Pinyon Plain Mine — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/02/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was operating Jackleg when the gooseneck came apart and struck the employees left elbow resulting in a contusion.
05/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was aligning steel frame for air door installation. Miner asked for a spud wrench to align the top and bottom steel frames. During this time the steel shifted and the tip on the Miners left inde...
10/26/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While training a miner using a jackleg with a 4' steel to drill a bolt hole in the back, EE was advised to reposition the leg. While repositioning the leg, the miner gave the cob too much pressure los...
03/19/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Miner cut EE's hand with a knife while cutting a box, EE's left hand was improperly placed and lacerated EE's left palm (Thumb area)
02/07/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee Bent over to pick up the tag rope line, slipped, and fell on EE's left side Straining EE's back
11/18/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost I tripped over the fork of a Telle Handler while flying a drone.
02/05/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was installing a bearing set beam in the shaft at the 1-5 level, miner was using a spud wrench to align the beam when the wrench slipped out of the beam and caught a fingertip between the beam a...
03/24/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While hoist was being inspected and ran thru its pre shift checks it had a brake failure and lost the sinking bucket 100 to 150 feet down the shaft with the hoisting cable.
02/06/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While drilling a face round with a jack leg drill, miner drilled into a vertical exploration hole from the surface, the hole was full of water and the pressure of 1300' of water forced the drill back...
03/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Miner was unloading materials onto work deck in shaft from conveyance. Two beams were lying on the deck, miner was straddling the beams. When EE unhooked the rigging, the beams tipped and hit the mine...
06/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 14d restricted While setting steel, a 10' piece of 3/8"" angle iron fell three feet vertically onto the miners right foot. The steel punctured the miners right boot and also the skin on his foot. His status is Full...