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June 6, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING CROSS MEMBER BOLTS FROMA FIFTY TON HAUL TRUCK. BOLTS WERE TORQUED DOWN, WHEN ONE BROKE LOOSE HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE WAS SEEN BY AMEDICAL DR AND RETURNED T O WORK ON 6-7-96. DR REFERRED EE TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-10-96 AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON 6-11-96.

March 11, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS EVALUATING THE ORE CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS. UPON HITTING A ROCK, A FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS EYE. UNEMBEDDED FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED BY EYE DOCTOR AND MEDICATION GIVEN TO PREVENT INFEC TION.

January 15, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT A WIRE TIE OFF OF AN INSULATED PIPE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE TIE AND CUT HER FINGER. STITCHES WERE REUQIRED.

June 30, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS CUTTING IT WITH A HANDSAW THE SAW SLIPPED & LACERATED THE TOP LEFT HAND OFHEATH

May 28, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A WIRE TIE STRAP WITH A KNIFE. WHEN THE STRAP WAS CUT, KNIFE CONTINUED ON TO PUNCTURE LEFT FOREARM. SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND IN LEFT FOREARM.

November 20, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FLAP FROM CENTERLINE, (CELL#9) TO ENABLE HIM TO INSTALL INSULATION ON THE PIPING. HE WAS REMOVING FLAP BY CUTTING IT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING THE FLAP, THE UTIL ITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE, THE LACERATION WAS TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

August 6, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A BOX END WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW, CAUSING A LACERATION.

May 22, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

WAS RETIGHTENING PROTECTION COVER ON CAT D10. BOLT DID NOT HOLD AND PLATE FELL CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ANKLE AND BRUISES AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

June 16, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ASSISTING IN SETTING A STEEL PLATFORM WHICH WAS SUSPENDED BY A SLING.MY FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND A STEEL TRUSS.

May 15, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE WINCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER LIP.

March 29, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WORKING ON TANK USING A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE TANK CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY NTO MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND

December 16, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

WHEN CLEANING THE UNDER CARIAGE OF A D9 DOZER WITH A BAR A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES AND ENTERED THE RT EYE

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