Mining Incidents

Taylor Metal/Non-Metal

Alta Gold Company · Facility
White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601564

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

1993 · 1 incident

August 16, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alta Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HYDRAULIC LEAK ON LOADER. LID CAME DOWN STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND AND ARM. HEAD AND ARM ARE BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Alta Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING FOUR WHEELER WHILE STAKING CLAIMS, HIT LARGE SAGEBRUSH AND ROLLED OVER.

August 25, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alta Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

29512ING ASSAY BUTTON WITH HAMMER AND CHISEL,MISSED CHISEL AND HIT HAND.

1990 · 10 incidents

December 29, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alta Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING 50 GALLON OIL DRUMS DRUM SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER DRUM SMASHING FINGERS BETWEEN

December 21, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alta Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A HOSE. THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE HOSE AND INTO HIS THIGH.

December 20, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alta Gold Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ON A 2" LINE 30" OFF THE FLOOR TO MOVE AN AIRLINE. WHEN SHE STEPPED DOWN SHE TWISTED HER ANKLE.

October 5, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alta Gold Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

ALIGNING BASE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN LEFT WRIST STARTED HURTING.

May 24, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alta Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

PRYING ON GATE OF BELLY DUMP WITH BAR HARD HAT FELL OFF HE DIDNT PUT IT BACK RAISED UP BUMPED HEAD ON PC OF METAL CUT HEAD

April 2, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alta Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

JUMPED OFF TRUCKED AND STEPPED OVER BATTERY TIPPED IT OVER SPLASHED ACID IN BOTH EYES.

March 5, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alta Gold Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A 20' X 8" CHANNEL IRON. ONE END WAS RESTING ON UPRIGHT AND THE EMPLOYEE AN CO-WORKER WERE ON A LADDER AT THE OTHER END. THEY TUGGED ON THE IRON TO PUT IT UP. THE PIPE FELL FROM THE UPRIGHT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SHOULDER AS IT FELL.

February 15, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Alta Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS CHECKING UNDERNEATH OF SCRAPER & RAISED UP BUMPED HEAD NEXT MORNING NECK WAS STIFF.

February 2, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alta Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON LADDER LEANING AGAINST AN IBEAM FASTENED TO CONCRETE. WHEN THE BEAM PULLED OUT OF THE CONCRETE CAUSING HIM TO FALL THE I BEAM STRUCK HIS RIGHT EAR CAUSING A CUT IN THE UPPER LOBE OF HIS EAR AND THE NEED FOR STITCHES.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alta Gold Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING STEEL BEAMS INTO POSITION FOR WELDING. HIS BACK BECAME SORE WHILE DOING THE JOB TO THE POINT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE.

August 6, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Alta Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL MOVING OXYGEN/ACETYLENE CART TO FRONT OF TRUCK TO SECURE WHILE MOVING.OXYGEN BOTTLE FELL OUT OF CART AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN PLYWOOD TAILGATE AND BOTTLE

1984 · 1 incident

February 11, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR HELP SO HE ATTEMPTED TO PRY GRIZZLY RAILS APART BY HIMSELF WHILE GOING SO HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE

1983 · 9 incidents

September 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CAT TO PUSH FINE ORE STOCK PILE WHILE BACKING UP CAT WENT OVER EDGE CAUSING CAT TO BOUNCE JARRING EMPLOYEE

May 28, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

LACERATION OF UPPER RT QUAD OF CHEST CAUSED BY SNAGGING FROM PIECE OF METAL

May 5, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CAUGHT RT. THUMB IN GEARS WHILE WORKING.

March 7, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS FINGER TO CHECK THE ALIGNMENT OF A BOLT HOLE.

February 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP A PIECE OF HOT METAL FROM FALLING INTO SOME OIL, WHICH WOULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE.

February 13, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING THE WEDGES ON THE STANDARD, AND HIT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE LIP AND THE HAMMER HANDLE,.

February 7, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF THE LOADER TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE TIRE HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN WRONG ON THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS FOOT

January 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT OF PIT, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK INTO LOADER