Mining Incidents

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1983–2026
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February 11, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR HELP SO HE ATTEMPTED TO PRY GRIZZLY RAILS APART BY HIMSELF WHILE GOING SO HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE

September 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CAT TO PUSH FINE ORE STOCK PILE WHILE BACKING UP CAT WENT OVER EDGE CAUSING CAT TO BOUNCE JARRING EMPLOYEE

May 28, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

LACERATION OF UPPER RT QUAD OF CHEST CAUSED BY SNAGGING FROM PIECE OF METAL

May 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CAUGHT RT. THUMB IN GEARS WHILE WORKING.

March 7, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS FINGER TO CHECK THE ALIGNMENT OF A BOLT HOLE.

February 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP A PIECE OF HOT METAL FROM FALLING INTO SOME OIL, WHICH WOULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE.

February 13, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING THE WEDGES ON THE STANDARD, AND HIT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE LIP AND THE HAMMER HANDLE,.

February 7, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF THE LOADER TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE TIRE HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN WRONG ON THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS FOOT

January 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT OF PIT, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK INTO LOADER

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