Cash Mine — Accidents

Total: 9 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Miner was skipping a stoper drill from the 3rd level to the stope level above. A rock was dislodged from the stope floor and fell down the raise, striking the miner in the face, breaking his safety g...
08/13/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner lost mental focus and smashed his thumb with a spike (track) maul while spiking rail. Injury consisted of a fractured and contused thumb for which the miner was prescribed pain medication.
07/16/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Drill helper was holding drill rod and casing sub below rod holder so driller could reposition drill head. Helper failed to release the rod/sub as quill rod was raised. Helper's hands were drawn into...
07/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was training underground when co-worker's boots flung mud into miner's eye. Miner was not wearing proper eye-protection. Miner incurred no injury or damage to eye however he did receive prescr...
06/24/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was barring down at drift face. A rock was brought down that bounced/rolled over employees foot. Employee was not wearing full metatarsal protective boots, just steel toed rubber boots. The i...
10/03/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Miner was undergoing task training as an assistant to the diamond driller at the operation. While performing supervised operation during production, Miner's right hand was crushed between the drill ro...
10/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was using a scaling bar to work an oversized rock through a chute. The rock moved in such a way as to pinch the miner's hand between the scaling bar and the back of the drift, resulting in a la...
07/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While checking/replacing the mine phone in the mine office, two dogs began to fight in the office. Victim and co-worker attempted to break up the dogs and remove them from the premises. As victim ki...
07/06/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d restricted Repetitive motion injury/illness. No specific accident or incident. Miner has received initial diagnosis of ""lateral epicondylitis"" or tendonitis (commonly known as ""tennis elbow"").