Midas Mine — Accidents

Total: 277 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/02/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost Employee was operating a 2 yard mucker in a sill. Operator pinned their right foot between the rib and the mucker resulting in lacerations and fractured toes.
09/07/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operating a scraper in a fill, tire went into depression in ground, air ride seat bottomed out jarring operator.
07/13/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operating a scraper, ran over a rock in cut area causing air ride seat to bottom out.
05/12/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A contract production driller moved drill to continue drilling a series of uppers at 1-5204. Driller noticed some loose material starting to dribble from right rib at far end of drill. Driller notif...
03/19/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pressing the cab mounts pin on an R1600 the bar they were using with the press slipped out while under pressure. Bar slipped out striking EE in left side of mouth. Causing a split in upper and l...
03/01/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor employee was walking on site and had to cross the 2-step bridge over cabling on the ground to eliminate a trip hazard. The area was icy, covered by snow. Employee slipped coming into cont...
08/12/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was holding ANFO hose while blowing it out. Hose slipped out of hands striking miner in the face and spraying ANFO onto face and eyes. Right eye irritated by ANFO dust.
07/10/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had opened the front hydraulic tank cover on loader. EE then proceeded to open the next cover back. As EE reached the fully open position EE was not watching and EE's finger was pinched betwe...
05/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While showering at the end of shift miner felt debris wash into eye. Later during the off hours the eye became irritated and the miner went to the health care professional. The health care professio...
12/15/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was manipulating control arm from the right to left position on the Stinger Longhole drill. This action resulted in a pulled muscle in right shoulder.
11/23/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On November 23, 2016, at the start of day shift an underground miner entered the 2-5551 S to retrieve a can of paint. As EE was doing the work place inspection while entering this area, EE noticed a...
11/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on fixing the oil dip stick that attaches to the oil pan when the engine cover fell down and struck the employee on the right hand and caused a laceration to the palm portion unde...
06/22/2016 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None HCN gas alarm activated in acacia reactor in mill building; HCN gas detected outside acacia reactor room with hand-held gas meter. Mill building evacuated and ventilated. Lime water applied to overflo...
04/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was moving a size 200-oxygen bottle to the cascade pump at the mine rescue station. When EE lifted the oxygen bottle, EE felt a pain in EE's left arm above the elbow. Diagnosed with partiall...
02/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While adding vent bag dust blew into face and eyes, irritating right eye.
12/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While placing a bolt in the hole miner stumbled and wrist contacted a bolt plate resulting in a laceration.
12/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 6d restricted Employee was leaning over frame to fix an O-ring on bottom of hoist pump and had to stretch to reach the lower bolts. He heard a pop in lower rib, left side and felt a sharp pain.
11/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was pulling out the boom safety lock pin (pin was stuck) on an LH204 Loader, after repairing a hydraulic hose. He pinched his right middle finger between the pin and a headlight bracket on th...
08/22/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee slipped while holding Jack-Leg drill and the machine fell and smashed his left index finger against the rib.
07/19/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Miner was pulling a stuck jackleg steel out of the rib. When steel came loose the miner fell backwards striking the edge of a bolt plate with his right elbow, resulting in a laceration.
07/04/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner slipped and fell while turning around. Extended his left arm to break his fall and his hand struck a sharp rock on the low rib, resulting in a laceration to the outside edge of his left hand.
10/06/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 4d restricted On October 6, 2014 a miner was working in the 5 Alimak cut 5. A six foot drill steel fell out of a skip bucket and impaled his right forearm.
08/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 104d lost, 94d restricted After shoveling loose material mill employee reported that his shoulder hurt and that he had aggravated a pre-existing, non work related injury. Employee placed on light duty pending additional testin...
06/07/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While taking two nips apart at the 7-4550 load center, in a squatting position with the nips on the ground the employee felt a sharp pain in his right knee.
05/22/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee was drilling an entry round to a stope from inside the #4 Raise-South Side. While drilling, a 3"" x 12"" x 5' piece of lagen fell from a higher point of the raise and struck him on top of th...
04/28/2014 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in...
12/15/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 9d restricted Employee was retrieving sectional long hole steel from a drill hole and a section was stuck and when he tried to rattle it loose with the drill hammer, a small shard of steel broke off the collar and...
09/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was adding a rod while drilling uppers and the rod slipped out of his hand and hit his left thumb causing a fracture just below the thumb nail at the joint.
09/04/2013 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working in a hot heading and suffered from heat exhaustion. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation and was given fluids and was released to full duty.
07/01/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ground fall breaking beyond the anchorage involving the foot wall rib and a portion of the back occurred in the 6-5530 stope. No one was in the area when the failure occurred.
06/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was removing a man basket when it shifted and pinched his right index finger resulting in a small fracture of the tip of the finger and sutures.
05/29/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 26d lost Employee was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had carpal tunnel procedure done on 5/29/13.
03/18/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d lost, 9d restricted Employee was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had carpal tunnel surgery on 03/18/2013.
03/10/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was changing out a header and was loosening the nuts on a Vic clamp and felt a pop in his left shoulder, which resulted in a sprain of the shoulder.
03/04/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While driving a haul truck in the ramp the employee hit a rough spot in the roadway that jarred him upward and backward in the seat causing pain between his shoulders.
02/21/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None I was notified at about 1:30 pm that there had been a rib and roof failure in the 4-5728 stope that was found after a blast. The failure broke beyond the anchorage of the bolts.
11/27/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A 15 foot drop raise was drilled and shot. When it was blasted there was damage to the nose pillar, which in turn eroded into the back of the intersection beyond the anchorage of the ground support, w...
11/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 43d restricted Employee was in the process of loading explosives and lifted a 50 lb bag of ANFO and felt something pop in his right lower back.
11/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was working on a barge at the tailings pond and a pipe fell on his left hand causing a contusion at the knuckles.
11/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 45d restricted Employee exited the back of the administration building to board the bus to town. He slipped on a thin sheet of ice that had formed in a small puddle on the cement pad outside the building and fell on...
10/05/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 181d restricted Employee was dismounting from the back of the water truck and stepped on a small rock in the road and rolled his right ankle causing swelling and a bad sprain.
09/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was bolting with a jack leg when a rock came down from about 5' and struck him on the top of his left foot. At first was thought to be just a bruise and he was given a full release, but after...
07/05/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the weekly inspection of the secondary hoist a hydraulic valve, which supplies hydraulics for the raise and lower of the hoist became stuck rendering the hoist inoperable. The valve was repaire...
06/03/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted While moving jackleg it fell pinching his thumb between machine and leg.
05/09/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had surgery 05/09/2012.
04/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted When employee stepped on loader to check for hyd leak he twisted knee. He was placed on restricted duty on 5/9/12
03/16/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got his right thumb caught in the door of a 4-yd loader. His thumb nail was torn off and he received a laceration, which required 2 sutures.
03/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was attempting to unload Drisco pipe from the rack of a tractor. He had his rap wrench on the end of the pipe and the wrench slipped off the pipe and he lost his footing and tried to brace th...
03/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Pulled on hose-reel at lub-bay and strained abdomen
02/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee was drilling blast holes when a rock came loose and bounced down the wall and hit employees foot at edge of metatarsal guard causing injury to left foot.