Mining Incidents

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3,112
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1983–2026
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August 10, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & R Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WELDING ELEVATING WHEEL ON BOTTOM SIDE LIFTED WELDING HOOD WHEN SLAG FELL INTO LEFT EYE.

September 29, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & R Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HYDRAULICS ON STEERING KICKED BACK CAUSING LEFT SHOULDER OF EMPLOYEE TO BE STRAINED MILD STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER

June 24, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R & R Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER FELL TO GROUND LATER WHEN PRYING WITH A BAR EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN & WAS SENT TO DOCTOR

June 4, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & R Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING FIAT FR20 LAODER. HE DID NOT SECIERE THE ENGINE COVER WELL ENOUGH AND IT FELL ON HIS HEAD. HE HAD A HARD HAT ON SO HE RECEIVED CONTUSION TO NECK AREA MILD CONCUSSION NO FRACTURE.

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