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March 23, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SAMPLE BAGS IN BOXES AND TWISTING,THUS CAUSING BACK STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

April 5, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP HIS LUNCH BOX AND STARTED TO WALK AND DEVELOPED A LOWER BACK ACHE. ON 4-13-93 THE ACHE GOT SO BAD HE HAD TO LEAVE WORK.

October 29, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS A RE-OCCURANCE OF HIS INJURY ON 2-27-92.

October 7, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING A SWIVEL PACKING ON A DRILL HE DROPPED A WRENCH UNDER THE DRILL AND WAS RETRIEVING IT WHEN HE WENT DOWN HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A ROCK.

June 26, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS MOVING SAMPLE REJECT PULPS TO THE STORAGE TRAILER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A BOX ON TOP OF A STACK WHEN SHE PULLED OR SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HER BACK.

March 30, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO TAKE SAMPLE AND DID NOT BEND HIS KNEES, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

March 26, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A HAMMER DRILL IN BACK OF A PICK UP WHEN IT FELL OUT. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE PICKED UP ONE END OF THE HAMMER STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.

December 11, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR ON PULVERIZER TO BLOW IT OUT. THE BUTT PLATE WAS BROKEN, THE DOOR FELL ON HER LITTLE FINGER, CUTTING AND BRAKING HER LITTLE FINGER.

November 4, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES UNCOUPLING A AIR HOSE FROM RECEIVER TANK BEFORE TURNING OFF VALVE ON TANK & A BLAST OF AIR HIT HIS LEFT HAND PUTTING RUST & DIRT UNDER HIS SKIN

August 28, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN BOTTLE. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP NEW BOTTLE OF OXYGEN AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIS BACK POPPED.

July 7, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHAKING DIRT FROM HER SHIN AND GOT A PIECE OF DIRT OUT.NEXT DAY SHE REPORTED IT WAS STILL HURTING,SENT HER TO DOCTOR.SHE HAD A SMALL SCRATCH ON LEFT EYE.

June 28, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES LOADING AND STEMING HOLES (SHOVELING) BENT OVER WHILE SHOVELING TWISTED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

April 10, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WASHING A C1L SCREEN WITH A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AND SUBSTANCE SPATTERED HIS FACE GETTING FOREIGN MATERIAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 1, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHE WAS UNTWISTING METAL TIES ON SAMPLE BAGS AND SCRAPED HER RIGHT RING FINGER ON THE WIRE TIE. SHE DIDN'T REPORT THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, SINCE SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE H AD SUSTAINED AN INJURY. HOWEVER, THE FINGER BECAME INFECTED QUITE RAPIDLY AND SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH A SEVERELY INFECTED FINGER.

September 26, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE NEVER REPORTED AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT,BUT RATHER WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON HER DAYS OFF DOCTOR ASSOCIATED CONDITION WITH ACTIVITY AT WORK,ALTHOUGH EMPLOYEE HAD ONLY WORKED A TOTAL OF 23 SHIFTS.DOCTOR THEN REFERRED EMPLOYEE TO ANPTHER DOCTOR FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS.SECOND DOCTOR THEN RETURNED EMPLOYEE TO WWORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS,HOWEVER EMPLOYEE MISSED 4 DAYS OF WORK.WE ARE ST

August 2, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

CLOSING DOOR ON TOOL CRIB WHEN SECTION OF PIPE STANDING AGAINST TOOL CRIB FELL STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

June 27, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPE AS THEY WERE INSTALLING 30IN CULVERT

June 15, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TRIED TO FREE SIEZED UP CULVERT BAND. WHEN PIPE DISLODGED IT ROLLED OVER ONTO HAND.

August 4, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A CIL SCREEN WHEN HER CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END OF THE SCREEN CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HER ON THE CHIN CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES FOR CLOSURE.

February 1, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS MAN WAS HELPING TO POSITION A BALL CHARGING CONTAINER NEAR THE FEED END OF A SAG MILL WHEN HIS THUMB WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE CHARGING POT AND THE MILL, LACERATING THE EMPLOYEE S THUMB.

January 31, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS MAN RIPPED HIS GLOVE AND GOT CAUSTIC ON AN EXISTING WOULD WHILE ADDING CAUSTIC TO THE CARBON STRIP VESSEL. THE WOUND LATER BECAME INFECTED.

September 6, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING LINERS IN SAG MILL,PIECE OF METAL POPPED OFF COOLING BALL AND STRUCK LOWER LEFT EYE.TREATMENT-EYE EXAM,PRESSURE DRESSING AND REFERRAL TO OPTHALMOLOGIST FOR EVALUATION.THAT DR GAVE HIM 1 DAY NO DUTY RELEASE FOR THE 1 DAY PRIOR TO 7 DAYS SCHEDULED OFF.

February 22, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED A PIN AS PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION. EMPLOYEE LAID PIN ON TOP OF A PIECE OF MACHINERY TO GET A BETTER GRIP. PIN ROLLED OFF FROM LID AND LANDED ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

January 10, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING PLUG ON C.I.L. TANK, PLUG WAS STUCK DUE TO MED BUILD-UP. EMPLOYEE PULLED HARD AND FELT PAIN IN ABDOMINAL AREA. RE-INJURED SAME AREA ON 1-22-88 WHILE LIFTING 5 LB. PAIL FUL L OF MUD MATERI5L. RE-EVALUATED BY DOCTOR.

December 28, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN A CRFAMPED WORK AREA WHILE REMOVING STAINLESS STEEL SCREENS FROM A CIL TANK EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES & WHEN HE LIFTED THE SCREEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A STRAINON HIS MIDDLE BACK3

July 11, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TU9NING A 55 GAL DRUM OF 8 LB MILL BALLS HE SAID THREE DAYS LATER THAT HE HAD PULLED HIS GROIN

May 4, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlas Gold Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL LIFTED MIL5 BALLS FROM FLOOR WHEN HE STOOD UP AND HIT BACK INTO CATWALK LOCATED BEHIND HIM.

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