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September 17, 1997 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Alaska Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUMPED INTO PICKUP TRUCK WITH 920 LOADER. LOWER BACK STRAIN.

December 11, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

SUN LOW ON HORIZON, GLARE IN EYES TEMPPORARILY BLINDED EMPLOYEE AND HE DROVE OFF THE ROAD. SMALL ABRASIONS TO FACE AND TORN ROTOR CUFF.

November 24, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alaska Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED, A BIG CHUNK OF FROZEN DIRT WAS DROPPED INTO HIS BED CAUSING A JOLT. JOLT CAUSED EE TO JERK FORWARD FORCING HIS WEIGHT ONTO HIS LEFT ARM WHICH WAS UP AGAINST SOME LEVERS. THE ARM DIDN'T BOTHER HIM MUCK UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS LATER. DR REPORTED ARM STRAIN AND WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 10 OR LSEE DAYS.

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