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November 15, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK, EE SLIPPED ON THE BUMPER CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST.

August 1, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON THE LEACH PAD, EMPLOYEE GOT SOME DUST PARTICLES IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 22, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WAS ON TOP OF THE LUBE TRUCK TAKING A HOSE LOOSE. HE SLIPPED CAUSING A STRAIN TO LEFT ANKLE & LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

April 10, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE 44 CONVEYOR BELT TRACKING BY MOVING A RETURN ROLLER WITH A HAMMER. WHEN HE STRUCK THE RETURN ROLLER BRACKET THIS HAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND INTO THE BELT ON THE BO TTOM SIDE. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER. HE DID NOT LET GO OF THE HAMMER IN TIME AND HIS LEFT ARM WAS ALSO PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE RETURN ROLLER.

January 24, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS LEANING FORWARD ADJUSTING THE SEAT THE STEERING COLUMN FELL FORWARD CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

November 25, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING A CAST IRON POT & PINCHED RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN ANOTHER POT RESULTING IN A PARTIAL AVULSION.

June 8, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF GROVE, CUTTING HIM 2" ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE IN THE THIGH AREA.

April 29, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING PIPES IN A SECONDARY SCREEN CHUTETO PREVENT LEAKAGE OF MATERIAL. ONE PIPE WAS TO SHORT & DIDN'T REST ON OPPOSITE SIDE. PIPE FELL OFF OF THAT SIDE, PIVOTING ON THE OTHER, PINCHIN G LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

April 15, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE HAULING ORE TO THE HEAP LEACH PAD, EMPLOYEE BECAME EXPOSED TO LIME DUST WHEN BACKING UP TO DUMP.

March 21, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN CUTTING ON A RIPPER SHANK WHEN KNEE STARTED HURTING.

March 13, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO AN AREA BY THE LEACH PADTO TAKE A WATER SAMPLE. HE TWISTED HIS FOOT AS HE WAS WALKING.

February 13, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYE EHAD BALANCED A DRILL HAMMER ON THE DECK OF THE DRILL. THE HAMMER FELL OVER HITTING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

January 17, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INTO DUMP AREA, GETTING READY TO BACK UP AND DUMP. HE HIT A BUMP THAT JARRED HIS LOWER BACK.

December 23, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO OPEN HER STUCK LOCKER DOOR WITH A SMALL PRY BAR. BAR SLIPPED OUT, HITTING HER ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE IN THE EYEBROW AREA.

October 15, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EE HOPPED OUT OF THE BACK OF PICKUP TO THE FLOOR, TWISTING HIS ANKLE. HE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP UNLOADING DRILL SAMPLES.

September 1, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TRIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE WHILE WORKING AT SECONDING CRUSHER. STEPPED DOWN APPROX. ON TO A ROCK.

August 30, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE FRONT OF THE LUBE TRUCK & FELL INTO THE EDGE OF THE DECK OF A BLAST HOLE DRILL HITTING HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG

May 21, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPOLOYEE WAS BREAKING SLAG OFF OF ASSAY SAMPLER WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

March 19, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CLEANING THE TAIL OF A CONVEYOR. THE WIND BLEW A DIRT PARTICLE IN HIS LEFT EYE.

March 11, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF A LOADER THAT HE WAS WORKING. AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND FROM THE LADDER, HE STEPPED ON A GANTRY PIN ON THE FLOOR WHICH ROLLED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING IT TO TWIST.

February 2, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD SMALL BLISTERS OR MAY BE ATHLETE'S FOOT ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND HE THOUGHT THE RUBBER BOOTS HE WAS WEARING WAS CAUSING THIS CONDITION. HE HAD GOTTEN WATER IN THEM AND WORE THEM WITH HIS FEET WET ALL DAY.

January 18, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SAMPLES OUT OF THE DRILL DECK TO COLLECT A SAMPLE HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

December 16, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A CHUCKER WITH A BAR THAT WEDGED IN THE GYRO CRUSHER SPIDER. HIS FEET SLIPPED AND AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS HIS FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN PRY BAR & CRUSHE R HEAD.

November 29, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKINGALONG OVERLAND BELT AREA SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE SNOWY ICY CONDITIONS

November 29, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SLIDING DOOR SHUT, LET HIS FINGER GET BETWEEN THE DOOR JAM & THE DOOR, CAUSING DOOR TO SMASH HIS FINGER.

November 13, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET INTO THE CAB OF THE DOZER. FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEG.

October 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS THAT HOLD WEAR PLATES ON A LOADER BUCKET. ONE OF THE BOLTS SPUN WITH THE AIR WRENCH. A BURR ON THE BOLT CAUGHT HIS GLOVED FINGER.

October 9, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE GOT OFF HIS LOADER TO CHECK A SHOT TUBE IN THE DIGGING FACE. AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY SOME ROCKS CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM. THIS WAS INTIIALLY A 1ST AID INJURY. ON 10-15-94, EE DEVELOPED A VIRAL INFECTION IN A BRUISED AREA ON HIS LEG AND WAS AMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

October 7, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WELDING ON THE CONVEYOR. HE RAISED HIS HELMET SO THAT HE COULD SEE TO KNOCK SOME COMPACTED DIRT OUT OF HIS WAY. AS HE DID A PIECE OF DIRT FLEW UP INTO HIS EYE.

September 26, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHANGING TOOTH ADAPTER ON LOADER BUCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND PUNCTURED LEFT ARM.

August 24, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE BLAST HOLE DRILL TO MEASURE THE DEPTH OF THE HOLE HAND SLIPPED OF THE DOOR JAM CAUSING HIM TO DROP TO GROUND (APPROX 3FT) BENDING HIS LEFT KNEE INWARD

August 22, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN HIS TRUCK AFTER LUNCH WHEN ANOTHER TRUCK BACKED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS TRUCK. EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK AFTER THE INCIDENT. DAMAGE TO TRUCK WAS RIG HT SIDE HANDRAIL & RIGHT SIDE MIRROR.

August 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO STACKER TURNED & T WISTED KNEE

July 24, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING A PARKING BRAKE PIN ON THE GRINDER. GRINDER CAUGHT THE PIN AND PULLED HIS FINGERS INTO THE WHEEL.

July 14, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE MAKING A PREOPERATIONAL CHECK ON THE BACKHOE RADIATOR CAP CAME OFF SPRAYING EMPLOYEE WITH HOT ANTIFREEZE.

June 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK UP THE ROAD ROUNDING A CORNER AND SLID IN MUD INTO A SAFETY BERM.

May 30, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER, LOADING TRUCKS, HIT A HARD SPOT IN THE WALL CAUSING REAR END OF LOADER TO COM UP THEN DROP DOWN. SEAT BELT SUPPOSEDLY SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT HEAD ON C EILING OF LOADER.

May 20, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A CONVEYOR BELT PILE TRYING TO BREAK DOWN A SMALL WALL OF MATERIAL THAT WAS BUILDING UP. SOME OF THE MATERIAL CAME DOWN & CAUGHT HIS FEET & THEN MATERIAL KEPT COMING DOWN UNTIL HE WAS PARTIALLY BURIED. WAS STUCK APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 HRS BEFORE WE GOT HIM OUT.

April 23, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HIT A DIP IN THE HAUL ROAD WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK. HAD SEAT BELT ON AND CAUSED UPPER BODY TO TWIST.

April 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN BALL MILL REMOVING BALLS. TRIED TO LOOSEN BALLS UP WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP FROM IMPACT AND GOT IN LEFT EYE.

March 23, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING WEAR IRON FROM A LOADER BUCKET WITH A IMPACT WRENCH, THE RETAINING BOLT SPUN AND A PIECE OF METAL CUT LEFT HAND.

March 7, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE TWISTED AROUND CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS GROIN AREA

February 8, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A DRILL HAMMER ACROSS THE SHOP FLOOR. HE SLIPPED AND FELL WITH HAMMER, HURTING RIGHT SHOULDER & NECK AREA.

February 5, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBINGDOWN THE REAR LADDER OF THE SERVICE TRUCK HIS FOOR SLIPPED OFF A RUNG CAUSIGN HIM TO DROP DOWN TOT HE FLOOR. HE LANDED ONT EH FRONT PART OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

January 30, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ADMINISTRATIN BUILDING TO EQUIPMENT READY LINE. TWISTED ANKLE & FELL.

December 15, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP IN RUBBER TIRE DOZER & RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING A SIDE SHIFT OF HIS BODY.

December 14, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE CRUSHER SHOP IN THE SNOW, SLIPPED & FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM.

December 1, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLED MATERIAL ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT. BANGED HIS HAND ONTO THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD, SMASHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN GUARD & SHOVEL.

November 17, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OUT A BROKEN BOLT ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHEN STANDING UP, A PIECE OF DRILL CUTTING THAT WAS STUCK TO HIS FOREHEAD ROLLED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

November 9, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lassen Gold Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS TRYING TO LIFT AND SLIDE SOME WEAR PLATE ONTO THE FOLKS OF FORKLIFT, EE FELT PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

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