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.
Coyote Blossom MineMetal/Nonmetal
Nevada Milling & Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Luna Mining LLC; Aaron Stevens
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 file2015 · 2 incidents
Fall down stairs
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.