Gold Bar — Accidents

Total: 37 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/14/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee suffered a non-work related medical issue causing them to collapse to ground, striking the back of their head on an undetermined object and causing a 1/2 inch laceration requiring one staple...
07/18/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Truck driver was jarred by loader and pinched a nerve in the neck.
11/21/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While walking across the leach pad and performing normal duties, an employee rolled EE's right ankle on the uneven ground.
09/13/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was assisting with capping a drill hole with cement and inadvertently stepped in the cement causing some wet cement to enter into EE's right boot. The cement caused a chemical burn to the top...
04/26/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted In the process of working in the splitter area due to the inclement weather conditions the area was a little muddy, causing the IP's boot to become stuck in the mud. IP lost balance and fell to the gr...
10/31/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While walking across the leach pad, the employee slipped on some loose rock and fell. The employee stuck out left hand to break the fall, receiving a minor sprain and swelling.
04/24/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted An employee was drilling into a piece of metal when the drill bit got stuck. When this occurred they lost grip of the drill. When this occurred it went around and hit them in the back of the hand. Thi...
05/13/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Haul truck operator contacted the shift foreman and reported illness in the form of chest palpitation's, and numbness of the hands. The foreman called a mayday and ERT responded, obtained vitals and m...
04/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating an impact gun to remove bolts in a tight spot, the bolt broke free and the mechanic began pulling the impact gun out of the spot and caught thumb on a metal burr causing a cut requirin...
03/03/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted At approximately 11:30 haul truck 352 was being loaded in the Pick Pit. Upon being loaded with material the truck rocked side to side. When the truck rocked the operator experienced pain in the left b...
02/06/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was collecting drill hole samples when they hit a rock with the shovel. Contact with the rock caused jarring to the shoulder making it sore.
01/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was leaving ready line area at the end of shift to get on the van. Employee was looking in a straight direction and did not notice the parking ditch. Employee made a step into the parking dit...
01/03/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 124d restricted An employee was sitting in the buddy seat of a Cat 777 haul truck while training a new employee. The haul truck driver reversed under the bucket of a 993K loader. A tooth on the bucket of the loader...
07/27/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking between haul truck and office at the end shift the employee tripped over a grounding wire coming off of the generator. The trip caused the employee to fall to the ground landing on both...
03/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee felt an onset of pain in right wrist when using a hand shovel to collect drill samples and place in bags.
02/20/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning inside of the fines chute at the screen. While cleaning material pushed EE off of the edge, causing the employee to fall in their harness. Employee stated that the harness...
02/20/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning inside of the fines chute at the screen. While cleaning material fell causing the employee to fall in harness. Employee stated that material fell and hit employee in the ch...
02/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 336d lost Ice and snow on ground in area where employee was working. Employee slipped on the ice/snow when getting in to crew van turning their right ankle resulting in a fracture.
12/10/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On the night of 12/09/2020 the crew and I were getting dayshift set up for their stacker move in the morning. At 0300 A.M I was swinging the dead blow to remove a power cable when I'm in the middle of...
12/01/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was walking catwalk when foot became caught in a gap causing the employee to twist left knee. Restricted Duty.
11/10/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Retest audiogram on 11/10/2020 confirms right ear shift that also met MSHA reportable criteria.
03/11/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driver was adjusting the tilt of EE's haul truck seat while EE was sitting on it.
02/24/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost The miner was on an A frame ladder, the ladder twisted and the spreader broke which resulted in the miner falling and spraining EE's left ankle. Miner refused medical transport and continued EE's shif...
01/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to pull a heavy pallet out of the back of a pickup, the employee felt a 'pop' in the left forearm and immediate pain. The resulting injury was a torn ligament from the bicep that separat...
01/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost IE strained/sprained right forearm, possibly up towards/into EE's right shoulder area. This happened as while lifting a 5 gal. bucket with tools (est. 25 lbs.) out of the toolbox storage unit. IE and...
11/25/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Uneven ground, slippery conditions, inclement weather.
11/23/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted When stepping down off ladder from lube truck XXR 976 employee missed the bottom step of the access ladder and stepped into a depression of the pit floor causing them to roll their right ankle and fal...
06/06/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was jarred by the loader during loading operations.
05/13/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Cat 777D truck driver was traveling uphill loaded to dump when they came to a stop & rolled back down the road traveling approximately 300' before going up an embankment & rolling over one complete tu...
04/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Piece of metal was dropped while being installed. Employee had hand placed under the metal, when it fell it smashed EE's right hand, causing a displaced fracture of the third metacarpal.
04/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Technician manually lifted two turbo cores (weighing about 60lbs ea.) into service truck. They placed a box on each of them to minimize lifting, then rolled the boxes into place for transport. When r...
03/31/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was utilizing an compressed air lance in the crusher area, when a piece of rock struck the lance, pinching left hand. 4 sutures were required to close the wound.
02/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the gold cast room. Employee and some others where holding the first copper bar to test the system. Employee held the bar with their arm fully extended to see how long they could hold...
01/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 14d restricted Employee was attempting to clear ice and snow from the containment area. While descending into the containment, employee's footing slipped on the last (3rd) step and employee fell. Employee's left a...
10/22/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost The employee was working on roof purlins, installing the insulation and roof panel when Ee slipped and fell through the insulation to the interior of the building. The cable of the retractable Ee was...
05/24/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was cutting geosynthetic material toward the body and blade cut through glove into left hand. Our customer's site safety coordinator took employee to the closest medical facility for evaluati...
05/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee climbed up the concrete forms to handle the concrete pump hose. When the pump was shut off the hose kicked causing the employee to fall and fracture clavicle.