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July 18, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sundance Rock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RATCHET SOCKET PIPE, ATTEMPTING TO TURN MOTOR OVER WITH A PIPE. FRACTURED VERTEBRAE, TO BE FURTHER EVALUATED

July 5, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Rock Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on hopper- crusher- turned too quikly in one direction, sprained back. he was not lifting anything heavy at the time.

February 2, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Sundance Rock Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THE WHOLE HILL SIDE WAS INUNDATATED WITH WATER. IT WAS AT THE SITE WHERE WE HAD BEEN MINING. WE HAD NOT HAD A SHOT OR DRILLED IN SEVERAL WEEKS. IT WAS AN ACT OF GOD!

June 3, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Rock Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS WAS NOT A MINING ACCIDENT PER SE BUT A TRUCK ACCIDENT. TAIL GATE - MATERIAL STUCK IN TAIL GATE. DRIVER WENT TO CLEAR DEBRIS & TAIL GATE SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN BOX & TAIL GATE.

February 12, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Rock Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRK DRIVER WAS MOVING TOW BAR & IT ROLLED OFF & HIT EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD

December 1, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Rock Corp · Struck against stationary object

WET MUDDY SURFACE SKINNED SKIN-ORIGIAL ABRASION WAS NOT REPORTED

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