Mining Incidents

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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 20, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Boren Clay Products · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RAN OV9R A ROCK WITH SCRAPER, THE BOUNCE CAUSED HIM TO HIT THE DASH WITH HIS KNEE, CUSING A SMALL CUT.

September 9, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boren Clay Products Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A STEEL PIN FROM A SCRAPER APRON WITH A BALL HAMMER, A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT FROM THE PIN PUNCTURED HIS ARM. HE WAS EXAMINED, X-RAYED AND RELEASED THE FRAGMENT WAS SO SMAL L THE DOCTOR RE2MMENDED NOT TO EXTRACT UNLESS IT CAUSED A PROBLEM.

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