Turquoise Ridge — Accidents

Total: 475 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/27/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 22d restricted Ee was drilling underground. Ee set up the jumbo to start drilling, and went to put the collar pipe when rocks came down the face and hit ee's left leg, specifically the left knee and calf. Seen at a...
05/22/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 5/22/21 the 4703 hoist cage came in contact with material that had built up on shaft bottom. Cage was inspected and released back to full service after approximately after 2.5 hours of downtime fo...
04/11/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A 6' round was shot the morning of 11APR2021. Loader Operator and Truck Driver proceeded into the MXD 2823 to conduct a heading inspection with no issues indicated. The mucker operator loaded the ha...
03/28/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None High winds at site caused a main NV Energy line on-site to arc out at the insulator phase drop; Due to power outage miners hoisting efforts were limited; miners affected were able to mobilize to fresh...
03/19/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None 2 business partner employees drilling 20' holes for cable bolts in the back. Once completed on the right side of the drift, it was planned to move to drill on the left side. Bolter operator saw rock r...
02/20/2021 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Ee kneeled down to work on a haul truck and kneeled on a sharp rock, causing EE to stand up quickly. EE felt a popping and pain in the right knee. EE was seen at clinic, diagnosed with a strain, and r...
12/31/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During #1 Shaft Conveyance maintenance and repairs. There was an electrical failure on the 4701 hoist. The mine was evacuated and troubleshooting commenced. No injuries occurred.
12/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading a pressure valve from ground level into an equipment basket. The valve rotated as it was being lifted over the compartment dividers. As it rotated and slipped, it pinched employee...
11/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Pinched right index finger between cylinder yoke and eye of concrete chute.
11/27/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Two business partner employees had completed drilling the CTR ramp and were prepping to grout. While shutting off air and water valves the employees noticed dust coming from the left rib of the drift...
08/24/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At approximately 4:00 AM employee was looking up during drilling cycle in the shaft spotting for the driller while the driller was moving the boom. Small pieces of rock came down as the employee was l...
08/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Ee was working underground in the bolter bay doing regular duties. Following EE's shift, EE noticed EE's hands had what appeared to be burns on them. EE was seen at the ER and diagnosed with contact d...
08/07/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was loosening a bolt on the core drill when the bolt broke free employee lost balance and struck rib cage on the saddle bolt on the drill
06/29/2020 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was jump starting a bolter. Ee connected the jump pack to the terminals, and when the bolter started, ee started to smell acid and the jump pack exploded and struck ee's hand. Seen at clinic, diagn...
06/01/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was trying to close a hose clamp with a wrench, the wrench slipped, striking EE in the mouth. Seen at ER, diagnosed with a laceration to the mouth that required sutures, released to full duty.
04/01/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Chippy cage in TRJV 3rd shaft came out of guides. The cage & crosshead wrapped around #2 hoist rope. No visual rope damages awaiting NDT inspection of ropes. There was never loss of secondary egress....
02/13/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Ee was cutting and loading a truck when a bolt came off the apron and struck ee on the forehead. Ee was seen at a hospital, diagnosed with a laceration to the forehead. Ee received stitches and was pu...
01/28/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 46d lost, 45d restricted Employee was walking out of a muck bay and stepped over a small dirt berm left by a road grader onto the main haul road. When the employee stepped over the berm, EE turned to the left and sprained EE'...
12/22/2019 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Ee was cleaning an area and lifting a wheel barrow full of rocks when EE felt pain in EE's abdominal area. EE was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia and referred to a surgeon. EE was released to restri...
11/28/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 113d lost, 21d restricted EE put hand in pinch point resulting in laceration to hand.
11/24/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Approximately 9:25am, two survey techs discovered a rib slough while performing scan of the bench. Area had been recently mined with autonomous loader and ops group was in backfilling cycle. The sloug...
11/07/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Approximately 7:30am, techs were conducting routine shaft inspection when they noticed 120 volt cable had become unsecure in shaft. The plastic tie wrap used to secure the cable had broken loose becau...
09/23/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None This is being filed in protest. Approximately 22h30, haul truck operator noticed flames coming from diesel particulate filter area of truck. Operator was able to extinguish the fire. Operator notified...
06/18/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting tops of utility tugger winch anchor bolts using a 6"" grinder with a cut off wheel. Employees right hand was on the body and trigger of grinder and left hand was on the T - handle...
05/29/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While taking the shoe off of a core tube with a parmalee wrench, employee slipped when the shoe broke free, employee fell to the ground and the parmalee wrench came free and fell on top of employee's...
05/24/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On May 24, 2019 at 7:00 pm Grader 4239 was reported catching fire in the NHW Ramp to TROC. the equipment was immediately stopped, shut down, the fire suppression deployed. It was not confirmed if the...
04/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lifting drill rods.
02/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EE was closing door on Normet mixer. EE's hand was in a pinch point, and when door closed, EE's left hand was caught, causing an open fracture to the middle finger. EE transported to HGH ER where fing...
01/30/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was stripping cable with a utility knife. The knife slipped cutting the right thumb. EE seen at clinic, stitches required to close wound, EE released to full duty.
10/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was working on a truck ramp. The chock slide came down and pinched right third finger between the chock and the beam. Ee seen at a clinic, diagnosed with a fracture to the finger, splinted, and rel...
09/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drillers helper was separating two 5 foot sections of pipe when one slipped and cut a finger.
07/09/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was using a hand held grinder when the cutting wheel bound up, causing the grinder to kick back, striking the ee on the chin. Sutures required to close the laceration. Ee released to full duty.
07/07/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost The operator of lube truck 4210 noticed flames on the equipment. Ee activated fire suppression and exited lube truck. The ee then used a fire extinguisher to extinguish the flame. The ee inhaled extin...
06/14/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On June 14, 2018 a fall of ground occurred in the HGS 3159 Tire Shop area. The underground Geotechnical Engineer was called to the area at approximately 3:30PM. The area was inspected and identified...
04/28/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was inspecting ee's equipment. The ee was lowering the door on the mixer when ee felt something strike chin resulting in a cut that required 4 stitches. Ee released to full duty.
04/28/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 1 Shaft hoist operation was interrupted due to programming/electrical issues. Evacuation was initiated immediately. Hoist operation was restored at 2:10 PM.
04/25/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 1 Shaft hoisting operation was interrupted due to programming/electrical issues. Hoisting interruptions occurred between shifts. Shaft hoisting operations were restored at 6:25 PM.
03/03/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 7d restricted During operation of Hilti drill, ee's right hand came into contact w/ rotary section of the drill. Ee wore a glove on right hand, which became entangled in rotation of the drill. As a result, ee's han...
03/02/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An electrical power bump shut off fans supplying air to underground. The mine was evacuated. After the power was restored, the electricians were in the process of resetting all power. It was discove...
01/09/2018 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 49d lost Ee was spraying shotcrete. EE reported EE repositioned sprayer and was in process of setting up boom when EE slipped, bumped the joystick, causing boom to swing to left, pinching EE's right index fing...
12/01/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 2 hoist tripped out due to an electrical issue and was down for more than 30 minutes. Someone had to drive from Winnemucca to fix the issue and the hoist came back up at 6:50 p.m.
11/12/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At about 10:14 am, the hoist tripped out due to a power bump. This also caused a communication error between the hoist drive and the main programmable logic controller. No one was in the shaft when...
10/28/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder when the wheel came apart and pieces struck the employee in the face and shoulder.
10/03/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Ee was operating a bolter. A/C unit not operating so ee had it fixed. EE felt nauseous with headache and tingling fingers. Taken to surface and given oxygen. CO finger reading higher than normal. Ee r...
07/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE removing jumbo box off bolt, S hook failed crushing the EE's right hand between the bolt and the chain. EE scheduled for surgery on the right ring finger on 7/27/17. EE off work until post-op appo...
06/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted While loading the empty core tube into the rod string the employee caught employee's thumb and middle finger of employee's right hand between the spindle bushing and the drill pipe.
06/20/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost During stemming process, EE was standing behind blast hole with EE's hand on top of shovel when skid steer operator proceeded to lower bucket to dump stemming. Employee's hand was caught in between bu...
06/03/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Ee saw doctor on 06/27/17 and reported an injury. Ee stated to doctor that ee was operating a loader in mid-May and hit a pothole and the cab slammed down; ee struck head on the roof of the loader. EE...
05/31/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Ee was filling an accelerator tank when some accelerant splashed up into the ee's left eye. Ee was seen at the ER and diagnosed with an alkaline burn to the eye. Subsequent follow-up with eye doctor c...
05/09/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Ee was coming down off a scissor deck, put EE's right foot on the ground, went to put other foot down and EE's right foot rolled off the tire trench EE was standing on. EE felt immediate pain, was ta...