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August 16, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Unc Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A PIECE OF LUMBER ON TABLE TO FEED INTO A PLANER. WHEN HIS HAND GOT CLOSE TO THE BLADES, HIS GOLVE WAS CAUGHT AND HIS LITTLE FINGER PULLED INTO THE PLANER. DAMAGE WAS LACE RATION AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THE FIRST JOINT OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

February 8, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unc Mining & Milling · Fall down stairs

WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AT THE SCALE HOUSE WITH FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND. REACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS THERE WAS ICE UNDER THE SNOW. THE PERSON SLIPPED AND FELL WITH HIS LEG EXTENDED BACK WARD.

August 24, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TORCH CUTTING BOLT HOLDING CHANNEL TO SALVAGE. PIECE FELL KNOCKING MAN TO GROUND THEN PIECE FELL ON TOP OF ARM AND LEG PUNCURING LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

June 19, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER OPERATOR DID NOT LEAVE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL DURING COOL DOWN PERIOD. SCRAPER MOVED FORWARD AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED DRAGGING BOWL IN THE GROUND UNTIL IT STRUCK DOZER IN THE SAME SERV ICE LIMIT WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON DOZER. MECHANIC INJURED RIGHT FLANK.

April 21, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
Unc Mining & Milling · Contact with electrical current

A DRILL RIG WAS CLEANING A WELL CASING. BLOCKING ON THE RIG SLIPPED DUE TO WET GROUND CAUSING THE RIG TO SLIDE NEAR A SWITCH RACK. THE SWITCH RACK BEING IN THE WAY FOR RE-SETTING THE RIG WAS T HEN MOVED BY HAND. WHILE MOVING THE RACK BY HAND, AN ENERGIZED MAIN FEEDER LINE WAS PULLED LOOSE AND ENERGIZED THE ENTIRE RACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE RACK AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRI

January 17, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A SLIDING DOOR WHICH WAS HAMPERED BY SNOW. EXTRA FORCE WAS NEEDED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND AS THE DOOR FINALLY CLOSED, EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRA ME OF THE BUILDING.

January 11, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS PICKUP PARKED AGAINST A GATE SO AS TO BLOW A WATER WELL THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE BACK OF THE PICKUP AND SNAGED HIS RT AHND ON A LOOSE WIRE ON THE GATE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES AND THE GLOVE IN SNAGGING THE WIRE PULLED THE WIRE INTO HIS HAND

June 23, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OTHER PERSO3 HELPING WITH LOADING WASNT PAYING ATTENTION.

October 21, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THERE EMPLOYEE 3NVOLVED THEY WERE HAULING A BLUE PRINTING MACHINE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS WHEN EMPLOYEE MISSED A STEP WHICH PULLED HIS BACK.

February 7, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unc Mining & Milling · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS DRAGGING HOSE OUT TO CONNECTION TANK HE TRIPPED ON ANOTHER HOSE AND FELL AGAINST VALVE

January 28, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by flying object

E.E. WAS CUTTING CABLE, WHEN CABLE WAS CUT IT STRUCK THE TRENCH WALL RELEASING SMALL BITS OF CABLE WHICH ENTERED EYE.

January 19, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

E.E. WAS OPERATING PETTIBONE, ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE 6"-12\ I BEAM THAT WAS STANDING ON TO 12\ POLES OF 4" PIPE. FORKS RAISED THE I BEAM, THE WELD BROKE CAUSING THE BEAM TO SLIDE OFF THE FORKS A ND STRUCK ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY.

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