Rochester Mine — Accidents

Total: 150 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 296d lost While walking between two four-foot culvert pipes and carrying a nuclear test gauge in right hand subject, in anticipation of an uphill step, shifted weight to right leg and the nuke forward creating...
12/11/2016 MACHINERY ACCIDENT ONLY None A shovel operator was working on the 6575 elevation in the main pit. The shovel was loading haul trucks from a shot dig face and cleaning up larger rocky material off to the right. As the operator was...
08/16/2016 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 85d lost Employee passed our in front of maintenance shop. It was later determined that the employee suffered from cardiac arrest.
02/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While wearing appropriate PPE, employee was closing a valve that was left opening and was accidently discharging sodium cyanide solution. While closing the valve, gusty wind blew and may have aerosol...
12/21/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted An employee was getting out of a pickup truck and when he stepped out of the truck his foot slipped and he twisted his knee.
09/08/2015 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted A maintenance mechanic was working in the maintenance shop. He was sitting with his knees tucked under him. When he went to stand up he slid his knees and feet out sideways as he was trying to stand...
07/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While making rounds on the primary conveyor system, the employee slipped on a wet spot on the B-belt concrete pad. The employee caught himself (did not fall) but hurt his left knee. The employee indic...
07/20/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted While inspecting pull cords on the overland conveyor system, the employee stepped into an area of uneven ground jarring his right knee. The employee then felt and heard a pop in his right knee while d...
01/17/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driver got silica dust blown in his eyes while wearing safety glasses, next to conveyor / dirt hillside.
01/13/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An operator took his pocket knife out and started to cut a zip tie off of two airlines when he cut through the zip tie his knife blade struck his hand which was below cutting the webbing in between th...
12/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While de-energizing the breaker to Press Feed B pump in the process east MCC room, a flash over occurred. The flash was contained within the cabinet, but caused the employee to jump back, hitting the...
10/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted An employee was changing out the center roller on a conveyor. As the employee was inserting the roller the belt dropped down onto the roller, pushing and seating the roller shaft into the frame brack...
07/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 124d restricted The injured employee lifted a steel plate, which is designed for this use and is standard practice, off of the bed of a tire service truck and walked approx. 30 feet with this plate in his arms and ag...
06/03/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 70d restricted Temp worker setting up modular trailer. Using a circular saw while kneeling on ground when ground gave a little and the saw kicked back & cut right index finger.
05/22/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 264d restricted Employee was in the administration building copy room and dropped a pen. The employee bent down at the waist and knees while twisting to the side to pick up the pen when he felt a pain in his lower ba...
10/24/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted An employee was helping other workers clean material off of the 110 conveyor catwalk when he stepped on a rock, rolling his left ankle.
10/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted A crusher operator was up righting a 3 foot metal stand when he felt pain in the left groin.
10/13/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While walking on leach pad liner, employee stepped on a flat wet seam, rolling his right ankle.
09/27/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 66d lost, 212d restricted While adjusting a jaw crusher, employee was stepping down off of the side track when he slipped, falling to the ground hitting his tail bone on a rock. Employee was examined by a doctor on 9/27/13 and...
08/31/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted An employee cut his middle left finger on the blower fan in the ceiling vent of a 992 D loader when the vent fell off, requiring stitches.
07/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An employee was descending a ladder when he slipped down and struck his head on a pipe flange requiring stitches. Low level fall.
04/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While replacing a ceramic insulator on a wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP), the insulator slipped and pinched the employee's thumb between the base of the insulator and it's mounting plate.
03/30/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was removing bolts on cutting edges of a loader with an impact wrench while attempting to hold the nut with his left hand resulting in a laceration to his left palm.
03/26/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loading drill pipe to advance hole, ee attached a drill sling to two different rods. He realized the problem and signaled the driller to stop. The driller immediately stopped and began to lower that...
01/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was cleaning out a conveyor head chute when dust was blown into his left eye.
12/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee working in the crusher area was removing snow with a snow shovel and slipped, spraining his right ankle.
09/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An Employee was going to put chock blocks down when they stepped over a trailer hitch catching the toe of their boot on the hitch. The employee fell to the ground contacting their left forehead on th...
07/19/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Filling water truck with water. Notice pain in left hand and it began to swell up. Not sure if it was a bug bite or spider bite. Was taken to hospital to receive medical attention. Returned to work th...
05/29/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was trying to square off the plastic he was cutting. The knife slipped and cut through his glove on his left hand. He cut the palm of his hand resulting in 4 stitches. He returned to work with...
11/06/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None An EE noticed truck with driver slumped over steering wheel, called EE to see if he had a problem. EE said he was having chest pains. Notified Coeur & needed First Responders immediately. Coeur person...
09/15/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted An employee was hammering a metal lock pin from a shank pin on the back of a dozer, when a small sliver of metal chipped off and entered the top of his left hand median to the thumb and index finger.
09/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None END OF SHIFT, EMPLOYEE PARKED THE 330-C EXCAVATOR, WAS DISMOUNTING FROM EQUIPMENT. FOOT CAUGHT ON DOOR FRAME & CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE AND SLIP/FALL. LEFT HAND GRIPPING HAND RAIL - CAUGHT BODY WE...
06/11/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was holding a bolt in place using a hammer, while another worker was using an impact wrench to loosen the nut on a bolt, when the employee slipped off of the bolt head letting the bolt dr...
06/05/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted An employee was adding drill steel to #260 drill. The employee was using a J wrench to secure the drill steel to break the connection. While installing the J wrench his left index finger came into c...
04/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew folding a used track for 10-9-R dozer. The track had a kink in it, it came unkinked, the track dropped about 6"", contacting the bottom rail, which launched a projectile that struck individual in...
02/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HE WAS PULLING OUT THE TRANSMISSION GUARD WITH HIS HANDS ON THE GROUND, LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE GROUND & SWUNG THE GUARD WITH BOTH HANDS, TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE TRACKS & PINCHED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT...
07/14/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee ran a stop sign and drove his pickup truck into a steel structure support on a crusher structure.
04/22/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While the dozer was pushing the windrow down the 2:1 slope, the operator backed up to catch the next windrow, a rock was buried out of sight. When the dozer climbed over it, dozer started to slide sid...
06/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 25d restricted On 6/7/07, an employee was shoveling dirt and muddy material near a conveyor, when he felt a sharp pain in his left abdomen.
05/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 5/22/07, an employee reported that he had gotten dirt blown into his eyes while working out on the heap leach pads. Both eyes were irritated and he was taken into the local clinic for a check up.
05/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A loader operator in the pit was climbing up the stairs of a 992 G loader. As he was climbing up the three stairs he felt a pain in his right bicep.
03/31/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted A maintenance mechanic was installing cutting edges on a dozer. They were using an auto crane to carry the weight of the edge being installed. The employee was using a bar to center up the bolt hole...
01/08/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 3d restricted A Maintenance mechanic was cutting the rear frame of a pickup truck using an oxy/acetylene torch. As he cut the frame, he cut into the gas lines that lead to the gas tank. The tank pushed fire out of...
09/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted On 9/21/06 an employee was working in a screen deck, driving plugs that hold the screen panels in, with a hammer. As he swung the hammer, it bounced off of an over head tube, hitting his left pinky f...
09/21/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None On 9/21/06 a blast pattern was detonated in the main pit and seconds later the south high wall just above the blast sloughed down. Appoximately 500,000 tons.
08/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted On 8/31/06 an employee was welding a 26 inch long piece of pipe in an upright position, when it fell he tried to catch it and it pinched his finger between another piece of pipe. The right ring finger...
08/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 22d restricted On 8/15/06, an employee working in the tire yard was pulling a 51"" tire flange from a leaning 45 degree position, to an upright position, when he felt a pain in his stomach. He initially thought he...
05/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted An employee was servicing #513 dozer when he grabbed onto a sharp piece of metal near the bottom of the dozer. The employee was not wearing his gloves and resulted in a cut to the right middle finger...
05/01/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a wrench and a cheater bar to break a bolt loose. As he applied pressure the wrench slipped off of the bolt resulting in a cut to his right pinky.
04/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost The operator of 436 haul truck was in the process of dumping on a waste dump berm when his truck went through the berm rolling twice approximately 70 feet in distance before landing on all four tires....