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September 17, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ruby Gold, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Drillers helper was lowering a jack leg down a ladder and over extended his back on the lower left side. He did not work out his shift and tried to relax the rest of the work day.

April 26, 2012 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Ruby Gold, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A three man crew were working on a cave in and were traveling to the surface for lunch break when the flat car jack knifed. When the flat car jack knifed it pinched employee foot between the car and trammer.

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