Mining Incidents

Green Springs Metal/Non-Metal

Usmx Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pegasus Gold Inc
White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602037

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 7, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUG MILL NOT LOCKED OUT WAS ENERGIZED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING INSIDE PUG MILL ADVERSE TO INSTRUCTIONS.

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 5 incidents

August 19, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Usmx Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TWISTED WHILE KNEELING AND TWISTED HIS BACK.EMPL STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 17, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Usmx Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FALL TO KNEES & BRUISED KNEES EMPLOYEE DIDNOT OBSERVE PROPER SAFETY PROCEDURES

February 1, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Usmx Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE HAMMERING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND PENETRATED LEFT GLVE AND HAND METAL PIECE PUNCTURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1 ST FINGER

January 23, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE VICTIM WAS CLEANING AND THE GRIZZLE CHUTE, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH A HAMMER. HE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

January 17, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Usmx Inc · Fall from ladders

SNOW ON GROUND CLIMBING UP LADDER TO SHOVEL SLIPPED ON FROSTY LADDDR AND TWISTEDKNEE.

1988 · 8 incidents

December 2, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING TIRE ON THE WATER TRUCK, TIRE FELL AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN TIRE & JACK.

October 20, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING HAND GRINDER TO WORK ON BOWL OF CONE CRUSHER. STOPPED TO CHECK WORK, MOVED TO SEE BETTER AND GRINDER STARTED BY ITSELF.

September 30, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Usmx Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS STANDING ON BOARD WHICH WAS LAID ACROSS TWO BARRELS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A BARREL THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE 10TH AND 11TH RIBS

September 27, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING ROLLERS WHEN RT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS

August 23, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING 100 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR INJUREDS HAND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN BLOCK AND HOOK INJURING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

July 26, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Usmx Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SPILL AT PUGMILL AS HE DUG DOWN INTO THE DIRT HIS SHOVEL HIT A ROCK AND THE HANDLE PUSHED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE PUG MILL SMASHING HIS FINGER

June 4, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Usmx Inc · Struck by flying object

WIND WAS BLOWING -ENTERED RIGHT EYE.

May 28, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Usmx Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUCK OUT OF THE HOPPER WHEN THE BELT CAME ON AND THREW EMPLOYEE DOWN.EMPLOYEE INJURED SHOULDER WHEN HE WAS THROWN FROM BELT.