Comstock / Mountain Lion — Accidents

Total: 33 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/16/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee #1 was swinging a sledgehammer, and it slipped out of employee #1's hands and struck employee #2 in the knee.
10/01/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Went to exit bed of truck after securing transfer tank. Stepped up on right rear with both feet, lowered right foot to descend to ground. Fuel residue from truck bed caused boot to slip off tire and f...
08/02/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Had wet feet slipped on stairs, put out right hand to catch themselves. Sprained wrist.
07/31/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Taking the dozer up to push cone over. Material gave way under the track tipping dozer over.
05/14/2024 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was working and fell to knees, the Dr later stated that the employee had a stroke and is not work related
05/02/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 8"" pipe was being installed underneath East end on filter press #3. The pipe was supported by an overhead crane on the south end and a come along on the north end. Somehow the rigging slipped causing...
10/19/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 55d restricted Employee was packing some grating to work on some flooring. Employee slipped and landed with body weight on the grating with hand caught between the floor and grating. Employee's hand is broken and un...
07/28/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 77d lost, 60d restricted A maintenance employee was performing elevated maintenance work on the ball mill. Employee was using fall protection. Employee was in the process of attaching a fall protection clip, when employee los...
05/10/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After using a metal hammer to adjust a gate, employee tossed the hammer. Unbeknownst to the employee, there was a metal ""burr"" on the hammer that cut their right index finger. Employee was taken to...
01/17/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing onto D9 dozer and slipped and fell to the ground. According to medical examination, employee sprained left and right ankles. Will need to follow-up with podiatrist in one week.
07/31/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing maintenance on a fan when EE's right hand struck an inactive blade, cutting the right index finger and knuckle. 9 stitches required. Employee is a supervisor; this injury will...
12/12/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While attaching an air hose on a railcar employee twisted and felt and heard a pop in left shoulder
12/10/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a pry bar to change out a roller on conveyor, bar slipped and smashed employee's little finger on left hand, causing a fracture
12/10/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 2d restricted Was fueling feed dozer during a snow storm. Slipped falling leg went between track and engine compartment, and fell the opposite way off dozer. Fracture of rt ankle.
06/13/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lowering a load on the overhead crane, rt thumb was crushed between a guard and the load.
06/01/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None While preparing for his work became light headed, was taken to VVMC in Cedar he was later transferred to DRMC in St George. On 6/2/2014 he was transferred to SLC Hosp where he passed of natural causes...
02/01/2014 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Miner became entangled in belt return roller and sustained fatal injuries. Equipment involved was Rahco mobile stacker, Model m30x1500.
01/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Miner was opening individual bags of lime, and pouring them into a super sack so that we could put it into the process. Miner had proper PPE on, but clean up man not have been sufficient. Miner derm...
12/31/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another employee with an automatic dumping refuse dumpster. It triggered unexpectedly, recoiled, and crushed his left index finger.
11/30/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the plastic binding on some filter cloths and slipped, cutting his left index finger.
08/20/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured person was using a 60lb jackhammer pounding T post in for construction fence, the ground was extra hard and jack hammer Tee post bit broke, pieces of bit still in hammer hit his right forearm...
08/09/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Injured person was guiding the ""bobcat"" operator into position when suddenly the bucket moved ""sideways"" crushing his right foot. Fortunately there were no broken bones and the injured miner was...
08/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee slipped on floor on south side of the building. He did not actually fall, but ""twisted"" his back while trying to regain his balance.
06/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee attempted to move a piece of rail road track that was laying on another piece of rail road track, by himself, when it moved, it rolled over and smashed his finger. He got stitches and they s...
06/07/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting ""pex"" pipe with a utility knife and the blade of the knife slipped, cutting his right thigh.
05/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Operator was exposed to a new chemical in the mill. Minor burns oh his body. Took him in for medical care as a precaution.
03/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The operator was removing a guard on the bottom of the belt, the guard slipped and fell on his hand causing a laceration on the middle finger of the left hand.
02/25/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Men were working on the rail cars on track 3 near the mill. Operator was using a grinder with no guard. The wheel caught on the metal and the grinder and the cutting wheel jumped up his forearm cuttin...
08/09/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing lid on 5 gal paint bucket, hand slipped off screw driver that was being used to bend tab over. Hand slipped off screw driver and index finger was cut by lid tab.
02/19/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was a supervisor observing work being done by 2 other workers in the SAG Mill. He turned and went to go around the gear being worked on and slipped and fell (same level fall) contacting t...
11/01/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's leg was not paying attention to the equipment that he was working on.
10/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was performing maintenance and repairs on equipment when his hand got crushed between two pieces of steel.
07/13/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Index finger in left hand got pinched and cut between form clamp handle and scissor lift railing as lift was being raised.