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April 10, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE 44 CONVEYOR BELT TRACKING BY MOVING A RETURN ROLLER WITH A HAMMER. WHEN HE STRUCK THE RETURN ROLLER BRACKET THIS HAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND INTO THE BELT ON THE BO TTOM SIDE. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER. HE DID NOT LET GO OF THE HAMMER IN TIME AND HIS LEFT ARM WAS ALSO PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER.

April 15, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE HAULING ORE TO THE HEAP LEACH PAD, EMPLOYEE BECAME EXPOSED TO LIME DUST WHEN BACKING UP TO DUMP.

January 17, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INTO DUMP AREA, GETTING READY TO BACK UP AND DUMP. HE HIT A BUMP THAT JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.

June 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK UP THE ROAD ROUNDING A CORNER AND SLID IN MUD INTO A SAFETY BERM.

May 30, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER, LOADING TRUCKS, HIT A HARD SPOT IN THE WALL CAUSING REAR END OF LOADER TO COM UP THEN DROP DOWN. SEAT BELT SUPPOSEDLY SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT HEAD ON C EILING OF LOADER.

April 23, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT A DIP IN THE HAUL ROAD WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK. HAD SEAT BELT ON AND CAUSED UPPER BODY TO TWIST.

December 15, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP IN RUBBER TIRE DOZER & RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING A SIDE SHIFT OF HIS BODY.

March 20, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE THE EE WAS OPERATING HIS HAUL TRUCK THE EE RAN OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD IN DOING SO THIS CAUSED THE EE TO BE JOSSELED INSIDE THE OPERATOR S CAB.

July 19, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING SKIRTING ON CONVEYOR BELT. HE NOTED A DIRT BUILDUP ON A RETURN IDLER AND ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE IT BY STRIKING THE IDLER WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER WAS DRAWN BETWEEN THE I DLER AND BELT AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO IDLER.

June 20, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 85 TON HAULAGE TRUCK. A LARGE ROCK FLOPPED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BED JOSTLING THE EMPLOYEE SEATED IN THE TRUCK CAB.

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