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16:1 Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Sunshine Precious Metals Inc · Facility

Controlled by Sunshine Mining & Refining Company

Esmeralda County, NV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2601996

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 12
Years on record: 1988–1992
Latest incident: Feb 1992

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 1 incident

February 7, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Homestead Minerals Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL HAD BEEN OUTSIDE WORKING.IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND MUD COLLECTED ON BOOTS.REENTERING THE MILL,WALKED OVER TO SOME GRATING OVER A WASH TRENCH AND WHILE CONTINUING TO WALK ,WAS SCRAPING THE M UD OFF BOOT SOLES.TRIPPED AND SLIPPED FELL TO THE GROUND AND JAMMED LEFT WRIST AND ELBOW TRYING TO BREAK THE FALL.

1991 · 5 incidents

June 11, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Homestead Minerals Corp · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CEILING DUCTING FOR A COOLING SYSTEM WHILE REACHING FOR A SCREW DRIVER HE SLIPPED FALLING TO THE FLOOR.HE PUT OUT HIS LEFT HAND AND WHEN HE FELL CAUSING A SMALL CUT AND JAMMED HIS THUMB.

June 5, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician ELECTRICAL

Homestead Minerals Corp · Flash burns (electric)

CHECKING ELECT. PANEL, TOUCHED HOT WIRES POWER SHORTED FLASH AND FIRE FROM BOX,

May 20, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER

Homestead Minerals Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CLIMBING OUT OF 3' SERVICE TENCH E' DEEP. WIND WAS GUSTING TO APPROX 25 MPH WHEN EMPL HAD EXITED TRENCH HE WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE BY WIND GUST & SLIPPED BACK INTO TRENCH.

February 16, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Homestead Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 100LB CAN OF ZINC UP A STAIRWAY.AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS HE TURNED AND SET THE CAN DOWN.WHEN TURNING HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

January 29, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Homestead Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CONE CRUSHER. WHILE MOVING THE ADJUSTING RAM THE RAM CONTROL WAS OPERATED CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND CONE HEAD.

1990 · 2 incidents

April 29, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Zephyr Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING MOVE SOME 4 INCH VICTAULIC PIPE THAT NIGHT HE SAID HE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING DUE TO A BACK ACHE. POSSIBLE BACK STRAIN.

March 24, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY

Zephyr Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CAME UP TO LAB AFTER HOURS TO CHECK LAB FOR ASSAY RESULTS. HE FOUND THAT PULVERIZER MACHINE WAS DOWN DUE TO WORN PLATES. HE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THEM BY GRINDING WHEN GRINDER UNDER TORQUE TURNED & CUT WRIST.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 10, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Zephyr Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ELECTRICAL CONDUIT ONT EH OUTSIDE OF A STAIRWAY. WHEN HE COMPLETED THE JOB HE PULLED HIMSELF UP OVER THE STAIRWAY WITH HIS LEFT HAND INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. STAIR WAY WAS ELIVATED EMPLOYEE WAS TIED OFF WITH A SAFETY LINE.

June 2, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED ON 6-2-89 THAT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HAND HURT. HE ALSO STATED FROM TIME TO TIME EXPERIENCING A TINGLING FEELING IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.

January 14, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHE HAS COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HER RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER FOR SOME TIME. SHE HAS BEEN TO SEVERAL DRS. AND AT THIS TIME A DR. STATES HER PROBLEM IS WORK RELATED. SHE IN THE PAST, HAS WORKED IN LAB AND IT WAS THERE A DR. STATES HER PROBLEM STARTED.

1988 · 1 incident

July 8, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler MACHINERY

Sunshine Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLL CRUSHER WAS JAMMED WITH A LARGE ROCK EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTIN BEFORE THE MACHINE CAME TO A COMPLET STOP EMPL WAS WEARING GLOVES AND HIS BAND WAS PULLED INTO THE MACHINE MILL LAB