Mining Incidents

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3,112
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1983–2026
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August 10, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tiefenthaler Ag-Lime Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED UP ON LADDER O PAYLOADER AND TWISTED BODY WRONG PULLING A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

August 9, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tiefenthaler Ag-Lime Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & CAUGHT ARM & HAND IN SMOOTH TAIL PULLEY ON ROCK BELT #2. INJURED WAS TAKEN TO LAKE CITY, IA BY ANBULANCE & THE LIFE FLIGHTED TO DES MOINES, IA TO IOWA METHODIST HOSPITAL WHE RE HE UNDER WENT SURGERY ON THE BONES ABOVE & BELOW TAHE ELBOW.

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