Galena — Accidents

Total: 764 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 57d restricted He had just finished moving the electricians utility truck from it's covered parking area so that he could have access to move a fan out of the shop with the forklift. He parked the pickup in an uncov...
11/30/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While the hoist man was performing his preoperational checks the hoist tripped, which sets the brakes on the hoist drum. This was determined to be the result of a power bump from our power source whic...
11/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was pulling on a jackleg drill trying to get the steel out of the hole in extremely gravelly ground. The drill did not want to come out and the miner pulled on the machine to hard and strai...
11/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Pouring cement cell in mechanized heading. A pump was not working correctly and the employee was going back and fourth through a water and cement mix over his boots which resulted in burns to both fee...
10/27/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was bolting and dropped his jackleg. when he went to pick the machine up he slipped and fell and cut his wrist on a rock.
10/08/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was using a hack saw to cut a 3"" plastic pvc pipe in an area with a whiz-bang set up for ventilation. While cutting the pipe some debris was blown in behind the safety glasses and became stu...
10/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to remove a 6"" header from a charged airline in order to add additional 6"" pipe. He shut off the 6"" valve and began to remove the Victaulic fitting. With out paying attentio...
09/23/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was trying to reposition an electric motor that was hanging vertically from an overhead hoist. He placed a block under the motor and slowly lowered the hoist so the motor would tip. The mo...
09/17/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist-man was preparing to start skipping muck by balancing the skips according to the level they were pulling from. During this process the hoist kicked out due to failure of the main field break...
09/14/2013 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee was working on removing a blockage in a muck chute by blasting. After several days with no progress he decided to create an opening to allow muck to bypass the blockage. This allowed mater...
08/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Miner was positioning a 6""X10' section of drisco pipe into the pipe welder clamp. Employee did not move his hand out of the way when the pipe was pushed forward by other employees causing his right m...
08/22/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was bolting up a round that had been previously blasted. He was in the process of tightening a dywidag bolt when a rock directly over his head fell and contacted the front of his hard hat. Th...
08/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was breaking a rock that was stuck in the chute lip when a separate piece of material came down and caught employees finger between the rock and the chute lip. This resulted in a laceration r...
07/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to remove a rock that was caught between a utility pipe and the rib in a drift. When He lifted the rock up another rock that apparently was resting against it fell and stru...
07/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted The employee was inspecting a tailing pipe on the surface which was located on an embankment. He was descending while holding a safety line. He stepped over the pipe with his left leg and when he lift...
06/15/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A rockburst occurred in F entry of 4600 ramp which bagged the wire mesh & sheared a split set bolt. This allowed a small amount of material to be released(apprx. 2 1/2 yds). There was a 6x8 section of...
06/07/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Accident occurred on 6/7/13 but was reported as minor. EE continued to experience symptoms and was treated on 7/17/13. EE was task training on the termite drill. This work requires repetitive twisting...
06/06/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was barring back when a small rock slipped from behind bolt plate and hit him on the left wrist causing a laceration requiring sutures.
05/29/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was rock bolting the back when he encountered a rock that had a crack in it but was too tight to bar down. He decided to moil it down with his drill but when it broke loose it contacted the f...
03/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was pulling the overshot & core tube out of the rods. He had the overshot supported with his right hand extended & raised over his head. The overshot came unlatched which caused his weight...
02/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Breaking bands on bundle of split sets with pipe wrench. Band broke & forearm slid across broken band & cut forearm.
02/21/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was breaking rock on the grizzly when a large shard of rock flew up and struck his glasses knocking them off of his face. At the same time a tiny fragment of rock became embedded in his ey...
02/11/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employees audiogram showed a STS of 28.33(right) and 30.0(left)
02/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a valve which opens and closes a chute to fill cars with muck. He had just emptied the chute and a rock which must have been stuck to the side of the chute broke loose and f...
01/18/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An electric pump that supplies the gravity oil tank burned a fuse which tripped the safeties and shut down the hoist. Because of a faulty fuse panel the back-up pump did not automatically take over. T...
01/17/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was drilling in the back with a 4' steel for the purpose of installing ground support. The steel broke near the chuck which caused the machine to extend unexpectedly and start to fall. Th...
01/16/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 126d restricted The employee was breaking oversized rock on a grizzly using an 8 pound double jack. He swung and struck the rock when the handle of the double jack broke on impact. He said he felt a pop in his elbow...
01/08/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A power surge was created because of a brief power bump that occurred from our power source (Avista Utilities). This caused fuses to burn in the hoist fuse bank and resulted in the hoist being shut do...
01/03/2013 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE noticed that there was something irritating his eye after his shift when he got home. The next morning the problem had not resolved so we took him to the Ophthalmologist and it was determined that...
12/14/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted The employee was rebolting a track drift as part of a 2 man crew. There was a hose stretched down the center of the rail which was supplying air to his partners machine. He started to step over the ho...
12/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was breaking a large rock on the grizzly with a doublejack when a shard of rock flew back and struck him on the left forearm. He was wearing Kevlar sleeves but swinging the doublejack had...
12/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A round had been blasted on the previous shift which partially buried the grizzly. Employee was attempting to work the muck through the grizzly. The muck started to flow and a rock that had been burie...
12/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was pulling muck in the 4000 pocket. The chute gate is operated by a pneumatic cylinder and when he threw the lever to open the gate a particle was blown into his eye. This was caused by...
11/27/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was working on a Welden pump that was pumping water from a concrete pour. There was a leak in the discharge hose which sprayed water in his face when the pump cycled. The water sprayed und...
11/16/2012 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was rock bolting out of the raise timber. During the course of the day he noticed pain and stiffness in he left leg and lower back. As he was moving his equipment from one set to another his...
10/17/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An unusually strong storm with high winds caused a regional power outage which resulted in the loss of electrical power for most of the Silver valley including surface and underground at the Galena a...
10/16/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A severe storm system caused a tree to fall across power transmission lines that service the Coeur mine. This caused a power outage to all surface and underground areas of the Coeur mine including the...
10/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee had just finished drilling a hole in the face and as he pulled the steel out of the hole he stepped on a rock and lost his balance. This caused him to lose control of the machine which pivote...
10/04/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee had just finished drilling a round with a jackleg drill. His partner pulled the steel out of the chuck and as he stood the machine up he lost his footing and fell backward pinching his hand b...
09/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was attempting to pull a metal band out that was underneath a bundle of timber when he felt pain in his back. This was diagnosed as a back sprain.
09/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting the previous round. He bent over to pick up a bolt and when he stood back up a small particle of rust or metal that had collected around the edge of his safety glasses fell into h...
09/10/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee used a rap wrench instead of a long handled tool to break the bands on a bundle of timber and when the band broke one end recoiled and contacted his arm causing a laceration which require...
09/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted EE was in the process of clearing a blockage in the shaft pocket. He was standing on the pocket floor but was resting one foot on a reinforcement rod which was in close proximity to the shaft gate. EE...
08/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was unloading cribbing from a timber skip in the raise and staging it beside him to move into the stope. This material is approximately 5' long and weighs 30 - 40 lbs. As he unloaded a piece...
08/30/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had just finished drilling a lifter hole with a jackleg drill and was pulling the drill out of the hole when he felt a pain in his back. This injury was initially reported as a minor injury b...
08/14/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE is a miner trainee and was observing a slushing operation. The trainer was using light signals to direct the operator. He had been warned not to get too close to the chain that was supporting a She...
08/09/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was sitting on motor while EE was mucking with 12b mucker and got sand in his right eye.
08/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE turned on the air valve for a device called a whiz bang which uses compressed air for ventilating and cooling. A particle of rust or metal blew into his eye and had to be scraped out.
08/06/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted EE was preparing to erect a staging from the raise to a muck pile to bolt a raise up round when a rock approximately 12""x15""x 5"" rolled against his foot and ankle causing significant bruising and s...
08/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing a locomotive draw bar to a different style. He leaned the first drawbar against the loci and while he was positioning the second bar the first one fell and struck his little finger. Th...