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3,112
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1983–2026
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November 12, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Pasco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME SAW DIRT3ON TAIL PULLY OF DRYER HOPPER.HE DECIDED TO CLEAN IT OFF WITH BELT RUNNING.HE HAD ON RAINCOAT WHEN HE PUT HIS ARM INTO CATCH DIRT,HE WAS WATCHING HAND BUT NOT SLEEVE OF COAT.TH E BELT PULLED I3 SLEEVE AND THEN HIS ARM.

September 16, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pasco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS HELPING FROM MILL BY HAND, THEY WERE TURNING THE DRIVE BY HAND WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE FELL HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE MOTOR SLEEVE.

May 29, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pasco Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE, I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE RE-HAUL CABLE ON 80-D WHEN TRYING TO INSERT CABLE INTO WEDGE SOCKET HE LETT THE END OF THE CABLE SLIP AND HIT HIS EYE BROW.

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