Mining Incidents

Basin Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Apollo Gold Corporation
Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401850

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
41
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

41 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

August 25, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CHANGING A HYDRAULIC HOE ON A 773 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE GOT A PARTICLE OF DIRT INTO HIS EYE. HE REMOVED IT BUT MUST HAVE SCRATCHED HIS EYE BALL IN THE PROCESS.

July 21, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYE EWAS SLIDING A FLAMMABLE CONTAINER LOCKER INTO PLACE AND THE DOOR (SELF CLOSING) WAS OPEN TO AID IN MOVING. AS HE MOVED THE LOCKER BACK THE DOOR SHUT. THUS SHUTTING ON HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER TIP (FIRST KNUCKLE). THIS PEELED THE FINGERNAIL FORWARD AND CUT THE FINGER TIP.

February 10, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ROLLING A 24 INCH BY 40 INCH PIPE ACROSS CRUSTED SNOW THE EE SUDDENLY SUNK DOWN. HE WAS OVERTING EXTRA PUSH TO GET THE PIPE OVER A SNOW BERM. THIS SUDDEN RELEASE OF SNOW UNDER FOOT CAUSE D PAIN O BE FELT IN THE LOWER BACK. EE FELT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. AFTER SHIFT, HE FELT THAT THE PAIN WAS LESS AND ONLY ON THE LEFT LOWER BACK SIDE.

1990 · 8 incidents

November 27, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING ON TO THE HAUL TRUCK EE FOOT SLIPPED OFF FIRST STEP FELL BACKWARDS HE LANDED ON THE FROZEN GROUND BRUISING HIS TAILBONE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

November 9, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE TAIL PULLEY BASE OF OUR STACKER AS IT WAS BEING MOVED. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY FRAMEWORK AND UNDER TENSION USING A BACKHOE . THE CHAIN SHIFTED AS TENSION WAS APPLIED DISLOEDGING A METAL FRAGMENT INTO THE SIDE OF I.NAME'S FACE. THE LACERATION WAS 3/8 INCHES LONG BY 1/4 DEEP.

September 18, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE, IT SLIPPED PUNCT THUMB

September 5, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK WHILE OTHER USED A LOADER TO PRESS ON REAR OF THE BOX CAUSING THE BOX TO RAISE FOR BLOCKING PURPOSES.LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF REAR OF BOX CAUSING IT TO DROP.I.NAME TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.

September 4, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EMPL WORKED DAY SHIFT. AFTER WORK 8PM HE NOTICED SORENESS INRIGHT KNEE. HE COULD NOT RECALL ANY SPECIFIC MOMENT HEN INJURY OCCURED BUT SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN DOING ALOT OF KNEELING & BENDING OV ER FIXING EQUIPMENT.

August 24, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS STANDING NEAR BACK OF TRUCK ON TOP OF PARTIAL LOAD OF POST AS POSTS WERE BEING LOADED. EMPL FELL FROM LOAD ABOUT 9' TO GROUND & LANDED ON LEFT ELBOW. TOOK EMPL TO HELENA TO ST PETERS HOSP FOR TREATMENT.

March 19, 1990 MT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL KNELT DOWN ON BOTH KNEES TO CHECK TRANSFORMER.WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS RIGHT KNEE HURT.

1989 · 14 incidents

December 13, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JACKHAMMER INSIDE THE PUGMILL ATTEMPTING TO CHIP OUT FROZEN ORE, WHEN HE WENT TO SHIFT HIS POSITION, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS KNEE TO CATCH AGAINST A PADDLE AND TW IST.

December 2, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE WHILE CLEANING A FROZEN HOSE.

October 19, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IRON & RACK

October 19, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER SLID OFF OF A ROCK JARRING THE OPERATOR.

October 10, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CRANKING DOWN THE LEG ON A GENERATOR INSIDE OF ELBOW STARTED HURTING

October 4, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

DRIVING TRACK PIN HIT PIN CAUSING SPLINTER TO FLY STRIKING HIM IN FACE

September 18, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ORE FROM UNDER TAIL PULLEY OF SCREEN FEED CONVEYOR. LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SHOVEL AND FRAME OF CONVEYOR.

September 7, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACK HOE HOOKED A ROCK, LIFTING THE TRACK OFF THE GROUND. BEFORE THE PRESSURE COULD BE RELIEVED, THE ROCK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE HOE TO VOLT SEVERELY.

September 2, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FLASHING FOR A CONVEY0R KNIFE SLIPPED & HE STABBED HIMSELF IN THE THIGH

June 30, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WALKING DOWN STEEP INCLINE CARRYING BACKPACK,TRI-POD AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENT,LOST FOOTING AND FELL.TWISTED HIS BACK .

June 19, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED ON TOP OF A LOWERED CONVEYOR TO HOOK AND UNHOOK A CHAIN. HE REMAINED ON TOP WHILE HEAD PULLEY SECTION WAS BEING SLID INSIDE OF MAIN FRAME. CONVEYOR STAND FAILED AND HE WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND.

May 14, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A HYDRAULIC LINE HE SPILLED OIL ON HIS SHOE AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON THE DOZER HE SLIPPED BETWEEN THE LADDER & TRACK BRUISING HIS LEFT HIP

March 18, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING DRILL RODS THAT SLIPPED OUT OF PICKUP BED WHILE MOVEING TO NEXT DRILL SITE. HE LOADED ONE OF RODS & IT SLIPPED OUT OF BED & HIT HIM IN BACK..PICKUP WAS SITTING ON INCLINE.

1988 · 16 incidents

November 11, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Pangea Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP AROUND PLANT BACK INTO A PARKED CAR BELONGING TO AN EMPLOYEE

November 3, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Pangea Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND CONVEYORS. HE LOST HIS BALANCE - STUCK HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SCRAPER BAR PULLING HIS HAND IN UP TO THE ELBOW.

October 28, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter OTHER
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

INJ WAS CUTTING PC OF META6 SIDING ALREADY IN PALCE FORM MIDDLE TO TOP AT DOORWAY IN FRONT OF GENERATOR MOTOR. WIND BLEW METAL FRAGMENT INTO HIS EYE.

October 27, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT AT THE POINT WHERE THE CONVEYOR GOES UNDER THE JAW FRAME. HE SLAMMED HIS HAND INTO THE CRUSHER FRAME.

October 21, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE AND TEETH OF 988 LOADER FROM LOAD INA 769 TRUCK BECAUSE THEY HAD BROKEN OFF LOADER THEY WERE IN 2 PIECES WHEN HE LIFTED LARGER PIECE HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS STOMACH AND BACK FOLLOWED BY NAUSEA

October 11, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS GETTING OFF OF SERVICE TRUCK AND STEPED AND LANDED WRONG DISLOCATING HIS BACK.

October 7, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF OVED AND CONVEYOR A PLASTIC LINER USED TO CATCH CONTAMEHENTS ON THE GRORINE WAS WET DUE TO THE MOISTURE IN THE CEN HE SLIPPED TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF IN THE CONV EYOR FRAME TO BREAK HIS FALL AND STAINED HIS SHOULDER

October 6, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING MATERIAL OF OFF A STOPPED CONCERYOR BELT. STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 3, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLIMBING UP ON TRUCK TO START SHIFT HE MISSED TIP RAIL WHEN REACHING FOR IT AND FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND

October 1, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A CONFIRMED AREA WHEN THE HANDLE ON A LARGE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN THE STOMACH AND RIB AREA.

September 20, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN LEACH PAD DIKE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE PLATIC LINER AND FELL ON HIS HIP. SNOW AND WATER WAS PRESENT ON INER.

August 23, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING PUT A FUEL PUMP ON A 988 LOADER. CAT SERVICE MAN WAS HANDING PUMP TO EMP W HEN IT SLIPED. EMP GRABBED PUP BU T AS HE CAUGHT IT HE TWISTED AN ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AN D TEAR SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND STOMACH. PAUMP (PUMP) WEIGHS APPROX. 100 LBS.

August 2, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pangea Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SOME FLASHING. HE NEEDED TO CLEAR THE AREA OF SOME DEBRIS AND WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DO THIS, HE HIT HIS HAND.

August 2, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pangea Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WA PRYING ON THE END OF A STEP STAIRCASE TO LINE UP A BOLT FOR INSTALLATION AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE FLET A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE VERY WELL.

July 20, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pangea Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING AN OIL STORAGE TANK ON THE SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON AN OIL AND FUEL SLICK SURFACE,CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF.HE TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

July 11, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pangea Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A 4" VALVE FROM A PALLET THE VALVE JAMMED INTO THE PALLAT WHILE THE MINER TRIED TO REMOVE THE VALVE IT CAME LOOSE AND THE MINERS FINGER WAS SMASHED AGAINST ANOTHER VALVE ON THE PALLAT THE LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CUT AND FOUND TO BE FRACTURED