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May 14, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Gunlock Rock · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK OUT OF SCREEN, TAIL PULLEY, FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS BACK.

May 2, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER

Gunlock Rock · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING, BETWEEN ACTIVITIES, WHEN HE COLLAPSED. COWORKER ADMINISTERED FIRST AIR--CPR, AND CALLED 911. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DRMC, DIAGNOSED & TREATED FOR STORKE. THEN LIFE FLIGHTED TO S LC, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY BEING TREATED.

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