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August 7, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TOOL BOX 20LBS INTO A WALL LOCKER AS HE STARTED TO PUT THE TOOL BOX INT O THE LOCKER HE TURNED & TWISTED THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS RT LOWER BA CK

July 27, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FLOW SWITCH ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER LUBE SYSTEM WHEN THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYE.

July 23, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING #201 SHOVEL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIS RT ANKLE TO TWIST

July 7, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against stationary object

THE BOOM ON THE MECHANICS TRUCK GOT HUNG UP ON A TELEEPHOINE CABLE. EMPLOYEE STOOD IN LOADER BUCKET TO FREE CABLE. THE CABLE HAD MORE TENSION THAN THE EMPLOYEE EXPECTED AND WHEN HE RELEASED IT , IT SPRUNG BACK PUSHING THE OPERATOR INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LARGE HEMATOMA TO HIS RIGHT LEG.

June 13, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN WATER TRUCK LADDER ABOUT 5 FEET OFF OF THE GROUND. HER FOOT SLIPPED OR SHE MISSED THE LADDER RUNG. SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

June 5, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN AIR COMPRESSOR FROM A HAUL TRUCK HE LOST HIS GRIP & HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AIR COMPRESSOR & THE BELLY PAN ON THE HAUL TRUCK

May 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE GATE IN FRONT OF THE OFFICE AND CAUGHT HER WRIST IN THE GATE, RECIEVING A CONTUSION TO HER LEFT WRIST.

May 17, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN BENT OVER POSITION PLACING A PLASTIC LINER DOWN A DRILL HOLE.WHEN HE BEGAN TO STAND STRAIGHT HE RECEIVED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 4, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE CAP OFF OF A ACETYLENE BOTTLE THE CAP WAS STUCK & WOULD NOT TURN EMPLOYEE WAS TWISTING TURNING BACK & FORTH & LIFTING UPON THE CAP THE CAP CAME LOOSE & AS IT DID THE E MPLOYEE HIT HER SELF IN THE MOUTH WITH THE CAP

May 2, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROLL OF GEOTEXTILE AND STRAINED HIS R/SHOULDER-FOREARM.

April 27, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING BY MINE SHOP TO GET IGNITION KEYS TO A BACKHOE FROM OFFIE. HE STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK ROCK CAUSED HIM TO ROLL LEFT FOOT & ANKLE TO SIDE RESULTING IN SEVERE SPRAIN TO LEFT ANKLE.

April 24, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A GRINDER WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT LEG, CUTTING HIS LEG WHICH REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.

April 18, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE I.NAME COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK NEAR THE END OF THE SHIFT ON 4/18/89. SHE HAD DRIVEN A HAUL TRUCK TRUCK ALL SHIFT. AFTER 2 DAYS OFF ON 4/21/89 EMPLOYEE WORKED ONE HOUR AND COMPLAINED OF HER BACK HURTING.

April 10, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING HAUL TRUCK. AFFTER LIFTING A CHOCK BLOCK SHE COMPLAINED THAT HER HIP AND LOWER BACK WAS HURTING.

March 18, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL & COWORKER LIFTING 20'LONG 12" CULVERT ONTO BUCKET OF BACKHOE.LIFTING,STARTED WALKING TOWARD BACKHOE.FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD FELT BACK POP AND HAD PAIN.

February 9, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DETONATING CORD WITH A KNIFE AS HE CUT THE CORD, TOWARD HIS BODY, THE KNIFE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM.

February 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A ELECTRIC MOTOR AT THE CARBON REACTAVATION AREA MOTOR WOULD NOT RUN SO EMPLOYEE USED A PIPE WRENCH ON THE MOTOR COUNTER WEIGHT TO TURN THE MOTOR THE WRENCH SLIPPED & H IS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE &THE SIDE OF THE INSPECTION HOLE

February 3, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A PIECE OF FROZEN ORE OFF OF THE ARMS OF A LOADER. HE WAS STANDING ON THE LEFT ARM OF THE LOADER PULLING ON THE FROZEN ORE, A PIECE OF ORE BROKE LOOSE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

February 1, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Contact with cold

TAKING WET SAMPLES DRILLING WITH WATER HAD TO TIE BAGS OF DIRT SHUT EXTREMELY COLD COMPLAINED CIRCULATION DISTAL RT RING FINGER FROM COLD

January 30, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS COUPLING 6" HOSE FROM PUMP TO WATER TRUCK HOSE SLIPPED & FELL TO GROUND. EMPL REACHED DOWN SIDEWAYS TO PICK UP HOSE AS HE DID HE FELT SOME PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

January 26, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE HE HIT A SLICK SPOT ON ROAD & THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWUNG AROUND & THEN ROLLED OVER INTO THE MEDIAN DITCH VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO AREST ON ITS WHEELS

January 22, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall onto or against objects

LIFTING AND PUTTING FEEDER PIPE ON LEACH PAD SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND FELL HITTING RIGHT HAND ON A COOPLER BOLT CAUSING A LARGE CUT ON THE RIGHT THUMB.

January 7, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LIFTING AND TURNING OVER SAMPLE PANS AND STRAINED WRIST

January 1, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING FILTER PRESS CHAMBER TOPUT OVER THE FILTER PAPER IN THE LAB PRESS CHAMBER, EMPLOYEE'S ARMS WERE EXTENDED OUT AWAY FROM HER BODY. SHE FELT PAIN IN HER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL MAY 5, 1989. FILTER CHAMBER WEIGHS ABOUT 20 LBS.

October 6, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING STEEL INTO A BUCKET OF A LOADER WHEN A PIECE SLIDE OUT OF BUCKET AND ONTO HIS FOOT.

September 1, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAB. OF GR-56. AT THE TIME EQUIPMENT WAS IN MOTION.

August 29, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON METAL PIPES AND HURT ANKLE AND CAUGHT FINGER IN WRENCH, ALSO PULLED GROIN MUSCLE.

August 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PRILL HOSE FROM BLAST HOLE. SOME HOW THE HOSE GOT PLUGGED. THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN SHAKING THE HOSE WHEN A SECOND EMPLOYEE BEGAN ASSISTING AND THE HOSE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK I.N AME IN THE RIGHT KNEE AREA. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN UNDER DR. EVALUATION SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT. FINAL EVALUATION WAS SURGERY. LOST TIME TO START ON 2-17-89.

August 22, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HANDLING EQUIP AND SAID RIGHT WRIST HURTING AND THEN WOULD GO NUMB....DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

August 8, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOARDS AND WAS BITEN BY A SCORPION.

July 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRAIN HOT OIL FROM LINE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED THE BUCKET. OIL HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE ARMS APPARENTLY FROM THE WIND BLOWING.

July 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAWING HOT OIL FROM ASPHALT TANK ONTO DRUM INTO A BUCKET, EMPLOYEE DROPPED BUCKET AND WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT ASPHALT OIL OVER HIS FACE AND HANDS.

June 2, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TAKING SAMPLES TURNED TO DUMP OUT PAN PULLED TENDONS IN HIS BACK.LOST 3 DAYS OF WORK AND TRET TO WORK 6-12-88.ON 6-14-88 HAD RECURRENCE OF SAME PROBLEM AND MISSED 1 MORE DAY.

May 31, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING LOADER TOWARDS PIPE 48 INCH CMP ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE LOADERS BUCKET TO HIT THE 1ST JOINT OF PIPE WHICH ROLLED INTO I NAME AND PINCHED ;H IM BETWEEN OTHER PIPE.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CRAMPS IN LOWER BACK AND LEGS.

May 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO REMOVE CHOCK FROM WHEEL OF HAUL TRUCK BEFORE OPERATING SAME SEH SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OVER THE CHOCK EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED AND REMOVED THE CHOCK FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WHILE D RAGGING THE CHOCK AND IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP THE CHOCK EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER BACK

May 20, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED TAKING APART A PIPE LINE FOR RELOCATION UNBOLTING AND GUIDING LIFT. EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK OR WAS CAUGHT OFF BALANCE BY PIPE AS BOOM TRUCK LIFTED.

May 12, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SCREEDING CONCRETE, FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN REBAR COVERED BY CONCRETE WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL HIS FOOT LOOSE, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

April 25, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN PARKING LOT AT QUITTING TIME WHEN HIT BY A PICK UP TRUCK OWNED AND OPERATED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

April 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT, HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMINAL AREA.

April 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE PRILL HOSE FROM A BLAST HOLE HE STARTED TO TURN AND WALK THE HOSE FROM THE HOLE WHEN THE HOSE JAMMED IN THE HOLE CUAISNG THE EMPLOYEE TO COME TO AN ABRUPT HALT EMPLOYE E EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS NECK AREA

March 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT UNDERSIZE CHUTE OF THE SECONDARY CRUSHER.THE EMPLOYEE WAS EQUIPTED WITHA SAFETY BALT AND LINE DURING THE CLEAN OUT.THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPOSITION ED BY AN ATTENDANT WHEN A PORTION OF THE MUCK BUILT UP BROKE LOOSE.THE ATTENDANTS ON THE SAFETY LINE COULD NOT HOLD THE EMPLOYEE AND HE DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 8 FT. STRAINING LIGAMENTS IN FOOT

March 14, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING HIS WATER TRUCK VIA A MOUNTING LADDER THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING ONE HAND TO CLIMB THE LADDER AND HOLDING HIS LUNCH BOX WITH THE OTHER AS THE EMPLOYEE ASCENDED THE LADDER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

January 8, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL. WAS SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK WAITING FOR SHOVEL TO LOAD SAME. AS SHOVEL OPERATOR DIRECTED BUCKET TOWARD TRUCK FOR LOADING HE FAILED TO HAVE IT ELEVATED ENOUGH TO CLEAR REAR OF TURKC BED. THE BUCKET SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK BED JARRING TRUCK & ITS OPERATOR.

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