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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 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.

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