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July 28, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Struck by flying object

SILVER BUTTONS THAT HAD BEEN COOLED WITH COLD WATER WERE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE TRAY ONTO A CLEANING TABLE. AS THE BUTTON WAS REMOVED BY HAND A PIECE OF SLAG REMAINING ON THE BUTTON POPPED EXPLODED SENDING A SMALL PIECE THRU THE AIR. STRIKING THE EE IN THE EYE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

February 24, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN A JACK AND THE PRESS FRAME WHEN PLACING THE JACK INTO POSITION. IT IS AN AWKWARD WORKING POSITION. EE S RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURED THUMB WITH MINOR ABRASION A ND SWELLING.

July 18, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPANY DR DIAGNOSED A MYOFASCIAL INJURY. ILLNESS RESULTS FROM REPETITIVE MOTION.

June 26, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPANY PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED A MYOFASCIAL INJURY. T HIS ILLNESS RESULTED FROM REPETITIVE MOTION.

June 18, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS OPENING A VALVE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS INTESTINE AREA.

June 9, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER'S ROCK HAMMER. A PIECE OF SLAG BLEW BACK INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE WHILE CHIPPING THE SLAG AWAY. THE SLAG WENT AROUND THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE SHI ELD AND INTO THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE FLUSHED HIS EYE OUT. IRRITATION OF THE EYE BEGAN THE NEXT DAY.

October 20, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSAY SAMPLE PREPARATION.

September 28, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPANY PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED BICUPITAL TONDONYTIS IN RT ARM EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTED DUTY NO LOST TIME

January 21, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER, INSTALLING PIPEFITTINGS WHEN HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF HIS INJURY UNTIL 2 OR 3 MIN LATER WHEN HE PICKED UP HIS LADDER AND TOOLS.

September 26, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING 5 GAL BUCKET OF GREASE FROM PRIMARY CRUSHER POCKET TO MAIN LEVEL (10') WITH A ROPE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 9, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Fall from piled material

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON COARSE ORE STOCKPILE WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON A SHARP ROCK SUSTAINING A V SHAPED CUT TO THE PALM AREA OF THE HAND FIVE INCH TOTAL LENGTH OF LAC ERATION NO NERVE OR TENDON DAMAGE

May 27, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ONTO WATER TRUCK WHEN SHESLIPPED & CAUGHT HERSELF, TWISTING HER BACK. EE DID NOT FALL.

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