Mining Incidents

Coyote Blossom MineMetal/Nonmetal

Searchlight, Clark County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602745
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

Fall down stairs

While exiting the office trailer, miner had her reading glasses on and hit the second step with only half of her foot causing her to fall out the door landing on her left knee, causing a laceration.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was lifting a jackleg and felt a burning pain in his belly button.

2014 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the bolt of the cutting edge of a skid steer the nut came off, the bolt head drooped out of the hole, hitting my finger cutting it.

Struck by falling object

while scaling - rock came out of the back - hit the miner's hard hat and caused two lacerations on his forehead.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner twisted ankle while changing oil in generator. Stated that it wasn't bad enough to go to doctor. Went to Dr. after three weeks. Told to take ibuprofen and apply cold. went for MRI - showing nothing wrong. Told to exercise ankle - went for new MRI - shows a floating bone - put in boot and light duty.