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March 27, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A LIGHT FIXTURE. THE FIXTURE BEGAN TO FALL AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH IT, THE FIXTURE CUT HIS GLOVE AND THUMB.

September 23, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING LOOSE ROCKS WITH A SHOVEL, PREPARING THE BASE FOR THE LEACH PAD, EE HIT HER KNEE WITH A SHOVEL HANDLE.

October 18, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOOD FROM A SQUATTING POSITION AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT KNEE. INJURED BECAME REPORTABLE ON 11-12-93 DUE TO MEDICAL TREATMENT BEING ADMINSTERED.

July 14, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAS SEVERE BACK AND LEG PAIN WHILE LIFTING. STATES THAT THE PAIN HAS GROWN MOVE SEVERE OVER THE YEARS. CANNOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SITUATION CAUSING DISCOMFORT. EMPLOYEE REPORTED PAIN ON 7-16-93. REPORTED TO DR ON 8-17-93, DOCTOR PLACED HIM OFF WORK X3 WKS.

June 23, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS MIXING PAX REGENT WHEN A PARTICLE OF CHEMCIAL DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. THIS CAUSED SEVERE BURNING SENSATION EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

May 6, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT OVER THE PAST 5 YRS OF BENDING AND LIFTIN GPROCESS PIPING, HIS BACK BECAME SORE. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CANNOT IDENTIFY SPECIFIC TIME OR DATE OF INCIDENT.

October 22, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISCONNECTING A DISHCARGE LINE FROM A WATER PUMP, THE EMPLOYEES HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE HOSE COUPLING. THE LINE WAS FULL OF WATER WHICH CAUSED PRESSURE TO REMAIN IN THE LINE. WHEN ATTEMPT ING TO DISCONNECT, THE LINE CAME APART QUICKLY, PASSING THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES HAND LACERATING THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND.

February 8, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN INSTALLING THE SAFETY PIN ON A EUCLID HAUL TRUCK, THE PIN WAS STUBBORN AND RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH THE PIN. INJURY RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTU RES.

January 10, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED FOR A BACK STRAIN FROM ACTIVITIES OF HER WORK ASSINGMENT, WHIHC IS NOW APPARENTLY REORCCURING.

January 7, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS REPLACING CENTERING PIN IN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AS EMPL REACHED INTO AREA OF LIMITED SPACE TO GUIDE TO CYLINDER INTO PLACE CYLINDER JUMPED CRUSHING EMPLS ARM AGAINST MACHINE WALL & CYLI NDER CAUSING FRACTURE TO ARM AT WRIST.

November 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SPLITTING DOWN BLASTHOLE SAMPLES, EMPLOYEE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

November 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER SPLITTING A SERIES OF SAMPLES, EMPLOYEE FELT STIFFNESS TO THE BACK AREA.

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CONNECTING AN AIR-LINE HEADER (2" STEEL) THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM THE HANGER AND THE EMPLOYEES THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE WALL.

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