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1983–2026
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January 30, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TOOK CLAMP LOOSE AND PIPE WAS HEAVIER LUNGED FORWARD WITH PIPE IN HAND

August 27, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I HAD THE DYNALIFT IN POSITION TO STOP THE RACK OF STEEL FROM COLLAPSING ON ME I MOVED BY HAND SOME STEEL 6IN I-BEAM THAT WAS WEDGED ON A 4IN STEEL PIPE THE OTHER 6IN I BEAM ROLLED ON THE PIPE PINCHING MY LEFT RING FINGER I PULLED MY HAND AWAY BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH

June 16, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEE'S WERE LOADING A PORTABLE GENERATOR INTO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 14, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEANUP. PICKED UP A RAG, GOT CORBON PARTICLES ON HIS HAND. REMOVED HIS GLASSES RUBBED RIGHT EYE. GOT 4 PIECES OF COBAN IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

December 9, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A STEEL PLATE & TRYING TO MOVE PLATE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIMSELF IN THE GROIN AREA WEATHER WAS COLD

May 9, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ivanhoe Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HH WAS UNLOADING DRILL PIPE FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND HANDING IT TO THE OTHER HELPER WHEN HE HANDED IT OFF HE TWISTED OR POPPED HIS BACK.

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