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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 14, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carson Hill Gold Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME OPERATOR WAS CLEANING THE CONTACT SURFACE OF THE 1 BELT PULLEY HE HAD LEFT THE BELT RUNNING AND SET UP ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE THE WORK DECK SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR SUFERSTRUCTURE THE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HIS RIGHT ARM MADE CONTACT WITH THE PULLEY AT THE PACK PUMP DRAWING THIS ARM INTO IT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS ARM OUT BEFORE IT PULLED HIS BODY INTO IT.

May 14, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Carson Hill Gold Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING THE TRUCK ON A ROAD THAT HA JUST BEEN WATERED.HE HIT A DRY SPOT ON THE ROAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GRAB.TH ESTEERING WHEEL TURNED, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS WRIST.

January 9, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carson Hill Gold Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DAN REPORTED TO3WORK AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. HE LEFT WORK TO SEE THE DOCTOR.

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