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June 30, 1986 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON 6/30/86 DURI3G A RAINSTORM, WATER ENTERED CRUSHER BUILDING. WATER MIXED WITH DUST AND CREATED A SUCK MUD SUBSTANCE. EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING FOR LAGGING NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF CRUSHER BUILDING, SLIPPED HIS RI1HT FOOT "SHOTOUT" DOING THE SPLITS. HE FELT A POP IN GROIN AREA.

June 11, 1985 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WENT TO BREAK JOINTS FROM CRAMER ROD WITH WRENCHES TOO MUCH STRAIN HURT NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER

May 24, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A TRUCK DRIVER LOAD DOCKING RAMPS ONTO HIS FLATBED TRUCK AS EMPLOYEE & TRUCK DRIER LIFTED RAMP TRUCK DRIVER LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST WITH ADDITIONAL BUR DEN OF THE LOAD

January 24, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS WELDING ON A BRACE STOOD UP TURNED AND RAN INTO PIPE VALVE STEM

January 10, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE SEALING DRIFT,PIECE OF LOSSE FELL THROUGH HOG WIRE STRIKING EMPLOYEES WRIST.

January 5, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE PULLING ELECTRIC CABLE EE SLIPPED & FELL.

December 27, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG WALKWAY ON EAST SIDE OF GRINDING BAY BETWEEN CYCLONE CLUSTERS WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON HAND RAIL. HE HIT HIS HAND ON A SAFETY CHAIN HOOK TEARING THE SKIP BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

November 5, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOWERING PART WITH A COME A LONG HANDLE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND MOTOR FRAME.

October 12, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAULTRUCK #13 AND PARKED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SHOVEL #3. THE SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS SWINGING TO THE LEFT TO PLACE THE FIRST BUCKET OF MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK. THE SHOVEL SHUT OFF CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO DRIFT INTO THE BED OF THE HAULTRUCK STRIKING THE FRONT PORTION OF THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED.

August 14, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING HIGH PRESSURE WASHER, HOSE BROKE INJECTING WATER INTO HAND

August 7, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PULLING SINKING BUCKET, HOOK FELL OVER CATCHING FINGER

July 28, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL FATALLY INJURED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT MINESITE.SHE APPARENTLY LEFT CAB OF HAULAGE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING AND WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN TRUCK ROLLED OVER HER.

May 24, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP TWISTING KNEE DURING RECOVERY OPERATIONS, WAS DRAGGING A HEAVY WIRE CABLE UPHILL ON LOOSE MATERIAL DIDNT REPORT TO COMPANY UNTIL 7/16/84 STARTED LOSING TIME 8/1/84

May 14, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS INJURED DURING AN ATTEMPTED RESCUE OF A TRAPPED DOZEWR OPERATOR SCRATCH TO CORNEA OF LEFT EYE EYE CLEANED ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT PATCH X 24 HOURS

May 14, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-7 CAT DOZER, PUSHING MUD, ROCKS AND DEBRIS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF A CANYON. WITHOUT WARNING, A MASSIVE MUDSLIDE CAME OUT OF THE CANYON, STRIKING AND OVERTURNING T HE DOZER, APPRENTLY FATALLY INJURING HIM.

May 14, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with cold objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE A DOZER OPERATOR WHO WAS TRAPPED IN A MUDSLIDE AFTER SHOWERING EMPLOYEE WENT INTO SHOCK, HYPOTHERMIA. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN IV, X-RAYS, EXAM AT TOOELE HOSPTIAL.

March 6, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE ASSEMBLING CRAWLER TRACTOR THE SIDE BAR SLIPPED OFF BLADE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT FRACTURING HIS TOE

February 21, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HIT WITH A FLYING ROCK WHILE INSPECTING THE FEED CHUTE OF # BALL MILL.

January 11, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BAR THROUGH A PIECE OF GRATING AND HIT HAND WITH HAMMER-HAND HIT GRATING AND CUT LEFT THUMB.

January 2, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING NYLON TIE ON RUBBER GUARD KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT SECOND FINGER ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL

December 9, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS IN TRUCK BED WALKING TOWARD BACK TO CHANGE WELDER SETTING HE TRIPPED AND FELL INSIDE THE BED TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE

December 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP HAD BEEN REMOVING LOWER ROLLERS FROM SH-03 USING TORCH AND GRINDING BOSS EARS ON SHOVEL SIDE FRAMES. PIECE OF METAL ENTERED EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE

November 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS DISCONNECTING A 400 HP MOTOR AT THE CYCLONE TAILS PROJECT. HE WAS PULLING ON A 500MCM CABLE. THE WIRE CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF A METAL JUNCTION BOX.

November 21, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COOLING VANES & HOUSING ON KOELER ENGINE.

November 18, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician ELECTRICAL
Anaconda Minerals Company · Flash burns (electric)

WHILE CHECKING THE PHASING ONA 480V AC LINE WITH AN OCSILLOSCOPE A WIRE ON THE SCOPE PROBE SHORTED 2 PHASES OF THE 480 AC LINE RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION PATIENT SUFFERED 1ST DEGREE BURNS OF TH E FACE AND 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OF THE HANDS AND FOREARMS HE SUFFERED TEMPORARY SIGHT AND HEARING LOSE

November 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS STANDING ON A 20\X24" PIPE TO REACH THE TOP OF LOADER. AS HE WASHED, HE MOVED ALONG THE PIPE, AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT HE RAN OUT OF PIPE AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT FOOT AND ELBOW.

October 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WELDING AT CRUSHER WHEN HE FINISHED THE HOT ROD TOUCHED HIS RT LEG BURNED LEG

October 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED TRACK ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR TO PLACE BACK ONTO DZ-01 TRACK FRAME.LIFTED ADJUSTER FROM FLOOR AND PLACED ON HIS LEG IN ORDER TO SLIDE ONTO SIDE FRAME WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

October 20, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE GOT ON/OFF SHORE CLEANER IN HIS EYES WHILE CLEANING THE LUBE TRUCK

September 23, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING KNOCKOUT WRENCH KNOCKING OUT BOLTS IN SAG MILL WRENCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FAC E JUST ABOVE THE UPPER LIP

September 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN FROM TOP OF TRUCK SLIPPED ON STEP ON SECONDARY AIR TANK TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON RADIATOR COWLING SLIPPED ON IT AND HIT HIS KNEE ON COWLING

September 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DON WAS WORKING UNDER 14" DEZURICK PLUG VALVES WHILE LIFTING ONE PLUG FROM THE FLOOR TO THE WORK PLATFORM HE FELT A PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. HE ALSO FELT A PAIN IN THE ARE A OF THE RIGHT SHOU LDER BLADE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE PLUGS HE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE GROIN INJURY

August 16, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKETT WAS MOVING LINERS INTO AND OUT OF #2 MILL HE SAID HE HAD BEEN SORE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AT THAT TIME JIM WAS MOVED TO THE END OF THE MILL WHERE THE WORK IS A LITTLE LIGHTER

August 15, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

AS PAUL WAS TIGHTENING DOWN MASTER PAD BOLT ON D-10 USING A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET THE SOCKET BROKE AND JAMMED HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE ROCKS LEFT INDEX FINGER STRUCK ROCK AND TORE OFF FINGER NAIL

August 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP STATES HE WAS WALKING TO THE EAST OF THE BOTTOM WALKWAY OF THE CYCLONE TAILS SPLITTER BOX HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON LAYING IN THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE

July 20, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MARTIN BODLEY WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER HELPING TO LOWER A MOTOR AND GEAR BOX THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A SHAFT IN YELLOWCAKE. THE CHAIN ON THE COME-A-LONG WAS CATCHING AND MARTIN TAPPED IT WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT. THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE & FREE-WHEELED WHICH ALLOWED MOTOR/GEAR BOX TO BOUNCE OFF THE SAFETY RAIL & HIT THE LADDER MARTIN WAS STANDING UPON. MARTIN JUMPED FORWARD

June 22, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

REPLACING BRAKE PADS ON KOPE HOIST, PIECE OF RUST FLEW IN EYE. REMOVED WITH METAL PROBED, EMBEDDED IN EYE.

June 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS HOLDING A DRIFT PIN AND LEWIS BUTLER WAS STRIKING PIN WITH HAMMER ALIGNING BOLT HOLES IN STRUCTURAL STEEL. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF PIN AND HIT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND

May 17, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING AN 8IN PLASTIC PIPE 90FT LONE OVER A 3 INCH SPIGOT LINE AT THE EAST WEST DAM AND THE CABLE SLING THAT WAS USED TO PULL THIS PLASTIC PIPE INTO PLACE SLIPPED 6FT UP THE PIPE AND THE BLOC K ON THE GROVE CRANE THAT WAS USED TO PULL PIPE IN PLACE HIT MAN ON THE RIGTH UPPER SIDE OF HIS BACK

May 16, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RAY WAS IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK REMOVING THE NUCLEAT DENSOMETER FROM IT\S CASE. RAY WAS OVE THE CASE WITH HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE CASE EDGE, PULLING ON THE TESTER. RAY THEN STRAIGHTENED UP & GOT DOWN FROM THE TRUCK INDICATING HE HAD NJURED HIS BACK.

April 25, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TURNED OUTSIDE HUB OVER ON DRAIN PAN,LOST GRIP AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PAN AND HUB.

March 22, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic ELECTRICAL
Anaconda Minerals Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGING 110 VOLT EXTENSION CORD FROM ENGINE HEATER OF THE BOOM TRUCK WHEN 2 ENDS OF CORD PULLED APART HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

March 9, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BETTY REPORTS SHE WAS MOPPING COMPUTER ROOM FLOOR. WHEN SHE STEPPED ON THE MOP RINGER SHE FELT PAIN IN HE BACK. REASON UNKNOWN.

March 4, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

MAN WAS HELPING TO RECLIP #10 CONVEYOR BELT IN SECONDARY CRUSHER AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF BELT HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON H-SUPPORT BEAM-SUFFERED CONTUSION AS RESULT.

February 28, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING AT ECOLOGY PUMP HOUSE AT PERCIP PLANT THE MAN SLIPPED ON ICE ON WALKWAY STRAINING HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING REAR BRAKES ON 170 TON UNIT RIG HAULAGE TRUCK.LIFTING REAR CALIPER ON DISC BRAKE,WEIGHS 50 LBS.-AND AS HE PLACE IT ON BOLTS,ONE END SLIPPED AND HE RECEIVED RIGHT LOW BACK PAIN.

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