Mining Incidents

Alligator Ridge Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Placer Dome U S Inc · Surface
Controlled by Placer Dome Ltd
White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601624

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

May 14, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Usmx Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

USING A 3-TON COME-A-LONG TO REPOSTION A CARBON FILTER PRESS. HURT HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON THE COME-A-LONG.

April 23, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GLASS BEAKER BROKE WHILE EMPL WAS WASHING IT.

1990 · 1 incident

December 19, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING FAN BLADE FROM CARLSON TANK PUMP SHAFT,HAND WAS CUT WHEN SLIDE ON BLADE.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Alligator Ridge Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON PIPE. A PIPE FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND. IT HAD JAGGED EDGES AND CAUSED LACERATION ON 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS REQUIRING STITCHES.

February 14, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bp Gold Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED AN PROCTO KNIFE IN HIS RT.REAR POCKET SOMETIME DURING THE DAY LATER WHEN HE WAS PULLING ON H IS RADIO & BELT HOLDER HIS RT.HAND WAS CUT 11/2IN.LONG ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND HAND

1988 · 1 incident

September 22, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bp Gold Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE UNLOADING ACID BARRELS FROM TRUCKS BARRELS WERE LAYING ON SIDES AND ROLLED ONTO FORKLIFT BARREL ROLLED BACK STRIKING BACK OF FORKLIFT AND BROKE OPEN AT SEAM SPLASHING ACID ON EMPLOYEE.

1987 · 1 incident

October 26, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bp Gold Company · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE WINDSHIELD OF A 1 TON SPRAY TRUCK. WHILE STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK, THE VICTIM LOST FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 32 IN. TO THE GROUN D AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1986 · 5 incidents

October 29, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bp Gold Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TOOL BOX DOOR O3 UTILITY TRUCK CAME OPEN, WHEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TOOL HE HAD DROPPED. THE SOOR STRUCK HIM, CUTTING HIS RITHT EYEBROW.

October 22, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bp Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER WA8 WAITING IN CAR WHILE LOADER WAS LAODING TRUCK. LOADER DROPPED A LARGE ROCK IN BED OF TRUCK. TRUCK BOUNCED. DRIVERS ELBOW BOUNCED ON WINDOW SILL ON WHICH HE WAS RESTING HIS ARM , APPEARED TO B9 A MINOR BUMP.

July 30, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bp Gold Company · Struck by flying object

NOT SURE . HE N2TICED EYE IRRITATION AFTER WORK WED 6-30-86 HE WENT TO DR ON FRIDAY 8-1-86 DR FOUND FORIEGN BODY EYE AND IDENTIFIED IT WAS PIECE OF PORCEL AIN HE HAD BEEN WORKING AT REPLACING CERAMIC WEAR PL5NTES ON 7/30 AND ALTHOUGH REMEMBERS NO INCIDENT CONCLUDED IT MUST HAVE HAPPEN TO THEM.

May 13, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bp Gold Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

FULL NACN FLO-B3N HAD BEEN PLACED ON ELEVATED PLATFORM VICTIM CLIMBED LADDER TO PLATFORM REPLACED CHAINS AT RAILING OPENING WHERE BIN PASSES THROUGH RAILING & THEN ATTEMPTED TO OPEN SLIDING GA TE AT BOTTOM OF3BIN TO START FEEDING NACN HE HAD AN IMPACT TOOL WITH A SLIDING WT BUT PULLED ON THE TOOL WHEN STICKING GATE GAVEWAY HE LOST BALANCE FELL THRU CHAIN 8FT TO FLOOR BELOW

March 2, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bp Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG 35 T WABCO TRUCK WAS WAITING WHILE DOZER PUSHED MUCK TO FRONT END LOADER DOZER BUMPED RT REAR OF T RUCK VICTIM ALLEGES WHIPLASH TYPE INJURY NO TREATMENT WAS SOUGHT TILL 3 2 25 86 WHEN SHE 4AS RX PHYSICAL THERAPY UNTIL THEN NOT REPORTABLE

1985 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bp Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE LOADING TRUCKS WITH LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF LARGE ROCK JARRING OPERATOR LOWER BACK STRAIN

March 24, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Bp Gold Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TAKING 8AMPLES FROM DRILL CUTTINGS WHEN CLOTHING CAUGHT ON AUGER, THROWING EMPLOYEE INTO CATHEAD ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE CUT BACK OF HEAD, WHICH RESULTED IN 3 STITCHES

1983 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bp Gold Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKING FRONTEND LOADER RUN OVER ROCK JARRING VICTIMS BACK DID NOT REPORT INCIENDT UNTIL LUNCH BREAK BACK STRAIN

March 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bp Gold Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SHAFT ON A NEW ROLL CRUSHER. THE SHAFT ROLLED AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND BEARING BLOCK. RESULTING-LACERATIONS AND FRACTURE. (TWO PERSONS WERE A SSISTING EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT).