Nixon Fork Mine — Accidents

Total: 36 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/22/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost At approximately 09:55 am an employee was in the Crystal 290 heading preparing to survey. The employee was walking towards the face when loose material fell off the right rib towards the back striking...
06/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Miner stood up after loading lifter holes of face round felt soreness in his back.
05/16/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Miner was assisting at the face opening anfo bags for loading a round, a pressurized anfo pot was being used. The pot ran out of anfo the miner loading the round lost his grip on the hose; the hose th...
05/08/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Miner using jackleg, strain back. Did not report accident to supervisor till off site in Colorado. Saw doctor in home state on May 13th and was reported as workers comp claim.
04/09/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was walking down to mill - he slipped and fell down twisting his ankle, was taken to Anchorage Alaska - determined that the ankle was fractured.
12/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee climbed up on our xanthate tank without the use of a ladder; when he descended his elbow caught the edge of the tank and strained his left shoulder.
10/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None employee was walking on an icy road and broke through the ice leaning forward straining her hip
09/22/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 163d restricted employee was securing a dry stack liner to be welded when the wind picked up and lifted the liner depositing him over the berm. employee landed on his feet.
09/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE working on secondary destruct pump in mill using tap, tap broke and employee went down on right hand into pump. Tap broke with full weight of employee behind it.
08/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was sprayed in both eyes when working around sample box. Employee immediately went to eye wash station and flushed eyes out, then supervisor took and flushed eyes again. Left eye was okay, bu...
08/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Unknown, employee noticed material in right eye about noon; he went immediately to on-site EMT who flushed out the eye. After 24-hours and no improvement, the employee was flown from camp to Anchorage...
06/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None rehabing timber sets on main haulage of crystal mine 250 level. during shift the ee got something in his left eye.
06/07/2012 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 14d lost Dermatitis reaction to unknown material, EE is on two week R&R in Montana. Doctors note of June 21, 2012 states allergic reaction - chemicals - no work for next 2-4 weeks. Received Doctors note June 2...
06/06/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost Mill Operator placed his hand in a pinch point and his left hand got caught in between two pieces of metal
06/05/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost ee was welding and foreign material fell off of his welding mask and entered his eye.
05/07/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 26d restricted Miner using jackleg to put roof bolts in the back, rock came out of back slid down jackleg hitting ""L"" little finger and left forearm.
04/25/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Miner was bolting and the leg extended rapidly. The miner tried to catch the machine and got his hand in between the wall and the handle of the machine.
04/08/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE was kneeling at face prepping to load face, other miner drove into heading with 4-yard mucker and couldn't see EE, miner stopped mucker and rolled bucket forward onto EE.
03/25/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None this accident was immediately reported by phone. miner went into his work area and noticed the rib had sloughed and immediately came out of the mine and reported it to the mine superintendent.
02/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 335d lost employee picked up a bundle of split set plates and turned at the waist to set them down straining his back in the process
02/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EE was walking down ramp at 220, he slipped and tried to catch himself and twisted his left knee. February 15th, clinic has requested an MRI, with tentative surgery to knee.
01/30/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 63d lost Employee complained of pain to both wrist. Employee left camp for two week rotation and was scheduled to be seen by Hand Specialist in Boise, Idaho, on January 30th. Diagnosis Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -...
01/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was stepping back away from work table and tripped over electrical cords of the tools he was using; falling over backwards into a drain flange on Tank #4. Employee did not seek medical help t...
12/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Setting up to use jackleg drill; while holding drill with left hand miner had right hand on leg of drill, head came down on right hand striking top of right hand and two middle fingers. Miner flew out...
12/07/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was cutting a hose with his pocket knife when the knife slipped and lacerated his left palm
11/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee got out of pickup, slipped on ice and fell backwards falling on both elbows and hitting back of head, injuring ""L"" shoulder
06/12/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was mucking out the 270 stope access, scaling area again before finishing mucking to bolt. While scaling there was a rock hit him in the head. Going in to see a physician on the recommendatio...
06/06/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 24d lost Employee asked to see EMT about pain in right hand and elbow. During the patient interview process with EMT, employee stated that there had not been any on site injury. Employee has had two previous n...
10/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The driller, was emptying a 5 foot steel core tube. Some core was stuck in the tube and the EE went to drop the tube down onto a wood block, but had his finger at the bottom of the tube. As a result,...
11/06/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While using a table saw to cut 4"" x 4"" blocks of wood, the wood kicked back. The block hit his left thumb, pushing back. The thumb was broken, requiring surgury to repair. Security(contractor) wa...
10/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting floor tile with razor box cutter, he slipped and stabbed left palm. This injury was not reported at the proper time. Security (contractor) was responsible for safety and reporting. An safet...
05/27/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The miner states while pulling back on jackleg machine his hand slipped off the handle and he stuck out his arm to break his fall and in doing so he dislocated his right shoulder.
04/01/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Miner was getting down from haul truck, stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle.
02/22/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was welding and grinding throughout the day. A particle lodged in his left eye and was irritated.
07/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down a stairway in the Nixon Fork Mine's Process Mill facility. His heel slipped our from under him and he attempted to catch himself. His left hand ring finger became caught in...
05/30/2004 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 5d restricted Employee states while drilling a 53 degree up hole the over shot released the tube and the tube struck employee in the chest