Mining Incidents

A A & G Portable #2Metal/Nonmetal

Ely, White Pine County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602457
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in changing screens on the crusher. When he attempted to pull a screen from a pile, the stack of screens shifted causing one of them to strike the employee's right calf. Injury consisted of dime-size abrasion.

Struck by falling object

Employee was assisting in tear-down of crusher. In the process of removing a guard, the guard fell and cut the employee's left forearm requiring 6 stitches.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

On 4/18/2008, employee reported that his back was hurting from shoveling between 4/14 to 4/16.

2007 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Fall from WA500 wheel loader, coming down from loader slipped and fell, injury to left hand. Raining at the time and area was very wet and muddy from 3 days of rain.

2005 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was pulling rocks out of crusher feeder belt when his back started to stiffen & he felt pain in lower back, hips & right leg. Also while he was shoveling rock off feeder belt his neck began to stiffen. EE failed to notify Human Resources that he was in the crushing div. when he reported his injury. HR failed to provide required info to crushing div. unitl it was requested.