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November 13, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING MACHINE3UP RAISE WHEN MINER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 6, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

I.NAME MINER WA8 OPERATING A BATTERY TRAMMER HAULING ORE OUT OF THE MINE WHEN HE CLEARED THE PORTAL A GUST OF WIND BLEW A FORGEIN OBJECT INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

March 20, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A LEAK OF ELECT9OLYTE FROM TANK ONTO FLOOR.THE ELECTROLYTE WAS SOAKING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD LEANING AGAINST THE WALL.I NAME ATTEMPTED TO PUT A PIECE OF SS STRAP UNDER THE PLYWOOD AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND3INTO THE ELECTROLYTE.THIS SPLASHED SOME ELECTROLYTE INTO HIS EYES.

January 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OIL LINE ON GYROTORY CRUSHER BROKE SPILLING OIL ON FLOOR AND CONVEYOR BELT FROM CRUSHER TO BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN CLEANING OIL OFF OF CONVEYOR EMP STARTED CONVEYOR AND HAD HIS HAND CAUGHT IN DRI VE PULLEY OF CONVEYOR

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