Galena — Accidents

Total: 764 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/26/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Hoisting a slusher bucket, bucket rolled and hit employee on the wrist.
07/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After reviewing the data from the ESG seismic System, there was a seismic event that occurred 80 feet below where the accident occurred there was noise-popping and snapping in the face of the heading...
07/17/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was swamper on ore train, train went through air door. Employee riding on last ore car was jolted and injured right shoulder.
06/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was unloading ""holey boards"" off of a timber truck. He had the hoist hooked to bands- when he went to move load-the bands broke, resulting in a cut finger & the load falling on his shin/foot.
06/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 80d restricted Bolting back of drift, backed up and tripped over air hose, hurt knee, went to doctor Wednesday, July 13th, put on light duty pending MRI July 14th.
06/21/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 33d restricted Running bazooka diamond drill, cycle drill steel cuff of glove caught in slide mechanism crushing tip of right thumb resulting in amputation of thumb tip.
06/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was barring down when a small burst occurred which dislodged a rock, striking the employee on the hand. He was wearing all PPE including gloves.
05/21/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost EE was operating electric locomotive with 9 ore cars attached when he went thru a closed air door, taking out the air door with injuries which included three broken ribs, punctured lung, laceration to...
05/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was using a double jack to beat boulder in Grizzly. He hit the cat walk on back swing, lost his balance, swung down, and double jack struck him in the left knee.
05/02/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 15d restricted EE was swinging sledge hammer, trying to break nut on cone head loose, felt ""R"" knee pop. EE went in and had MRI taken, resulting in surgery on Monday, May 23rd. EE did not lose any time or work res...
04/24/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Because of excessive snow melt the screen that filters cooling water for the hoist bearings became plugged which resulted in them overheating. This caused a vibration which resulted in the hoist being...
04/19/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Coeur Hoist was down due to trip of safety circuit. Problem traced to a burned (shorted) electrical coil on the brake system. Coil was replaced, hoist back up and running at 1645 hrs, April 14, 2011.
04/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 49-172E EE was collaring hole in back when piece of rock approx. 3"" x 2"" x 1"" broke off, fell and struck him on ""L"" wrist between glove and arm guard. Stope was barred down very well.
03/29/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 3d lost, 30d restricted Employee claimed Carpal Tunnel to both wrists on March 29, 2011. He has been working in his job class as Miner ""A"" with no lost time or restricted duty till today June 15, 2011. He had surgery done...
03/13/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Galena Hoist 900 h.p. motor failed on start-up, shorted on rotor windings under high load, insulation failed.
03/08/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost, 30d restricted Employee claimed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on March 8, 2011. EE worked in his job classification with no lost time or restricted duty till Thursday, June 16th, 2011 when surgery was performed on ""R"" wr...
02/14/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was preparing to bolt the roof when he stumbled and inadvertently twisted the leg feed on the drill. Machine rose up suddenly and struck the miner in the mouth. Miner's front bridge was broken a...
02/02/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 4000-259 I Drift. EE was cutting his haul back cable on slusher bucket 8' from face, pulled cable tight on top of bucket to get it into cutter on top of bucket. Held cutter w/left hand and hit cable c...
01/03/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE closed an air door and drove towards the air door. EE was not able to stop his locomotive on time and crashed into the air door, pinching his right arm between air door and locomotive.
12/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Barring down loose material prior to bolting back in the 4300-275. Material came down and hit employee on right wrist (between arm guard and glove) causing laceration.
12/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Miner dismounted electric locomotive, stepped on rail, slipped, twisting ""L"" knee.
11/24/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 4600-165 - Rock bolting, rock came out of back hitting miner - right wrist.
11/23/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted 3700-185DC - went to heading 37-185 to watch jumbo drill, walked back to shop and tripped, tried to catch himself and fell on a rock bruising right side lower rib area on side and front.
11/01/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 82d lost, 82d restricted EE was pulling ore chute, motorman was signaled by EE to move ore cars into ore chutes. As ore cars came in EE lost his footing and ""R"" foot slipped in front of 5th wheel on ore car.
10/31/2010 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 41d restricted Drill steel was hung up in hole, pulling on machine came out quick and smashed ""R"" ring finger between rib and jack leg which cut tip of ""R"" ring finger.
10/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Drilling and bolting with jackleg drill, miner had installed approximately 8 bolts when he started to drill the next hole. As he was drilling a rock loosened from drilling, falling and striking ""L""...
10/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was helping explosive truck driver transfer the ANFO from truck to the explosives cars for shipping underground. After lifting a bag of ANFO employee felt ""tug"" in his back. Emp. is schedul...
10/18/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted Employee was in 4600 Up Ramp, mining, passed out from heat and humidity.
10/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Unloading supplies off timber truck on 4300 level, got something in ""L"" eye. Irritated all night long, went to ER next day and eye was rinsed out.
10/13/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost While operating LHD #2-6 in 4600 Up Ramp, rock came off rib, striking employee on right forearm.
10/13/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was under jumbo drill repairing the machine when another employee walking through the 4600 Shop stepped or tripped over injured employees ""R"" foot spraining the ""R"" ankle.
10/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee finished drilling raise-up round and was cleaning up with a blowpipe, when he got a foreign object in his ""R"" eye.
09/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Miner was in process of bolting, drilled for bolt, noticed loose area, left machine and steel in last hole drilled and barred down loose material. Loose came out of hanging and hit machine, then came...
09/22/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE had finished mucking a car and stepped off the eimco-22 mucker to go switch a car, when he stepped off, he felt a sharp pain to his ""R"" knee.
08/26/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted As EE was bolting his brow round in 40-298W, a slab peeled off the crown of the brow. The slab hit the end of the steel and pushed the machine back towards the inside cap. This caused the EE to get hi...
08/09/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was barring down the rib along the 3700 Coeur drift haulageway using a 6' foot scaling bar, as he was prying on an apparent loose rock, he stepped back to get better leverage, stepping on the rail...
08/05/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted EE was switching cars at 52-288XC, got overheated started cramping and vomiting repeatedly. Heat Stress and dehydration.
07/14/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Seismic event was initiated at blasting time occurred in the vicinity of 4900-310 Stope. During swing shift, the mine was inspected and damage was found. Upon determining the extent of damage, MSHA wa...
07/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a wrench holder out of a piece of air hose, slipped and cut left hand. Laceration to ""L"" hand.
07/09/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee barring down, a rock that was being barred down came out of the back and struck employee on ""R"" elbow.
06/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was in 4600-169RS supporting a breast block to begin wedging it and felt pain to ""R"" shoulder. Breast plate weighed approximately 15 - 20 lbs.
06/18/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Employee was barring down in raise, when a slab fell and crushed employee.
06/17/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The electrical hoist motor malfunctioned, that require repair.
06/04/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted 4600-146E Ramp. On June 4th EE was rock bolting behind brow, rock came from behind brow down rock bolt steel hitting ""L"" hand. EE went back to clinic on June 24th for follow-up. X-rayed again. Fract...
06/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None #3 Top Station - EE was attempting to align an empty powder truck with the conveyance to load it, slid the truck around by grabbing and moving with his hands. Unaware the forks of the lift truck were...
06/01/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE started shift by barring down his stope 210S from raise to face. Rock came out from behind roof bolt and holy board, hitting EE on ""R"" Shoulder.
05/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Timber skip hung up in raise, miner wiggled to move the skip down, there was 6 feet of slack cable above. Timber skip released coming down on EE ""R"" big toe fracturing the big toe.
04/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was bent over working on a 15 h.p. slusher and back popped.
04/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was reaching for his jackleg to take to face, when he was struck on top of head by unknown object (EE had hardhat on at time of accident). There were two basketball sized rocks in walkway, probably...
04/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE was moving a diesl fuel truck into the 4600 fuel station, unaware that he was being helped by another employee. The other employee pushed on the fuel truck, catching EE's hand between fuel tank and...