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January 16, 2021 AK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Teck Alaska Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A miner was fatally injured while using a tool to remove a down hole hammer. The drill motor turned unexpectedly, pinning the driller's leg between the tool and the drill mast.

December 15, 2006 AK · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Teck Alaska Inc · Struck by falling object

Frozen dig face material sloughed from the dig face of 750-28 bench, striking employee and pining him to the ground.

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