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August 6, 1999 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Alaska Placer Development Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINCHED HAND BETWEEN BOLT & FORKLIFT WHILE HOISITING FINAL DRIVE. CUT IN PALM OF RIGHT HAND REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES

May 30, 1997 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alaska Placer Development Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING 6" HOPE PIPE. HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN PIPE & DIRT. EE WORKED THE NEXT DAY BUT DUETO LINGERING SORENESS, WAS ADVISED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

October 17, 1996 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Alaska Placer Development Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ICE CLEATS ON BULLDOZER. SLAG CURLED OFF WELD, HIT HIS HELMET AND WENT DOWN THE WRIST OF HIS WELDING GLOVE.

November 21, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alaska Placer Development Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN STANDING UP AFTER CLIMBING OUT FROM UNDER 980-B LOADER. OPERATOR HAD JUST FINISHED PLACING BLOCKING UNDER LOADER IN PREPARATION FOR WINTER STORAGE. BACK STRA IN DID NOT SEEM SERIOUS AT THE TIME, BUT THE NEXT DAY OPERATOR FELT HE SHOULD HAVE A DR. LOOK AT IT.

August 25, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alaska Placer Development Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH STEP ON TS-24 SCRAPER. EMPLOYEE PIVOTED BACKWARD WITH THE STEP BEHIND HIS KNEE, CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH HIS HEAD.

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