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1983–2026
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March 28, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS LIFTING BACK END OF MOTOR BASE TO PUT THE BELT ON BUT IT WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND. SO HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE MOTOR BASE & JERKED UP A COUPLE OF TIMES THAN IT CAME LOOSE & SMASHED HI S LEFT INDEX FINGER.

March 18, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CARRYING A METAL WATER BOTTLE INTO THE 7/700 AREA WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE WATER BOTTLE AND A PIECE OF METAL RESULTING IN HIS (R) HAND BEING CUT

February 26, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I,NAME & TWO OTHERS WERE MOVING SMALL VESSEL WHEN THE RIGGING SLIPPED & EVERTHING CAME DOWN. THE BEAM FELL ON HIM AND PENNED HIM BETWEEN THE TANK AND BEAM. HE WAS HIT ACROSS THE MOUTH, (R) SHO OULDER, (R) ARM, (R) THUMB AND BACK.

February 19, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS LOADING & UNLOADING THE CONVEYOR BELT FRAME WITH 5 OTHER MEN. THEY WERE DRAGGING THE SCALE FRAME IN THE TUNNEL-2 MEN PULLING I.NAME BEING ONE OF THEM AND 3 MEN PUSHING WHEN THE FRAME G OT HUNG UP AND JERKED PULLING THE MUSCLE IN I.NAMES RIGHT SHOULDER

December 17, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

WHILE LAYING-OFF AN EMPLOYEE WHO THREATENED BODILY HARM TO A SUPERVISOR A SCUFFLE TOOK PLACE IN WHICH I.NAME S ANKLE WAS BROKEN

December 7, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL INSTALLING GRIT STRUT FLOOR ON CONVEYOR STEEL AND PIECE OF GRIP STRUT HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT.PARTNER PUSHED END THAT WAS HUNG UP AND SLACK IN CHOCKER ALLOWED GRIP STRUT TO FALL AFTER IT HAD BEEN FREED FROM BELT TRAPPING LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOTTOM OF GRIPSTRUT AND TOP OF CONVEYOR STEEL.

September 14, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON A 631 MACHINE LIFTED TOO MUCH WEIGHT AND STRAINED BACK

September 5, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED CONSTANT WORK CAUSED BACK STRAIN

June 22, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS CUT WHILE EMPLACING A REBAR MAT INTO A CONCRETE FORM. THE ONE INCH CUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUTURED AT THE ELKO CLINIC AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO WORK

April 25, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE MOVED HOSE AND WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF PIPE WHICH FELL OVER

August 30, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carlin Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN GREASE BARREL AND VEHICLE TRAILER HITCH.

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