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3,111
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1983–2026
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July 20, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTIN GOT REMOVE AN OVERSIZE ROCK FROM GIRZZLY OVER FEED HOPPER AND PINCHE DMIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, FINGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION (STITCHES) BUT DID NTO BREAK ANY BONES.

December 10, 1985 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Amax Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING TRACK WITH A MUCKING MACHINE-MUCKER DERAILED & LEANED OVER PINCHING EMPLOY&ES HAND EMPLOYEES RT THUMB WAS CUT & HE POSSIBLY BROKE THE BONE IN HIS THUMB

February 2, 1985 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Exploration Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING A JACKLEG FROM THE TRAIN WHEN HE STEPPED THROUGH THE TRACK TIES BRUISING HIS LEFT LEG

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