Eagle Mine — Accidents

Total: 90 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/14/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While a miner was closing a haul truck door, they pinched their thumb. They received first aid on site and transported to the hospital for further treatment where they received 3 stitches to their fin...
02/13/2026 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The blast for the 445-3260 stope occurred at the end of day shift on 2/13 at 515pm. On the top cut of the stope on the 420 level, the back broke 10 ft above the 20 ft cables that were installed in the...
02/02/2026 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost While a miner was stepping off powder truck, they stepped on a rock and rolled their ankle. They were transported to the hospital for evaluation resulting in time away from work.
01/18/2026 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While performing Alimak daily checks, an alarm was discovered causing it to not fully function. Mine evacuation was prompted and then repairs were made returning it to service.
01/17/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 8d restricted While an employee was laying on their back installing pusher bolts onto a steering cylinder pin, they experienced lower back pain. The employee was taken to the hospital the following shift for worsen...
11/11/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While an employee was walking underground, they tripped on a rock and fell on their knee. Employee received first aid at the time of the incident and was later taken to the hospital for worsened pain...
11/09/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted While an employee was walking to their vehicle at the end of shift, they slipped and fell from the ice and snow. Employee was evaluated for continued pain and was given time away from work.
10/15/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost While an employee was exiting a bolter, their tool belt caught on the grab bar railing resulting in the employee twisting their back in an awkward motion. Employee was evaluated the following day for...
09/26/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While a miner was scaling the face, a rock 1'x6""x6"" came loose and struck the miner's hardhat. The miner was taken to the hospital and was prescribed medication and time away from work.
09/04/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While employee was attempting to open a stuck valve, they felt a pop in their neck. Employee did not seek treatment until the following morning after having worsened pain. They were prescribed medica...
06/10/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While preforming an inspection on the Alimak, the cage surpassed a limit switch that caused a fault resulting in the Alimak to be inoperable.
06/03/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While miner was disposing of hydraulic buckets, the handle broke off leaving a laceration on the miner's finger. The miner was transported to the hospital and received 3 stitches.
05/19/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost While employee was attempting to pick up wheel chocks, they felt a pop in their wrist. Employee was given first aid by security and was seen at occupational medicine days later for continued pain. Emp...
05/16/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While cleaning cement out of haul truck bed, employee was struck on the eye by an air hose that came away from the air chipper. Employee received first aid by security and was taken to the hospital fo...
03/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While attempting to change the blade on a reciprocating saw, the employee's left index finger and thumb were pinched. The resulting laceration required stitches.
01/21/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While performing the daily inspection of the Alimak (secondary escapeway elevator) it was found to be faulted and inoperable due to overheated VFD.
11/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Miner was handling a bundle of ground support bolts and stepped on a rock awkwardly, resulting in them falling to the ground. Miner was evaluated at medical center, lost one day due to pain in their...
11/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted Employee pulled a case out of back of truck with one hand, set it down on ground and felt pain in shoulder. The employee didn't pursue treatment until a week later and was evaluated at medical center...
10/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 12d restricted While placing their tool bag in the back of the pickup truck, electrician twisted and experienced pain in their lower back. Employee was evaluated at occupational medicine clinic, prescribed time off...
10/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 55d lost A section of ventilation tube shifted while removing it, the employee's finger slipped into one of the mounting D-rings which pinched it as the tube slipped. This resulted in the loss of the tip of t...
08/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost While assisting in handling a VFD module the employee felt discomfort in their back after the module was tilted.
08/10/2024 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 7d restricted While performing electrical switching underground during maintenance activities, a circuit breaker failed causing an arc flash. As a result of the arc flash, an employee received third degree burns on...
06/18/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Electrical components of the Alimak secondary egress were found to be faulty and needed replacing. Underground work ceased until the electrical component was fixed and the Alimak was operable again.
06/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost An employee was helping lift a junction box in muck bay 22 when they felt pain in their right shoulder. The employee felt okay at the time, but then later in the day sought additional medical treatmen...
05/26/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While walking underground, the employee tripped and fell, landing on their arm. The employee was evaluated at a Medical Center and diagnosed with a forearm contusion. Lifting/gripping work restricti...
05/22/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of ground occurred at the intersection of muck bay 24 and the main ramp in the south decline impeding passage. No miners were in the area the time of the fall.
05/19/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While performing an inspection on the Alimak, the lower call button panel was found to be inoperable.
05/15/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While doing a drop test on the alimak, the cage surpassed a limit switch that was faulty causing the Alimak to be inoperable.
05/06/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was removing rock from travelway and experienced shoulder pain. Employee was diagnosed with a shoulder strain, prescribed medication and provided with a shoulder sling.
02/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted A geologist was inspecting core samples and when they moved one stack of boxes off a pallet they felt an abdominal pull. The geologist received lifting/pulling/pushing restrictions.
01/20/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator fell on a patch of ice covered by a dusting of snow while performing a walk around inspection of a skid steer. Employee reported right shoulder pain. EE was evaluated by Mine Security wh...
12/05/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee lifted a bag of ore weighing less than 5 pounds. While putting this bag in a box located on the outside of the truck, EE felt EE's neck and/or shoulder pop. The employee refused further eval...
11/29/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 114d restricted On Nov 29th EE slipped when getting out of a pickup and caught themself on the pickup door with their left arm. No treatment desired at the time. On Jan 8th EE reported continual soreness and weakne...
10/15/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An injury occurred when the employee was struck by material that fell from the face while tying in detonators to the E-cord. The employee was hit in the hardhat and right shoulder causing several mino...
08/02/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted Loader operator drove over a 9""x9""x6"", 75 lb. piece of ore and it shot out from the tire and hit the employee 28 feet away in the upper left thigh. Mine Security determined it was not a medical eme...
07/10/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Driller Assistant was pulling the wireline so it could be cut and re-crimped. EE could not pull any more slack so driller pushed forward on controls to let out more slack and the wireline abruptly re...
06/16/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost The miner's tool slipped causing the right elbow to receive a 3/4"" long cut by the loader bucket. The Miner and co-worker cleaned and dressed the injury. On 6/20/23 a doctor diagnosed cellulitis in...
12/08/2022 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 14d restricted The Grader operator was pushing material to the right rib at roughly 3mph when a rock measuring 1'X 1.5'X 1.5' rolled over top of the blade and then under right rear tires of the Grader. When this occ...
11/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An underground surveyor was setting up survey equipment on the 352 level in the 1485 heading. As the employee was attempting to use the eyepiece of the survey tool, a foreign object fell into their ey...
09/03/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had a pre-existing non work eye condition that became irritated while working as drill assistant on a UG core drill. The salt or salinity content of the drill water may have contributed to th...
03/16/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Technician felt muscular discomfort in their back while moving drill core sample boxes from pallets located on the floor to tables 40 inches high. Boxes range in weight from approximately 35-50 lbs. T...
02/22/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted The miner was loading blast holes in the face of the 352 west footwall drift. Material fell from above the miner's location and struck the miner on the Hardhat causing a temporary loss of consciousne...
12/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator was removing a plastic coated insulated cable hook (CAB), used to suspend a 480V trailing cable to the wire on the rib. The miner received a laceration to the base of EE's right index fin...
12/04/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof/back fall was discovered in a previously barricaded heading (352-1425), at approximately 4:09 PM. The heading remained barricaded and MSHA was notified of the roof fall.
05/21/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The Supervisor completed a post blast inspection of the 294-1425 stope top cut or 323-1425 and discovered the back had broken up to an undefined height above the ground support, due to the stope blast...
03/11/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The miner completed bolting a partial slab round in the -515 EMLD heading. The ground support was installed as per the GCMP. The miner and the shift supervisor were standing approximately 10' behind t...
02/12/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted The UG miner was hit on the head and shoulder by rock that fell from the face while performing scaling activities and working off of a scissor deck. The miner sustained abrasions to the head, and a sh...
01/23/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to loosen a bolt on a Jumbo drifter to change a striker bar when the wrench slipped off the bolt. The wrench hit the employee in the lip causing a laceration requiring sutu...
02/24/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During an inspection it was found that the doors of the Alimak would not open when the unit came down to the raise access drift underground.
02/07/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a daily inspection it was discovered the elevator was not responding to the call button commands from the station.