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October 22, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEVERE PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE GETTING DOWNOFF FORK LIFT, SUPPORTING MOST OF BODY WEIGHT FROM RIGHT ARM ON DOOR POST OF FORK LIFT

September 23, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MILL LINERS ON A PALLET THAT HAD SHIFTED OUT OF PLACE.

September 19, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SECTION OF FENCE,FENCE SECTION HAD RAZOR WIRE ON THE TOP OF IT.WHILE MOVING THE SECTION OFF OF THE PILE,A BROKEN PIECE OF RAZOR WIRE CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES LEFT LEG.

September 3, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT SPECIFY ANY ONE ACTIVITY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS INJURY. EMPLOYEE REPORTED INJURY ON 9-4-96.

August 17, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH THE CRUUSHER MAINTENANCE CREW MOVING 55 GALLON DRUMS OF GREASE WITH A BOOM TRUCK. DRUM STRUCK THE SIDE RAIL OF WORK AREA. EMPLOYEE SHIFT HIS BODY BACKWARDS VERY QUI CKLY EMPLOYEE WAS NOT GOING TO BE STRUCK BY DRUM THIS NOISE STARTLED HIM CAUSING HIM TO REACT TO THE NOISE.

August 7, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS POWER-WASHING THE DRILL, WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION HIMSELF IN BETWEEN 2 RAIL GUARDS HE SLIPPED ON THE WET CONDITIONS AND FELL TO HIS LEFT SIDE LANDING ON THE LEFT GUARD RAIL. THI S BRUISED HIS LEFT LOWER RIB.

August 5, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE JACKLEG OUT OF A LIFTER HOLE. STEEL HUNG UP AND THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 2, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE AREA UNDER BELT #1 WITH A SHOVEL WHEN THE INJURY HAPPENED.

May 29, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

THE INTERSECITON OF THE 440 ACCESS RAMPA ND THE 400 PRODUCTIO DRIFT HAS BEEN MINED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. BECAUSE THE ORE WAS HARD AND THICK, THE THE DRIFT WIDTH HAD BEEN INCREASED TO 13'X13'. THE BACK WAS FRACTURED AND THE DENSITY OF SPLIT SET AND EPOXY BOLTS WAS HEAVY. THE FAILURE WAS BLASTING VIBRATION INDCUED IN FRACTURED JOINTED GROUND. THE BLASTING WAS IN THE NEW ACCESS DRIFT

April 14, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT WAS ON A MUCK PILE AND IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. THE EMPLOYEE FELL. AS A RESULT OF THE FALL, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

February 28, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE BECAME SATURATAED WITH BARREN WATER. [LOW CONCENTRATION OF CYANIDE SOLUTION]. HE STUCK HIS LOWER LEGS INTO HEAP RETURN TO FLUME TANKS. HE WS THEN OVERCOME THROUGH CYANIDE ABSORITION.

January 21, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING 6' SS BOLT. A ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

December 11, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP MISUNDERSTOOD MECHANICS REQUEST TO LET OFF OF COME A LONG AND ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN PRESSURE ON UNIT. ANGLE IRON THAT COME A LONG WAS ATTACHED TO CAME LOOSE CAUSING SUDDEN RELEASE OF PRESSU RE. EMP FELL OVER BACKWARDS, TUMBLED DOWN BANK.

December 11, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck against stationary object

INJURED RING FINGER, RIGHT HAND, WHILE USING 20# SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN DRIED CEMENT IN U/G TRUCK BED. HEAD CAME OFF SLEDGE CAUSING IRRATIC DIRECTION OF SWING- STRUCK RIGHT HAND ON DUMP BOX L EVER.

December 10, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

12-8-95 FRI DAY SHIFT. DC-1 PRODUCTION CUT WAS BLASTED FROM THE TIP OF BACKFILLED LEVEL 1 ORE PASS. ROUND WAS LEFT UNSUPPORTED DURING WEEKEND. SUN 12-10 SWING SHIFT - ROUND WAS MUCKED OUT AND ROOF BOLTING WAS STARTED. DC-1 OREPASS INTERSECTION BEGAN TO FAIL AND EMP'S WITHDREW EQUIPMENT.

December 1, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S REPECITIVE USE OF HAND TOOLS EE NOTIFED ANOTHER PERSON OF SYMPTOMS ON 12/95 EE WENT OFF WORK ON 6/4/96

November 27, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck against stationary object

WHILE MEASURING REBAR, AS HE STEPPED BACK HE LOST HIS FOOTING, GRASPED THE TAPE MEASURE AND CUT THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND.

November 20, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HANGING UTILITY PIPE, PIECE OF PIPE SLID BACK ON SCISSOR LIFT, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND SCISSOR LIFT RAIL.

November 17, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING 6'SPLIT SET ROCK BOLT, A HARD HAT SIZE ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK AND HIT THE EMP IN THERIGHT FOREARM.

November 12, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

THE FIRST ROUND SLAB ROUND ESTABLISHING A NEW INTERSECITON AT ST-4 & ST-5 IN TEH SOUTHWEEST EXTENSION OREBODY HAD BEEN TAKE PRIOR TO SWING SHIFT ON 11-12-95. THE SECOND ROUND (FULL ROUND) WAS TAKEN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SHIFT. THIRD ROUND WAS DRILLED, BLASTED AND MUCKED DURING THE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHIFT.

November 10, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GUIDING A DOWNCOMER INTO A TANK, FELLOW EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HELP ALIGN IT. EE ATTEMPTED TO SHOW FELLOW EE WHERE TO HIT DOWNCOMER, AND WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER ON LEFT RING FING ER.

October 22, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

ROCK/SLAB FELL OUT OF BACK WHILE BOLTING. SLAB HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM. EMPLOYEE WAS X-RAYED AND EXAMINED BY A DR. ON 10-23-95 & WAS TOLD HE WAS BRUISED. HE WENT BACK FO R A 2ND X-RAY ON 10-28-95 AND DISCOVERED THAT HIS COLLAR BONE WAS BROKEN.

September 27, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING LEGS & FEET TO ROLL CYLINDERS WHILE ROLLING A CYLINDER THE CYLINDER CAME UP AGAINST A ROCK CAUSING IT NOT TO MOVE ON ONE END WHEN EMPLOYEE PUT PRESSURE ON OTHER END CYLINDER SLID AROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE THUS TWISTING HIS KNEE

September 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

EMPLOYEE FOUND A GROUND FALL IN 6J-17 AT 11:00 PM ON 9-23-95 WHEN HE WENT INTO THE CUT TO GET BOLT DRIVER. THE FALL WAS AT THE BACKFILL FACE AND IT WAS 8' HIGH X 10' WIDE X 12' LONG. THE LAST ACTIVITY IN THIS CUT WAS ON SWING SHIFT ON 8-30-95. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS WEAK, HIGHLY FRACTURED GROUND AND NARROW PILLAR WIDTH.

September 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

AFTER STRIKING RIGHT FIXTURE WITH RAISED BED OF TRUCK ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE FIXTURE ON HANGER FIXTURE DROPPED STRIKING EE ON R. FOREARM WITH BROKED GLASS.

August 24, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

TWO EMPLOYEES HAD JUST STARTED BOLTING THE SECOND ROUND OF SQ-4 PRODUCTION CUT ON THE RIGHT SIDEACTING MINE FOREMAN NOTICED THE LEFT SIDE WAS STARTING TO WORK. HE WITHDREW BOTH EMPLOYEES. THE BACK BROKE TO A FLAT LAYING SLIP 12' HIGH X 12' LONG AND 6' ABOVE AND THE 6' SPLIT BOLT SET. THE INTERSECTION DID NOT FALL.

August 19, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

REMOVING COVER PLATE TO FIND OIL LEAK DID NOT SUPPOSED PLATE OR ACCEPT ASSISTADE AS OFFERED BY A CO WORKER, PLATE FELL CATCHING RIGHT HAND AREA INDEX FINGER.

July 24, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PUTTING HIS TOOLS AWAY AT THE END OF THE JOB. A DUST DEVIL WIND GUST BLEW SAND AND DUST IN ON HIM. HE GOT SAND IN HIS RT EYE AND VCOULD NOT GET IT OUT.

July 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING SPLIT SET ROCK BOLTS & 8" STRAPS, A SMALL ROCK SLAB FELL.

July 11, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE ATTEMPTED TO WALK AROUND THE LOADER, THE LOADER STARTED MOVING & PINCED THE LEFT ANKLE INTO THE RIB WITH THE REAR BUMPER OF THE LOADER.

July 3, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by flying object

WHILE STAMPING DORE BAR WITH PUNCH & HAMMER--HIT PUNCH OFF CENTER, CAUSING A PIECE OF HAMMER TO FLY OFF, STRIKING EE IN LEFT FOREARM. PIECE EMBEDDED IN ARM.

May 8, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINING MILL TAIL SOLIDS W/CRUSHED ORE FOR AGGLOMERATION-OPERATING LOADER. W/BUCKET LOADED W/WET MATERIAL. ARTICULATION OF LOADER TO THE RIGHT WHILE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER BUMP IN GROUND MADE LOADER LAID OVER AT ABOUT 48 DEGREES, OPERATOR CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN CAB & BRAKE PEDAL.

May 5, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO INSTALL A SPLIT ROCK BOLT, JACKLEG MACHINE SLIPPED AND THE DRIVER HIT THE RIGHT HAND, BRUISING THE RIGHT HAND.

January 30, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Struck against a moving object

WHILE LOADING ORE THE JCI-250 LHD JERKED AND THE OPERATOR ALLEGEDLY FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR 2-1-95.

January 16, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE CORRECTING BAD GROUND IN THE SF-33 DRIFT ON THE 7TH LEVEL. THE BACK STARTED WORKING - EMPLOYEES WITHDREW FROM THE DRIFT-DANGERED IT OFF. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 11:30 PM APPROX 11' HIGH. THE DRIFT WAS APPROX 9' HIGH + 8' WIDE WITH WET GROUND CONDITIONS +6' SPLIT SET BOLTS.

January 10, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT CUT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK TO DISMOUNT ON THE REARACCESS LADDER, SLIPPING AND FALLING APPROX 12' TO THE GROUND. NOTE THIS IS NOT AN APPROVED ACCE SS OR AN APPROVED WORK METHOD.

January 7, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING APPROX. 15' STEEL PIPE ( 1-1/4 DIA.) FROM A CARBON COLUMN. THE PIPE GOT HEAVY AND CAUGHT HER HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND HANDRAIL AND CAUSED HER BACK TO BEND. RELEASED TO RETURN TO W ORK ON 1-8-94, BUT DID NOT RETURN PER HER CHOICEUNTIL 1-10-95.

December 28, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · Accident type, without injuries

A GROUND FALL OCCURRED IN THE C-ZONE MINE IN THE WEST POD IN 61-19 CUT ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE ABOUT 20' BACK FROM FACE, THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A SLIP IN THE BACK AND RIGHT RIB. THE STRIKE OF THE SLIP WAS PARALLEL TO THE DRIFT.

October 3, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss OTHER
American Girl Mining Joint Venture · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRILLING THE JACKLEG DRILL SLIPPED, THE EE TRIED TO CATCH THE DRILL PULLING A MUSCLE IN HID BICEP. WENT TO DR ON 10-13-94. LOST TIME 10-19-94 BECAUSE OF SEVERE HEADACHES, BUT DR COULD NO T VERIFY HEADACHES WERE THE RESULT OF THE INJURED ARM WHICH WAS ALRIGHT BY 10-19-94. REQUEST A DEGREE 10 FILING STATUS AS NON-OCCUPATION. NO MEDICAL REPORTS SUPPORT THE ARM INJURY CAUSED THE

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