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June 9, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS ARC GOUGING IN SIDE GRINDING MILL AND RECEIVE FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.

May 23, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ANGLE IRON TO BE DRIVEN INTO GROUND BY FORKLIFT. EMPLOYEE HOLDING ANGLE IRON PLACED HIS HAND IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN ANGLE IRON AND FORK OF FORKLIFT.EXTENT OF INJURY TO EMP LOYEE SKIN PUNCTURE AND BROKEN MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT AHND.

May 22, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WQAS WORKING AND REPORTED TO FOREMAN THAT HE HAD HURT HIS HIP AND LEG, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR HOW. FOREMAN TOLD EMPLOYEE TO GO BACK IN PLANT AND FILL OUT REPORT WITH SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO DO SO AND SUPERVISOR WAS NOT OTIFED. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT DOCOTROR CARE IN WEST COLA AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

April 28, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO UNCOVER A BROKEN WATER LINE.EMPLOYEE WRENCHED BACK WHILE PUSHING SHOVEL.

April 19, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HIT BUCKET EDGE WITH HAMMER. METAL CHIP HIT HIM IN RIGHT LEG. DOCTOR DEAVENED AREA AROUND WOUND REMOVE CHIP.

April 14, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL HIT BUCKET TIP WITH HAMMER METAL CHIP WENT INTO L ARM DR DIDNT REMOVE CHIP GAVE TETNA SHOT AND PRESCRIPTION ANTIBOTICS

April 14, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BUCKED TIP ON LOADER. HIT TIP WITH HAMMER METAL CHIP ENTERED HIS NECK.

March 8, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS HAND WAS SWOLLEN AND HE FELT THAT THE SWELLING WAS FROM DEALING WITH CAUSTIC SOLUTION TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR WHO BELIEVES THE HAND WAS INFECTED.

February 19, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON FEEDER STOCK PILE AN APPARENT BRIDGE OF MATERIAL WAS ENCOUNTERED & THE DOZER FELL OR DROPPED SEVERAL FEET EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORE NECK BUT WAS UNSURE WHETHER IT WA S FROM LOOKING BACKWARDS OR THE DROP EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC 030189

January 20, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HE THOUGHT HE HURT HIS BACK BUT WAS NOT BAD ENOUGH TO SEE A DOCTOR. HE HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL ROUTINE JOBS AND WAS SURE WHEN HE INJURED HIMSELF. HE CONTI UNED TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT.

January 17, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN PIECE OF STEEL ON DRILL PRESS. VICE THAT WAS HOLDING STEEL WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN. BIT HUNG IN STEEL AND ROTATED VICE PINNING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RINGFINGER AGAINST BA CK OF PRESS.

December 26, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L 800 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. MAN WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AND FELL ACROSS CAB AND WAS INJURED (NOT KNOWN FRETUALLY IF HE WAS DRIVING). THIS RESULTED IN BRUISES AND SORENESS-WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL AND GIVEN PAIN MEDICINE. NO OTHER INJURIES KNOWN OF AT THIS TIME.

December 26, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CREW WAS GOING TO PIT AREA IN L8000 SERVICE TRK. MADE LEFT HAND TURN AND TRUCK FELL OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE MAN WAS HIT BY FLYING DEBRIS IN CAB AND SUFFERED GASH A SOVE RIGHT EYE. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL STITCHES.

November 23, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO BEND METAL FOR ELBOW SUPPORT. HE HIT METAL ON TABLE TO BEND SLIGHTLY METAL STRUCK TABLE BOUNCED UP AND HIT MAN IS EYE BROUGH THIS IS FLICTED A CUT REQUIRE SEVEN STICHES NO OTHER INJURY.

November 21, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EMPL WAS GOING DOWN LADDER INTO BALL STORAGE AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS HAND ON EDGE OF BAR AND SCRAPING HIS FOREHEAD ON THE BAR CUT HAND AT BASE OF THUMB 3 STITCHES

November 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE RELEASED LANYARD TO MOVE AND BEFORE HE REHOOKED HE FELL APPROX. 30 FT SEVERE INJURIED WERE INCURRED TO LEFT ANKLE RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT WRIST.

October 20, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS LIFTING MAN HOLE COVER FOR ACCESE TO MANHOLE. LIFTED COVER SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE HAND AND CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN MAN HOLE RING AND COVER.

October 13, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PVC LINER, PULLING A HOSE. THE LINER WAS WET FROM DEW AND EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

September 6, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper MACHINERY
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING UNISUIT ON STAIRWELL WHEN THE BLADE HUNG DURING GRINDING AND SKINT BACK SIDE OF LEFT HAND.

September 1, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall from machine

AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF SCRAPER THERE WAS MUD ON IT AND WHEN HE STEPPED HE SLIPPED ON MUD THAT WAS ON SCRAPER AND FELL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING BONE IN RT HAND

August 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCRAPER OPERATOR BACKED OVER A FELLOW EMPLOYEE SCRAPER OPERATOR SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT

August 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SPOTTER WAS BACKED OVER BY PAN SCRAPER.

May 24, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN F ROM 777 CAT TRUCK & MISSED LAST STEP THEREBY STRETCHING LEG MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. HE REPORTED INCIDENT FOLLOWING DAY & WHEN IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM HE WA S TAKEN TO DR ON 5/25/88 WHO TREATED & RELEASED HIM.

March 15, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

2 MEN WERE ERECTING STEEL TANKS WORKING ON WOODEN SCAFFOLD 3FT ABOVE FLOOR BOTH MEN WERE ONM SINGLE BOARD OF 2 LIFTING 300# BOARD BROKE 2 MEN FELL TO FLOOR

March 15, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Mining Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

2 MEN WERE ERECTING STEEL TANKS WORKING ON WOODEN SCAFFOLD PLANKS 3 FT ABOVE FLOOR BOTH MEN WERE ON SINGLE BOARD OF 2 FILTING 300# BOARD BROKE 2 MEN FELL TO FLOOR

February 8, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ENTRAPMENT
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAPPED IN TRENCH BY FALLING MATERIAL.

February 8, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ENTRAPMENT
Ridgeway Mining Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAPPED IN A TRENCH BY FALLING MATERIAL.

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