Over-exertion in lifting objects
Drillers helper was lowering a jack leg down a ladder and over extended his back on the lower left side. He did not work out his shift and tried to relax the rest of the work day.
RUBY MINEMetal/Nonmetal
Ruby Gold, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Cirrus Holdings LLC
Downieville, Nevada County, CA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0403108
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2012–2014
- Latest incident
- Sep 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2014 · 1 incident
2012 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A three man crew were working on a cave in and were traveling to the surface for lunch break when the flat car jack knifed. When the flat car jack knifed it pinched employee foot between the car and trammer.