Pumpkin Hollow East Underground — Accidents

Total: 87 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/12/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None When checking the upper limits switch on the service hoist, the hoist operator brought the service cage up into the headframe without de-clutching causing the counter weight on the other side to drop...
11/20/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 60d lost, 224d restricted Employee was operating a stand behind dingo loader. Employee started to raise the bucket to tram the loader away from the area when the bucket stuck in the raise position, the bucket was overloaded an...
10/25/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to work area lost EE's footing and slipped on loose gravel. EE's immediate reaction was to reach and grab for a wire running along the Rib. In the process, EE dislocated EE's righ...
08/29/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was installing steel in the main shaft. EE was using a hammer to pound the steel into place. The back of EE's hand made contact with a metal wall bracket causing a laceration that requir...
07/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee was installing 10 inch pipe in the shaft, the pipe shifted away from them the employee tried to hold the pipe in place and felt a pain in left shoulder. Employee worked at full capacity until...
04/05/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee got rocks and debris in the right eye while cleaning a down hole blast hole.
04/03/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DRAEO is providing short term consulting services at the client's operation. The injured employee was asked by a client employee to assist in removing a rock from a locked out conveyor. When setting t...
02/19/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Blasting occurred at the 2900-493 geo-technical test stope causing ground fall to go past the ground support of the back of the top cut of the geo-technical stope.
01/31/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee stepped foward with left foot, pushing off with right foot. Employee heard a loud pop. The 4th and 5th toe of right foot are broken. The ground the employee was on was uneven.
01/26/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East North Vent Shaft Rope was damaged when it was pinched between the VSM bucket and the shaft form while attempting to remove an oversized rock from the sinking bucket. The rope was thoroughly e...
01/02/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East Main North Vent shaft hoist went down due to Electrical issues with the PLC communications. The hoist was repaired and back in service at 2:10 PM.
11/18/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East Main Shaft hoist power tripped due to a failed 24-volt DC power supply. The replacement unit was installed and the hoist was put back into service at 10:30 am.
09/14/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East Main Hoist drive failed causing the hoist to be out of service. The hoist was repaired and put back into service.
09/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 40d restricted An employee was pulling on the Jackleg extension to move it closer to the hole being drilled when EE felt pain in EE's right arm. The employee suffered an injury to the tendon near the elbow.
08/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted EE sprains knee when EE felt knee pop while dismounting water truck. EE transferred weight from one foot to the other on factory truck steps and lost balance, falling to the ground.
06/28/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee received a laceration on left hand when it was hit by a rock while scaling. The laceration required two stitches to close.
06/03/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 16d restricted The injured employee was hit on the foot between the steel toe and the metatarsal guard by a rock that fell while loading a face round. The injured sustained a laceration and fracture of the left 4th...
05/23/2019 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted A welder received a shock while welding a phone enclosure on the top deck of the Galloway. The employee was transported to the ER and was released to light duty.
05/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During bolting activities the injured miner was attempting to get out of the way of a rock and was either struck by the drill of another miner or fell into bolting supplies that were leaning against t...
04/05/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East Main Hoist shut down during night shift due to a heat sink fault on slave drive #1. The 120V to 24V step down transformer that supplies power to the drive cabinet failed. This caused the hois...
03/04/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The employee was working on the surface at the east north vent shaft discharge water line to fix joints in the pipe. The Employee strained their lower back while using the pipe jack to clamp together...
08/26/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee received a laceration to the left index finger when a rock fell off the face and contacted employee's finger.
05/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was going to put the 90 degree elbow onto the vent, while bending over to place the elbow onto the pipe, employee's lower back became very stiff and a sharp pain inflicted the lower back area...
07/26/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported twisted ankle while dismounting a Skid steer. No light duty, no fracture, no splint. MSHA insists this is reportable.
04/01/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist outage due to the encoder drive mechanism being damaged as a result of lateral movement of the clutched drum.
11/20/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 11-20-13 operating at shaft sinking operations at mine. Mine experienced a power outage coming from the sub station in Yerington, NV. Troubleshooting problem & determining power may be our for awhi...
08/19/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8-19-13 while operating a shaft sinking operation at the Pumpkin Hollow Mine. At 7:25PM the hoist experienced a loss of power due to an electrical storm. Miners were evacuated using the Grove 890rt...
08/06/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8/6/13 while operating a shaft sinking operator at the mine the hoist experienced a fault on over and under wind of the hoist control panel. The fault would not let the hoistman operate the hoist T...
06/08/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 6-07-13 the North side chute had an issue causing operations to be put on stand by at 12:35 am. Trouble shooting found the N. chute trunion pin flipped. Operations were halted at 1:10 am and as a p...
06/01/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hoist operator experienced a brake wear fault on Hoist. The brake wear indicator failed. The linear potentiometer is located and secured on the rear arm that is attached to the counter weight. It...
05/31/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hoist operator experienced a brake wear fault on Hoist. The brake wear indicator failed. The linear potentiometer is located and secured on the rear arm that is attached to the counter weight. It...
05/29/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hoist operator experienced a brake wear fault on Hoist. The brake wear indicator failed. The linear potentiometer is located and secured on the rear arm that is attached to the counter weight. It...
04/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was lowering 1"" 1/8th wire rope cables to the galloway deck to be installed. Employee felt a ""pop"" in his wrist.
02/12/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 49d restricted EE was reaming holes with a magnetic drill press with a 1-5/16"" drill bit. The EE stuck his gloved hand near the bit to clean the cuttings away and glove became entangled lacerating right index finge...
12/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Descending stairs. Stairs were clean and clear and he misstepped, causing sprain to right knee area.
09/05/2012 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 187d lost Employee bent over to pick up a piece of rebar and felt a sharp pain in lower back. Lower back strain bulged disk.
05/31/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stacking core boxes and states that he was bitten by a spider.