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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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