Getchell Gold Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE DOING MAINTENANCE ON UG AIR SYSTEM WHEN A 4" AIR HOSE APPARENTLY BROKE LOOSE, HITTING EE IN HIS BACK OF HEAD.
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May 26, 1997
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
Fatality · HOISTING
Getchell Gold Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE PREPARING TO POUR CONCRETE, CREW REPORTED ELEC PROBLEMS ON GALLOWAY. ELECTRICIAN SUMMONED.WHILE EN ROUTE, CONVEYANCE ENTERED CHAIRING PHASE ABOVE GALLOWAY. GUILLOTINE CROSSHEAD FAILED TO OPEN ON ONE SIDE. BUCKET FELL TO SHAFT BOTTOM FATALLY INJURING EMP BEFORE SLACK ROPE IDENTIFIED.EMP WAS ON BOTTOM DECK & PASSED THROUGH BUCKET WELL AT TIME BUCKET DROPPED.
January 15, 1997
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Getchell Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING 3.5 YARD LHD WHEN THE EQUIPMENT MOVED PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RIB.
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