Struck by flying object
EE was standing next to the Jumbo while the Jumbo operator was rattling the steel to loosen the collar when two small pieces of metal slivers came off and struck EE on the chin and neck.
Cove Underground ProjectMetal/Nonmetal
AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Underground
Controlled by i-80 Gold Corp
Battle Mountain, Lander County, NV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 2602051
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2022–2023
- Latest incident
- May 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2023 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was putting a fork back down on the forklift. Once employee pushed the fork back down, the fork struck the tip of employee's right foot jamming the toes.
2022 · 2 incidents
Accident type, without injuries
Fall of ground. No injuries were sustained and no personnel were working the area the ground fall occurred at.
Accident type, without injuries
Faulty heater unit caught the underground dry/shower trailers on fire causing them to burn down.