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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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December 12, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Glamis Rand Mining Co · Struck by flying object

EE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN DOZER DOOR TO READ HOUR METER. A GUST OF WIND BLEW DIRT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE FOR APPROX. 45 MIN, THEN WAS TAKEN LOCAL ER WHERE THE EYE WAS ONCE AGA IN IRRIGATED AND ANTIBIOTIC DROPS WERE ADMINISTERED. ER RELEASED HIM WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. EE AND TEMPORARY AGENCY FLATLY REFUSED RESTRICTION DUTY WHICH WAS OFFERED.

January 31, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman OTHER
Glamis Rand Mining Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BEGAN TO FEEL DIZZY, ILL, CHILLED, LOST CONCIOUSNES AND HAD LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. EE WAS HOOKED UP TO IV AND ADMINSISTERED ANTIBIOTICS DUE TO HIGH WHITE B LOOD CELL COUNT. DR'S INITIAL IMPRESSION OF ILLNESS WAS SYNCOPAL EPISODE(DIZZINES) DUE TO POSSIBLE PROSTITIS. KEPT OVERNIGHT TO RUN TESTS. TEST RESULTS SHOWED NOTHING. "NO FINDINGS" BY DOCTOR

October 28, 2001 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Glamis Rand Mining Co · Struck by flying object

EE RECEIVED FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE DIRT FROM BLOWING WIND. DID NOT REPORT TO EE UNH1 10-29-01. AFTER HE HAD SEEN A DR. DR FOUND CORNEAL SCRATCH. PRESCRIBED RX MEDS FOR HIS EYE. AND PUT ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE DAY. EE WAS HIRED THRU TEMP AGENCY AND NO LONGER WOULD FOR GRMC EE DID NOT PROVIDE PAPERWORK WHEN REQUESTED CO RECEIVED FROM CLINIC ON 11-7-01 CAUSED FOR DELAY.

October 31, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Glamis Rand Mining Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON THE MORNING OF NOV 1, 2000, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS EYE. THINKING HE HAD GOTTEN SOME METAL OR SUCH IN HIS EYE, HE WENT TO URGENT CARE. U.C.VERIFIED HE HAD SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE. REPORTAB LE DUE TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

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