Mining Incidents

Grey Eagle Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Noranda Inc
Siskiyou County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404492

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

November 16, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER MECHANIC INSTALL A FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ON A CLARK 125 FRONT END LOADER. THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS ALMOST IN PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF OF THE FLOOR JACK AND SMASHED THE L ITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND

November 14, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A PUMP SHAFT AT AN OFFICE MACHINE SHOP WHEN AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MACHINE SHOP ROLLED THE PUMP SHAFT, PINCHING A FINGER BETWEEN THE PUMP SHAFT AND A SEATBELT BRACKET

May 4, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS LOADING GARBAGE INTO INCINERATOR WHEN SHE LEANED IN AND HER FEET SLIPPED AS SHE FELL IN H ER ELBOW HIT THE WALL OF THE INCINERATOR THE INCINERATOR WAS NOT BURNING THE EMP REPORTED THE INCIDENT BUT FELT IT W AS ONLY A BUMP SHE WENT TO THE DR ON THE 12 TH OF MAY HE PUT IT INTO A CAST TO SPEED RECOVERY

1983 · 7 incidents

December 27, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PNEUMATIC ROCK BREAKER TO BREAK ROCKS ON THE ORE FEED HOPPER WHEN THE POINT OF THE STEEL BECAME WEDGED IN THE ROCK THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS NOT WEARING GLOVED PULLED ON THE BR EAKER AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT PINCHED HIS THUMBS BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE HOPPER FRACTURING THE LEFT THUMB

August 31, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING MILL LINER BARS WITH OVERHEAD CRANE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN LIFTING STRAP AND BAR BARS WEIGH APPROX 135LB EMPLOYEE DIDNT FEEL THE INJURY WAS SIGNIFICANT IT WAS NOT UN TIL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26THTHAT HE REPORTED THAT IT WAS STILL GIVING HIM PROBLEMS

July 14, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS IN THE BATHROOM GETTING A DRINK OF WATER HE BENT OVER UNDER A SHELF AND STOOD UP HITTING HIS FOREHEAD ON SHELF BRACKET THIS OPENED THE SKIN REQUIRING TWO STITCHES

July 1, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

DESCENDING FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND STEPPED ONTO FLOOR WHICH HAD BEEN WASHED DOWN.SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HAND RAIL ,TWISTED HIS BACK.EMPL HURRYING TOO FAST AND FLOOR WET.

April 27, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON RT ABUTMENT OF THE DAM EMP WAS SETTING CHOKERS WHILE CLEARING BRUSH HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON EDGE OF A STUMP

March 10, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE FLOCCULANT TANK AREA & SLIPPED ON SOME FLOCCULANT THAT HAD BEEN SPILLED ON THE FLOOR. EE TWISTED HIS KNEE. DOCTOR EXAMINED KNEE & COULD FIND NO PERMANENT DAMAGE. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

February 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noranda Grey Eagle Mines Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS HANDLING A 20" PIECE OF 8" PI PE. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES HE WAS CLEANING UP HIS WORK AREA AFTER COMPLETING A JOB, WHEN HE PICKED UP THE PIPE IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT THE END OF THE PIPE SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FLOOR FRACTURING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND CAUSING A 1/2" LACERATION