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March 19, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Minerals Associates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE MOTOR GRADER SMOOTHING LOOSE DIRT. THE RIGHT RAISE LEVER STARTED POPPING IN AND OUT AS THE MULLBOARD BECAME FULL OF DIRT THE OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT HAND WH EN HE REACHED FOR THE LEVER TO STOP IT

December 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Minerals Associates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE DIRECTING A LOADER STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND FELL WRENCHING BACK UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT STILL NOT BACK TO WORK PERHAPS ANOTHER WEEK

December 1, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Minerals Associates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDER STANDING ON A 4"X8" BOARD ON GROUND-WELDING ON A CRUSHER STEPPED OFF BOARD AND TRIPPED. POKED INSIDE CORNER OF RIGHT EYE WITH HOT END OF ROD IN THE STINGER HE WAS HOLDING 1ST DEGREE BUR N ON SKIN AROUND EYE AND INFLAMMATION OF EYE.

November 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Minerals Associates Inc · Struck against stationary object

A SNOWY AFTERNOON, SORTING WOOD, I STEPPED OVER A PILE F WOOD, TO ATTAIN A NEEDED PIECE. A PEICE OF WOOD, WHIHC WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. DROVE A 20\ NAIL INTO MY RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE. THE REASON FOR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WAS A COMPANY POLICY FALL-SAFE.

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