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December 2, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AIR POWERED JAC5LEG DRILL BECAME STUCK BETWEEN AIR LEG AND ROCK FACE DRILL ELBOW BENT QUICKLY AND DRILL BODY IMPACTED ON LEFT EAR

May 30, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERARTING A COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN JACKLEG IN ORDER TO DRILL A VERTICAL HOLE IN THE FLOOR, THE STARTER STEEL BROKE, SENDING THE SHAFT OF THE STARTER STEEL ONTO THE FOOT OF THE OPERATO R. THE SHAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1/4" BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF T HE OPERATOR\S BOOT AND PROCEEDED TO SMASH THE 2ND AND 3RD TOES ON THE LEFT FOOT. THIS CAUSED THE AMPUTATION OF THE 3RD TOE.

January 18, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Exxon Mobil Corporation · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LABOR CREW WAS BACKFILLING A BIN WALL MR MACDONALD WAS WALKING ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF THE WALL AND SLIPPED OFF AND FELL TO THE GROUND IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME AND THE FOOTING WAS SLIPPERY

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