Mining Incidents

LINCOLN MINE PROJECTMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Primat Mining PTY LTD
Amador City, Amador County, CA · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 0405038
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

After completing some welds wearing safety glasses and shield, employee moved a ladder. Dust fell on EE and EE got something in their eye. EE used the eyewash station and returned to work. EE's eye got irritated later in the shift. EE washed eyes again and the manager told EE to see a doctor. The employee left work and received treatment.

2013 · 3 incidents

Struck by flying object

While removing lids from 55-gallon steel drums of drill cuttings using an adjustable wrench, a lid from one blew off striking worker in head. Impact knocked off safety glasses and prescription eye wear. Impact resulted in facial laceration on right eyebrow and bruising around the eye.

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

On 7/27/13 EE was attempting to hitch a a pipe trailer to the bucket of an u.g. mucker, slipped and smashed his right ring finger pinching it between the shackle and the bucket. First aid was applied and miner was taken to Hospital. E.R. where he was seen and release for light duty.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee reported injury on 5/31/2013. Employee was weedeating on a steep slope behind the shop staff services building. Both of his feet slipped forward and he landed on his buttocks on rocky ground. The doctor report indicates that the employee has sustained a contusion and strain to the lower lumbar region with pain radiating down left leg.

2012 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker exited out of water truck and experienced lower back pain. Management was told he placed his left foot on the ground using 3 points of contact facing the water truck and that is when he heard a pop and injured his lower back. The employee reported the injury to management complaining of numbness in his foot and pain in his lower back.