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3,111
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1983–2026
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July 20, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTIN GOT REMOVE AN OVERSIZE ROCK FROM GIRZZLY OVER FEED HOPPER AND PINCHE DMIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, FINGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION (STITCHES) BUT DID NTO BREAK ANY BONES.

September 28, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roncor Inc · Fall onto or against objects

FELL OFF CONVEYOR PLATFORM INTO FRAME WORK OF TRAMMEL AND CONVEYOR.

August 9, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Roncor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SUPERVBISING EXCAVATION WORK & TURNED HIS HEAD & BACK TO OPERATOR TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ANOTHER EMPL. EXCATOR OPERATOR FAILED TO SEE EMPL SWUNG BUCKET HIT EMPL.

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