Mining Incidents

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July 2, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vaughan Construction · Fall from machine

WORKING ON CONVEYOR BELT FELL OFF AND LANDED ON BACK AND SPINE.EMPLOYEE LUBRICATING PARTS ON UPPER TOP OF BELT.

May 14, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vaughan Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INSERTED A 8'X2" PIPE INTO A MOVING TAIL PULLEY ASSEMBLY ON A CONVEYOR BELT.PIPE WAS WRENCHED FROM HIS HANDS AND SWUNG AROUND STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND JAW.

April 23, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vaughan Construction · Fall down stairs

MILL OPER TURNED TO GO DOWN STAIRS AFTER FEEDING ZINC INTO ZINC FEEDER.FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE WHICH CAUSED RIGHT HAND TO HIT GUARD RAIL AND BRUISED SAME.

April 5, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alhambra Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING PRECIP CAN TO LOAD INTO RETORT FURNACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN UPPER RIGHT BACK WENT TO DR WHO SAID HE HAD AGGRAVATED UPPER RIGHT BACK MUSCLE.

March 7, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alhambra Mines Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

TRANSFERING SOLUTION FROM ONE BOTTLE TO TEST TUBE SOLUTION ON HAND RUBBED HIS R EYE IRRIT TO EYE

January 23, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alhambra Mines Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE LUBRICATING 980 FRONT LOADER CATERPILLAR, I.NAME WAS STANDING ON FRONT WHEEL AND LOST HIS BALANCE. FALLING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET, LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

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