Mining Incidents

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3,111
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1983–2026
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March 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Paving Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STANDING BY CHUTE BROKE A CHUNK OF ASPHALT WITH RIGHT FOOT. CATCHING FOOT IN MATERIAL WHICH RESULTED IN A DEEP BRUISE X RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.

March 18, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western Paving Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO FASTEM CHAIN ON ROCK TO TIP IT INTO CRUSHER CAVITY WHILE TRYING TO FASTEN CHAIN TO LOADER BUCKET GAVE SIGNAL TO OPERATOR WHO LOWERED BUCKET CATCHING RT HAND BETWEEN HANDRAIL AN D BUCKET FRACTURED 2ND METACARPAL RT HAND

March 9, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Paving Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING A PIECE OF ASPHALT INTO CRUSHER WITH RIGHT FOOT.PIECE GAVE WAY.JARRED NECK-CERVICAL MUSCLE STRAIN.

August 11, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Paving Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND AN2THER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING A ROCK FROM CRUSHER CONE. WHEN LIFTING ROCK OUT OF CONE, EMPLOYEE HURT LEFT HIP.

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