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July 22, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STANDING ON GRIZZLE WHERE BARS ARE SPACED 6\APART,I NAME STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL THROUGH BARS.HE WAS CAUGHT ON BAR AT RIGHT THIGH.BRUISED MUSCLES IN RIGHT LEG AND PLSSIBLE BACK STRAIN

January 3, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHIPPING CONCRETE WITH HAMMER AND STEEL. I NAME CHOKED UP ON THE HAMMER HANDLE AND WHEN HE STRUCK THE STEEL, THE HAMMER HEAD GLANCED OFF PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND HAMMER HANDLE.

December 18, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

CUTTING STEEL WITH A TORCH PIPE WAS BEING WELDED NEAR WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING HE MUST HAVE BEEN FLASHED BY ARC

November 20, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE POUNDING GROUND ROD INTO THE GROUND HIS BACK WAS STRAINED WHEN GROUND ROD RAN INTO A ROCK BACK WAS NOT STRAIGHT

October 11, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor Fatality · HOISTING
Feather Fork Mines Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS RIDING CAGE FROM BOTTOM LOADING LEVEL TO SURFACE WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE CAGE AND HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST CONVEYANCE AND THE SHAFT TU MBER

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