EE was hit in the face by a brake plate while working on brake assembly on drill.
Gold HillMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 2000–2021
- Latest incident
- Mar 2021
Reportable incidents
9 on file2021 · 1 incident
2020 · 1 incident
The employee was pinned between right-front tire and frame on the 775D haul truck.
2009 · 1 incident
While performing work on the jaw crusher, a jack accidentally struck the employee in the back of the head, when a weld broke on a plate that was used to secure the jack. This caused a laceration, requiring stitches and spinous process fracture.
2005 · 2 incidents
A piece of wear metal flew off a sledge hammer and entered the employee's abdomen.
The employee received a laceration over his right eye after being struck with a belt scraper that broke loose while trying to adjust the tension.
2003 · 1 incident
EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TURN A JACKSHAFT AT THE JAW TO PUT A BELT BACK ON. THE PIPE WRENCHSLIPPED OFF OF THE SHAFT AND THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE WRENCH BACK ON WHEN THE COUNTERWEI GHT ROLLED SLIGHTLY CATCHING THE EE'S FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND A GUARD CAUSING A LACERATION.
2001 · 2 incidents
INJURED WORKS FOR OTHER MINE- AS A QC TECH. ON THIS DAY HE WAS WITH A CONSULTANT AND WENT TO THE PIT TO INSPECT ROCK AT THE TOE OF A SLOPE ONA RECENT SHOT. A ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN ORANG E ROLLED DOWN SLOPE STRIKING SHOE THEN BOUNCED ONTO HIS SHIN CAUSING A SMALL CUT. INJURED HAD BEEN HAZARD TRAINED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.
GOING ACROSS HOOD OF TRUCK TO ADJUST PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR. FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND, FALLING APPROX. 10-12' TO GROUND. FRACTURED LEFT HEEL.
2000 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO THE FLOOR. HE STRUCK THE INSIDE OF HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG,CAUSING CONTUSION OR HEMATOMA. SENT HIM TO DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED 12-27-00. DOCTOR SAID HE WAS O.K . BUT TO RETURN FOR FOLLOW UP 12-30-00. AT THAT TIME LEG HAD BECOME SWELLED. DOCTOR MADE INCISION TO DRAIN FLUIDS ON LEG. NO LOSS AT WORK OR RESTRICTIONS.