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Kearsarge Metal/Non-Metal

Hanover Gold Company Inc · Underground
Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401993

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

January 30, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING MUCKER OUT OF ONE HEADING INTO ANOTHER. RIGHT BACK WHEEL CLIMBED RIB AND OVERBALANCED MACHINE, INJURING OPERATOR'S LEFT SIDE.

January 4, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER. EE WALKING TO WORKSITE SLIPPED ON ICE INSIDE PORTAL AND FELL. SURFACE WAS IN REGULAR USE BY EMPLOYEES AND HAD BEEN RECENTLY SALTED. NO INVOLVEMENT OF EQUIPMENT OR PROTE CTIVE DEVICES, NOR WERE JOB SKILLS, MINER PROFICIENCY, TRAINING OR ATTITUDE FACTORS.

1994 · 5 incidents

November 8, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I WAS BRINGING SOME SAMPLES FROM THE SAMPLE PREP AREA TO THE ASSAY LAB. ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE ASSAY LAB, I SLIPPED ON THE ICE. WHEN I SLIPPED I TWISTED MY KNEE AND LANDED ON IT.

April 11, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MACHINE BROUGHT TO MINE SITE BY OPERATOR SEAT NOT BOLTED DOWN/NO SEAT BELT(4-6-94). 4-11-94 OPERATOR USING MACHINE TO MOVE WASTE ROCK ON MINE DUMP. OPERATOR WENT OVER SMALL PILE OF ROCK. FRONT OF TRACK LOADER CAME DOWN HARD. OPERATOR WENT FORWARD HITTING BRIDGE OF NOSE ON CROSS BAR - SKINNING NOSE, WRENCHING NECK.

April 4, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MAN WAS GOING THRU THE TIMBER TO ASSISIT ANOTHER MINER ABOVE THE SET TO CATCH A AREA OF LOOSE GROUND AS HE WENT THRU AND LOOKED UP HE WAS HIT WITH ROCK THAT FELL OUT BREAKING HIS N OSE ONE TOOTH AND HEAD INJURY.

February 7, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hanover Gold Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HIT IN FACE BY FALLING ROCK. SWELLING & CONTUSIONS PLUS 1 1/2" LACAERATION ABOVE LEFT EYE. SORE NECK & JAW.

1993 · 4 incidents