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September 26, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR ATTEMPTED INCLINE WITH FULL BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION HE THEN TURNED TOO SHARP CAUSING THE LOADER TO OVERTURN.

October 4, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

I.NAME HANDLOADING WITH BOULDERS.ONE SLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER HIS HAND SMASHING IT.

June 17, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Big Chief Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME HAD ALREADY GIVEN THE SIGNAL TO SHUT DOWN FOR THE DAY. HE HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE CRUSHER AND WAS HEADED DOWN TO THE WALKWAY BY THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. HE REALLY DOSENT KNOW WHAT HAPPEN BUT HE MUST HAVE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BELT TO STEADY HIMSELF AS HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE WALKWAY. THE BELT PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND ARM AROUND THE PULLEY UP TO HIS SHOULDER BE

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