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October 26, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED THAT ON 10-19-94 WHILE USING A BOBCAT LOADER TO PERFORM CLEAN UP ALONG 9 CONVEYOR, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB, BUT ON 10/2 6 WENT TO SEE A DR AND WAS PLACED ON ONE DAY RESTRICTED DUTY.

September 18, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING A LUBE TRUCK DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE PIT TO GO INTO THE SLEEPER PIT. AS HE ROUNDED A CURVE, HE LOST CONTROL AND THE TRUCK SKIDDED AND THEN TIPPED OVER ONTO I TS LEFT SIDE PINNING HIM IN THE TRUCK, BETWEEN THE SEAT, THE DOOR AND STEERING WHEEL. HE WAS PINNED APPROX. 1 HR AND 30 TO 40 MINS.

August 16, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE GETTING HER TRUCK LOADED LOADER OPERA TOR HIT THE TRUCK BED WITH THE LOADER BUCKET ARM WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DROPPING A LARGE ROCK INTO THE BED THE SUDDEN JARRING MOTION CAUSSED HER BACK TO POP OUT SHE REPORTS THE P[ROBLEM WITH HER BACK AS ONGOING & CAN OCCUR ANY TIME THERE IS A SUDDEN MOTION

June 14, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED HE WAS USING A SUPER SUCKER VACUUM TRUCK WITH THE 4 INCH HOSE ATTACHMENT TO VACUUM ROCK OUT OF A PLUGGED ROCK BOX AT A SCREEN HIS LEFT HAND AND FOREARM GOT SUCKED INTO THE HOSE AND AT THE SAME TIME TWISTING HIS THUMB AND WRIST AT AN AWKWARD ANGLE X RAYS NEGATIVE EE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY STATUS.

April 4, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE REPORTED THAT DUE TO A VEHICLE COLLISION SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THE MARIGOLD MINE SHE HOW SUFFERS FROM FREQUENT BACK PAIN ON THE NIGHT SHIFT OF 4-3-93 SHE WENT OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD IN HER HAUL TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED MID BACK PAIN SHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED STATUS UNTIL SHE COULD SEE A PHYSICIAN.

December 29, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING TR-14 ON LEACH PAD 4 ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE WAS LEVEL IT WAS ALSO SLICK WITH ICE HE SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SKID HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SKI D BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE TRUCK THEN WENT INTO A SIDE SKID AND TURNED OVER ONTO ITS SIDE.

October 31, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER SEVERAL ROCKS HIT HIS BUCKET CAUSING THE MACHINE TO ROCK AND MAKING HIS BACK HURT. AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE HIS BACK DID NOT HURT B ADLY SO HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT AND SEVERAL MORE DAYS THE PAIN PERSISTED SO HE SAW A DR ON 11-5-92 AND WAS PLACED ON A RESTRICTED DUTY STATUS.

August 29, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, A BANK CAME DOWN HITTING THE LOADER AND JARRED THE EMPLOYEE, INSIDE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY BECAUSE OF PAIN IN HIS NEKC AND BACK. AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS MISTAKENLY, NOT REPORTED, AT THE TIME.

June 6, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE OPER FRONT END LOADER Y

April 30, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

OFF COMPANY PROPERTY ON BLM LAND RIDING FOUR WHEEL ATV DRIFTED TO CANAL OVER CORRECTED STEERING WENT IN CANAL

November 24, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRONT END LOADER WAS LOADING HAUL TRUCK.A 25 LB ROCK FELL OFF LIP OF LOADER AND WENT THRU THE SIDE WINDOW ON DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK.THE ROCK STRUCK EMPL IN NECK AND SHOULDER BLADE AREA.

November 2, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

IN ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND, EMPLOYEE BACKED A 4 WHEELER ON TO A HEAP AND TIPPED IT ON TO ITS LEFT SIDE. IN DOING SO, THE 4 WHEELER STRUCK EMPLOYEE LEFT FOOT.

July 2, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS ADJUSTING BELT AFTER MAKING REPAIRS WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY. WORKER SUFFERED A BROKEN RIGHT ARM.

May 30, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED A SHOULDER WHILE SHIFTING GEAR.

August 25, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

FELL ASLEEP WHI5E OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND RAN OFF ROAD.

July 8, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

USING RIGHT HAN8 TRAFFIC PER AMEX POLICY.2 CONVERGING SCRAPERS COLLIDED 24' OFF HAUL RD.LOADED UNIT WAS ON WRONG-LEFT-SIDE.ROADS WATERED.NO DUST,WIND OR SUN NO OBSTRUCTIONS.

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