Smoky Valley Common Operations — Accidents

Total: 290 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/13/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was conducting maintenance on a haul truck. While utilizing a torque gun on a wheel lug the employee pinched pinky finger between the torque gun and the wheel well. The pinch resulted in a la...
03/04/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee's hand was contacted causing a laceration.
02/01/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee stepped out of a truck and twisted their ankle.
10/18/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost An employee fell and contacted the ground causing pain in their back.
10/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 44d restricted As an employee was walking backwards they tripped and fell landing on their arm. It was determined that a tendon was torn. On 2/3/2020, the employee had surgery to repair the tendon.
09/23/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had finger pinched between a steel bar and valve handle causing a fracture.
09/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee's left hand middle finger and ring finger were pinched causing a fracture to both.
06/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 99d restricted The employee was carrying a loop of wire weighing approximately 50lbs to the work area when they felt a ""pop"" in their back and some pain.
06/04/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee's left middle finger was pinched causing a fracture.
04/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The employee's right thumb was pinched resulting in a partial surgical amputation. (distal phalange)
02/21/2019 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped on piece of ice laying on concrete pad and severely sprained EE's right ankle, requiring surgery.
01/28/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost An employee tripped and fell causing pain in their knee.
01/02/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 105d restricted Employee felt pain in their shoulder when they slipped and fell while stepping across a ditch on 1/2/2019. Employee felt reoccurring pain and on 1/27/2021 it was determined that the employee had a rot...
10/31/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost As an employee was moving a bottle jack, they felt pain in their arm. It was determined that a tendon was torn. On 11/26/18, the employee had surgery to repair the tendon.
10/07/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While winching down the lifter got between rings on the mast ladder. Winched back up and hand was between winch line and rig mast.
05/29/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 82d restricted An employee was walking down the slide slope of a leach pad when they tripped and fell, twisting their leg during the fall.
05/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing 9 5/8' bottom hole tooling support wrench the driller started raising wrench while helpers were in position to assist the wrench off of tooling to deck. The wrench tipped and helper two...
02/01/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee felt pain in their hip when their haul truck bed was contacted by a loader bucket while being on loaded on 2/1/2018. Due to a reoccurring pain the employee was seen on 7/23/2020 and it was de...
01/21/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 15d restricted An employee stepped up to access a screen deck and felt a pop and then pain in their left knee.
01/11/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee's right thumb was pinched in between a valve and pipe. The employee was transported to hospital and an orthopedic clinic and was released back to work.
12/08/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was opening a parts container in the Cashman warehouse. Employee was using a razor knife to break a zip tie on the container. They pulled the knife toward themselves and the container slip...
08/25/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 18d restricted Employee was injected with grease in both hands requiring surgical debridement.
06/07/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 106d restricted An employee stepped off of a forklift and twisted their left ankle. Due to continuing pain, the employee was seen on 7/5/17 and was given work restrictions.
04/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 21d lost, 148d restricted An employee's right foot was pinched in between a diverter plate and the grating. The employee was transported to Banner Churchill Hospital and was released back to work. Due to continuing pain, the...
12/27/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee pinched their right index finger causing a laceration.
12/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted An employees hand was contacted causing a fracture.
07/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee's right hand middle finger and ring finger were pinched causing a fracture to both and a laceration to the middle finger.
05/28/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost While walking at a Q-point, an employee tripped and fell. Original x-ray results were negative. Due to the employee continuing to experience pain additional scans were taken. On 6/10/2016, it was dete...
04/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched finger causing a laceration.
03/22/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 20d restricted Employee felt a pop in their shoulder on 3/22/2016 and later noticed a deformity with their arm. It was determined that EE had a rotator cuff and biceps tear but surgery was not needed at that time. D...
12/30/2015 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None An employee's hand was pinched causing the employees right index finger to be amputated at the middle phalange, the right middle finger to be lacerated and wrist to be fractured.
07/31/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee smashed their right hand middle finger.
06/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's finger was pinched causing a laceration.
06/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was burned by steam.
06/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got foreign body in their right eye.
04/22/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut hand.
03/25/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee's hand was smashed.
03/02/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee strained their right leg.
12/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was cleaning a screen chute when he caught his picky finger in a pinch point fracturing it.
12/16/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Walking outside the Truck Shop and slipped on a slick area, he did not fall but twisted his knee.
11/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 26d restricted An employee stepped wrong and twisted their knee. The employee was released to full duty until 4-13-15 when they underwent surgery for their knee injury.
10/22/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE working on conveyor system at ground level had foreign debris blown into his left eye by a strong gust of wind, resulting in a scratched cornea.
10/20/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was inside of a feeder to replace the head pulley. His FLRA was completed, SOP was followed, and he was using fall restraint. After the pin was removed the rigging failed causing the flights...
10/01/2014 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employees noticed a fire on the screen deck of the Mill. The Mill was evacuated and code blue was initiated. The Round Mountain Volunteer Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire. The cause of...
09/18/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A wedge (block of rocks) came out of the wall along side of the haul road and struck Loader 377 while it was being used for high wall cleanup
08/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 145d restricted An employee was carrying and spreading two 25 pound bags of floor dry. The employee drove to the shop and was unable to move. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center for observatio...
08/10/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was removing GET, they were holding a bolt while loosening bolts with an impact drill. The bolt spun caused a laceration on the employees left middle finger. The employee was transporte...
07/30/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Chipping of Nordbak material out of crusher when a piece of material fell off and pinched thumb between fallen material and air hammer that was being used to removed material.
07/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None An employee was cleaning out carbon tanks and his feet got wet. The employee was seen at the RMGC Clinic and was released back to work in a dry environment.
07/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A technician was pushing a 90 degree glass tube into a rubber stopper. The glass tube broke, puncturing the technicians palm.