Hycroft Mine — Accidents

Total: 157 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/01/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Driller assistant stepped off of day bed of pipe truck. EE's left foot contacted a wooden block that EE did not see causing EE to roll their ankle.
10/28/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting 1 1/4"" pipe using a wheel grinder, the grinder slipped, striking the employee above the knee resulting in a laceration.
08/03/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Water truck was traveling down a grade fully loaded when the operator noticed flames coming from the right rear wheels. Operator safely stopped the truck and exited the cab after initiating a Mayday c...
03/29/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost 3/21/21 Operator called their supervisor to call off work saying they slept wrong causing their neck to be sore. 3/29/21 Operator was seen by site nurse for neck pain and sent home.
01/18/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee sustained a sprain to the lower back when shovel operator lowered bucket into the back of the haul truck bed.
11/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Employee sustained an injury to the right knee after hopping off equipment at end of shift.
05/28/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost An employee received a left ankle sprain when the employee's foot slipped out from under the employee when stepping down onto a slippery surface at the bottom of the stairway at the Primary Crusher.
05/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EE was cutting laminated glass using denatured alcohol from a 1 gal can. Somehow the alcohol inside the can was ignited, and blew the bottom of the can off. Burning alcohol sprayed onto the EE, causin...
04/30/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee wash pushing on the post of a tire machine so cleaning could be performed underneath the machine. When the tire machine was lowered to the ground, the upper arm swung and pinched the employee...
04/09/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was accessing leach pad cut in a 631 G Scraper from the Haul Road. When the miner made the transition into the leach pad they struck a rough patch which caused the scraper cab to move up and dow...
02/27/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was climbing down from a D11 dozer. There was a rock stuck in the bottom step on the push arm. Employee's foot slipped on the rock. As left foot hit the ground, it landed unevenly, and ankle...
02/16/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sitting in a chair in a conference room during a leadership meeting. Employee fainted and fell to the floor, striking forehead and left hand causing bruising to hand and head as well as m...
01/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was working to remove press plates from a filter press when their left ring finger became pinched between the plate and the frame of the press. This resulted in an open fracture of the left r...
11/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Miners were removing a frozen water hose from the catwalk beside a conveyor. One end of the hose was hung over the railing of the catwalk and was lowered to the ground. Gravitational energy started th...
10/25/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A small sulfur fire ignited spontaneously in an inactive pit. No persons or equipment had been working in the pit for some months. It was determined to restrict access to the pit, provide gas detectio...
09/20/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was climbing small ladder on the side of the lube truck. Employee carried a hose and as such did not maintain 3 points of contact. Instead of grabbing the handrail, employee grabbed a loose l...
08/24/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Haul truck operator was about to dump load at the dump point. EE reached down for the dump lever and felt a pop in the shoulder and pain thereafter.
07/26/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Laboratory employee felt pain in hand as employee picked up a sample bucket. Reported the injury to supervisor that day. Did not seek medical attention until 8/5/2019.
07/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Temporary employee was climbing into a pickup truck. Employee hit hard hat on the door frame, spraining neck.
05/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee initially reported pain upon exiting a light vehicle away from the mine site on 5/15/19. Later the employee reported that the injury must have occurred on 5/14/19 while EE was working on a ti...
10/16/2018 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted A process maintenance mechanic was bending over in the bed of a pick up truck to retrieve a sling to secure some oxygen/acetylene bottles. As they bent forward they felt a pop and sharp pain in the lo...
07/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Assay technician was stepping down from the rear bumper of a pick-up truck. When EE placed EE's left foot on the ground, EE lost EE's footing and fell to the ground, twisting EE's left knee. EE was se...
04/25/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost Employee was sitting in a chair in the AA room of the assay lab, when employee pivoted in chair and struck knee cap against the corner of a filing cabinet. Knee was contused.
09/28/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted As the employee was walking between the mud mixing tank and the drill helper working area, tripped and sprained left thumb when employee came into contact with the ground.
06/19/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was standing on a ladder removing a deck from a haul truck when the exhaust pipe shifted and the employee jumped approximately 5' to the ground striking right foot.
01/10/2017 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee suffered a non-work related injury when the batteries for an e-cigarette that employee had placed in the front left pants pocket ignited, causing 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns to left leg and...
04/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted As a pump was being lifted, employee placed EE's right hand on the sling, the load shifted/slid and caught employee's right index finger between the sling and metal forks.
02/11/2016 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee provided lab sample from private MD/lab showing high Thallium, Results were from 1-29-16. Co. lab results from 1-19-2016 showed 0.2mcg/l3. Notified by employee on 2-11-16. Results pending on...
11/30/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE tried to pull a long length of 1"" rubber hose, stained his back and then asked for help moving the hose, moments later 2 more EE's arrived to help move hose, after hose was moved the EE felt pain...
09/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While cleaning, the worker lifted a bag of household type garbage, while simultaneously twisting in order to carry it out of the office resulting in a lower lumbar strain.
08/27/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Worker completed pre-shift equipment inspection on Unit #408 (CAT D11R Dozer). The worker began the process of ""climbing onto the machine"" in order to access the cab by reaching for the grab handle...
07/25/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The worker removed an 18""x18"" grate near the sump in order to help facilitate cleaning of the process room. He stepped over the opening in order to help another worker with a hose. After helping, he...
06/14/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While loading drip lines onto a fork lift the employee states wind blew dust under his glasses and into his eye.
06/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While closing clarifier door, employee reached up move lever into lock position, his finger became pinched between locking arm and clarifier.
05/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal A water truck inadvertently struck a portable toilet which was occupied. The occupant of the portable toilet suffered fatal injuries.
04/14/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None SV805 Lube Truck was traveling towards the Porter Pit to service SH004 when unit lost power in cab, operator safely brought the truck to a complete stop and set park brake. Operator then looked out t...
04/05/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Swinging a 14 lb hammer and pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.
03/03/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned sulfur fire occurred on the 4500 level of the C4 south wall at 8:45 pm. No equipment, no structures and no miners were put in harm.
01/27/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned sulfur fire occurred on the 4450 level of the C4 south wall at 6:30 am. No equipment, no structures and no miners were put in harm. There was an existing sprinkler system in the area co...
01/25/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned sulfur fire occurred on the 4550 level of the C4 south wall at 7:20 pm. No equipment, no structures and no miners were put in harm. An access ramp was pushed in with dozer and sprinkler...
01/21/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost On 1-27-15 Mine Operator reported a back injury occurred at mine while being loaded by the electric shovel. Under investigation, pending results.
01/16/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned sulfur fire occurred on the 4550 level of the C4 south wall at 5:30 pm. No equipment, no structures and no miners were put in harm. Operators extinguished the fire at 5:44 pm.
01/12/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned sulfur fire occurred on the 4500 level of the C4 south wall after a blast at 4:50 pm. No equipment, no structures and no miners were put in harm. Operators extinguished the fire at 6:...
01/05/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire was reported to MSHA 01-05-15 at approximately 10:40 pm in the pit. MSHA issued a 103(j)order to prevent the destruction of evidence. Upon MSHA inspection at approximately 1:00 am there was a...
11/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Leach pad operator was changing a flat tire on a pick up, and pinched hand between fender and tire causing contusion on hand.
11/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Mine operator was spotting chain for high wall clean up when chain struck the left lower leg below knee resulting in compound open fracture.
10/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a pin across a dozer track to give to a second employee, second employee lost grip and dropped pin causing first employee to injure finger when caught between pin and track.
09/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Upon entering lube truck, maintenance mechanic's right knee came in contact with the seat adjuster resulting in right knee pain.
06/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting metal inadequate control was taken when metal was fully cut off, resulting in an uncontrolled descent of wear plate. The plate struck EE left shin, resulting in a laceration that require...
06/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Brimstone refiner was dropping mold to dislodge dore' bar. While using right hand to hold the mold handle, the refiner smashed the tip of the right hand finger between the mold and the floor.