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October 9, 1996 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
S T S Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT ARE UNKNOWN.

July 1, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S T S Gravel · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK & LOOSENING THE JAM NUT ON THE CRUSHER WHEN THE TOGGLE TENSION BOLT BROKE & THE WRENCH CAME BACK & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

July 5, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
S T S Gravel · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME CAUGHT GLOVE ON UNDERSIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHICH PULLED ARM UNDER THE BELT CONVEYOR BELT BURNED THE SKIN OFF THE ..FOREARM OF LEFT ARM UNTIL THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS TURNED OFF.

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