Mining Incidents

16:1 Metal/Non-Metal

Esmeralda County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601638

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
40
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

Reportable incidents

39 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

August 12, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS EA7ING LUNCH WHEN HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS LOWER MID-SECTION OR LOWER STOMACH AREA AND WHEN STRAINING HE WOULD NOTICE A BULGE IN THIS AREA.WHEN REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 8-26-87 HE SAID HE HAS3HAD A PAIN SINCE 8-12-87 AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE A HERNIA.HE WAS THEN ADVISED TO SEE A DR. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

1986 · 8 incidents

October 23, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING ROD STA6ILIZER TO INSERT PIN OVERPULLED ROD STABILIZER AND BRUISED LEFT THUMB FINGERNAIL

August 21, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DRIVING A3LOADED HAUL TRUCK DOWN HILL THE AUX. TRANSMISSION CAME OUT OF GEAR HE COULD NOT GET IT BACK IN SO HE SET THE BRAKES AND JUMPED.

June 25, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WALKING AROUND 1ARTED MAINT.PICKUP HIT PIPE ROCKCUT LEFT EYE BROW.

April 30, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING ACROSS 6ALL MILL FLOOR HE SLIPPED ON A SPOT OF OIL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.OCCURRED 7-84 BUT DIDNT TAKE ANY TIME OFF UNTIL 4-30-86.

April 28, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING OF LAD8ER OF SURGE TANK AND TWISTED RT ANKLE.

April 15, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SWEEPING 7HE WOMAN DRY HOUSE HER BROOM HANDLE HIT A CHAIN ON A HANGER BASKET KNOCKED IT DOWN AND IT HIT HER ON THE HEAD.

January 7, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WAS TRYING TO T5KE OFF A 6FT VIC VALVE AND COUPLING OFF OF A COMPRESSED AIR LINE BUT HE FAILED TO BLEND OFFTHE AIR LINE THE VALVE AND COUPLING BLEW OFF SPRAYING DIRT, RUST AND WATER INTO BOTH EYES AND FACE.3

1985 · 8 incidents

October 16, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

BRAKES FAILED WHEN ENGINE STALLED RAN LHD MUCKER INTO RIB, STRIKING HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.

August 22, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTING OUT AIR FILTER CARTRIDGE ON ST5 MUCKER HE CUT LEFT RING FINGER ON A SHARP PIECE OF WIRE MESH

May 6, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall from machine

LOADING SURFACE HAUL TRUCK HAD TO BAR LARGE BOULDER LOOSE AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE HE JUMPED DOWN OFF TRUCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

April 22, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

PRIOR TO AND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE ABOVE AREA HAD BEEN POSTED WITH A "KEEP OUT" SIGN IN ORDER TO PREVENT MINE WORKERS FROM ENTERING THE AREA. I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE A REA IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF AN EXAMINATION COULD BE MADE OF AN ADJACENT OPEN STOPE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATING THE LEVEL OF THE BROKEN ORE IN THE STOPE. AT THE TIME THEY ENTERED THE AREA,

March 27, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Sunshine Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AS HE WAS DUMPING A BUCKET LOAD OF MUCK A HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SPRAYED HOT OIL INTO HIS EYES

March 26, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

CARRYING DRILL RODS FROM DRILL TO STACK HE SLIPPED & LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST THE STACK OF RODS PINCHING HIS RING FINGER BETWEEN 2 RODS.

January 9, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BARREL OF TRASH INTO PICK-UP TRUCK HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN.

1984 · 9 incidents

August 17, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING JAW CRUSHER HE REACHED FOR A 3 AIR IMPACT GUNS IN DOING SO HE POSSIBLY SLIPPED A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Sunshine Mining Company · Contact with electrical current

WHILE CHECKING THE GROUND CIRCUIT ON A 4160 KVA CONTROL BOX THE KFUSE BLEW AND BURNED HIM

July 13, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE P.M.ING THE COMPRESSOR I,NAME STEPPED DOWN OFF THE COMPRESSOR ONTO A POWER CABLE AND SLIPPED OFF TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

February 21, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WAS TYING DOWN HEAVY LOAD ON TRUCK WITH CHAIN BINDERS WHEN HEATER PIPE CAME OFF HANDLE OF CHAIN BINDER AND FLEW UP AND HIT HIM UNDER RT RIB CAGE CAUSING BRUISE AND POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURES

February 7, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE TRYING TO PLUG ...IN BALL MILL FEEDER CHUTE,SOLUTION OF NAUN RAN DOWN ARMS AND EMPL DIDNT WASH IT OFF AFTER JOB.RESULT WAS CHEMICAL BURNS TO LEFT ARM AND RIGHT HAND.

January 25, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIMBER ING PULLED A PIECE OF LAGGING 4X8X8 OFF THE POST AND SWUNG AROUND AND HIT MR SHARP IN THE NOSE

January 6, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MR MACDONALD AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO PICK UP A DIFFERNETIAL OF A ST5A MUCKER IT EAS TOO HEAVY AND HE SPRAINED HIS BACK

1983 · 13 incidents

September 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE BARRING DOWN A LARGE PIECE FELL HE RAN TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, SLIPPED AND FELL AND CUT LEFT HAND. RESULTING IN 2 LACERAION AND STITCHES.

July 18, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING STEEL PIN INTO GROUND DOUBLE JACK HANDLE SPLINTERED & A LARGE SPLINTER ENTERED PALM OF LEFT HAND.

July 6, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER HOSING CEMENT FLOOR IN SHOWER AREA, MENS LOCER IN HAD BROOM IN HAND TO BEGIN SWEEPING WATER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT SELF DID NOT FALL TO FLOOR IN ARCHIUNG BACK STRAINED LWER BACK MUSCLES & LI GAMENTS.

June 29, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD STOPPED HAULAGE TRUCK IN MUCK BAY WHEN HE TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE IT FAILED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN RIB AND AS OF TRUCK EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO BED OF TRUCK AND S LID FROM END OF BED ONTO GROUND HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH OVERTURNED CAUSING LEFT ANKLE TO TURN UNDER HIM

May 26, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RUNNING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SODIUM THIOCYANATE UNDER FUME HOOD AND POSSILBY INHALES HCN

May 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING OUT DISCHARGE BOX OF BALL MILL BECAUSE OF SPILL AND CYANIDE MIXING PUMP WAS LEAKING SOULTION INTO SPILL MINOR INJURY BURNS ON FEET AND LEGS FROM THE CYANIDE SOLUTION

May 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Sunshine Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING OUT DISCHARGE BOX OF BALL MILL BECAUSE OF SPILL AND CYANIDE MIXING PUMP WASLEAKING SOLUTION INTO SPILL MINOR INJURY AS RESULT OF HCN GAS POISONING

February 14, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS COLLECTING TAILINGS SAMPLER & INJURED HERSELF WHEN SHE PICKED UP 2 TAIL SAMPLES BUCKETS.

January 26, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PULLING ON BLASTING TRUNK LINE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO EYE BOLT INSERT IN A HOLE IN BACK OF DRIFT. EYE BOLT PULLED OUT OF HOLE CAUSING ROCK AROUND THE HOLE COLLAR TO LOOSEN & FALL. A ROCK 6"X6" IN SHAFT STRUCK EE O N RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

January 19, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Sunshine Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PACKING POWDER DOWN DRIFT TO WORKING FACE STEPPED ON LOOSE MUCK NEAR COLLAR OF LONG HOLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL IN THE HOLE TWISTING HIS KNEE

January 18, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IMPELLER SHAFT ROLLED AND PINCHED FOOT.

January 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TAKING THE SHAFT OUT OF THE HOUSING ON #3 LEACH TANK DRIVE WHEN SHAFT SLIPPED AND CUT TWO TRFINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.