Hollister Mine — Accidents

Total: 135 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/15/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was driving a bolt with the Jackleg, grabbed the maching to move it to a new hole. When he went to set the jackleg the corn-cob was in contact with his body. was operating enough to thrust to...
03/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Rod guide was removed and not replaced before operations started. Drill Helper over extended arm with weight of drill rod and strained muscle.
02/03/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee working in stope area, when checking the timber's a rock fell out of the back.
12/15/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Carrying cement bags to drill station through standing water, rock turned under boot, spraining ankle.
12/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This employee was involved in an argument with another employee. This employee attempted to open the door on a haul truck that the other employee was operating. When he did the truck driver kicked ope...
11/21/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None AT 10:40 am an MSHA Inspector inspecting the mine saw a 2 inch steel braided air hose rubbing on the brow. He declared the Alimak unsafe to operate which is the alternate escape route. The Inspector c...
11/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was working about eight feet off the ground installing steel pipe to pump concrete. He had one foot on an extension ladder and the other on a wooden stull. The stull gave way and the employee...
11/10/2008 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None While pulling core tubes, the EE was guiding wire line onto spool w/hammer. His gloves were pulled into the wireline drum where his 3 middle finger of (L) hand were caught in the cable wrap. I n a jer...
10/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Moving 10""X10""X7' timber to support Bean Pump Trailer. Strained lower abdimin.
10/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 20d restricted The employee was drilling holes in the back preparing to blast. A rock fell out of the back from between roof bolts and struck him on the hard hat.
09/19/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Walking from the surface to 5278 to get 2yd mucker stepped on loose wet rock on decline, twisted his ankle.
07/11/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted The employee had completed drilling a hole with a jackleg and was pulling the drill steel out when he felt a pop in his hand. Please note the employee did not seek medical attention until July 23,200...
06/04/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Two miners were shotcreteing the alimak raise working off of the alimak raise climber when a connecting rod to a piston broke on the lower drive motor. Alimak raise and raise climber is being develope...
04/27/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was drilling and drilled into a water course. Water washed out of the hole and washed mudd into the miners' eyes.
04/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tightening a dewy-dag, the wrench that was being used slipped and struck the employee in the mouth
04/04/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hanging wire, drilling holes for bolts, a piece of loose rock fell out of back striking employee in the right cheek.
02/02/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In the process of desending drill deck to retrieve gloves, stepped off top deck, missed second step and twisted right ankle.
01/20/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted He was a passenger in company vehicle when it left the roadway and rolled over on the passenger side. Aggrevation to neck injury from previous injury with another company.
01/06/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Operator, jacklegging face round stuck steel in face, pulled on jackleg to get it unstuck when he felt a pop in lower back.
12/13/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing old bolts from cutting edges. Bolt came down out of lock. Reached up with hand to hold bolt in place, spun nut with impact, bolt fell down resulting in cut to left hand.
12/10/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None The main decline encountered a rib failure between muck bay #3 & muck bay #4. The affected area was along the left rib of main decline. It is approximately 20' in length. The approximate elevation is...
12/05/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a cheater bar to loosen 10' HQ drill rod from the drill string. EE lost his grip, causing him to fall backwards, stiking his elbow onto standing (secured rods).
12/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted When removing a 5' hq tube, employee lost his grip causing the quad latch to slam onto his finger.
09/26/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 4d lost, 24d restricted The employee was using a stone dressing tool to re-surface a grinder stone wheel. He said the tool caught on the grinder wheel and it jammed against his index finger cutting the tip of it off at the f...
01/28/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Drilling with a hand drill. Drill steel became stuck. Employee grabbed for the drill and became off balance and difficult to turn off. Treated and released at emergency room. Employee returned to regu...
09/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost Employee was on ladder trying to align sub to casing. Told co-worker to lower head down. When he did this, injured's foot slipped to pinch point between frame and drill head.
08/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to cement casing, ee was making cement, he clipped an open razor knife to his belt. When he bent down to get a bucket of soda ash, he cut his left forearm on open blade.
07/29/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Rib slough in out first East lateral at 3500 dds intersection. Material came out of the rib 10'deep x 18'in length. Total area to repair will be 30'in length.
03/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was taking chuck out of drive tube, chuck was bound up. He was trying to broken loose the chuck with a pry bar when it slipped and smashed right ring finger. Stitches
03/04/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to insert a steel into a jackleg drill machine. The employee put his hand into a pinch point between the machine and the leg, and cut his finger.
12/14/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None As the night shift crew was exiting via the decline, they encountered a slough of ground from one rib 22'W x 12'D x 10'H. The toe of the sloughed material angled to the sill of the opposite rib. The c...
10/02/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted He pulled a jackleg out of the drill hole
07/27/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost He was assisting miner shotcreting an intersection, and machine blew back dry shot crete and injured received dry shot crete in both eyes.
04/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was moving antifreeze barrels from the shop to the connex storage. He strained his back while moving a full barrel from a pallet into the connex.
03/30/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 308d lost Was exiting a backhoe, and struck head, while wearing a hard hat, on roof of cab.Received bilateral c4 laminar fractures. Employee did not report injury until 04/04/05, and then said he did not know h...