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February 21, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE OLD RUSTY PIPE FROM THE SOUTH WALL IN THE CARLTON MILL BASEMENT LEVEL. WHILE HELPING OTHERS LIFT A PIECE OF PIPE DOWN TO THE FLOOR, A LOOSE PIECE OF RUSTED METAL FELL FROM THE PIPE, WENT THROUGH THE OPENING BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE AND FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

September 7, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON OPERATION OF FRONT-END LOADER AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF LOADER WHEN HE HAD A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT,BUT THE PA IN CONTINUED AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING.

July 23, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL CLEANING CARBON OUT OF ACID WASH TANK BY FILLING 5-GAL BUCKETS AND HANDING THEM OUT TO ANOTHER EMPL.EMPL HAD CHECKED FOR HCN BEFORE ENTERING TANK.AFTER LEAVING TANK,EMPL BEGAN TO FEEL ITT /// ILL,WENT TO BATHROOM,PASSED OUT.HIT HEAD WHEN HE FELL HAS SMALL BUMP ON HIS HEAD.EMPL GIVEN OXYGEN SAID HE FELT BETTER.

May 4, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALTHOUGH UNSURE OF THE EXACT CONDITIONS OF THIS INJURY, IT IS BELEIVED THAT THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE RUBBED HIS EYE WHILE HE HAD SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL ON HIS FINGER.

August 28, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER.HE SAVED HIMSELF FROM FALLING BY GRASPING THE HANDRAIL ,BUT THE FORCE OF THE GRASP TORE THE CARTILAGE L LOOSE IN HIS SHOULDER.

July 26, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CHANGING FILTERS IN THE E-CELL AFTER LAYING THE FILTER DOWN EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA UPON EXAMINATION BY DR EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND A PUBIC STRAIN

May 10, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FAMILIARIZING HERSELF WITH NEW PULVERIZER; SPRING ON HANDLE WAS TOO TIGHT AND FORCED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AGAINST HINGE WHEN DOOR OPENED. RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS SEVERELY PINCH ED.

March 4, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE MECHANIC WAS REPAIRING THE THICKNER UNDERFLOW IN AN AREA THAT WAS FULL OF MU/SLURRY THAT CONTAINED LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIME AND CYANIDE.THE MECHANIC KNELT DOWN IN THE MUD TO DO SOME REPAIRS A ND THE CHEMICALS SOAKED THROUGH HIS COVERALLS AND BURNED HIS LEGS.THE MECHANIC WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

October 1, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COUPLING ON HOS9 USED TO PUMP ACID WAS WORN AND DID NOT CONNECT PROPERLY. THE COUPLING WAS REPLACED, AND ANOTHER WAS PUT ON ORDER.

May 26, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texasgulf Metals Company · Fall onto or against objects

3 MINERS WERE FLIPPING A TRANSFORMER ON ITS SIDE. AS IT FELL SPOERL LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL FORWWARD, STRIKING KNEE ON ANGLE IRON BRACE. LOST TIME DUE TO SURGEONS INCIISION TO CHECK KNEE FOR D AMAGE.

April 20, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texasgulf Metals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAMPLE PREP TECHNICIAN BELIEVES HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE SAMPLE PREP WORK. PROBABLY CAUSED BY FATIGUE. DIAGNOSED AS MILE TO MODERATE BACK STRAIN.

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