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June 20, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A CHAIN ON A 6" PIPE AND THEN TO A 966 LOADER. SHORT TIME LATER EMPLOYEE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON 6-25-96 AS A RESULT OF THIS. THIS INJU RY IS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY ON 5-21-96.

May 21, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING 4" HDPE PIPELINE FOR A WATER SYSTEM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DID NOT REPORT THE INJURYUNTIL 5-23-96.

January 26, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLUG A HOSE THAT WAS LEAKING AGGLOMORATION AID SOLUTION. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PLUG THE 2" LINE, THE SOLUTION SPRAYED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. SOLUTION IS AN IRRITATNT THAT REQU IRED FLUSHING AND EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY DR.

November 15, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP SOME 2X4 LUMBER, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. X RAYS AND MRI REVEALED A HERNIATED DISC IN LOWER BACK. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED AS TREATMENT AT THIS TIME.

May 10, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOREHOLES FOR A BLAST PATTERN. MATERIAL WAS MUDDY AND THIS REQUIRED THE HOLES TO BE CLEANED OUT FREQUENTLY. CLEANING THE HOLE CONSISTS OF REPEATED PULLING AND PUSHING OF HOIST AND PULLDOWN LEVERS. THIS MOTION AGGRAVATED THE LEFT ELBOW.

October 26, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A GEAR BOX INTO A STORAGE TRAILER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM STRAINING MUSCLES. THIS INJURY WAS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER IT WAS WORK RELTATED, AS EMPLOYE E WAS RECIEVING TREATMENT BY A CHIROPRACTOR FOR A NON WORK RELATED BACK INJURY. DIAGNOSIS BY A CHIROPRACTOR ON 11/15/94 INDICATED THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATED.

September 17, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE FELT HIS WRIST POP AND EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. INJURY WAS REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR, BUT EE FELT IT WAS ONLY A SPRAIN. PAIN CONTINED AND IT WAS R ECOMMENDED THAT HE SEE A DR. EE WENT TO A DR ON 10-03-94, WHERE EXAMINATION AND X RAYS REVEALED A FRACTURED BONE IN LEFT WRIST.

September 6, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON 9-7-94 REGULAR SHIFT DUE TO BACK PAIN CAUSED BY WORK RELATED STOCKPILE BACK INJURY.

August 1, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF SCREEN ON THE L.J. SCREEN DECK, WHENA DRIVE BLET GUARD FELL APPROX 6 INCHE SNAD LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAD HAS A BONE FRACTURED.

July 11, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING EMITTER LINES ON LEACH PAD, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A HALF (1/2) INCH PLASTIC EMITTER LINE, HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO ACHE TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT HE COULD NO LONGER S TAND UP.

December 8, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LAYING LINER IN A DITCH, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT A BUNDLE OF STAKES AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 19, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

THIS INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DOCTOR AS POSSIBLE RESULTING FROM A SUBSEQUENT NON-REPORTABLE INJURY THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST 1992. NO SPECIFIC INJURY PRECIPATED THIS INJURY.

November 10, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTALLING A VALVE AND A HOSE IN THE CYANIDE MIX AREA WHEN A PARTICLE GOT LODGED IN HIS EYE.

October 30, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A ROCK FROM ACCESS ROAD, USED IMPROPER LIFTING TECHIQUE AND FAILED TO GET ASSISTANCE MOVING HEAVY OBJECT.

September 27, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL DISMOUNTED FROM A RETRACTABLE ACCESS LADDER AND AS THE LADDER RETRACTED,RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE STOP BLOCK APPARATUS.

September 14, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS UNLOADING PAN OF PRECIPITATE FROM MERCURY REPORT OVEN AND COMPLAINED OF GROIN PAIN. HE WAS REFERRED TO MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA AT THE TIME. NO NOTIFICA TION OF THE MAY 1992 DIAGNOSIS WAS RECEIVED BY GRMC. NO REPORT OF INJURY WAS FILED BY INJURED PRIOR TO THE MAY DIAGNOSIS.

September 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HE WAS ON A TRAILER WITH BAGS HE STARTED TO LIFT THE BAG FROM TRAILER TO THROW ACROSS TO LOAD A TRUCK STRAINED MIDDLE BACK

September 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE HE WAS ON THE TRUCK HE THREW ANFO BAGS ONTO THE TRAILER & PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK

August 31, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING WITH SHOVEL ON A SIDE SLOPE OF THE HEAP FOR ENTRIE SHIFT JUST FELT STIFF AT END OF DAY NEXT MORNING VERY SORE BACK

July 3, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING 2ML PIPETTES INTO A SUCTION BULB WHEN THE PIPETTTE BROKE THE BROKEN END PUNCHURED EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE TIME & ALL APPEARED WELL ON JULY 10 1992 POSSIBLE INFECTION WAS SUSPECTED & EMPLOYEE WAS REFERRED TO MEDICAL ATTENTION EMPLOYEE WENT ON VACATION ON JULY 11 92 ON JULY 20 1992 EMPLOYEE RETURNED FROM VACATION & INFECTION NOT OV

February 7, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF CONVEYORING BELTING UP A STAIRWAY & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER HE WAS SENT TO A DOC & T HEN TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT

February 4, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS IS A REOCCURRING INJURY FROM JUNE 1991. NO SPEICFIC INCIDENT PRESCIPITATED THIS INJUYR. THIS INJURY WAS OCCURRING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SINCE THE JUNE. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. DR X RAYS SHOWED DAMAGED TO LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 9, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE CREST OF THE CELL PULLING UP A 3" HEADER PIPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A ROPE,WHILE PULLING THE LOAD UP THE SIDE OF THE CELL,HE INJURED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BAC K.

July 29, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BROKE WIRE CABLE WITH BARE HANDS. CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGTH HAND.

June 24, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK, HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY A JAGGED EDGE OF THE ROCK.

June 14, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BUCKETS MINOR BURNING IN SHOULDER

February 27, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CLEANING PRECIPT PRESS. EE BENT OVER TO LIFT PRECIPT FILTER PRESS PLATE WHILE WASHING THE PRESS. EE PULLED UP ON PLATE AND STRAINED HIS ARM AND NECK AND PINCHED A NERVE.

January 8, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WENT TO PICK TIRE UP & BOTTOM SWUNG OUT & PINNED EMPL BETWEEN TIRE & TRUCK.

January 8, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHECKING WIRE CONNECTIONS ON LIGHT TOWER AND BASE WITH LEADMAN, LEADMAN OPENED LENS COVER ON ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

January 2, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL MOVING CUTTING EDGES FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.EMPL TURNED AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.NOT CARRYING A LOAD AT THE TIME OF SPAZM.

December 20, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON BACK INSTALLING STEEL WHEELS ON A TRUCK AXLE.

October 28, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS RAISING A RETRACTABLE LADDER AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER FRAME AND LADDER STOP.

June 20, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME HEAVY STEEL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SIDE.

October 13, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED TO SWING PART OF A CHUTE ON A CONCRETE TRUCK (ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD SWUNG THE OUTHER PART) AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SECTIONS OF THE CHUTE.

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