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July 26, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonanza Materials Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON STATIONARY TRAILOR TO TURN OFF WATER VALVE ON WATES TANK ON TRAILOR. TRAILOR WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FT. OFF GROUND. EMPLOYEE BRUISED LEFT ELBOW AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST.

May 4, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Bonanza Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

DUE TO EXPLOSION OF PACIFIC ENGINEERING PLANT THE WINDSHIELD OF THE DOZER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING WAS BLOWN OUT CAUSING FACIAL LASERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES OVER LEFT EYE. PLANT IS LOCATED SEVERAL MILES AWAY-ENTIRE COMPLEX EXPLODED.

July 7, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING FRAME 2N BELT AND BOLT BROKE OFF CAUSING HIS FINGER TO SNAP

January 13, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Bonanza Materials Inc · Contact with electrical current

HE WAS STRINGIN1 WIRE TO CONTROL BOX HE SAW A PIECE OF SILICONE STICKING OUT FROM THE AREA WHERE THE WIRE WAS RAN AND HE USED A SCREWDRIVER TO TRY AND DISLODGE IT. HE WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED FROM HANDS THRU3HIS FACE.

August 12, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNDERNEATH TRUC5 AND BATTERY ACID DRIPPED OUT OF HOLE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

June 19, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WORK3NG ON THE JAW CRUSHER MOTOR.

May 23, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING SUCTION3HOSE FLANGE ON AT ASPHALT PLANT AND IT FELL AND SMASHED HIS RT BABY TOE

May 7, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bonanza Materials Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF TRA7K WHILE STEPPING FROM SERVICE TRUCK

March 12, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

A METAL GEAR FE5L ON HIS HAND

February 18, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonanza Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING A MOTO9 OF THE PILE INJURED RIGHT KNEE

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