PermaGold — Accidents

Total: 26 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/05/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Miner was trying to move a rock that had fallen off the sorting plant and was in miner's point of operation area. Strained back.
09/08/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee reached into rock splitter while in operation, table lifted up and caught hand between splitter and rock.
01/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Working as a stone splitter operator on the MEC. Positioned a stone ready for splitting. Flipped it over to look at the other side and as it landed other side up, it landed on the fingertip of his thi...
08/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to take off sweater and when doing so someone went to throw a rock in the box striking him on the right side of the head.
07/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Smashed index finger on left hand between two rocks on the sorting plant causing swelling.
05/01/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At approximately 10:30am at a stone cutter on the north end of Permagold rock quarry, employee was working the back table of a stone cutter when a rock on the table fell off and struck his left foot o...
04/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking over rocks with a rock in his hand. He slipped on a rock causing him to fall. He put his hand down to catch himself, trapping his hand between the ground and rock he was carrying....
03/18/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Operator lowered splitter head onto his fingers. Broke middle finger on right hand.
10/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker had his hand on a rock waiting and another worker pushed the rock forward, pinching his finger in between two rocks.
10/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Had his hand in box when another co-worker threw a rock in the box and struck the top of his hand.
08/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE tried to break an end off a piece of splitter rock. The rock end chipped & a piece hit him in his right eye causing swelling.
07/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Received laceration to right ring finger while lifting rock onto splitter table.
07/19/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Piece of stone came out of splitter and cut right forearm requiring stitches.
06/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The splitter operator pushed stone through jaws which then slid onto EE's right hand injuring tip of index finger. EE was given a medical excuse to be off work through 6/22/12 but never came back to w...
04/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE bent over to pick up junk rock at the splitter table and was struck on the neck by a rock coming off the splitter. No damage noted at time. He finished shift on 4/26 and worked following day 4/27....
03/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A co-worker threw a pair of tin snips to ee, when he attempted to catch them his hand was punctured by the snips. Due to on-going safety & attendance issues and originally giving a false statement as...
03/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's hand got caught between two rocks on the stone splitter table and he dislocated his right pinky finger.
02/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None while picking stone off the back table of splitter, was caught in the crossfire of a stone being split. hand was smashed between rocks lacerating finger.
02/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee tried to throw a large rock with one hand - bending thumb backwards and spraining it
01/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 363d lost Lifted heavy piece of stone and back gave out
10/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Moving stone in pallet smashed finger between 2 stones. Cut and smashed finger
10/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost dropped large stone on right index finger
10/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee pulling on block of stone and felt finger pop; lost movement of finger.
06/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 260d restricted EE was loading a bucket with stone when he picked up a stone and turned to throw it in the bucket. He heard a pop sound and had pain in his lower back. After medical evaluation by his dr. He was diagn...
03/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost While splitting stone, he knelt down and pulled a stone toward his body. He felt a sharp pain in the center of his shoulder blade. He leaned back and felt pain in lower back and felt nauseous. Worke...
11/08/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Bruised left hand when struck with 2 lb hammer. Done while splitting stone with hammer & chisel. Hand swelled overnight and went to clinic on 11/9/05.