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May 12, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Round Mountain Gold Corporation · Struck against a moving object

THE VICTIM WAS DESCENDIG A PIT RAMP WITHA 4000-GALLON LOAD OF WATER, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK ADN ROLLE DSEVERAL TIMES. EE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

July 1, 1994 AK · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Echo Bay Alaska Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADD 7' SWELLEN BOLTS TOT HE RIB AND BACK. EMPLOYEE LEFT THE CAB OF THE JUMBO E WARN HIS HANDS. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH HIS BACK TOT HE RIGHT RIB. THE GROUND SUPPORT FAILED AND THE RIB STUFFED COVERING THE EMPLOYEE.

June 3, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVING EMPTY HAUL TRUCK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT & THE TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL & DROVE INTO THE PIT WALL.

November 10, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS MOVING POWDER FROM POWDER MAGAZINE TO FACE- STOPPED LHD TO MOVE POWER CABLE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. UNKNOWN CAUSE.

February 2, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Echo Bay Alaska Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

WHILE ASSTISTING JACKLEG OPEATOR, VICTIM APPARENTLY MOVED TO CLOSE TO OPEN RAISE AND FELL.

September 25, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Echo Bay Alaska Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DRILLING WITH 2 BOOM JARVIS CLARK JUMBO W TAMROCK 550 DRILLOS & 11/4IN DRILL STEEL EMPLOYEES CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT ON DRILL STEEL PULLING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN DRILL ROD & DRILL SLIDE RESULT ING IN DEATH

October 9, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sunnyside Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM CLOS9D SWITCH CONTROLLING AIR DOOR AS MUCK TRAIN APPROACHED THE DOOR CLOSED HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN TO AN EMERGENCY SWITCH AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN IF HE HAD REMAINED WHERE HE WAS AN D OPENED THE MA3N SWITCH HE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED

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