Mining Incidents
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Quadra Mining LtdController

MSHA Controller ID: 0043307
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
168
Mines on record
2
Period
—

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS2 fatalities
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS52 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON46 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY22 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE18 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)17 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2012
5
2011
20
2010
17
2009
16
2008
28
2007
16
2006
21
2005
33
2004
12 (2f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Robinson Nevada Mining Company
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BOLTS ON THE ""DUTCHMAN"" ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. THE DOOR OF THE DIPPER WAS BLOCKED OPEN WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS WELDED IN PLACE. FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE BLOCKING BECAME DISPLACED AND THE DOOR CLOSED, PINNING TWO EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DIPPER.

Robinson Nevada Mining Company
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BOLTS ON THE ""DUTCHMAN"" ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. THE DOOR OF THE DIPPER WAS BLOCKED OPEN WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS WELDED IN PLACE. FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE BLOCKING BECAME DISPLACED AND THE DOOR CLOSED, PINNING TWO EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DIPPER.