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July 5, 1993 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Electric Investment Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOST FOOTING & SLIPPED GETTING INTO A 4 FOOT DEEP TRENCH. FALLING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE & RIGHT WRIST. BRUISE TO RIGHT KNEE & RIGHT WRIST.

September 25, 1991 UT · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nevada Electric Investment Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN STUCK CHUTE GATE BY PULLING UPWARD ON GATE HANDLE WHEN PAIN SHOT ACROSS THE LOWER BACK

February 16, 1990 UT · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Electric Investment Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTIGN TO FREE FROZEN COAL FROM BED OF BELLY DUMP TRUCK WHEN DRIVER RELEASED AIR OPERATED GATES AND CUAGHT HIS FINGER BETWEENG ATES AND A CHUNK OF COAL. EMPLOYEE HAD A BROKE N FINGER AND THREE STICHES.

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