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March 12, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Rock LLC · Fall from machine

IT WAS WET & HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY SO HE SLIPPED ON HIS WAY DOWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT & LANDED ON HIS LEG WRONG.

February 5, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Ace Rock LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THERE WAS DIESEL FUMES LEAK FROM FUEL LINE. THE EE OPERATED THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALL BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING.

March 7, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Rock LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GETTING OUT OF A CAT 235 EXCAVATOR, EE STEPPED ON TRACKS AND SLIPPED FROM THE WETNESS. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY REACHING HIS RIGHT ARM OVER HIS HEAD AND GRABBING THE MACHINE. THIS PULLED THE TENDONS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

December 1, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ace Rock LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GRINDING ON A LOADER BUCKET WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS EYE. HE HAD IT TAKEN OUT AND SEEMS OK.

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