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June 30, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE BACK

June 18, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DROPPED HAMMER ON FACE CHIPPING TOOTH

May 27, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

WATERING ROAD INTO PIT EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF WATER TRUCK AND ROLLED IT.

May 21, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

MAKING U TURN ON RAMP AND TIPPED WATER TRUCK OVER.

May 2, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING ON OIL DRUM EE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS KNEE

April 22, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING LOADED HAUL TRUCK TO LEACH HIT A BUMP & HURT BACK & HIP

November 27, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OERATING A 992C LOADER HE CLAIMED HS HURT HIS KNEE WHILE ON THE LOADER

October 29, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS CHANGING SCREENS BREAKING SOME NUTS LOOSE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON IT AND FELT SOMETHING SNAP MAY HAVE HIT SELF WITH RACKET.

June 4, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAT TRUCK WAS BEING USED TO DISLODGE LARGE ROCK FROM CRUSHER WITH CHAIN AND CABLE WIRE BY HOISTING ROCK. THE CHAIN SNAPPED CAUSING THE CABLE WIRE TO WHIP AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE. INJURED APEARED T O BE FRONT, BACK OF SKULL, THE JAW AND CHEST ARE

November 9, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF RACK BREAKER HELPING CHANGE OIL, SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDED ON TRACK ON LEFT LEG AND FOOT. FOOT SWELLED UP.

October 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIANGING OIL UNDER WATER TRUCK AND WHILE REACHING UP UNDER TRUCK TWISTED HIS NECK.

October 15, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP CUT KNEE AT HOME 9-30-88 AND HAD STITCHES. HE WAS WORKING AT SITE & LOST BALAN CE & FELL ON KNEE & REOPENED CUT FIRST INJ WAS NOT AT SITE.

June 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS JARRED BY SHOVEL BUCKET.

May 12, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING A TIRE ON A TRUCK-THE DRIVER FIRST STARTED COMPLAINING OF A BACKACHE & SAID IT WAS HIS BED THAT WAS MAKING HIS BACK HURT-WE NEVER HEARD ANYMORE ABOUT IT UNTIL 060388

April 6, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Fall onto or against objects

UNBOLTING 5TH WHEEL TO PULL REAR DIFFERENTIAL.HE WAS BETWEEN FRAME RAILS AND WENT TO GET OUT.SLIPPED AND FELL BACK DOWN OVER FRAME AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

July 22, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Robert L Helms Construction & Development Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING UNDER HIS SERVICE TRUCK TRUCK WAS PARKED ON A GRADE HE T OOK OFF THE U-JOINTS PRIOR TO REMOVING DRIVELINE TO CHANGE OUT THE CARRIER BEARING AS SOON AS HE TOOK OFF THE U-J OINTS TRUCK ROL5ED FORWARD & HE WAS STRUCK BY THE DIFFERNETIAL

June 4, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lost Dutchman Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH3PPING SLAG FROM WELDED METAL & PIECE FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE

September 4, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Helms Rock & Sand · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WALKING BESIDE 7ONVEYOR BELT IN TUNNEL AND TRIPPED OVER SOMETHING-PART OF THE BASE-AND LURCHED FORWARD.SOUGHT TO CATCH HIMSELF -THRUST RIGHT ARM INTO BELT AREA.IT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND S UPPORT AND IT L5CERATED TOP OF HAND,RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND WRENCHED HIS WRIST.

June 2, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Robert L Helms Construction & Development Co · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS GOING3UP A STEEP GRADE WHEN IT POWERED OUT, DRIVER THEN TRIED TO BACK TRUCK UP INTO EDGE OF EMBANKMENT, BRAKES ON TRUCK DID NOT HOLD ON THAT STEEP OF A GRADE AND THE TRUCK ROLLED O VER. 3

February 13, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helms Rock & Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LARGE CHUNK O0 CLAYEY SOIL PLUGGED THE HEAD OF THE SCREENING PLANT THIS EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING THE LOADER OPERATOR TO USE HIS BUCKET TO BREAK UP THE CLOD AS HE TOLD THE LOADER OPERATOR TO TI LT THE BUCKET H9 WAS IN THE WAY AND THE BUCKET BANGED AGAINST HIS LEFT LEG BRUSING IT AND FRACTURING A BONE BETWEEN THE KNEE AND ANKLE

September 1, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Helms Rock & Sand · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING AT END OF CONVEYOR AT THE END OF TUNNEL UNDER MOUND OF MATERIAL. WHILE VB BELT WAS RUNNING HR REACHED IN TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM BELT. HIS ARM BECAME CAUGHT AND WAS TORN FR OM HIS BODY BETWEEN ELBOW AND SHOULDER. HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY HIS SUPERVISOR TO SHUT THE BELT OFF BEFORE CLEANING ROCKS OFF THE UNDERNEATH PORTION. HE FAILED TO DO SO.

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