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1983–2026
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November 5, 1999 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Placer Mining Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SHOVELING AND SWEEPING TO CLEAN UP OR UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 5, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Placer Mining Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SAYS AS HE LIFTED DRILL TO TABLE TO REPAIR HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON HIS RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT HE WEN TO THE DR ON 3-5-97 DID NOT FILL OUT ACCIDENT REPORT 3-20-97.

April 8, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Placer Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING SAFE INTO OFFICE BUILDING. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SAFE AND DOOR JAM CUTTING HIS RING FINGER (STITCHES REQUIRED)

May 11, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Placer Mining Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AS EE WAS PULLING AND LIFTING AN ELECTRICAL CABLE, HE PULLED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MUSCLE-LATER DETERMINED TO BE A HERNIA. 6-24-93 EE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR HERNIA.

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