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May 27, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stibnite Mine Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE HEAP AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

October 10, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stibnite Mine Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON GROUND AT JOB SITE.

October 14, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Stibnite Mine Inc · Struck by flying object

POST HOLE DRIVER IS TOO SHORT - CAME OFF THE POST MINIMAL DAMAGE - WHILE DRIVING A FENCE POST - THE DRIVER CAUGHT ON POST & HIT EE ON HEAD.

September 15, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stibnite Mine Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A HOLE AT THE INLET OF AN UNDERGROUND CULVERT - HE WAS GOING TO CLIMB DOWN INTO THE HOLE TO CLEAN OUT SOME ROCK - WHEN THE DIRT & ROCK AROUND THE TOP EDGE CAME LOOSE - EE S USTAINED A SEPARATED SHOULDER.

June 27, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stibnite Mine Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON WET DIRT (FOLLOWING RAIN STORM) WHILE POUNDING FENCE POST INTO GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING THE ACK OF HIS HEAD ON A ROCK

September 5, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Stibnite Mine Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE WELDING STEEL TO A PIPE,EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FLASH BURN ON RETINA.

August 23, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Stibnite Mine Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE OPERATING CUTTING TORCH A PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HER EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

August 6, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOEYE'S DUTIES INVOLVED PICKING UP AND WEIGHING CRUSHER BUCKETS.DURING A BREAK HE BENT DOWN TO PET A DOG.

November 14, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE PIGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE, RESULTING IN A LEAK. EMPLOYEE INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING THE AREA.

November 14, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE PITGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN A LEAK EMPL INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING AND THEN SHUTTING OFF THE CHOLRINE CYLINDER VALVE CHLORINE GAS MASKS WERE USED THESE WERE INADEQUATE THEN A SCOTT AIR PAK WAS USED

August 8, 1988 ID · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Stibnite Mine Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL BRINGING DRILL OUT OF HOLE WHEN DECK BUSHING STUCK ON STEEL.AS HE LAYED MAST DOWN REACHED OUT TO ALIGN DOWNHOLE HAMMER DISLODGED BUSHING IT CAME DOWN RIGGING AND SMASHED FINGER.

August 4, 1986 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS ADJUSTIN1 CHLORINE FLOW IN CHLORINATOR. IF CHLORINE FLOW IS ADJUSTED TOO HIGH, THERE IS A RELEASE OF CHLORINE GASS INTO ATMOSPHERE AND GAS WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE.

July 20, 1986 ID · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stibnite Mine Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS ADJU8TING THE CHLORINATOR WHEN A VALVE LEAK DEVELOPED. HE WAS WEARING A CHLORINE MASK BUT BECAUSE OF AM IMPROPER SEAL OF THE MASK HE INHALED SOME CHLORINE GAS. HE LEFT THE AREA & W AS LATER SENT T2 THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR 2 NIGHTS.

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