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December 6, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doe Run Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM ON 12/06/2022, EE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING STRUCK BY REAR OPPOSITE OPERATOR SIDE TIRE. INVESTIGATION IN ONGOING AT THIS TIME.

January 21, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The Doe Run Company · Struck by falling object

EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.

June 11, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doe Run Resources Corp dba Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.

April 3, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
The Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The worker was in process of adding Material to the base of the tailings dam at Brushy Creek Mine. The moxy haul truck was going down the slope of the dam when the driver lost control. As he tried to negotiate the turn near the bottom, the truck rolled over and landed on side in a 6' deep seep pond. Diver's body was found pinned under truck and in water.

October 18, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HOISTING
Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE PRODUCTION SHAFT WHEN HIS LANYARD APPARENTLY HUNG UP, RESULTING IN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINING FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES FROM PRESSURE RECEIVED FROM SAFETY "O" RING BELT.

January 19, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The Doe Run Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A FALL OF GROUND. AREA HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY SEVERAL EXPERIENCED MINERS AND CONSIDERED ABSOLUTELY SAFE. IMMEDIATE AREA HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AND BARRICADED OFF .

June 27, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · MACHINERY
The Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THE INJURED PERSON WERE BACKING PETTIBONE HYDRO CARRIER UP INCLINE TO WORK AREA W62-56 STOPE. PETTIBONE LOST POWER AND STARTED DOWN INCLINE, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 60 FT. STRIKING LEFT RIB THEN TURNED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE CRUSHING PASSENGER UNDER EDGE OF CANOPY AND SUPPORT FRAME. [INJURED WAS THE PASSENGER]

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