Jerritt Canyon Mill — Accidents
Total: 230 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/12/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 27d restricted | Employee was working in a quench pit and got boot stuck in 2"" of mud. When the employee tried to free the foot the employee twisted / strained knee. |
| 02/15/2023 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was exposed to arc flash from air arc process, while performing confined space attendant duties. Employees were removing structure holding a CIL screen. Employee had eye pain that evening and... |
| 11/27/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was accessing the cooling pond to retrieve level measurement. The employee stepped on the cooling pond liner with right foot and EE's leg slid out from under EE's body. The slip caused EE to... |
| 09/15/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While changing out the slides & guides on Classifier Bucket Elevator, the East Guide was removed without incident. Fellow workers trying to remove the west guide got it out of alignment to remove easi... |
| 07/08/2022 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee was changing out a chlorine tank at the gas handling circuit and after the tank was removed, they went to go get a tool to see if there were any leaks, and employee was exposed to a cloud of... |
| 05/16/2022 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 116d restricted | Employee was crushing samples in sample prep at the lab. The employee's left finger was smashed when the mobile crusher lid closed. The employee was placing a sample bag down when the lid inadvertentl... |
| 01/10/2022 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working on a ladder when another employee brought forklift forks down onto the employee pinning EE to the motor. When freed the employee then stepped off the ladder landing on one leg wit... |
| 12/14/2021 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | When pushing a reject cart on the pad the cart struck a hole in the ground and stopped suddenly, muscle soreness was noticeable after returning to heavy physical activity. |
| 12/10/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 22d restricted | The employee was going to dump mop water outside of the Security building when employee slipped on a patch of ice from a water drip from the awning and landed on left side injuring left elbow and wris... |
| 11/09/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | While the employee was walking to the scrubber containment unit by the FL room the employee slipped on mud on the concrete and fell back onto the right wrist twisting back during the fall. |
| 11/02/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | The employee was attempting to clean the front headlight on the right hand side of the loader 42. The employee locked down the equipment and articulated it for easier access. The employee could not re... |
| 08/02/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was removing glass from a window in the lab when the window broke causing a laceration to the left wrist. |
| 06/25/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | While cleaning CIL containment the employee attempted to lift a wash down hose that was buried in the mud and strained EE's lower back. A full duty release was received at the initial Dr. visit. On... |
| 05/25/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | The employee was breaking core with a standard rock pick when an employee next to EE was moving a box of core. As this employee moved the box of core EE inadvertently made contact with EE's arm mid-sw... |
| 01/30/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting a hole in gasket material, when the knife slipped causing a cut between the thumb and index finger on the left hand |
| 01/07/2021 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Employee was walking out of a storage container, twisted the right ankle |
| 01/04/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 9d lost, 105d restricted | Employee was checking a pump for leaks, and was trying to wash the area down when EE was sprayed with chemical in the face and chest area. |
| 12/31/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Employee was lifting and splitting sample ore bags when EE felt sharp pains in wrist and hand |
| 12/16/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was pushing against a 55 gal drum, while pulling a drum cart towards the drum |
| 08/24/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | The employee was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of bolts when they felt a pop in their elbow. |
| 03/31/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | Employee was washing down the east tails containment area when employee slipped and caught self with right hand causing the strain. |
| 02/02/2020 | ELECTRICAL | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Arc flash caused minor burns to hand, neck and face. |
| 01/27/2020 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was in a truck, getting ready to fuel up the vehicle. Employee stepped out and felt like a bat hit the left calf. |
| 12/04/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | Employee was exiting the training room, the door stuck and as employee pushed twisted left knee. |
| 12/03/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cleaning air slides with air lance, with proper P.P.E. and foreign material got into left eye. |
| 11/03/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was filling up an oil skid with a mobile trailer, and the trailer tongue jack fell, the trailer tongue hit the top of the employees right foot. |
| 11/02/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was closing a valve on a line, EE looked up and foreign material fell into EE's left eye. |
| 10/27/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Employee was walking and rolled EE's right ankle on uneven ground |
| 08/26/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was holding a piece of sheet metal while another employee was drilling a hole. The sheet metal slipped and cut the right thumb. |
| 06/25/2019 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was moving a cart when they twisted wrong and heard a pop in the right knee. |
| 05/23/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was wearing googles, full face shield, and 1/2 mask respirator, while cutting an access door in a tank. Something got in their right eye, causing it to have redness and a scratching feel. |
| 05/08/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee placed their right hand in a pinch point location. Employee was replacing a universal joint on a light duty vehicle. |
| 02/28/2019 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | The employee was in circuit lubing the equipment, EE was stooped over and when ee stood up ee felt a pop or pull. |
| 10/14/2018 | FIRE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 173d lost, 15d restricted | Failure to shut the coal feed off to the west roaster, causing a back draft inside the entoleter and large of amount of heat. |
| 10/14/2018 | FIRE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Failed to shut the coal feed off to the roaster, causing a back draft inside the entoleter and large amount of heat. |
| 10/11/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | stepped off the forklift |
| 08/09/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was pushing a rubber liner into place and felt a sharp pain in the upper right side of the abdominal area. |
| 04/12/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a large pipe from the Cip area. The pipe became loose and struck employee in the head. |
| 09/26/2017 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | An employee was helping another employee weld a steel plate in the bag house. this area was tight and the employee had some exposure to weld flash. |
| 07/16/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | While the employee was moving a 3 inch sump line, on one end of the line was a rope, that the employees used to assist with moving the line across the tank. The line fell, causing the rope that the em... |
| 05/18/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was walking backwards in the maintenance shop. While doing so EE tripped over a pallet and landed on the part that was on the pallet and hitting EE's tail bone. |
| 01/16/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 207d lost, 99d restricted | An employee was working at the primary crusher. A propane bottle was knocked over and fell from the upper deck striking the employee on the lower back. on 1/25/2017 the employee arrived at work compl... |
| 01/05/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Walking on freshly fallen snow covered ice, employee slipped and twisted left knee. |
| 12/05/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was unaware that ice formed on the ground causing employee to slip/fall, lt. ankle hurts when walking |
| 11/13/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 24d lost | Employee was using a hammer inside of a tank to remove mineral scaling, ee struck the tank causing a large piece of scale to come loose falling onto leg causing the injury. |
| 09/28/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While cleaning up the dry the employee had picked up some very dirty coveralls and some of the dust had gotten into ee eyes irritating them. |
| 09/13/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 198d lost | While lifting something up with a pry bar the employee felt something like a shock go through into their fingers. After every time they squeezed their hand it would hurt. After eating lunch the pain w... |
| 08/23/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | The employee was moving heavy batteries from one piece of equipment to another and was lifting them with another employee, during moving them emplyee was injured. |
| 08/07/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 65d restricted | The employee was working in the Fine crushing trying to pound a rod into a plugged cone when EE missed with the tool EE was using to hammer and hit finger on the rod. |
| 08/03/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While the employee was cleaning out the quench tower some hot material fell from the top and landed on arm burning it. |