Granite Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/18/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None IE drilled a hole, and as they rotated the bolt toward the flushing head, it popped out of the finger. IE walked toward the boom to put the bolt back into the finger, and as they grabbed the bolt, th...
06/18/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None while the employee was checking the plant a chemical line leak was not detected before the a small amount of chemical got into the left eye
07/24/2024 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost An employee was walking out of the parts connex when EE stepped onto loose rocks, causing EE to lose footing, and EE twisted right knee. EE was taken to urgent care on 08/09/2024 and was given a full...
03/03/2024 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost Powder crew was in a heading loading a round when a slab of material slipped off the face striking the IP.
01/14/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 310d lost Two employees were in a basket installing a blast mat. The IP went behind the Skytrak to prep another blast mat. The Skytrak operator was unaware that the IP was working behind the operator. The mi...
12/29/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost A bolter operator and helper were bolting up a heading. The swellex head was leaking and the helper went out with a wrench to tighten a fitting. While EE was there, material fell out of the back pus...
03/19/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee tripped and struck face on the bed of the truck causing a laceration to lip.
11/14/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller and the assistant were pulling rods out of the bore hole. The driller unscrewed a drill rod and lowered the now free rod down to the rod rack. The driller removed the lifting bale. The helper...
05/25/2021 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost On the morning of the May 25, 2021 an employee noticed insect bites on their arm. The employee went to the clinic where medications were prescribed for the bites. The employee returned to work the f...
05/23/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 61d lost Miner suffered an event of unconsciousness while driving onto the mine site. Witnesses described seizure like activity lasting between 15 and 60 seconds in duration.
11/16/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None During the muck cycle, left rib failed - operator was not in the drift when rib failed.
10/19/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was bolting up 4540 heading. He went to repair a leaking hose when the right rib failed resulting in a buried bolter. He was able to escape over the top of the material.
09/19/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While spraying shotcrete the dry pot stopped. The miner stepped away from the face as the dry pot was being worked on. The miner briefly pulled his attention away to check the progress of the dry pot...
09/02/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While being loaded, the truck driver was shaken side to side causing pain in the left of his back.
08/19/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to align striker bar to drill steel, the boom on drill became in a bind, when it came loose from the sill it swung to the left striking his hand (left hand middle finger).
08/11/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The hammer was inspected prior to use. Was not loose or damaged. Was used several times prior to incident. Hammer had a wooden handle & was 2 years old at least. After looking at the handle after inci...
05/03/2013 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost An electrician was testing the power center for an 800hp, 4160v pump. His meter was undersized and became damaged by high voltage and carried a current. The probe arced to the structure and an arc f...
12/20/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was positioning a wood frame door and stepped back slightly for balance. At that point a forklift's right rear tire rolled onto/against his foot.
12/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall of ground(back) in 4740 OG C-11 Heading.
10/22/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On return of day shift, the heading was discovered by inspection to have had a roof fall.