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September 26, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR ATTEMPTED INCLINE WITH FULL BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION HE THEN TURNED TOO SHARP CAUSING THE LOADER TO OVERTURN.

August 27, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man ELECTRICAL
Big Chief Stone Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE GENERATOR C2RD HAD GOTTEN WET SO WHEN I.NAME PLUGGED IT IN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK

December 16, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS MOVI3G HEAVY MACHINE PART AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT

December 11, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Chief Stone Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS HELP3NG TO UNLOAD A C ONVEYOR AND MOTOR OFF A FLATBED TRAILER,A LOADER WAS ALSO BEING USED TO HELP.WHEN THE LOADER HIT THE CONVEYOR,AI NAME JUMPED OFF THE TRAILER SO THAT THE CONVE YOR WOULDN'T FA5L ON HIM.

December 11, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Big Chief Stone Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS UNLO5DING A CONVEYOR AND MOTOR OFF A FLATBED TRAILER A LOADER WAS ALSO BEING USED TO EHELP THE LOADER HIT THE CONVEYOR KNOCKING IT AND I NAME OFF THE FLATBED THE CONVEYOR HIT I N NAME 3

November 12, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS TIEI3G THE JAW CRUSHER TO THE LOW BOY TRAILER. A PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE

October 4, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

I.NAME HANDLOADING WITH BOULDERS.ONE SLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER HIS HAND SMASHING IT.

June 17, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Big Chief Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME HAD ALREADY GIVEN THE SIGNAL TO SHUT DOWN FOR THE DAY. HE HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE CRUSHER AND WAS HEADED DOWN TO THE WALKWAY BY THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. HE REALLY DOSENT KNOW WHAT HAPPEN BUT HE MUST HAVE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BELT TO STEADY HIMSELF AS HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE WALKWAY. THE BELT PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND ARM AROUND THE PULLEY UP TO HIS SHOULDER BE

June 7, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Big Chief Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

ROQUE WAS IN A BIN, JOHN DUMPED A PARTIAL LOAD OF CINDERS IN THE BIN, NOT KNOWING ROQUE WAS THERE.

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