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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 13, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING3JOY AIR TRACK DRILL, I NAME WAS ADDING A NEW SECTION OF STEEL. THREADS GRABBED CROOKED AND WHIPPED STEEL AGAINST RACK CATCHING FINGER IN BETWEEN.

December 20, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WORKING ON 5OADER TO DETERMINE ITS STARTING PROBLEMS REMOVED INJECTOR AND SET IT ON A VALVE COVER EMP THEN TURNED ENGINE OVER TO DETERMINE IF FUEL WAS COMING THRU INJECTOR EMPLOYEES HAND WAS IN FRONT OF3THE INJECTOR TO BE INSPECTED WHEN ENGINE WAS TURNED DIESEL FUEL PENETRATED LEFT HAND

May 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Struck by falling object

LADDER FELL STRIKING EMP RT INDEX FINGER AGAINST PIPE

December 14, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME BARRELS INTO THE MILL BLDG AND SAID HE POPPED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING THEM

September 15, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED SUBJECT WORKING WITH PORTION OF CATWALK TURNED UP. CO-WORKER BEGAN TO ASCEND LADDER UNDER CATWALK. LADDER STRUCK CATWALK CAUSING IT TO FALL & STRIKE VICTIM, KNOCKING HARD HAT OFF HIS HEAD & LACERATING HIS FOREHEAD.

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