WAS HELPING BUILD A BUILDING. HE WAS USING A NAIL GUN. WHEN HE SHOT THE NAIL INTO THE WOOD, IT RICHODCHET & HIT HIM IN THE KNEE.
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October 22, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Brookline Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
April 25, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brookline Mining Company · Struck by flying object
TEARING DOWN CONCRETE WALL WHILE CHIPPING AT CONCRETE WITH HAMMER EMPL GOT PIECE OF CONCRETE UNDER EYELID IN EYE.
April 5, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brookline Mining Company · Fall from ladders
LOADING WATER FROM WATER TRUCK TO WATER TANK. WENT UP LADDER HOSE BLEW OUT OF WATER TANK KNOCKING EMPL FROM LADDER.
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