Turquoise Ridge — Accidents

Total: 475 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/02/2026 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IP was removing bolts from the cutting edge of a loader bucket with an impact gun. The bolt came unseated, and a sharp edge on the bolt lacerated the IP's leg above the knee.
12/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing out water pump when water from the pump splashed them in the face. They continued to work, finishing out the shift. The following day, they went to the clinic, was diagnosed with bilat...
12/07/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Ee reported to company on 12/12 that on 12/7 EE was lifting and moving a spool of wire repeatedly throughout the shift. EE reports feeling pain that day and the next day. On 12/11 EE went to ER. On 12...
12/02/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE reported a rash on legs, seen at clinic on 12/2, diagnosed with rash. On 12/23 follow-up, diagnosis changed to chemical burns, EE put on restricted duty, making this reportable. Site offering tempo...
11/14/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 7:25AM ground fall was reported in the TQR 3910 MBY001. The ground fall occurred at the face in that heading, approximately 150 tons of material fell.
11/14/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Ee tripped on a backpack someone had left in the walkway. EE fell and hurt EE's right shoulder. Seen at ER, released to full duty. On follow-up EE was released to restrictions, and referred for PT if...
02/03/2025 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Two miners were setting up to load a round. They were scaling down hazards on the face. The IE then approached the face to inspect the holes in the burn. IE turned to talk to the other miner and wa...
12/31/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking upstairs carrying materials when EE slipped on the top step and fell forward landing on left arm. The contact resulted in a fracture to the arm just above the wrist.
11/04/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A regulator at the open pit guard shack malfunctioned causing two 120KV fuses to malfunction. This caused a power bump on the underground side causing the 4703 service cage to lose power.
10/25/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:30 AM ground fall was reported in the FED 2464_1270 by the geo techs and the SMD shift supervisor. Approximately 300 tonnes of material fell.
10/12/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee reports pressure washing a piece of equipment when debris shot behind ee's safety glasses into left eye. Ee was seen at Humboldt General, diagnosed with a corneal abrasion and given prescription me...
09/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking bolts out of the torque converter flywheel from an engine. EE's coworker was turning the engine over by hand to locate the bolts. Once stopped, EE stuck EE's finger in the hole to...
09/08/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was bolting, and a bolt fell out of EE's fingers. The employee powered down to reinstall the bolt and was heading back to the bolter's cab when EE tripped and fell on a rock, striking EE's knee.
09/04/2024 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee experienced a personal medical event described by other employees as a seizure and included a brief loss of consciousness (30 seconds). Employee regained consciousness and was coherent and re...
09/04/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE reports feeling difficulty moving neck (pain/stiffness) after using a wrench to tighten a bolt. Pain and stiffness continued. No specific incident, site cannot recreate incident. As of 10/2 workers...
08/22/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On night shift of August 22, 2024 a ground failure was discovered by NGM shifter on the MXD ramp. The dimensions of the failure: 15 ft. w x 12 ft. t x 6 ft. deep and started at the sill and did not qu...
07/16/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 7:50pm a ground fall was reported in the MBD 2804. The ground fall occurred during shift change and approximately 300 tonnes of material fell.
07/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Ee was walking to work area. Ee reports feeling knee pop and having instant pain, then fell to ground. No uneven ground, no work related condition reported. Seen at ER, put off work pending ortho eval...
07/13/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 hoist 4705 went down at 3:10 AM for ""brake issues"", the electricians were called up from underground. Troubleshooting was completed and found the bottom brake sensor was out of adjustment. El...
07/12/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Ee reports walking up stairs at work. Felt pop and pain in left calf. Reports inability to bear weight. Put off work pending follow-up on 7/16. On 7/19 determined not compensable by WC, however, repor...
06/02/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None 4703 hoist alarmed to having a DCB low voltage fault. During the troubleshooting phase, it was found that the loop contactor wiring was brittle causing the wiring to short out on the metal framing of...
05/23/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Safety on-call received a call at 3:58pm from TROC Dispatch that there was a brush fire at the mill standpipe by the tails. Mayday issued, on shift supervisor was notified, and fire truck and water tr...
05/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Ee was doing pre-op inspection on equipment. Ee walked in a sump area that had slurry in it, ee reports it was up to ee's knees. Mud went inside the ee's boots. Ee continued to work, and reports getti...
04/30/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured worker used a 24"" pipe wrench to loosen a joint. The joint was near eye level, and the employee placed the pipe wrench on the joint at a vertical angle and began to pull downward. In the...
03/23/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None All Nevada Energy line power was lost to the mine caused by utility poles being covered in wet snow but not damaged, resulting in the 4701 hoist losing power. No personnel were on the cage at the time...
03/23/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None All Nevada Energy line power was lost to the mine caused by utility poles being covered in wet snow but not damaged, resulting in the 4701 hoist losing power. No personnel were on the cage at the time...
03/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 255d lost Employee had just dumped haul truck load and got out of the cab to clean the pad. Upon re-entering the truck, the door became hard to close. As they put more force on the door, it accidentally close...
02/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 104d restricted RAM UG Elect team was being escorted from their UG work heading to the cage via UG UTV's. The escort pulled into a muck bay leaving the RAM buggy in direct line with the mucker. Before the buggy was h...
01/13/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A loose guy wire contacted an overhead line. As a result, the underground lost power mine wide.
01/13/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A loose guy wire contacted an overhead line. As a result, the underground lost power mine wide.
12/16/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A bolter operator was bolting the nose pillar in the FED 2627. The operator noticed the back move and while attempting to back out, the ground failed causing 50 tons of material to fall to the ground...
12/10/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Business partner shifter noticed bagging of ground in the SRM 3285 and had new 8' swellex installed but they weren't anchoring. They made a plan to remove the bag and install 12' s their next shift. W...
11/30/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 54d restricted Ee was working with another ee fusing pipe. EE reports moving a piece of pipe with arms extended forward, trying to position the pipe for fusing when EE felt a pop in EE's left arm. Seen at ER, diagno...
11/07/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 service hoist had a system issue due to a DHS fault triggered during routine maintenance by the operator, causing the HMI to lock up after a system reboot. Electrician contacted Tiley, hoist contro...
09/30/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Attempting to break top sub off tooling using chain wrench while drill was rotating. Wrench struck employee in face resulting in laceration requiring stitches.
09/30/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While troubleshooting the approach switches on the 4704 production hoist, it was found that there was damage to the wiring harness. As the wires were moved to see the severity of the damage, the main...
09/20/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped out with a drive fault at 12:55 am. All of the connections used to power the service hoist VFD were checked, and the hoist 4705 had a fault. As a result, the breaker was repaired and...
09/19/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A faulty connection was identified on the Main Control Relay (MCR). During this time, we also found CR2 contactor getting stuck. The unit was replaced with a new one. There were no personnel on the ca...
09/03/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a storm event, TRUG experienced a power bump that ultimately caused the #2 hoist to go down
08/20/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a power outage our computer system recorded an under-voltage fault and the Genset did not auto switch as intended causing the system to fail.
08/06/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing a filter with a partner. They noticed that the lid was not flush and the filter was not seated correctly. Working to seat it, the lid came loose and pinched the EE's hand between the l...
08/03/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was filling the accelerator tank on a spray truck when the hose split before the base of the valve, causing it to spray out and go into the injured employee's right eye.
07/18/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a power bump the hoist computers lost power, and when the power was restored, the software was having trouble displaying the correct version of the Tiley HMI program. Resulting in the number ho...
07/12/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While performing 24 hour functionality test, it was found that the safety latches were not fully engaging the shaft guides.
07/08/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On Hoist #3 not all of the dogs were lining/coming into contact with the guides, which caused the hoist to become down until necessary repairs are made. Having Hoist #2 and Hoist #3 both down, we evac...
07/07/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On Hoist #2 not all of the dogs were lining up with the guides, which caused the hoist to become down until necessary repairs are made.
07/04/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Moving a piece of steel, lost footing and corner of steel plate contacted miner's right leg causing a small laceration.
07/04/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking with a blast box, tripped over a rock, and struck hand on a wire. Wire went through glove, puncturing right hand. Seen at the ER, received a tetanus shot, and on follow-up at the clinic...
06/14/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 and # 3 Hoist down at 12:01 A.M. due to a power bump. Power restored at 12:10 A.M. #3 hoist immediately reset. #2 Hoist was not able to reset until 12:47 A.M.
05/15/2023 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None During a thunderstorm, Turquoise Ridge experienced a power bump. When electricians reset the power, the hoist computer screen did not come back up causing the computer to lose its settings. The sett...