July 1, 1985
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lacana Gold Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE PLANT OPERATOR WAS ADDING APPROX A 30 LB CONTAINER OF CAUSTIC GRANULES TO THE CYANIDE STRIP SOLUTION TANK THE CAUSTIC SURGED ENMASS FROM THE CONTAINER INTO THE SOLUTION CAUSING AN ABRUPT REACTION THE OPERATOR ANTICIPATED THE REACTION AND WAS MOVING AWAY RAPIDLY WHEN SOME SOLUTION SPLATTERED ON HIS UPPER LEGS PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS USED BUT HE PROBABLY INHALED SOME CYANIDE