Mining Incidents

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739,488
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3,112
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1983–2026
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November 10, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double G Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREEN8 ON THE SCREEN DECK. TAILGATE ON JAW SHAKER SCREEN MASHED AND BROKE THE TIP OF FINGER.

October 15, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Double G Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

HAND CAUGHT IN 5 BELTS WHEN OTHER OPERATOR STARTED IT BY MISCOMMUTING

June 21, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Double G Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS DIGGING O6T UNDERNEATH THE TAILPULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR UNDER THE #1 JAW WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN DECK ON THE JAW & HIT ME IN T HE BACK OF THE HEAD. INJURIES RECEIVED WERE AS FOLLOWS: SLIGH7 CONCUSSION FRACTURED SKULL HEMERAGE BETWEEN SKULL & MEMBRANE SURROUNDING BRAIN & PARTIAL HEARING LOSS IN LEFT EAR.

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