Stillwater Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object
THE EE WAS ON ONE KNEE MAKING AN AIR HOSE CONNECTION. A OPERATOR, OPERATING A 3.5 YD SCOOP ENTERED THE WORK AREA STRIKING THE EE WITH THE BUCKETCAUSING FATAL INJURIES.
Thyssen Mining Inc contractor
Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: NEV
Safety record
- 2
- Fatalities
- 292
- Citations
- 5,698,409
- Employee-hours (2000+)
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Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on. - 0.18
- Fatalities / million hrs
51.2 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HOISTING 1 fatality · 44 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 54 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 46 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 25 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2022
1
2020
5
2019
8
2017
1
2015
2
2014
3
2013
4
2012
2
2008
10
2007
9
2006
11
2005
3
2004
8
2003
7
2002
2
2001
23 (1f)
2000
28
1999
3
1998
24
1997
61 (1f)
1996
29
Mines worked
- Kensington AK
- Turquoise Ridge NV
- Goldrush NV
- Cortez District-Underground NV
- Cumberland Mine TN
- Middle Tennessee Mine TN
- Exodus NV
- Leeville NV
- Questa Mine & Mill NM
- Climax Ten Mile Tunnel CO
- HENDERSON OPERATIONS CO
- MOUNTAINEER POCAHONTAS NO 1 MINE WV
- Hecla Greens Creek Mine AK
- STILLWATER MINE MT
- EAST BOULDER MINE MT
- GETCHELL MINE NV
Recorded fatalities
2 recorded
May 26, 1997
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
Fatality · HOISTING
Getchell Gold Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE PREPARING TO POUR CONCRETE, CREW REPORTED ELEC PROBLEMS ON GALLOWAY. ELECTRICIAN SUMMONED.WHILE EN ROUTE, CONVEYANCE ENTERED CHAIRING PHASE ABOVE GALLOWAY. GUILLOTINE CROSSHEAD FAILED TO OPEN ON ONE SIDE. BUCKET FELL TO SHAFT BOTTOM FATALLY INJURING EMP BEFORE SLACK ROPE IDENTIFIED.EMP WAS ON BOTTOM DECK & PASSED THROUGH BUCKET WELL AT TIME BUCKET DROPPED.