Jerritt Canyon Mill — Accidents

Total: 230 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/14/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 205d lost Driving on the haulpak road going 25-30 mph. He heard a bang and the truck tipped on its left side and slid into the berm.
01/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was finishing repair of preg filter in refinery, reached for a come-a-long handle and made contact with a cable tray and cut his arm on a burr. Laceration was about 1.5 inches long and requi...
12/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Snowing outside
12/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slippery Road
12/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was climbing down a ladder, missed a step and fell, landing on right wrist/forearm. Wrist is broken and splinted/casted, limited use of right hand and arm.
12/07/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted Employee was attempting to remove an air hose from cyclone at roaster to install it on another cyclone. When removing the hose, the isolation valve came off and hot fine ore blew out and hit employees...
12/04/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was welding in a loader bucket and the reflection of the welding.
11/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was guiding a bucket with his left hand.
11/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 1d restricted Employee was engaged in lining drainage pond and while changing a roll of the liner material a support pipe suspending the roll fell on him, striking left shoulder, arm and side. Employee suffered so...
11/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 43d restricted Employee was working on discharge cone valve, stepped down from launder and twisted his left knee. Torn ACL and Median Miniscus. Employee is currently on light duty with surgery scheduled for 12/02/...
10/26/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Subject exited side door of van and closed door. Dust/dirt on weather stripping was blown off weather stripping into subjects right eye. Right cornea was scratched. Eye doctor at the Total Eye Care...
10/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Subject was performing janitorial work and was exposed to a cleanser she had a reaction to. Treating physician described the reaction as Chemical Bronchitis. She suffered cough, runny eyes, some dif...
10/07/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was positioning steel with a spud wrench to weld steel into place. He pulled down on wrench abnormally, causing shoulder pain.
07/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was getting in the lube truck and went to close the door and cut his left index finger on the inside door handle.
06/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Coworker was removing a PVC pipe from saddle it was secured in, when the pipe buckle from the tension it was under and struck subject in the right side of his face. Subject suffered contusion and lace...
07/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Right eye irritated, red and sore from dust. Rinsed out with eye wash but still sore.
07/17/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was dumping an end dump trailer when the load apparently stuck and the truck was parked on a slight slope causing the truck and trailer to overturn.
07/08/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Was bitten by a Deer fly or a Horse fly on elbow and wrist. Hand and fingers started to swell.
06/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Getting down off the back of a carbon truck she twisted her left knee.
04/13/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost The employee was holding a ladder for another worker when a one inch valve dropped and hit his hand. He twisted his body in a hurry to get out of the way and hurt his back.
03/14/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None There are several factors that contributed to the accident, it happened to be a curve next to a pond where the evaporation causes the road to become very slippery and the fact that it had rained the n...
03/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While shoveling snow standing inside of frame work of cile, ee was hit on head by a piece of Prisco pipe that another employee was attempting to remove from ground. Pipe hit employee on head knocking...
02/28/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 4d restricted Was walking in front of security and stepped into a depression made by ore trucks driving through the area, as he stepped out of it he tripped and fell on his right Knee.
02/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working in lime slaker cleaning up when he walked around & stepped into a pile of lime it went up over his boot & went inside of his boot. Didn't bother him at first & he didn't take off his boot & c...
02/01/2008 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 91d lost The employee was cleaning out around the Zero Speed hose, while the belt was running. He opened up the guard and stuck his Right hand in, past bearing for the tail pulley, with a pair of Channel locks...
12/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost We are not sure and the employee can't remember, but we think he fell when was getting off of the 992 Loader, because of what the person said that was working with him.
11/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted When tripping out HQ rods, I woke up the next morning and felt a burning sensation on the right side of my groin. It could have been from mixing or hauling gel bags.
11/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up cable to a crusher cone gear wheel, while the wheel was still turning and got his left finger pinched between the hand rail and cable mashed his finger and fractured the tip of...
10/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 16d restricted Haul Truck driver lost his brakes coming down a grade. His left rear duals caught fire. He steered the truck into the berm and went off the road and tipped his truck over on to its right side. The dri...
10/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 60d lost, 22d restricted This accident is supposed to have happened on 10/26/07, but never told the company until 12/1/07 at the start of that shift. At this time he was seen by a doctor, but was never put on restricted duty...
10/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Pulling on water hose, he slipped and fell against tail pulley and hit his back on the right side.
07/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Was checking on a pressure tap seal in the Roaster. While stepping onto a grating to turn ball valve the grating bent down at a 45 degree angle and his foot slipped into the hole and fell to his knee....
06/22/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Prying on grating when he hyperextended his left knee. Employee was placed on restricted duty.
06/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was moving a pipe in a vertical position under the mill when the flange on the bottom of pipe caught employee's right hand and fingers. Employee was placed on restricted duty for 3 days.
06/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was punching holes in a rubber belt with a hole punch and a hammer when the hammer slipped striking the employee on left hand thumb area. Employee was placed on light duty for 3 days.
06/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted EE was working on the stand for the ball mill, when a cloud of dust fell from above, striking EE on the head, resulting in a strain to his neck and left shoulder. EE was taken off work on 6/17/07 and...
06/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE setting 4"" pipe on the pipe stand, he lifted the pipe the wrong way, which caused a strain on his back. EE was placed on restricted duty for 3 days.
04/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Was walking down the stairs and caught his foot on something and rolled his foot.
03/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Stepped off of Haul Truck and stepped forward and twisted right ankle.
09/28/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to install a shock absorber, while holding the nut with his hand, there was an impact wrench on the other side tighting the bolt.
09/21/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was making his rounds walking through the Mill slipped on some spilled flocculent that was wet and fell on his right hand trying to catch himself.
08/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting out Van and put her hand in the frame of the sliding side door and another person slamed the sliding door on her finger.
04/20/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee covering mill gear with plastic and he was tied off, he slipped on plastic when the harness pulled him back against a bolt on the mill door. Employee was released on restricted duty. Project...
04/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was attempting to move a plate of steel, when he lost his footing on loose rock and fell to the ground with the plate landing on his left forearm causing the bone to fracture in two places. E...
01/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tracing piping at cooling tower, slipped on snow and hit knee on hugger bolt. Caused small laceration on knee, requiring 4 stitches.
11/20/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While being transported to worksite in Queenstake van, the van was hit by a Kirkness Drilling pick-up truck (auto accident).
07/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee had removed a metal guard and was attempting another task. He stepped onto the guard, tested it and assumed it was stable. as he put his full weight on it it folded in half and mashed his foo...
07/05/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE PUMPS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT. THE WATER WAS GETTING TOO HIGH. AS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE STAIRS THE WATER WAS HIGHER THAT HIS BOOT TOPS. THE WATER WAS VERY HOT AND BURNT...
06/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE WAS ASSISTING THE MAINTENANCE GROUP WORKING ON A CONE CRUSHER. ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC ARMS FELL. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE ARM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ARM AND FINGER WAS PINCHED AGAINST...
05/19/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slate was being lowered with an overhead crane. Slate slipped and hit his hand. EE suffered deep laceration to right pinky finger. He was treated at hospital and released.