Revenue Mine — Accidents
Total: 73 accidents | Fatalities: 2
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/22/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While cleaning out lockers the employee decided to build a tool holder out of a piece of rubber hose. While cutting the hose the knife slipped causing a laceration to the left thumb. 7 stitches were g... |
| 10/24/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | Miner was removing a slusher block from an eye pin at the face and felt something ""give out"" in left shoulder. Miner was diagnosed with a muscle strain of the left rotator cuff at the shoulder, and... |
| 10/13/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | While unloading 5 gal. water jugs from a flatbed truck EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder while lowering jugs. On 10/15/21 EE saw a physician, was diagnosed with right shoulder/elbow strain. Restrict... |
| 06/08/2021 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Miner was standing adjacent to the slusher lane, and was struck by the tail cable of the slusher |
| 12/29/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working out of a 45' man lift. EE was bolting up purlins. EE had to move the basket around the column to complete bolt up. When EE moved the basket it lurched to EE's left catching EE's f... |
| 12/15/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While tramming an electric locomotive, out of the mine, dust, dirt or another unknown debris entered the miner's eye. The event resulted in an abrasion to the eye and antibiotics were administered to... |
| 12/11/2020 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While running a stoper in the Alimak raise, the drill EE was operating hung up in the hole and spun, resulting in a smashed right middle finger. |
| 11/17/2020 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 18d lost | While scaling rock in a raise from a work platform. A rock roughly 5"" to 9"" fell and entered the work deck striking employee on the right foot. Raise is on a 72 degree angle and the rock fell from t... |
| 10/22/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 59d lost | An OSMI foreman was driving an electric locomotive into the mine and upon approaching a run around, the foreman reached down for a bottle of water. At the moment they sat up, the foreman fell from the... |
| 10/21/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 122d lost | EE was walking on a muck pile when EE slipped and fell to the same level. The fall resulted in an over extension of EE's arm. |
| 09/28/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While removing a compressed gas cylinder from a storage rack, the cylinder slipped and smashed an employee's right pinky finger between the cylinder cap and cylinder rack. The event resulted in three... |
| 07/01/2020 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was standing at the bottom of an unoccupied manway preparing to survey the area. As EE looked up, EE was unable to shine the light upward far enough to see the area. EE removed hard hat and was h... |
| 09/11/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 128d lost, 55d restricted | EE was blow piping down the ore chute. EE was wearing fall protection at this time. EE finished blow piping, sat it down on the walk way, took fall harness off and took a step forward. A metal wire po... |
| 02/22/2017 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | An employee was operating a Broderson IC-80 crane attempting to lift part of a crusher assembly when the crane tipped over landing on top of a haul truck box. The operator then unbuckled the seat belt... |
| 10/17/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 58d restricted | Employee and partner were installing pipe for utilities when the partner slipped and dropped the pipe which caused the employee to drop their end of the pipe, dropping it on their foot. |
| 09/07/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 57d lost | While moving cabinet down stairs, one miner missed bottom step injured miner adjusted footing missed step and fractured ankle. |
| 07/11/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The Miner tried to avoid water coming out of the back. His ROPS struck the rib kicking a rock loose that struck his right forearm. |
| 05/28/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Miner was taking an air spud off of a water pump with a large pipe wrench. He thought the spud was tight but it was loose. When he pried down on it forcefully his hand struck the metal table breakin... |
| 04/21/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | The miner was attempting to board an electric Loci that he had parked under an 8"" air line. When he stepped on the wet step his foot slipped causing him to hit the right side of his head against the... |
| 02/08/2015 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Employee was working at the face, when he turned and stepped on a rock, rolling his left ankle. Employee was seen at ER and released to light duty. Further evaluation revealed the ankle was broken. |
| 01/19/2015 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was riding into the mine on a rail bike when he encountered an 8-ton battery locomotive. He exited the bike and was trying to get it off the track when the locomotive struck the bike, propel... |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost, 6d restricted | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost, 6d restricted | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 7d restricted | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 2d lost | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/08/2015 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Miner breathed unknown fumes - possibly from battery overheating - reported symptoms the next day. Respiratory issues. |
| 01/06/2015 | OTHER | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 23d restricted | Employee believes he inhaled an unknown substance - possibly drill oil mist. Developed respiratory issues. |
| 12/19/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 32d restricted | Employee was shoveling out of ball mill feed and heard felt a strain in his shoulder. Employee was evaluated at medical center and returned to duty next shift with restrictions. No lost time. |
| 12/12/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee slipped on icy switch and tore calf muscle. |
| 11/25/2014 | POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost | Employee was working near exhaust of boiler. After work had symptoms of CO poisoning, so went to hospital. |
| 11/09/2014 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 158d lost | Employee was riding on rear of pulled train cars. Lifted head and back of mine struck his hardhat, knocking him off onto rail. Taken to hospital for evaluation - did not see any injuries - released.... |
| 09/16/2014 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 19d lost | Employee says foot injured several days ago - does not know what happened - was shoveling - noticed foot sore at home. Did not report immediately. Company is contesting this being a work-related incid... |
| 08/29/2014 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 53d lost | Vibration from blasting in an adjacent area caused rock to fall from rib, an approximately 20-30 lb rock struck employee in the back of the neck. Evaluation revealed only deep bruising. Later evalua... |
| 07/03/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was shotcreting mine back - shotcrete hose plugged then became unplugged and sprayed shotcrete up into face - went under safety glasses. Medical care involved flushing eyes and prescription - no l... |
| 07/01/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 47d restricted | Employee stated that he had hurt back previous week - thinks handling 4 x 8 panels of wire mesh. Company is contesting the incident as not work related. |
| 06/16/2014 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee noticed something in his eye after returning home from shift. Does not know when exactly it occurred or what he was doing at the time. Reported two days after it happened and then had a spe... |
| 06/03/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Moving 12 x 12 timber from one mine car to another, material sprayed into the eyes of the employee. The employee was not wearing eye protection and received the injury. |
| 06/03/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 21d restricted | Two employees were removing a pump from a sump. When removing the pump, one employee felt a pull in his groin and experienced pain. |
| 05/29/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 427d lost | Pulling hose out of mud and feet slipped, causing a pain in the lower back. |
| 05/28/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Walking from portal to mine office. Twisted knee while crossing mine track. Heard pop. Went to dr. for evaluation and prescription issued. |
| 05/22/2014 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Mill operator received flash burns to eyes from welding operations. Believed to be from reflectance |
| 03/28/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Walking back to loader when slipped on icy ground and landed on back. |
| 01/22/2014 | ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 142d lost | 1/22/14 received medical documentation stating employee is unable to work due to mental health. |
| 01/08/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured miner was drilling into the back with a jackleg for rock bolting. While drilling, the steel shanked and forced the miner into the rib. The jackleg then hit the miner in the right knee caus... |
| 12/26/2013 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was welding and he flipped his hood up to check the weld when something airborne got into his eye. |
| 12/08/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | Improper lifting of pipe, which employee believed caused hernia. Employee declined to provide information to the company. |