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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 6, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING STEEL PLATES IN A STEEL CONTAINMENT RACK USING A FORKLIFT TO TRANSPORT THE PLATES THE STEEL WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE FORKLIFT AND AS IT SWUNG EMPL FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STE EL PLATE AND THE FORKLIFT FRAME CUTTING THE INSIDE OF THE INDEX FINGER

April 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND THE BASE OF THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE TOUCHED THE ROCK WITH HIS HAMMER THE HAMMER ROLLED PULLING HIS R HAND UNDER THE ROCK AND CUTTING OFF THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER

July 29, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN/STRAIN DUE TO BOUNCING IN SEAT WHILE DRIVING EQUIP.

June 17, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN AN AIRBORNE PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS EYE AND IT COULD NOT BE WASHED OUT WITH EYE WASH.

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