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June 24, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING A GAS POWERED WELDER THAT HAS AN EXTERNAL FLY WHEEL, WITH A PULL ROPE START SYSTEM. THE PULL ROPE GOT HUNG-UP IN THE FLY WHEEL, EE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT FOREARM BY THE WOOD EN HANDLE ON THE PULL ROPE. THE WOODEN HANDLE EMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE FLESH OF HIS FOREARM, REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

March 27, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A LIGHT FIXTURE. THE FIXTURE BEGAN TO FALL AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH IT, THE FIXTURE CUT HIS GLOVE AND THUMB.

January 16, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

80 MIL. LINER WAS PLACED ON TOP OF GEONET ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PREGNANT SOLUTION POND SLOPE. THE LINER WAS PLACED IN A ATRENACH AT THE TOP OF THE POND WITH SAND BAGS PLACED ON THE LINER TO H OLD IT IN. FOUR MEN WERE ON THE LINER WITH ABOUT4" OF NEW SNOW. THE NUMBER OF SAND BAGS WERE INSUFFICIENT AND LINER ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPE.

November 17, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A TRACK DOZER WAS APPROACHING AN AREA ON A SLOPE ABOVE A GROUP OF LABORERS. THE ACTING FOREMAN TOO EXCITEDLY CALLED TO THE CREW TO VACATE THE AREA. THE EXCITED EES, EE BEING ONE, RAN FROM THE AREA IN A HASTE THAT WAS EXCESSIVE.

November 7, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by flying object

USING AN ELECTRIC SURFACE GRINDER TO GRIND WELD ON NOZZLE REINFORCING PLATE. METAL PARTICLE ENTERED IRIS OF EYE.

September 23, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING LOOSE ROCKS WITH A SHOVEL, PREPARING THE BASE FOR THE LEACH PAD, EE HIT HER KNEE WITH A SHOVEL HANDLE.

August 21, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF BACKHOE WHEN HE SLIPPED. HISFOOT CAME DOWN ON SMALL ROCK & BROKE HIS HEEL.

July 31, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE AN EMEPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF PIPE, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK, CAUSING THE HANDLE TO HIT THE EE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING HIS TOOTH.

October 21, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Meridian Gold Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN APPARENT HUDRAULIC FITTING MALFUCTION ALLOWED HUDRAULIC OIL TO SPRAY INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON AN HITACHI EX1800 EXCAVATOR CAUSING A FIRE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE FIRE LASTED 55 MIN UTES BEFORE EXTINGUISHMENT.

October 18, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOOD FROM A SQUATTING POSITION AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LEFT KNEE. INJURED BECAME REPORTABLE ON 11-12-93 DUE TO MEDICAL TREATMENT BEING ADMINSTERED.

July 14, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAS SEVERE BACK AND LEG PAIN WHILE LIFTING. STATES THAT THE PAIN HAS GROWN MOVE SEVERE OVER THE YEARS. CANNOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SITUATION CAUSING DISCOMFORT. EMPLOYEE REPORTED PAIN ON 7-16-93. REPORTED TO DR ON 8-17-93, DOCTOR PLACED HIM OFF WORK X3 WKS.

June 23, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS MIXING PAX REGENT WHEN A PARTICLE OF CHEMCIAL DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. THIS CAUSED SEVERE BURNING SENSATION EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

June 22, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING/FABRICATING WHEN A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE RIGHT. THE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC TIME, NOTICED THE FOREING OBJECT AT 9AM.

May 12, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER ON THE ORE PAD WHEN THE MACHINE DROVE INTO A HOLE CAUSING IT TO PITCH SEVERLY. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE THE MACHINE WAS PITCHING.

May 6, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT OVER THE PAST 5 YRS OF BENDING AND LIFTIN GPROCESS PIPING, HIS BACK BECAME SORE. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CANNOT IDENTIFY SPECIFIC TIME OR DATE OF INCIDENT.

April 22, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CAUSE OF THE INJURY IS UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE ON THURSDAY 4-22-93. HE STATES TAHT AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT IT WAS IRRITATION DUE TO AN ALLERGY . HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON 4-26-93 WHEN HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR. HE CLAIMS THAT OVER THE WEEKEND HE NOTICED THE FOREIGN PARTICLE IN HIS EYE. HE ALSO

March 4, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE DID NOT KNOW WHEN OR WHERE INJURY OCCURRED. BUT SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS AT WORK HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AND FLASHED BY A WELDER. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF WHATEVER GOT I N HIS EYE IT CAUSED CONJUNCTIVITIS. DR. SAID FLASH BURN DID NOT CAUSE INFECTION. EMPLOYEE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE GOT FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE.

January 12, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE ADDING AIR TO A CAT 777 HAUL TRUCK TIRE THE INSIDE RING BLEW OFF RELEASING THE AIR PRESSURE THAT WAS IN THE TIRE. THE FORCE OF THE AIR LEAVING THE TIRE HIT IN THE EYE BRUISNG THE MSUCLES IN HIS EYE. NO FOREIGN PARTICLE WAS LODGED IN THE EYE.

October 25, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Meridian Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LINING DRILL RIG UP ON AN ANGLE HOLE, BENT OVER LINING RIG UP ON STAKES WHEN A BEE STUNG HIM BEHIND THE LEFT EAR CAUSING ALLERGIC REACTION.

August 24, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

54736YEE WAS KNEELING ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS CUTTING OUT SOME BOLT HOLES ON THE SIDE OF THE BELT.WHEN A SPARK ROLLED DOWN THE BELT AND BURNED LEFT KNEE.BURN MARK WAS VERY SMALL AND WAS NOT 09445DIATELY REPORTED.KNEE BECAME INFECTED SEVERAL DAYS LATER.

August 18, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

55061S TRYING TO CUT A 5 GAL. PLASTIC BUCKET WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE BUCKET WAS SLIPPING SO HE PUT IT ON THE FLOOR AND PLACED LEFT FOOT ON IT.WHEN HE TRIED TO CUT IT THE BUCKET SLID OUT FROM 04545R HIS FOOT CAUSING THE KNIFE TO SLIP AND STAB INTO EE S RIGHT UPPER THIGH.

March 30, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS DECENDING A STAIRWAY HIS LEFT HEEL CAUGHT THE STAIR AND AS HE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT DOWN ON THE GROUND. SLIGHTLY OFF BALANCE, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. INJURY RESULTED IN FRACTU RE TO ANKLE WHICH WAS FOUND BY X RAY LATER.

March 6, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SITTING IN A CHAIR THE EE FELL TO THE FLOOR STRIKING HER TAILBONE ON THE FOOTREST. INJURY WAS A CONTUSION TO THE COCCYX TAILBONE REQUEST FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION WAS MADE 3-10-92 AND TIME OFF RESULTED 3 13 92.

March 3, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE HAND BY THE HANDLE OF A CLEANING TOOL USED WHILE CLEANING THE ROLLER OF A BELT CONVEYOR, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER. (SUTURES REQUIRED)

February 27, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A SHARP KNIFE TO REMOVE SOME PLASTIC SHIPPING COVERING ON A BOX OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MILLING PROCESS, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND WITH THE KNIFE BLADE, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

February 11, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING THE INSTALLATION OF A TRANSFER CHUTE WEIGHING APPROX 2800# A CABLE BEING USED TO STRAP THE CHUTE TO A CONVEYOR SECTION HAD BNOT BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED.THE CHUTE BECAME BOUND AGAINST AN OTHER HOIST DURING MANUEVERING AND CAUSED THE CABLE TO BREAK.THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE CHAIN-HOIST FROM THE CHUTE AND THE CHUTE WAS RELESSED,CAUSING IT TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND THEN O

November 6, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Flash burns (welding)

DURING WELDING MANUVERS IN THE SHOP,EMPL FAILED TO LOWER WELDING HOOD TO SHIELD FROM THE WELDING ARC RAYS.

October 22, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISCONNECTING A DISHCARGE LINE FROM A WATER PUMP, THE EMPLOYEES HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE HOSE COUPLING. THE LINE WAS FULL OF WATER WHICH CAUSED PRESSURE TO REMAIN IN THE LINE. WHEN ATTEMPT ING TO DISCONNECT, THE LINE CAME APART QUICKLY, PASSING THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES HAND LACERATING THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND.

October 8, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER SHIMING THE JAW CRUSHER, THE SHIM BLOCK ASSEMBLY WAS TO BE REPLACED TO ITS POSITION AND BOLTED. A PRY-BAR WAS BEING USED TO HOLD ONE OF THE BOLTS INTO POSITION WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PLA CED THE NUT ON THE BOLT. THE PRY-BAR SLIPPED FROM THE BOLT AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE NUT AND HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT UNDER THE NUT, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF #5 AND FRACTURE TO #4 DIGI

August 5, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS ASSIGNED WORK SHIFT ON FRIDAY(08-02-91) NO INCIDENTS HAD BEEN REPORTED UPON TERMINATION OF THE SHIFT PERIOD.ON MONDAY (08-05-91)EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO REPORT TO HIS ASSI GNED SHIFT DUE TO LOWER BACK PAIN,WHICH IS INABLE TO PINPOINT TO A SPECIFIC INCIDENT AT WORK OR OTHERWISE.

February 8, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN INSTALLING THE SAFETY PIN ON A EUCLID HAUL TRUCK, THE PIN WAS STUBBORN AND RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH THE PIN. INJURY RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTU RES.

January 10, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED FOR A BACK STRAIN FROM ACTIVITIES OF HER WORK ASSINGMENT, WHIHC IS NOW APPARENTLY REORCCURING.

January 7, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS REPLACING CENTERING PIN IN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AS EMPL REACHED INTO AREA OF LIMITED SPACE TO GUIDE TO CYLINDER INTO PLACE CYLINDER JUMPED CRUSHING EMPLS ARM AGAINST MACHINE WALL & CYLI NDER CAUSING FRACTURE TO ARM AT WRIST.

November 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SPLITTING DOWN BLASTHOLE SAMPLES, EMPLOYEE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

November 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER SPLITTING A SERIES OF SAMPLES, EMPLOYEE FELT STIFFNESS TO THE BACK AREA.

October 13, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHEN CHECKING THE OPERATION OF A NEWLY INSTALLED HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING DIE TO A SMALL OIL SPILL, AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE CYLINDER HINGE FRACTURE TO FINGER TIP (R) RING, AND A LACERATION TO THE SAME FINGER.

October 3, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR OF THE LAB, EMPLOYEE TWISTED HER ANKLE WHILE MAKING A DIRECTION CHANGE RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO THE FOOT. FLOOR WAS FREE OF DEBRIS.

July 31, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CONNECTING AN AIR-LINE HEADER (2" STEEL) THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM THE HANGER AND THE EMPLOYEES THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE WALL.

July 6, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Gold Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING A FRONT-END LAODER, EMPLOYEE REACHED THE GROUND ADN UPSET FALLING WITH HIS HAND EXTENDED CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS WRIST.

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