EE WAS LIFTING BUCKETS OF TERGITOL & MERCURY INTO AMALGAMATION BARRELS. EACH BUCKET WEIGHED APPROX 75#. THE BUCKETS WERE BEING LIFTED FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO SHOULDER LEVEL AWAY FROM HIS BODY A S HE DID NOT WANT TO SOIL HIS SHIRT. HIS ARMS WERE EXTENDED AS HE DUMPED EACH BUCKET INTO BARREL. THIS ACTION PUT A STRAIN ON HIS BACK.
Mayflower Mill Metal/Non-Metal
Sunnyside Gold Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Echo Bay Mines Ltd
San Juan County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503841
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Mayflower Mill.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Feb 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1985 · 1 incident
Standard Metals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
1984 · 1 incident
Standard Metals Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
SLIPPED ON ICE OUTSIDE FIRE ASSAY LAB WHILE CHECKING DOORS,TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
1983 · 2 incidents
September 5, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Standard Metals Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMP WAS PICKING UP TOOLS AFTER SOME REPAIR WORK AND STEPPED BACKWARD ONTO RUST NAIL PROTRUDING FROM BOARD THAT HAD BEEN LEFT BY CONTRACTORS WORKING IN SAME AREA
Standard Metals Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON LOG WHICH WAS USED AS A TEMPORARY STEP FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER IN CRUSHING PLANT (APPROX 3FT BETWEEN LEVELS) WHEN HE STEPPED ON LOG IT FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSIN G HIM TO FALL AND CUT LEFT FOREARM ON METAL SKIRTING EMPLOYEE ALSO BIT THRU LOWER LIP DURING FALL