Pumpkin Hollow East Underground — Accidents

Total: 87 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/28/2026 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Drill helper removed stuffing box, tube lowered to safety block, pulled overshot off tube, stepped back. The driller ran rods up to release tube from rods. Once the driller ran the rod string up, a pi...
12/18/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 3:00pm the service cage was downed due to the brakes being applied and not releasing during a pm of the conveyance hoist. A relief valve was not releasing pressure to release the brak...
11/09/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:25am, the supervisor was notified that an a ground fall had occurred in an inactive drift near the face. The wire was hanging down and SX ground support bolts were attached to the w...
10/30/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Auxiliary Cage (MaryAnn Cage) was shut down at approximately 6:00 pm on October 30, 2025 due to accumulator leak of the hydraulic power unit. Accumulator was slowly leaking off nitrogen charge.
07/30/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 52d lost, 28d restricted EE was walking in GEHO Sump area #1 when left foot slipped on a small rock causing EE to lose their balance and putting full weight on the left foot on the ground surface. This cause a left Achilles t...
07/13/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 5:02 p.m., the hoistman was raising the Service Hoist to the surface with one miner on the cage. The Shaft Crew had just finished installing a new remix on the bottom of the slickline, approximatel...
06/20/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Around 9:30 am an Employee was loading a UTV on the service cage at the surface collar and the overhead door came down catching the buggy bending the door pulling it out of the track. The cage is used...
04/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling vertical holes above head with a Hilti gun using a 1 ?"" bit to install anchor bolts to secure a 10' pipe. Employee was taking a break and wiped their face off with a rag, and g...
02/19/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost Employee was at the 3090-refuge chamber pulling the 3/C #10 AWG cable around to the back of the refuge chamber to land the cable into the junction box. Employee threw the cable towards the back of the...
10/10/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While Hoist Worker was performing daily checks on Auxiliary (Mary-Ann) hoist Hoist Worker could not get the hoist to function. The electrician on shift was called to troubleshoot the problem. Electric...
06/28/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was chiseling out dried and hardened cement inside the Paste Plant Mixer Hopper. While attempting to chip out a section of the hardened cement with an air chisel using the right hand, EE had...
04/02/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Operator was using a 6' pry bar to free 5"" steel balls inside of discharge kibble bin. While attempting to the pry under the 5"" steel balls, the balls broke free and forced the pry bar to move in th...
03/20/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was cleaning material buildup on the grizzly screen of a feed hopper. When attempting to step off of the grizzly bars EE's right leg fell through the grizzly bar openings (about 6"" opening),...
02/14/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None When the oncoming shift was headed to the 2950 4503 to retrieve their equipment it was noticed that material had come down from the back. This is approximately 37 feet from the intersection and the fa...
02/06/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured worker was grinding on metal in the shop. They did not feel any pain but when they arrived home, they noticed what appeared to be a small piece of metal in their eye.
02/06/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured worker was using an air lance at the paste plant to clean a hopper and felt tightness in their back after the shift. Employee reported the following morning that they still felt tightness in t...
01/28/2024 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted Injured worker was retrieving a tool from under a haul truck. When injured worker stood up their knee gave out.
01/14/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The auxiliary hoist went down at 12:30pm after making a trip underground. When the cage was called to surface the auxiliary hoist drive faulted.
11/15/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A power bump occurred across the site and caused damage to the cage proximity sensors at the shaft station. Hoist was not able to operate in automatic mode and the operator had difficulty transitioni...
10/31/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During use the materials hoist stopped due to the brakes locking to the hoist drum. After investigation it was found that a failed brake control sensor caused the brakes to engage.
10/29/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 110d restricted While fitting drill rod wipes to the drill pipe, driller moved head causing top section of drill pipe to fall 2"" resulting in a pinch/crush injury to employee's right pinkie finger. This resulted in...
10/13/2023 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 91d restricted Employee was using a pneumatic blowpipe to clean out accumulated dry tailings in a conveyor transfer chute. While inserting the blowpipe into access hatch the air control valve struck the side causin...
10/12/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was walking down a flight of stairs from the Conditioning Tank down to Cleaner #1 in the mill when they slipped/tripped on a step causing injury to their left leg (knee, shin, and foot).
10/04/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was offloading materials in the service cage at the shaft collar. Forklift made contact with the door causing it to dislodge from track. Unable to fix within 30 minutes. Damage didn't inte...
09/03/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IP was using a hammer to strike rods to loosen stuck joints when IP lost grip and control of the hammer causing it to bounce back.
07/28/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While loading materials onto the service cage, contact was made with the door causing damage. The cage is used for either personnel or equipment and at no point were persons endangered or was the equ...
06/05/2023 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Driller stopped work after identifying the driller helper began showing signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. As they were walking to the cool-down station the drill helper's symptoms escalated....
05/15/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost IP was using chain hoist to raise sump pump when the hoist stopped. IP jerked on the chain and felt a pain in shoulder. IP continued to work the remainder of the shift and the following day. Injury...
04/23/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost An employee was struck by falling material while loading a face round in the 2896 heading. The employee (E1) was holding the pneumatic ANFO delivery hose and turned toward the face while another empl...
04/23/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted A process operator was pushing material with a dozer at the tailings stack when they exited their equipment to clear off accumulated rocks/materials from the track undercarriage. The employee turned...
04/22/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Two employees were tasked with applying foam grout to the 2940 heading. While on a scissor deck a standpipe was sticking out and obstructing the deck. One of the employees found a ratchet tie-down st...
03/04/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was on the Bench/Face of the COB #2 cleaning out drilled holes to prepare for loading of explosives. Worker was using a copper blow pipe with a 90 deg bend in it. While cleaning the hole, a pie...
02/25/2023 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Fuel delivery line in exhaust shaft became damaged due to unknown reason and separated. Fuel spilled during transfer to underground. Approximately 380 gallons discharged into mine dewatering system.
02/02/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Electrical cable for the hoist track limit was damaged while removing equipment in preparation for striping the ventilation shaft.
11/16/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While dumping in the south scrolls the #2 skip became lodged. The hoist continued to move, attempting to lower the skip from the dump position and spooled out 365 feet of rope before the equipment wa...
07/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted While performing maintenance on a de-energized pump employee attempted to rotate the drive belt between the pump and electric motor by hand which resulted in right ring finger being pinched and lacera...
06/19/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 31d restricted Employee was pulling weeds around the property on 6/18/22 having some lower left back pain. Resumed on 6/19/22, pain radiated to the left thigh and back. Taken to the ER. NSAID given. 6/20/22 returne...
04/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While rolling up the water hose, the hose came off track of the hose rail, stopped rolling hose. Corrected hose and continued to roll up water hose and right ring finger was pinched between hose rail...
04/18/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was using a table saw to cut plywood. Employee's flinger came into contact with the saw, resulting in laceration.
04/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was removing a press cloth from press 2 on the second floor of the press house that was full of mud. The cloth released during movement of the cloth and the force being used was suddenly no...
04/13/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 55d restricted Got into the bed of work pickup truck to retrieve an item from the in-bed toolbox. When exiting pickup bed, grabbed onto the tailgate with hands. Lifted left leg over tailgate and onto rear bumper. Wa...
04/03/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was removing kelly rod from rod rack when hose that was attached to water swivel contacted individual in lower lip. This resulted in laceration to the lower lip.
03/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Individual was in the process of pulling core tubes. Individual finished shift; however, cumulative duration resulted in aggravation of the individuals back.
02/11/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was installing a bushing on the z bar of a scoop with a push plate by hitting it with a sledge hammer. While hitting the push plate with the sledge hammer a piece of the push plate flew off...
01/27/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Material was being mucked out of the left side of the face area. During material removal rock bolts were found in the muck pile from strata weakness in the left side of the heading. 2798 Ramp 02
09/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was carrying three 70 lbs jumbo drill steel from lay down to shaft on surface. The weight of the steel became too much to handle and employee tried to set the steel down. While bending forwa...
06/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 24d restricted The injured miner and two others were attempting to retrieve parts from a dismantled Galloway. The galloway was located at the 3000 vent shaft bottom. The three miners were lifting a metal sheave whee...
04/25/2021 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted There was an area that was recognized to have a falling hazard. During the attempt to remove the hazard. Injured Employee was walking into the area and was struck with falling material.
03/05/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting ready to weld on the ball mill feed chute when the dog being used to push the plate tighter to the chute popped off and struck the employee between the eyes causing a laceration....
01/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee injured left thumb while opening the rear axle cover on the Cat 1600 LHD. As they lifted the hood with right hand, left hand rested on top of the cab and as the cover passed the cab edge it p...