Mining Incidents

EL GRANDEMetal/Nonmetal

Tres Piedras, Taos County, NM · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900250
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

28 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE GOT A PERLITE ROCK IN RIGHT EYE WHEN WIND PICKED UP GETTING PALLETS FROM OUTSIDE.

Struck by flying object

Employee was unloading truck when perlite got in his right eye. he was wearing safety glasses

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER THE DRYERS WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

2002 · 12 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE STEPPING TO GROUND FROM RAIL CAR AFTER LOCKING BRAKE ON RAILCAR.

Struck by falling object

CLEARING GRIZZLY AND A ROCK FELL FROM TOP ONTO LEFT FOOT.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOE STRING CAUGHT ON #1 CONVEYOR AND PULLED FOOT AROUND END OF PULLEY. RIGHT FOOT HAS 2 FINE FRACTURES ON LG. TOE AND SM. TOE, LT. KNEE IS BRUISED.

Fall down stairs

HE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS FROM SCREEN DECK. FOOT SLIPPED ON STEP & SKIPPED A FEW. IT WAS RAINING.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON SPILL LEFT ON FLOOR AND ALLEGED SPRAIN OF LOWER BACK.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING COMPANY TRUCK, PICKING UP PARTS, IN ALAMOSA, CO. HE WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A TURN INTO SHOP & WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER TRUCK.

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STUCK PALLET FROM PALLETIZER WHEN HE INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAILCAR WITH A JACK HANDLE. THE JACK HANDLE SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SPRING ON A COMPRESSOR WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE COMPRESSOR FRAME.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ICE AND THE TOP OF A STEP, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS AND ORE FROM BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY AND CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS TRYING TO OPEN RAIL CAR DOOR WITH A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS MUSCLE ON THE RT. SIDE UNDER ARM PIT.

2001 · 7 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING RADIATOR WATER LEVEL ON D8CAT DOZER, HE STEPPED OFF, SLIPPED AND GRABBED HAND RAIL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON 2 WELDING RODS, HIS FOOT ROLLED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE GRIZZLY AND A ROCK ROLLED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE PROVOKED ANOTHER EE WHO PUNCHED HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS ELBOW AND BACK.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A TRACTOR IN THE SHOP WITHOUT GOOD VENTILATION AND THE SMOKE HURT HIS LUNGS.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING CARRY A METAL PLATE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE FLOOR & HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING VALVE ON PACKER WHEN HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE. EE DID NOT SEEK MED ATTENTION AT TIME OF INJ. HERNIA WAS DETECTED DURING DOT PHYSICAL 4/2/02

2000 · 6 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING A NEW BELT IN THE #3 ELEVATOR. WHEN HE TRIED TO TURN BELT AROUND AS IT WAS GOING INTO THE ELEVATOR, HE PULLED SOMETHING ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF GROIN AREA.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING A ROCK JAM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE #1 HOPPER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INCLINED TO BELIEVE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; INDUCED BY THE TYPE OF WORK HE PERFORMS ON A DAILY BASIS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING 53 ORE FROM RAYMOND MILL WHEN PERLITE PARTICLE ENTERED RIGHT EYE. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL EVENING OF 4/25/00 AT E.R.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS OPENING THE DUMP GATES ON BOTTOM OF LOADED WASTE TRAILER. EXERTED EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN PULLING LEVER TO OPEN THE GATE, & EE FEELS HE MIGHT HAVE PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE. ***REPORT OR IGINALLY NOT COMPLETED OR FILED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME FRAME; BECAUSE THE EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.**

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO REMOVE A METAL PATCH WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND INDEX FINGER.