SILVER BELL MINING LLC — Accidents
Total: 182 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/29/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was picking up a 5-gallon bucket of ore one handed when they felt a pop and pain in right shoulder |
| 05/19/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | Employee was walking in the tie down area around the water truck, when they slipped and landed on their right wrist, resulting in a fracture. Employee was placed on restricted duty. |
| 05/14/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee lost EE's footing and stumbled causing EE to lacerate EE's head on a steel window frame of a connex box. Employee received 6 Staples |
| 04/19/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Employee was walking in a dim area when EE tripped and fell over forks from a forklift, resulting in right shoulder pain. On 4/22/2025, employee was placed on Restrictive Duty |
| 01/12/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using 1 inch impact gun on bolt under truck. Bolt was not coming off causing the employee to adjust position. As employee was adjusting the impact gun it bounced back hitting employees fa... |
| 11/21/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While conducting a team lift of a front end of a light plant employee got their finger pinched in between the tongue and the ground, sustaining a fracture/break to the tip right index finger. Employee... |
| 11/07/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee hooked toe under next to last step on stairs and fell on knees causing abrasions and swelling. Swelling and soreness in left knee is impairing mobility. |
| 07/23/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 132d lost | Employee was pulling on a cable when another employee stepped on the cable causing the cable to pull EE to the ground. When EE fell, EE fell with majority of EE's weight on EE's left side injuring EE'... |
| 04/12/2024 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Using hytorc gun on loader when it came loose striking the L middle finger causing laceration and fracture to the finger. |
| 03/16/2024 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Chipping stuck copper off plate when misjudged momentum caused L thumb to be struck by hammer. L Thumb was struck between hammer and plate. L Thumb 1/2in by 1/2in laceration. Light bruising. Light swe... |
| 02/19/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Employee was loading toolbox into truck bed then felt a pop in R shoulder. Employee continued to load more toolboxes and pain increased. |
| 12/11/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Employee working on haul truck 552 when right index finger was struck by moving air conditioning belt. Causing a scratch/abrasion. |
| 06/04/2023 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was backing into 579 shovel in HT552 to be loaded when the dipper bumped the truck jarring the driver. treated as first aid. On 11/20/2023 company was notified recent symptoms are related to... |
| 05/12/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 33d lost | employee was stepping on to the ground from the last step of a haul truck hydraulic ladder at the end of EE's shift. EE states EE felt pain in EE's left hip. The ladder retracted close to the ground l... |
| 04/22/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 273d lost | A Driller, in training, was cleaning the windows on the outside of the operator's cab and when Driller was returning into the cab, shut the door slamming left thumb between the door and the door jam. |
| 04/08/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Employee going to work area to check bolts on valve, when EE tripped over a tracer wire attached to HDPE pipe. Employee was holding battery powered drill when EE fell to the ground pinching right ring... |
| 10/16/2021 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | Employee was in the process of removing adapters off of the 368 bucket when a J- hook they were using stretched out and came off the adapter striking the employee in the left forearm. |
| 08/27/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was climbing up the ladder of the acid trailer to unhook the airline in the crows nest after unloading. EE lost balance as EE was climbing up the ladder and slipped while trying to grab the b... |
| 08/14/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 27d restricted | Employee was lifting guard to load in the hopper, when as EE lifted EE twisted and felt a pain in EE's back. |
| 06/04/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 137d lost | Employees were repairing the latch bar on the shovel dipper. The employee was prying with a bar to loosen the piece of the bar. The dipper door moved and pinched off the fingers on the employee's le... |
| 04/23/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a lift to moving power cable up to the cross member when it came loose and pinched EE's finger against the handrail on the lift. |
| 08/15/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 38d restricted | Employee was walking down the stairs at the SXEW when EE slipped and struck knee on the handrail. |
| 05/08/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 16d lost, 67d restricted | Employee was doing blast hole sampling when allegedly a small piece of rock became embedded in left elbow causing irritation. Employee did not report injury until 5/26/2020. Employee did not become L... |
| 04/10/2020 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was stripping copper. When EE squatted down to pick up an air hammer and felt pain in EE's right knee. |
| 03/28/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting sandbags and the knife employee was using slipped off the material and employee cut left hand. |
| 03/28/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Truck shop employee fractured pinky finger as the employee was removing a starter from a pickup truck. |
| 03/01/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | Employee was walking through some mud and debris on the wash pad when EE slipped and twisted hurting EE's back. |
| 02/27/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was hand stripping copper in the stripping station using a bar. The bar slipped and hit the employee in the chin. EE received 9 stitches. |
| 01/20/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was swinging a double jack to drive out a pin on 324 grader. EE needed to switch to swinging left handed because of the awkwardness of pin. Later in the day EE started to feel pain in EE's l... |
| 12/23/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Employee stepped off a bundle of copper and rolled ankle. |
| 12/23/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 50d restricted | Employee was walking and tripped on a rock and fell. They reached out their right hand as they fell, causing a broken finger as they landed. |
| 08/25/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Employee was using a 6lb hammer to knock mud off of a haul truck and afterwards felt pain in EE's right elbow. |
| 06/27/2019 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | While drilling out holes for fender with mag drill, the employee stepped on the cord, unplugging the mag drill causing the drill to demagnetize falling on employee's hand. |
| 04/17/2019 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | The joystick in the shovel failed and the operator could not stop the loaded dipper, and the dipper hit the haul truck, jarring the employee. Employee did not seek medical attention until April 20. |
| 04/11/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 53d lost, 44d restricted | Employee was climbing off of equipment when employee knee had pain. Employee did not seek medical attention until April 23. |
| 03/15/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was checking edge strips on the blanks, when one fell, cutting on the back of EE's right hand. Employee received 2 stitches. |
| 03/12/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was moving a 4"" pipeline when EE felt pain in the lower back. |
| 02/04/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 52d lost, 35d restricted | Employee felt a pop in the right elbow when driving in a grounding rod for testing. Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/7/2019. |
| 01/12/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Truck shop employee was working on haul truck 551 right side front tie rod. When raising the rod into place, the tie rod slipped off the jack and caught EE's left hand between the tie rod and jack. E... |
| 01/05/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 61d lost | Employee miss stepped on the cell line during harvest and fell, rolling right ankle. |
| 08/21/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing the driveline from under a service truck, when it came apart and struck employee above the right eye requiring 3 stitches. |
| 05/25/2018 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Employee was working under the loader. As EE came out from under the machine EE felt a pop in the knee. |
| 05/13/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 48d restricted | Employee was installing some hoses on the mast of a drill, when they got stuck EE pried on the hoses with a small pry bar to move them and felt pain in EE's right shoulder. |
| 01/25/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was washing water truck when EE slipped on the stair and hit EE's knee on the step. |
| 12/08/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee tripped and fell on left knee. |
| 11/05/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee lost grip as climbed out of the engine compartment and fell against the deck of the truck. |
| 09/06/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was attempting to move a light plant. EE fingers were between the hitch and truck when the jack failed the trailer fell pinching ee fingers. |
| 09/03/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 55d lost | Employee stepped off the forklift and rolled ankle. |
| 08/10/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee grabbed at a pair of tongs as they fell cutting their right middle finger requiring 4 stiches. |
| 01/09/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee caught finger between a lead anode when it fell onto a anode storage rack. EE received a finger tip fracture and several stitches. |