Mining Incidents

Sunshine Silver Mines CorpController

MSHA Controller ID: 0101887
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2012–2019

Top causes

  • HOISTING1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY3 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 non-fatal
  • OTHER2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019
1
2018
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
3 (1f)
2013
1
2012
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two shaft repairmen had finished pulling lacing from the pipe compartment, the all clear/tucked in verbal command was given twice with response. The bell signal was transmitted to raise the skip. One miner's fall protection lanyard was accidentally left connected to a shaft anchor. As the skip raised the lanyard remained secured pulling the miner between the skip and shaft timber.