Hollister Mine — Accidents

Total: 135 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had just finished drilling a round when he set his jack-leg drill up against the rib so he could start cleaning his lifter holes. The machine was not secure when it tipped over and landed on ee ri...
08/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting some wood paneling over his head with a saw and a piece of saw dust fell in his eye. A sliver of wood lodged under his eye lid and caused a scratch on his eye.
08/16/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted While scaling down his work area, a rock approximately 8"" x 8"" x 3"" fell from the rib and struck him on his shoulder and neck. This resulted in bruising to the affected areas.
08/07/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted the miner was pulling himself up to the top deck of the 5278-BZ alimak when he felt a pain in his shoulder. * this shoulder was previously injured on 7/9/11
08/01/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Left rib approximately 25' past the 2750 North on the 5190 East Lateral sloughed out beyond anchorage. The slough was approximately 15' long and 8' deep.
07/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was using a 4' pipe wrench, in the drill doctor shop, to loosen up a part on a jack-leg drill leg. When EE put pressure to the wrench, the wrench slipped causing EE to lose his balance forward and...
07/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 57d restricted Employee tripped while carrying a jack leg causing the jack leg to pinch his hand between the jack leg and the ground.
07/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was drilling a face round with a jack-leg machine. When ee finished drilling a blast hole in the burn, he started pulling the drill steel out of the hole and the steel puller bounced up allowing th...
07/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted EE was walking around her truck when she twisted her knee.
07/02/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was cutting a piece of wood with a pocket knife to secure the tube in the rod rack. the knife slipped and cut his left hand.
06/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was moving a piece of timber over a slusher when a nail that was in the timber stuck EE in the calf on his right leg.
06/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Miner was walking up the 4550 ramp when he tripped and fell and twisted his knee doing so.
06/09/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Miner was drilling a face round with a jack-leg; he went to move the leg forward to continue drilling, when he started moving the leg forward he felt a sharp pain in his lower left back.
05/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was struck by 2"" by 2"" rock on the upper right side of his lip causing a laceration.
04/24/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While bolting in the back, a rock came off the left rib and struck him in the back, causing him to twist and strain a muscle in his back.
04/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was collaring a blast hole with a stoper when a rock came down and struck EE on the right index finger causing a laceration the required stitches.
03/16/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None In the 5190-4100N Access, the SW Nose Pillar had sloughed down and went beyond the existing ground supports anchor points. Mud seams are present in the area and are believed to have contributed to th...
03/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted On March 1st, 2011, EE was connecting pipe to the concrete pump at the 5050 East Lateral Draw Point #2. EE was connecting a steel pipe to a rubber concrete hose. While holding the lines in place and...
02/28/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost In the 5278 West Lateral Access, EE was walking around the back side of the jumbo he was operating and stepped on a rock; he then started to fall and as he went to catch himself he strained his back i...
11/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 60d restricted Employee was running a Jackleg. Employee pulled back on the machine and right foot slipped causing employee's right knee to twist.
10/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 21d restricted While moving equipment/supplies from the underground drill doctor shop to the new underground drill doctor shop, the miner strained his lower back muscles.
10/14/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 14d restricted The employee was operating a jackleg, while inserting a split set bolt. The pivot point gave way, pushing employees right hand smashing the fingers between the cob and rib.
10/13/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was tempting to relocate the controls to the mixer truck from the cab to the rear of the mixer. In doing so this caused the drum to rotate. The hatch to the mixer was opened, then became stuc...
10/05/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Pulling a jackleg off of a bolt, right foot slipped and twisted right knee inwards.
08/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a 4' Split set bolt, the miner looked up and felt something contact his left eye. Miner flushed out eye, still felt something in eye. Miner was taken to doctor. Eye flushed out and...
07/30/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At some point during the shift on 30 July 2010 during stope preparation of 3000s1e Employee hurt his shoulder, he was unsure how this happened. He informed leadman on 31 July 2010.
06/30/2010 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 79d lost, 28d restricted Employee lowered a BO Stoper from the 3000N1E stope in a timber slide. When the timber slide was approximately 15 ft. from the bottom, the stoper, which was secured with #9 wire and a chain to the ti...
06/16/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While blasting holes in the 4550 N. Block #8 Stope the drill steel hung up and pulled the machine out of the miners hands causing the machine to spin around towards the miner. When the machine spun ar...
06/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee reported troubled breathing at the start of shift, but said would be OK. Employee was sweeping the floor in the building and was still having trouble breathing and having some chest discomfo...
04/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Welder & operator were moving steel plate to a rack. The welder was guiding a sheet into the rack while being lowered by the forklift. The steel made a movement. The welder moved to stay clear and sli...
03/28/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was drilling a back hole, with a stoper. While drilling the employee hit a bolt and bound the stope machine. Employee was trying to break the machine loose, causing the employee to pull his l...
03/16/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was doing the work place inspection, when he noticed the area was wet with debris. Employee turned around to leave when he lost his footing causing the employee to fall through the mill hole...
02/23/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling out a cement plug, when a large amount of water released into employees right eye.
02/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was moving (2) 6' timbers, when he lifted and turned to put the timbers on a lower level of 2' he felt a sharp pain in the lower back.
01/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was exiting off the bus to start dayshift, when she stepped down and into a frozen tire rut. This caused the ankle to twist awkward and employee fell.
12/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted The company provided transportation was stuck due to icy conditions. The employee got off the bus to see if she could help. When the employee realized that there were enough people to help, the employ...
11/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost Employee was setting up lagging in the stope area, when the timber started to fall. The employee grabbed the timber and stepped back into a mill hole falling approximately 94'.
11/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was climbing a ladder that he had rested against pipe, in order to put a hose on and blow it out before hooking up the air saw. Employee was about three rungs up when the ladder slid across t...
10/24/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was jacklegging when a rock fell from the back and cut the employee on the left elbow.
09/26/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Man with pre-existing left knee injury of 25 years went underground to work on a roll bolter. He had to walk up and down excess ramp to shop to get parts. Approximate distance of 150 yards. Plus, gett...
09/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 202d lost Employee was adjusting the forks on the bobcat forklift, while doing this procedure the employee got a large amount of grese on his gloves. As the employee was pushing the forks into place, he slipped...
08/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While pulling core tube out of hole, felt his left shoulder pull (strain).
07/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost Employee was walking on a muck bound draw point hole, when the muck gave away. Causing the employee to fall approximately 10' from his heading.
07/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Empolyee was washing the back of a heading, when a rock approximatley 20lbs fell 5' and hit employee on the hard hat and the right shoulder.
07/13/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted empolyee was chipping away on the Batch plant. hitting his right thumb.
07/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted employee was moving split set bundles to a better location, while doing so a bundle of split sets fell towards the employee striking him on the left shoulder area
06/18/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None an employee was doing a routine scheduled inspection of the Alimack, when the operating gearbox had a failure.
06/10/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee stepped on a piece of #9 wire, puncturing the ball of right foot.
04/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was mucking with a 2 yrd, he bumped the rib with the ROPS, knocking a rock down. That was approximately 8"" in diameter, the rock hit employee in the right knee.
04/10/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The miner was climbing off of a scissors deck that was extended up. Another miner started to lower the deck at the same time. The injured miner caught his toe between a pinch point.