Galena — Accidents

Total: 764 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/11/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Miner was working in the 3200-033 raise. EE was bolting the hanging wall. A large wedge slipped off the wall and pinned the Miner to the foot wall causing fatal crushing injuries.
03/22/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 9d lost A miner and partner were moving a 10""X10"" cap. As they were setting the cap in place one of the miners caught the tip of left index finger. The tip of the finger was de-gloved. Surgery was preformed...
03/07/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Nipper was assisting with loading the round. The nipper's hand was resting on the prell pot. A small rock came down and cut left wrist.
03/07/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was looking up and material entered EE's eye. Miner was wearing safety glasses. Eye Doctor removed foreign body from Miners left eye.
02/26/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was cut on forearm by a piece of quartzite.
02/19/2023 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost Miner was working in the 4900-366 ramp and became overheated.
02/08/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None #3 Hoist House. Hoist man was using a personal hand blender. EE did not unplug tool before cleaning. The blender was activated and cut EE's right thumb and forefinger. Emergency room sutures.
01/24/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was bolting the back in 4900-181 stope. A small rock fell and cut miner's chin. Laceration to chin required sutures.
12/21/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Miner and EE's partner were breaking boulders on the 4900 #3 grizzly. A rock chip penetrated the tissue of EE's upper right thigh. ER visit and sutures.
12/13/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was bolting the drift on 5500 level. The bolt and plate fell out of hole in back. The plate came in contact with Miner's left forearm causing a laceration. Sutures were needed.
11/09/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Shaft Repairman slipped on ice and injured left shoulder. EE was stepping off the cage on the top station of the Coeur shaft.
09/14/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Engineer was painting survey points on the back in 49-360 ER. Dust entered EE's left eye. Miner was wearing safety glasses. Did not notice discomfort until that evening while removing contact lenses....
08/20/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Shaft Crew was lowering replacement liner into the 3700 pocket. Section of liner bounced and hit Miner on the lower right leg. Miner was seen by Doctor the next day and and was given a full release (0...
08/03/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 17d lost Miner was assisting a Mechanic with the removal of an hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder slipped and it crushed the tip of the Miners right index finger.
06/14/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Miner was cleaning up at the 2400 lay-down was placing rubbish in EE's loader bucket. A second loader was tramming muck up the ramp. The second loader hit the miner who was cleaning up. Contact with t...
05/18/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Ground fall occurred after round was shot (determined after reviewing seismic data).
04/26/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A large seismic event occurred at 2:47 pm today and located at the current face in 37-281. The event had a magnitude of 1.6 (moment magnitude) and 1.3 (local magnitude). It occurred 25 minutes after t...
04/20/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Miner was baring a rock out of a chute. Rock came loose knocking scaling bar out of EE's hands and hitting EE on the side of the jaw.
03/07/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Miner was barring out a chute of the 3700-054 raise. The material came down and hit the bar. The bar then hit the miner in the left ear.
02/25/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped out and it took intervention on behalf of Spencer Engineering to correct the issue.
01/26/2022 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Miner was on knees cleaning a drill hole. When they stood up and twisted, they said ""I reaggravated a lower back injury that happened in the early 2000's
01/06/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On January 2nd electrical sub-station (Avista) located 5-6 miles off site had two broken insulators caused by snow off-loading from power lines. January 6th same location Avista sub-station, part of t...
01/02/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Electrical Sub-station located 5-6 miles from mine site (not associated with mine) lost an insulator from snow load and tripped out causing power outage to mine (total property)
12/27/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 3 Hoist #2 Side faulted on over speed would not clear fault. Points on Lilly were closed, had to disconnect Lilly drive shaft and turn Lilly back to bring over speed cam off cam follower so hoist...
12/21/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine wide - lost power - snow load on power lines. Power restored at 1130PM; computer on #3 Hoist would not function - evacuated crews out through the Coeur Mine. #3 Hoist up and running at 2:30 AM De...
12/07/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power on site at 1416 hours. AVISTA Power informed us that a tree limb had fallen over power line. Power back on at 1500 hours.
10/25/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost 4900-310 switch - move supplies by timber truck. Derailed timber truck; had to use draw bar to lift each side back on track. Felt ""pop"" to left shoulder. Employee did not report accident till Wednes...
10/23/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The pump failed causing one of the fuses to blow in the pump starter, and because the starter did not trip it caused the motor to single-phase which caused the #3 Station Sub 600 amp disconnect to blo...
10/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Galena Mill - Stairs by break room, employee tripped as employee was coming down stairs, caught self on railing. Went in to clinic on Friday October 22nd, released to full duty. Complained of pain and...
08/21/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 3 Hoist - 4 power bumps then AVISTA restored power. At approximately 1910 hrs. hoist kicked out - loop fault breaker fault. Electricians responded - removed damaged loop fault breaker and installe...
07/29/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost 2400-081 Mucking out ore heading hit dag or rock while digging out the pile causing an abrupt halt bouncing miners body in mucker. Dismounting mucker noticed left abdominal pain, possible hernia.
07/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Mill Maintenance man was repositioning a sheet of diamond plate on saw horse - felt a shoulder muscle pull (left shoulder). Surgery to left shoulder was done on Friday, November 26, 2021
07/21/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost 2400-018W Miner scaled work area then set up bolt deck and started bolting, after a few bolts scaled area again, started bolting, rock came off rib hitting back of right boot, no cut or damage to boot...
06/13/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost 3200-033 miner drilling round in the 033 raise, rock came out of crown landing on right elbow.
06/01/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Building metal latch boxes, felt eye irritation, tried to wash out with eye wash, still felt irritated - Right eye.
05/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 4900 Pocket #1 side - pulling chute to load skip, closed chute and finger caught bolt on airline - ripping finger nail off.
05/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Motorman move bad ore car to side track, ore car derailed at the switch. Miner got off motor and tried to move ore car with their body...strain sprain to lower back.
04/04/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Cagers in 5500 pocket were pulling waste when a rock got hung up in the chute; overloaded the skip and #3 hoist tripped out trying to hoist skip. Miners were stood down, then evacuated out secondary e...
03/15/2021 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost 5200 Rock Pick, cleaning rocks by hand, grabbed rock to throw down grizzly, tripped over another rock ""tweaking"" lower Back. EE went to doctor on Monday, March 22nd.
02/13/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Snowing, tree along sand line road fell across power line, shutting down power to the mine
02/06/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 5500-120 collaring hole with jack leg drill, rock came out of back hitting right knee. 1-1/2"" laceration.
01/27/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Grinding on slusher bucket wearing glasses and clear face shield, spark bounced behind shield and fell in eye behind safety glasses
01/22/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Cagers stopped at the 4900 #3 Station, exited the cage to call hoistman. Cagers told #3 Hoistman that they would be working on 4900 station and they would release the cage after they unloaded their ge...
01/13/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A windstorm caused loss of electrical power to the mine. The mine did not receive power until 0901 hrs. January 14th. 78 miners were directed to stand down at the shaft level stations. All miners safe...
12/31/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Coeur Hoist went down for electrical issues. Crews stood down. Problem was in sub floor transformer. North side transformer was not making full contact, loose bolts. Electricians inspected, made corre...
11/20/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Loading front part of a 4-yard bucket onto the cage the chain being used to lift the bucket slipped and bucket landed on miners left foot
10/23/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost 4900-ER6 getting started bolting, tripped over bull hose landing on rock with right knee. Reported to supervisor on October 23rd, did not seek medical attention till November 9, 2020.
10/22/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 3 Hoist - pulling muck from 4300 pocket, hoist kicked out, would not reset, called Spencer Engineering with computer faults. Electricians called, found two bad electrical components, replaced and...
10/06/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost 5200 Galena Station. Shaft Repair person went to un-chock a timber truck with their foot, slipped and sprained left ankle.
09/25/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost 4900-081 lifting jackleg drill onto bolt deck, lower back started hurting. Going to get powder it got worse.