MARIGOLD MINE — Accidents
Total: 227 accidents | Fatalities: 2
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/22/2015 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 141d lost, 93d restricted | Employee was driving a rubber tire dozer across a pit floor in muddy, wet conditions. The employee drove through a pothole which jarred his back, resulting in a herniated disc and modified workdays. |
| 04/06/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 76d restricted | A Driller was attempting to retrieve a sample when he caught his foot in a measuring tape. The Employee fell forward into the cab widow resulting a strained back. |
| 03/17/2015 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | While removing wear iron from loader bucket, employee placed hand on top of bolt while removing nut with impact gun. Bolt spun and cut employee's left ring finger with sharp edge on head of bolt. Lace... |
| 02/08/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Welder was using a dye grinder to clean up a weld when he started feeling something in his left eye. The employee washed out the eye with a saline solution for 5 minutes and still had the same feeling... |
| 12/19/2014 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 6d lost, 23d restricted | On December 19, as Oiler was dismounting a D10N dozer, he jumped from the side of the track. His right foot landed on top of a rock, resulting in soft tissue swelling. The Oiler did not seek medical a... |
| 12/15/2014 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee reported to shift at 5:00 AM on 12/16/2014 and reported that he experienced eye irritation after he left work the prior evening. The irritation persisted despite attempted flushing. The emplo... |
| 12/06/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee lost balance and when he caught himself with his left hand he complained of shoulder pain. Employee was placed on light duty. |
| 11/24/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Repetitive motion injury to right wrist |
| 08/29/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While positioning a choker cable employee allowed cable to slip and strike him in the mouth, resulting in a chipped upper front tooth. |
| 06/11/2014 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Electrician was cutting insulation with razor knife and accidentally cut his middle finger and ring finger on left hand. A total of seven stitches were required. |
| 05/17/2014 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Truck driver was set up to get loaded by the electric shovel. When the first bucket was placed in the bed of the truck, a large rock struck the inside of the bed. The truck driver hauled the load and... |
| 02/14/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While performing bucket repairs on electric shovel 343, welder was grinding in a corner of the inside of the bucket. The grinder kicked back causing the employee to lose his balance and contact his le... |
| 02/10/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee reported that he had received flash burns, from reflection, while welding on his previous shift. Employee was evaluated at the hospital, given prescription eye drops to treat his eyes, and re... |
| 02/10/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 9d lost, 35d restricted | Employee was descending staircase on a Hitachi 5000 haul truck. When he reached the landing in the mid-point of the stairs, he slipped and twisted his knee. Employee was evaluated and given restricted... |
| 01/04/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 23d restricted | As two mechanics leaned a belly pan from a rubber tire dozer against their service truck, the belly pan fell over and struck the top of employee's left foot. This resulted in a fracture of the metatar... |
| 12/27/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | The injured employee was replacing an engine on a drill 121. He was lifting a fuel filter base when he felt pain in his lower back. |
| 12/14/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 6d lost, 33d restricted | Employee slipped on ice while walking outside NE corner of truck shop. Employee fell down and injured left ankle, resulting in fracture. |
| 12/08/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 37d lost, 88d restricted | While pulling fuel hose from reel, to fill haul truck, employee slipped and fell down, resulting in a fracture to left wrist. |
| 07/11/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 23d lost, 130d restricted | On 7/11/13, employee was dismounting dozer when his foot slipped and he caught himself with his left hand. Employee hurt his left shoulder but did not want to seek medical treatment and returned to wo... |
| 06/21/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | While walking on the drill pattern, employee stepped on a small rock which caused him to roll his left ankle and fall on his left knee. This resulted in a sprain, requiring 2 days of restricted duty. |
| 04/21/2013 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | On 4/21, while performing welding tasks under a drill in windy conditions, debris got into employees right eye. Employee reported discomfort on 4/22 and was seen by a doctor, but no debris was found.... |
| 04/08/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While employee was handling a piece of pipe, he contacted sharp metal with finger tip on left ring finger, causing laceration. Cut required 3 stitches. |
| 04/05/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was changing struts on a tool box lid. Employees right hand slipped which allowed the lid to fall on his left ring finger. X-rays revealed small chip on the tip of the bone (left ring finger... |
| 03/17/2013 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | At the end of a welders work shift, he reported that at some point during his shift, wind had blown dust into his eye. His eye was irritated. After the welder traveled home, he requested to see a doct... |
| 02/26/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mechanic was removing hoses underneath a service truck. Dirt fell from overhead, got underneath mechanics safety glasses, and contacted right eye. Eye was still irritated after flushing out in eyewash... |
| 02/25/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Mechanic was descending hydraulic shovel using manlift/basket and the locking mechanism stuck. The mechanic exited and attempted free the basket. When the mechanic pulled, the basket released causing... |
| 10/06/2012 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee used plasma cutter to notch out some tubing. Employee did not use adequate lens for task, resulting in flash burn to his eyes. Employee did not realize he had received flash burn until later... |
| 09/27/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | While installing protection chains to the right front wheel position on a rubber tired wheel loader the injured slipped and landed on his right knee and elbow causing a contusion to his knee. The inju... |
| 08/12/2012 | MACHINERY | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 136d lost | While cutting out the equalizer pin bar, the left side track frame on # 542 D10R dozer came down crushing the right leg of the affected employee. Investigation in process. |
| 03/19/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | While picking up chock blocks strained lower back. |
| 03/14/2012 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Worker was helping 2 vendor mechanics disassemble tooling used to install a hard bar pin in a CAT D10R Dozer (Unit #6013). The tooling was ""bound,"" & each of the individuals began taking turns using... |
| 02/25/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee injured eye when putting on safety glasses. He poked eye with eye glass temple |
| 02/22/2012 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Injured Employee was loading trucks when a large rock broke loose on dig face. Employee tried to catch rock with loader bucket as it fell jarring the loader. The employee strained his back due to th... |
| 01/24/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | While bending over in front of a portable heater to pick up a tool, metal grindings that were on his jacket blew into his eyes. |
| 11/07/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | After incident investigation it was found that the injury arose from a door shutting on her finger. |
| 11/04/2011 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 9d lost, 6d restricted | Employee climbed a leachpad containment berm and slipped on liner and broke right ankle resulting in a loss time injury. |
| 08/18/2011 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Working in the pulverizing room using air hose to clean out bowl, rock came up underneath safety glasses and struck the left upper eyeball. |
| 08/03/2011 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While changing Sawzall blade, the operator did not remove battery and cut left index finger. |
| 07/08/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Worker was shoveling material out of the anchor trench when she felt a pain in her lower back. The worker informed her supervisor, but declined any treatment. On July 11th, the worker asked to see a p... |
| 06/10/2011 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Assay Lab employee had pain in right elbow. Initial ER evaluation was negative and returned to full duty. EE reevaluated on 9-12-2011 and was perscribed PT for tendinitis and remained on full duty.... |
| 03/25/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Sprained back while twisting to throw air filters in maintenance dumpster. |
| 03/18/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Helper was getting choker cable off of casing. When he lifted up on the choker, the choker came unwrapped from the casing and hit him in the mouth. In doing so, it chipped one of his front teeth. |
| 01/23/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 43d restricted | Employee picked up mud tub to load into truck and felt pain in his back. Treatment first provided on March 3rd. |
| 12/21/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Handling 1"" steel plate from cutting table. |
| 12/16/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | The accident was caused from working on a slick surface, the surface was slick from the weather conditions that we were having on the site. The worker sprained his left knee when he slipped and had h... |
| 08/19/2010 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 27d lost, 14d restricted | Grease was injected into the abdomen of the injured employee while helping a mechinic repair the autolube system on a DML Drill. Injured employee treated at hospital and released. |
| 06/02/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | While stepping down from a portion of the lube truck that had been removed for repairs, the injured employee mis-stepped onto pallet of unstable 10X10 cribbing and twisted his knee. He was treated on... |
| 05/28/2010 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Injured employee (Truck Driver) got debris in left eye. EE doesn't know how it happened. Operated truck with windows and doors closed for entire shift before injury. EE taken to the local ER for tre... |
| 05/11/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was tightening a bolt on the cutting edges on the Rubber Tire Dozer when a piece of slag broke loose flying under his glasses and into his right eye. The injured employee was placed on modif... |
| 04/10/2010 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was air arcing and grinding and got foreign material in his right eye. |