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February 18, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOSING DOWN MAIN DECK. HE HAD A HEART ATTACK 5-20-88. AND HAD BEEN RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK 7-18-88. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THIS HEARD ATTACK IS WORK RELATED. 2ND HEART ATTACK.

December 22, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOREIGN BODY WAS DISCOVEREDIN EMPL'S LEFT EYE. EMPL DOESN'T KNOW HOW OR WHEN IT GOT THERE.

November 14, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS STANDING BY LADDER ROLLER & HE FELT SOMETHING ON NECK STINGING BITING HIM. HE REACHED FOR WHATEVER WAS STINGING BITING HIM. HE NEVER SAW WHAT IT WAS HE HAD SWELLING & TENDER SHOUL DER AREA WHERE INSECT HAD BITTEN HIM.

June 24, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SKIN RASH APPEA9ED ALONG HAIRLINE. EMPLOYEE FEELS RASH MAY BE DUE TO SOMETHING HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AT WORK.

March 31, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS WORK3NG IN HOPPER CHANGING AN ECCENTRIC FRAME WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE DRY & WINDY WHILE I.NAME & I.NAME WERE HOLDING ECCENTRIC FRAME INTO POSITION I.NAME WAS INSTALLING ATTACHING B OLTS I.NAME WAS3WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT WITH THE WIND GUSTS HE GOT A PIECE OF GRITK BLOWN IN HIS LEFT EYE

May 25, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE\S BOOTS WERE LEFT AT THE SHOP OVERNIGHT, AND WHEN HE PUT THE BOOTS ON AN ASSASSIN BUG BIT HIS FOOT.

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