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January 4, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER. EE WALKING TO WORKSITE SLIPPED ON ICE INSIDE PORTAL AND FELL. SURFACE WAS IN REGULAR USE BY EMPLOYEES AND HAD BEEN RECENTLY SALTED. NO INVOLVEMENT OF EQUIPMENT OR PROTE CTIVE DEVICES, NOR WERE JOB SKILLS, MINER PROFICIENCY, TRAINING OR ATTITUDE FACTORS.

November 8, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I WAS BRINGING SOME SAMPLES FROM THE SAMPLE PREP AREA TO THE ASSAY LAB. ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE ASSAY LAB, I SLIPPED ON THE ICE. WHEN I SLIPPED I TWISTED MY KNEE AND LANDED ON IT.

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