Mining Incidents

DEE NORTH U/G PROJECTMetal/Nonmetal

Small Mine Development · Underground
Controlled by Keith Jones
Elko County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602382
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BROKEN STRIKER BARFROM A ROCK DRILL FLUSHING HEAD BY STRIKING THE FLUSHING HEAD AGAINST THE EDGE OF A SOLID METAL SURFACE. HE WAS HOLDING THE FLUSHING HEAD WITH B OTH HANDS. HE MISJUDGED SWING IT & CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER IT. THE FLUSHING IS STEEL & WEIGHTSABOUT 20LBS. RIGHT 5TH FINGER LACERATION/FRACTURE 1ST JOINT. DISLOCATION 2ND JOINT

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON PARTIALLY DRIED NEAT CEMENT. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED, BUT HIS LEFT FOOT DID NOT. AS HE FELL, HIS LEFT ANKLE TWISTED INWARD RESULTING IN A FRACTURED FIBULA.