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EB COVE U/GMetal/Nonmetal

Small Mine Development · Underground
Controlled by Keith Jones
Lander County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602373
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

Small Mine Development
Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS BOLTING IN THE PRIMARY SUMP WITH THE JACKLEG DRILL. PUT A 6' SPLIT BOLT W/MONSTER MAT BY HAND. BEFORE WORKER COULD GET UNDER IT WITH JACKLEG, BOLT FELL OUT AND MONSTER MAT PLATE CUT THROUGH HIS BOOT AND INTO HIS SHIN.

Small Mine Development
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A POWER CABLE WHILE PLACING THE CABLE HANGER, THE POWER CABLE SLIPPING CAUSING THE CLAMP TO SPRING BACK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.