Hecla Mining Company · Struck by flying object
MINER WAS DRILLING MUD SPLATTERED & HIT HIM IN LEFT EYE.
Ajax Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Pike'S Peak Mining Company & Golden Cycle Gold Cor
Teller County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502266
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Jun 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file1984 · 6 incidents
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MINER WAS TRYING TO LOAD LARGE ROCK IN MUCKERBUCKET. THE CONTROL SPRING BROKE CAUSING MUCKER TO CONTINUE MOVING AT SAME TIME WEIGHT OF ROCK PULLED MUCKER OVER ON SIDE PINNING OPERATOR FOOT UND ER STEP. FOOT WAS BRUISED.
May 22, 1984
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hecla Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
REMOVING #9 WIRE OFF OF TOP OF BONNET OF SKIP-SHARP WIRE ON ONE END PUNCTURED BASE OF THUMB ON RIGHT HAND.
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER ROLLED ROCK ON GRIZZLY AND CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER UNDER ROCK. DAMAGE INCLUDES A CONTUSION AND LACERATION.
February 8, 1984
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO MINERS WERE HOISTING 12B MUCKER BELOW SKIP. MUCKER HUNG UP AT STATION, EMPLOYEE BARRED LOOSE MUCKER - ROPE TENSION TURNED LOAD CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE EMPLLYEE ON HIS JAW BREAKING JAW BONE
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL LEFT AN AXE ABOVE WHERE HE WAS WORKING.THE AXE FELL AND HIT HIS THUMB TEARING LOOSE THUMBNAIL.AND DR REMOVED NAIL LATER.
1983 · 14 incidents
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
MINER WAS PLACING AN EXPANSION SHELL TYPE EYE BOLT INTO DRILLED HOLE. A PARTICLE FELL INTO HIS EYE AND WAS LATER REMOVED. (PARTICLE OF RUST)
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED IN EYE- LATER DETERMINED TO BE RUST. DURING THE SHIFT IN QUESTION- MAIN WORK ACTIVITY WAS TIMBERING.
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER WAS DRIVING LOCOMOTIVE ON 3350\ LEVEL AND NOTICED PAIN IN EYE. A DOCTOR REMOVED A SMALL SLIPVER OF GRANITE FROM RIGHT. UNKNOWN AS TO HOW THE ROCK ENTERED EYE.
Hecla Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
MINER WAS TIMBERING IN SHAFT USING MINE AXE TO TIGHTEN WEDGE WHILE SWINING AXE THE STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST ROCK CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION.
Texasgulf Metals Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CHAIR PULLER HOIST WHEN THE HANDLE BRETLE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST CONE CRUSHER BRUISING A LOWER BACK MUSLCE.
July 11, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texasgulf Metals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHANGING TIRE ON PICK UP USING HANDIMAN JACK WHILE LOWERING VEHICLE WITH JACK HANDLE FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. BOTH LIPS WERE CUT REQUIRING 42 STITCHES.
Texasgulf Metals Company · Struck against stationary object
MINER WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN CARPENTER SHOP AND VAUGHT A NAIL IN BOOT NAIL PUNCTURED FOOT AND CAUSED INFECTION
Texasgulf Metals Company · Fall onto or against objects
3 MINERS WERE FLIPPING A TRANSFORMER ON ITS SIDE. AS IT FELL SPOERL LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL FORWWARD, STRIKING KNEE ON ANGLE IRON BRACE. LOST TIME DUE TO SURGEONS INCIISION TO CHECK KNEE FOR D AMAGE.
May 10, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texasgulf Metals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMP WAS LIFTING AND MOVING 90 LB END LAP FROM THE JAW CRUSHER HE LIFTED THE CAP TURNED AND SLIPPED ON FLOOR WHILE FALLING BACKWARDS HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE
April 20, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texasgulf Metals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SAMPLE PREP TECHNICIAN BELIEVES HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE SAMPLE PREP WORK. PROBABLY CAUSED BY FATIGUE. DIAGNOSED AS MILE TO MODERATE BACK STRAIN.
Texasgulf Metals Company · Accident type, without injuries
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT MINERS LEAF AND YOUNG ENTERED THE NEWMARKET RAISE TO INSPECT THE BLASTING RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. A CROSSCUT ROUND ON THE FIRST SUBLEVEL (X10U8) DETONATED SATISFACTORILY. SECONDARY BLASTING IN THE 9605 STOPE BROKE THE SLABS AS EXPECTED. TWO STOPE ROUNDS HAD MISFIRED.
Texasgulf Metals Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL DRILLING RAISE ROUND AND DETECTED LOOSE IN BACK.STOPPED MACHINE WHILE PARTNER BARRED IT DOWN.LARGE SLAB FELL AND WHILE MOVING ASIDE,STEPPED THROUGH HOLE IN STAGING INJURING KNEE.
Texasgulf Metals Company · Struck by falling object
TRYING REPAIR STOPER.PARTNER DRILLING IN RAISE AND NOTICED LOOSE IN BACK.EMPL BARRED DOWN LOOSE AND AS 100 LB SLAB HIT SHOULDER,DAMAGE WAS CONTUSION TO RIGHT SHOULDER.
January 4, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texasgulf Metals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING V BELT ON CONVEYOR DRIVE USING A PRY BAR BAR SLIPPED OFF SHEAVE WHEEL WITH OTHER END STRIKING EMP IN FACE LACERATION REQUIRED 6 STITCHES