKWAY OF THE CYCLONE TAILS SPLITTER BOX HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON LAYING IN THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE

July 20, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MARTIN BODLEY WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER HELPING TO LOWER A MOTOR AND GEAR BOX THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A SHAFT IN YELLOWCAKE. THE CHAIN ON THE COME-A-LONG WAS CATCHING AND MARTIN TAPPED IT WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT. THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE & FREE-WHEELED WHICH ALLOWED MOTOR/GEAR BOX TO BOUNCE OFF THE SAFETY RAIL & HIT THE LADDER MARTIN WAS STANDING UPON. MARTIN JUMPED FORWARD

May 17, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING AN 8IN PLASTIC PIPE 90FT LONE OVER A 3 INCH SPIGOT LINE AT THE EAST WEST DAM AND THE CABLE SLING THAT WAS USED TO PULL THIS PLASTIC PIPE INTO PLACE SLIPPED 6FT UP THE PIPE AND THE BLOC K ON THE GROVE CRANE THAT WAS USED TO PULL PIPE IN PLACE HIT MAN ON THE RIGTH UPPER SIDE OF HIS BACK

May 16, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RAY WAS IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK REMOVING THE NUCLEAT DENSOMETER FROM IT\S CASE. RAY WAS OVE THE CASE WITH HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE CASE EDGE, PULLING ON THE TESTER. RAY THEN STRAIGHTENED UP & GOT DOWN FROM THE TRUCK INDICATING HE HAD NJURED HIS BACK.

March 22, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic ELECTRICAL
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGING 110 VOLT EXTENSION CORD FROM ENGINE HEATER OF THE BOOM TRUCK WHEN 2 ENDS OF CORD PULLED APART HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

March 4, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

MAN WAS HELPING TO RECLIP #10 CONVEYOR BELT IN SECONDARY CRUSHER AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF BELT HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON H-SUPPORT BEAM-SUFFERED CONTUSION AS RESULT.

February 28, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING AT ECOLOGY PUMP HOUSE AT PERCIP PLANT THE MAN SLIPPED ON ICE ON WALKWAY STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING REAR BRAKES ON 170 TON UNIT RIG HAULAGE TRUCK.LIFTING REAR CALIPER ON DISC BRAKE,WEIGHS 50 LBS.-AND AS HE PLACE IT ON BOLTS,ONE END SLIPPED AND HE RECEIVED RIGHT LOW BACK PAIN.

February 21, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. YANG, MR. COPE, AND MR. TAYLOR WERE LOADING POWER CABLE POLES ONTO A POLE TRAILER AT THE OLD KOA. MR. COPE WAS OPERATING THE BOOM TRUCK, MR. TAYLOR WAS STRIPPING ANOTHER POLE. MR. COPE STA TES HEHAD THE POLE IN THE AIR AND WAS SWINING IT OVER THE POLE TRAILER. MR. YANG STATED HE WAS GUIDING THE POLE ONTO THE TRAILER AT THE LARGE AN END OF THE POLE, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE POLE A

February 19, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING ENGINE OIL ON D-8 CAT.NEEDED OIL SO PUT OIL IN.STEPPED OFF DOZER ARM ONTO GROUND.ROCK ROLLED UNDER FOOT AND RIGHT ANKLE WAS TWISTED AND SPRAINED.

January 10, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN WAS WALKING FROM HIS CAR IN PARKING TO MINE DRY BLDG WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WALKWAY FALL CAUSED A LACERATION TO RT ELBOW REQUIRING ONE SUTURE TO CLOSE WOUND AT TIME OF INCIDENT WEA THER CONDITIONS WERE POOR A HEAVY SNOWFALL HAVING OCCURRED OVERNIGHT

January 4, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON A LADDER ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF ASN EXHAUST FAN WHICH WAS MOUNDTED IN THE WALL OF KELLEY FOREMENS DRY THE LADDER MOVED AND MANS LEG WENT THRU SPACE IN BETWEEN TWO OF THE LADD ER RUNGS AND CUT LOWER LEFT LEG AS IT STRUCK THE RUNG IMMEDIATELY ABOVE LEG

January 3, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MAN WAS WORKING INSIDE OF A ROD MILL REMOVING OLD MILL LINERS HE HAD LOADED A LINER ONTO TRUCK TO SLIDE OUT OF MILL ON RAIL WHEN IT SLIDE TO ONE SIDE WHILE HE PUSHED ON IT, FRACTURING TIP OF 3 FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

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