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November 9, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck by falling object

PASSING STERN OF DREDGE ENROUTE TO POWER CABLE WHEN ROCK FELL FROM STACKER, HIT LAUNCH, BOUNCED HITTING EE IN FACE.

January 7, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ANOTHER EMPL STARTED FORKLIFT WHICH ISNT SUPPOSED TO START IN GEAR BUT IT STARTED IN REVERSE.I.NAME TRIED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY BUT LEG WAS PINNED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND A WELDING TABLE.

June 6, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKED UP STEEL CUT PALM OF HAND

February 21, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

THE DREDGE WAS IN OPERATION AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE DREDGE COMBINED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BARGE CAUSED I.NAME TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE HELD HIS OPEN KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT HAND FOR CUTTING ROPE TO TIE OFF THE OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE BOTTLES HE HAD JUST LOADED ONTO THE BARGE. THE SUDDEN LURCH CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE GRABBED THE BOTTLES WITH HIS LEFT HAND FOR SUPPORT. AT THE

June 26, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME IS A LOADER OPERATOR HE SAYS FROM RUNNING/OPERATING LOADER HE HAS SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN.

July 28, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

INJ DROVE OUT TO DREDGE PICKED GAS TANK AND ON WASY BACK THERE WS A LOUD RUM BING NOISE AND SHAKING AND TRUCK STARTED TO HEAD TOWARDS CLIFF HE ATTEMPTED TO JPUT ON BRAKES WHICH PROPELLED TR UCK CLOSER TO CLIFF AND THEN FINALLY THREW TRUCK INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP IT HIS HEAD CAME IN C ONTACT WITH STEERING WHEEL WITH SUDDEN STOP.

August 27, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADE9- BOUNCING IN LOADER WITH A LOT OF NECK MOVEMENT TO VIEW BACK UP AREA.

March 11, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING HIS 980C LOADER AND HAD BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR FOR AN ONGOING BACK PROBLEM.THE CONSTANT JARRING IRRITATED HIS ALREADY PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

November 28, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba Placer Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING FROM ONE BARGE TO ANOTHER IN DREDGE POND,EMPL HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN BARGES.

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