Mining Incidents

Ryan Lode Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kinross Gold Corp
Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001492

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1988–1996
Latest incident
Oct 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
16
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 16 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 1,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,267 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,050 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 595 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,269 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,778 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1996 · 1 incident

October 4, 1996 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHECKING STREAMSITES WHEN HE WAS BIT ON THE UPPER LIP AND LEFT THUMB. HE HAD 12 STITCHES ON HIS LIP.

1995 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BEE STING WHILE EXAMINING ROCK SPECIMEN WHICH BEE WAS HIDING UNDER.

April 19, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SECRETARY INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING BOXES.

1994 · 1 incident

September 27, 1994 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TIGHTENING THE TRUNION BOLTS DOWN ON D9 CAT AND IN DOING SO, FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER. I WAS USING A RATCHET AND CHEATER PIPE AT THE TIME. THE PULLING MOTION RESULTED IN THE SHOULDER INJURY.

1993 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SAMPLER WAS LIFTING A 6 COAL SAMPLER BUCKET FROM UNDER THE CYCLONE. THE AREA WAS WET DUE TO RAIN. SAMPLER SLIPPED IN THE MUD & WRENCHED HIS BACK. SAMPLER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL 8/23/93 BECAU SE OF BACK PAIN. SAMPLER REPORTEDLY STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. DR. HAS RECOMMENDED NO LIFTING FOR 2 WEEKS.

August 2, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Fall from machine

DRILLING CLIMBED ON FENDER OF DRILL RIG TO CRIEAN A SHIVE BLOCK ON THE DRILL MAST. IT WAS RAINING. THE DRILLER SLIPPED & FELL FROM THE DRILL RIG. HE LANDED ON SOME DRILL PIPE CAPS TAHT WERE ST OCKER ON THE GROUND BY THE RIG. DRILLER RECIEVED SOME MINER ABRASIONS. HE WENT TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND GOT A TETANUS VACCINATION.

1989 · 3 incidents

August 22, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED BY APRY BAR BEING FORCED DOWN ON GRIZZLY BARS OF A GRIZZLY/SCREEN PORTION OF A JAW CRUSHER UNIT.WHEN INJURED EMPLOYEE PULLED PRY BAR AWAY,GRIZZLY BARS RELEASED AND PRY BAR BAR WAS SUDDENLY FREE.THE END OF THE PRY BAR STRUCK THIS EMPLOYEE IN THE SHIN OF HIS RIGHT LEG.THIS CAUSED A LACERATION,REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.

August 22, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING ROCK ON GRIZZLEY SCREEN PORTION OF THE JAW CRUSHER UNIT WITH A PRY BAR. THE OTHER END OF THE BAR WAS CAUGHT BY THE APRON FEEDER FORCING IT DOWN TO GRIZZLEY BARS WHERE IT SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND ABOVE THE SECOND JOINT.

June 3, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

STARTING COMPACTOR IN DITCH, ELBOW (RIGHT) SCRAPED SIDE WITH SHARP ROCKS CREATING A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON HEAP LEACH PAD.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 1, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF EQUIPMENT AT END OF SHIFT AND TWISTED ANKLE. TOLD HIM AND REMINDED ALL EMPLOYEES TO CLIMB DOWN OUT OF EQUIPMENT.

June 18, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ryan Lode Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

ELECTICAL PANEL LEFT OPEN. EMPLOYEE WALKED DOWN STAIRS AT BOTTOM HE TURNED TO WALK LEFT AND CONTACTED THE OPEN ELEC PANEL DOOR ON THE RIGHT. CONTACT RESULTED IN A SMALL LACERATION CUT THAT R EQUIRED THREE STITCHES.