Lucky Friday — Accidents

Total: 488 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/27/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A Rockburst occurred near 15 stope. No damage was found. The miners in 15 stope were withdrawn due to precautionary measures.
02/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The employee pinched his right middle finger between two drill steel while helping the operator connect the two sectional drill steel.
01/31/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted While blasting the hung raise from the 5370 level, a rock came down the raise striking the employee in the right hand on the index finger.
01/28/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The PLC on the Silver Shaft Hoist lockup up. Gave the hoist man a warning on the computer screen and the hoist would not run.
01/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was operating a forklift. He stopped, got off forklift and bent down to put wheel chocks in place. When he bent over he felt something pop in his back. He reported that he had pain in his lower bac...
01/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was working on muck pile to scale and wet down. He stepped backwards and stumbled and fell on his back. He reported pain in his lower back and was taken to doctor for evaluation. EE was diagnosed w...
01/09/2015 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee was tying rebar at the 6500 level north bin when after approx. 15 minutes of work he complained of being hot. The employee was told to take a rest period and get some fluids. While at re...
12/29/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Seismic activity was registered by the mine monitoring system post blast, the ground movement was in the vicinity of the #4 shaft 7580 station. There were no miners in the area at the time. After bla...
12/28/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine lost power due to severe weather and a large accumulation of snow. The compressors and hoist had to be restarted once power was restored. The outage affected all the surrounding cities.
12/09/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:38 am the hoist would not reset on the remote estop, the crew reinstalled the jumper & still could not reset the hoist. A faulted estop contact block was found during troubleshooting, a loose wir...
12/05/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Mine suffered a Power Bump from local Power Company; when this happens the Conveyance that is near the bottom of the Shaft must be brought back to the Surface to recalibrate PLC.
11/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The employee strained his lower back while lifting bucket tail chains off of a rack.
10/27/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None a malfunction in the pinion brake control system caused the brake to stay engaged. Thus the hoist would not reset, rendering the secondary hoist unusable.
10/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost EE suffered two hernia' s in his groin while hanging pipe(air and water lines) in the slot to the stope.
09/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee received Shotcrete burns to his Genitalia and upper thigh. It is believed that the Shotcrete on his shirt spread via perspiration to the affected area.
09/15/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 9-15-14 E was pushing a 12' dywidag up into a hole drilled in the back when a piece of material fell behind his safety glasses and got into his right eye. E flushed the eye repeatedly. When E retur...
09/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Two employees were entering the man riding bucket when one employee kicked muck/shotcrete off his boot, the injured was splashed by wet shotcrete that entered his left eye behind the side shield. The...
09/09/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A rockburst occurred near 14 stope. No damage was reported however we withdrew the miners for precautionary reasons.
08/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted E was placing jackleg drill onto bolt deck after completion of bolting. While laying drill down into holding cradle E's right hand got pinched between drill and holding cradle causing lacerations to h...
07/15/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping the miner hang wire in the stope. The dwyidags they were hanging the wire from were rusty and when they tried to tighten the nut on the bolt, rust flaked off and became airborne. The pa...
07/10/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At 6:52 A.M. on the morning of the 10th of July, 2014 a rock burst occurred on the 6350 level of the 56 ramp. An employee was working at the 5550 level in 34 slot installing wire fencing when he recei...
07/07/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted On 07/07/2014 E was operating a 1 yd loader to stack muck in a muck bay. While the bucket was elevated at the muck pile a rock rolled behind the front wheel opposite the operator. When E began backing...
07/01/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was mucking with a 2 yard LHD along the left rib and felt a pain in his lower back. EE stated he was jarred in the operators compartment and that's when he felt the pain.
07/01/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 07/01/2014 E was pulling on a wrench with his right hand to loosen a nut. The wrench slipped and fell on his left hand pinching his left pointer finger against a bolt. On the night of 07/08/2014 th...
06/12/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Brakes would not release on the #2 Hoist.
05/29/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #4 shaft hoist controller malfunctioned causing the hoist to trip out. The electrical department was notified of the problem when hoist failed to reset. The electrician's removed and replaced the...
05/26/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There appeared to be a software issue with the Profibus for the HC/PLC. The system was repowered/rebooted and was up and running by 10:45 pm.
05/24/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Silver Shaft hoist tripped off on over-speed while skipping muck from the 5970 pocket.
05/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None E was welding and grinding at #1 Zn conditioner in Mill. A fan was being used to add extra ventilation. When E stopped grinding and lifted his welding hood there was loose debris on the hood that fell...
05/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An employee was removing Bucket Bits from a loader, as he was removing the nut from the plow bolt the bolt pushed out of its recess causing the bolt to spin. The employee put his hand on the head of...
05/02/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist tripped out with South Conveyance approaching the Dump and the North Conveyance approaching the 5970 Loading Pocket. No riders were on either Conveyance.
04/27/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The graveyard supervisor was making his rounds checking on the stopes when he found a portion of the back had fallen out in 6250-15 West stope. No one was working in the stope at the time of the failu...
04/05/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Maintenance personnel discovered a compressed air valve turned off to the clutch pump. This valve was inadvertently turned off earlier in the evening while performing hoist maintenance. hoist was down...
02/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 271d restricted E was lifting bundles of split bolt plates by hand transferring them from a loader bucket to a shipping container. while lifting bundles he felt a ""pop"" and pain in his right wrist. E had right wris...
12/25/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A 24vdc to 120vac converter went out. Had to change out faulty invertor.
12/11/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was walking up the muck pile when the pile began to slough out from underneath the employee's feet. The employee instinctively put his hand against the rib to stabilize himself from falli...
12/06/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was burned on his right bicep. EE had been bolting with a 4' split set driver and leaned it against his bicep while it was extremely hot from driving in split sets.
12/05/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Our ESG seismic system picked up a rock burst at 3:01 pm on the east end of 15 stope at day shift blasting time. At 5:00 pm it was confirmed by the night shift crew that a rock burst did occur with t...
11/25/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was struck by a rock that fell out of the back while he was bolting the back.
11/18/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Cementation's #4 Shaft Hoist experienced a power interruption determined to be a converter board. There were seven (7) men on the shaft bottom at the time of the power interruption. They were evacuate...
11/09/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rockburst hit the 08 stope at 8:32 am with no damage occurring. a small series of rockbursts continued for the next 45 minutes. around 9:20 am the decision was made to withdraw the miners from the s...
10/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 6d restricted EE received cement burns to both feet while walking through water after the shotcrete crew cleaned off the cement trucks.
10/26/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Monitor Screen locked up. Hoist would still operate. ABB dialed in remotely and determined that spare PC installed on Oct 20th had too many programs running. ABB Tech Support suggested we switch our...
10/20/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Main Computer PC in PA1 Cabinet failed. No personnel were at risk. Changed computer to Maintenance computer.
10/09/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Transformer Fan Warning lamp failed
09/13/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Crews were transported underground without event. The Hoistman began the required brake tests & identified the Pinion Brake. A Brake test rating of 1500 could not be attained by a small margin. Cre...
09/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE received a chemical burn to his foot while pouring sand in the stope. EE waded through water with cement in it that went over his boot.
09/10/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The 24 volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter went out. The electricians had to install a new one.
08/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was picking up a Jackleg Drill off of the ground and strained his lower back.
08/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was cleaning out the Pioneer shaker screen using a piece of metal. The piece of metal slipped and smashed his little finger on the left hand.