Miner pinches fingers while moving the down hole hammer assembly (interchange, down hole hammer, bit, about 225 lbs) into the table area of an RD10 set up on a 46 degree angle hole.
GoldWedgeMetal/Nonmetal
GoldWedge, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Scorpio Gold Corporation
Manhattan, Nye County, NV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 2602542
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2007–2021
- Latest incident
- Jun 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2021 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2020 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
While lifting and moving a ""Jack Leg"" bolting drill with a co-worker, the employee strained a muscle in EE's lower back.
2015 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Grabbed drill rod and sat on deck. (7000-1 filed from citation 8871826) Employee abandoned job.
2012 · 2 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee states he was walking down a roadway slope, when he slipped and upon falling, he twisted right ankle.
Struck against stationary object
Employee was spraying shotcrete. He was wearing a full face shield and dust mask. It was dusty and he stepped on a loose rock, twisting his left ankle.
2007 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was moving a piece of metal. He stepped down and fell over cement ledge, landing on both knees. Employee did not go to the doctor until 2/7/07 and was given light duty.