Mining Incidents

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3,112
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1983–2026
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March 6, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silver King Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE I.NAME WAS WALKING TO THE OFFICE HE SLIPPED ON FRESA FALLEN SNOW WHEN HE SLIPPED HE CAME ODOWN ON HIS LEFT LEG BREAKING IT

August 24, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING A SURFACE GRINDER IT CAUGHT AND KICKED BACK STRIKING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE ARM, ABOVE HIS ELBOW.

July 10, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE RUNNING A BATCH OF FIBERCRETE, THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO CHECK THE SHUMP. HE FORGOT TO TURN OFF THE BATCH PADDLES TO GRAB A SAMPLE THUS HIS HAND GOT CUT DUE TO THE WIPERS PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TANK AND WIPER BLADES.

March 23, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE HAD BROUGHT TWO 13 HP FLYGT PUMPS OUT OF THE DECLINES TO THE SHOP HE WAS UNRIGHTING THE PUMPS WHEN THE BACK PROBLEM OCCURRED

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