Mining Incidents

GOLDEN REWARD MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Lawrence County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901362

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
104
Years on record
1988–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

104 on file

1996 · 8 incidents

June 20, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A CHAIN ON A 6" PIPE AND THEN TO A 966 LOADER. SHORT TIME LATER EMPLOYEE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON 6-25-96 AS A RESULT OF THIS. THIS INJU RY IS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY ON 5-21-96.

June 6, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING CROSS MEMBER BOLTS FROMA FIFTY TON HAUL TRUCK. BOLTS WERE TORQUED DOWN, WHEN ONE BROKE LOOSE HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE WAS SEEN BY AMEDICAL DR AND RETURNED T O WORK ON 6-7-96. DR REFERRED EE TO A CHIROPRACTOR ON 6-10-96 AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT ON 6-11-96.

May 21, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING 4" HDPE PIPELINE FOR A WATER SYSTEM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DID NOT REPORT THE INJURYUNTIL 5-23-96.

March 11, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS EVALUATING THE ORE CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS. UPON HITTING A ROCK, A FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS EYE. UNEMBEDDED FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED BY EYE DOCTOR AND MEDICATION GIVEN TO PREVENT INFEC TION.

January 26, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLUG A HOSE THAT WAS LEAKING AGGLOMORATION AID SOLUTION. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PLUG THE 2" LINE, THE SOLUTION SPRAYED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. SOLUTION IS AN IRRITATNT THAT REQU IRED FLUSHING AND EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY DR.

January 15, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT A WIRE TIE OFF OF AN INSULATED PIPE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE TIE AND CUT HER FINGER. STITCHES WERE REUQIRED.

January 13, 1996 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH PUTTING THE HOOD BACK ONT HE LUBE TRUCK. EE WAS LIFTING UP THE HOOD WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD, TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1995 · 6 incidents

November 15, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP SOME 2X4 LUMBER, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. X RAYS AND MRI REVEALED A HERNIATED DISC IN LOWER BACK. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED AS TREATMENT AT THIS TIME.

November 12, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Accident type, without injuries

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING HAUL TRUCK TO EDGE OF DUMP TO DUMP HIS LOAD. TRUCK WAS NOT SQUARE WITH THE BERM. RIGHT DUALS BACKED OVER AND THROUGH THE BERM CAUSING TRUCK TO TIP OVER ON RIGHT SIDE. D RIVER WAS NOT INJURED, AND THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO HAUL TRUCK. REPORTING THIS ACCIDENT PER DISTRICT OFFICE MANAGERS INSTRUCTIONS.

May 19, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE DRILL PRESS TO DRILL A HOLE INTO A SHORT PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE PIECE OF IRON WITH HIS HAND INSTEAD OF USING A CLAMP. AS THE BIT BROKE THRO UGH THE HOLE, IT CAUGHT THE ANGLE IRON UP AND MADE IT BEGIN TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE'S HAND GOT CAUGHT UP IN THIS MOTION AND FRACTURED HIS WRIST.

May 10, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOREHOLES FOR A BLAST PATTERN. MATERIAL WAS MUDDY AND THIS REQUIRED THE HOLES TO BE CLEANED OUT FREQUENTLY. CLEANING THE HOLE CONSISTS OF REPEATED PULLING AND PUSHING OF HOIST AND PULLDOWN LEVERS. THIS MOTION AGGRAVATED THE LEFT ELBOW.

March 28, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON LEACH PAD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A FROZEN CHUNK OFMATERIAL. HIS BODY REACTION WAS FOR THE RIGHT LEG TO GO FORWARD, AND HIS BODY BACKWARDS, CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO HYPER EXT END. EMPLOYEE FELT THAT THE KNEE WOULD HEEL ITSELF IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. PAIN CONTINUED, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT HE SEE A DR. EMPLOYEE WS TREATED BY A DR ON 4-18-95. PHYSICAL THERAPY ON

March 6, 1995 SD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING INTO THE SHOP WHENHE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT HIP & ELBOW. HE FELT HE WAS OK & DID NOT NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE PAIN DID NOT GO AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS & SWELLING BEGAN . HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & WASTREATED ON O4-06-95TREATMENT CONSISTED OF PUTTING THE ELBOW IN A SPLINT TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE ELBOW.

1994 · 11 incidents

December 22, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A LOADER BUCKET. WHERE HE WAS WELDING WAS DIFFICULT TO GET AT, AND REQUIRED POSITIONING THE STINGER INT EH BEST POSITION POSSIBLE, THEN LOWER PROTECTIVE HOOD BEFORE AR CHING, STINGER ACCIDNETALLY ARCHED WHILE HOOD WAS UP CAUSING EYES TO BE FLASH BURNED.

December 16, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK AT THE START OF SHIFT, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY SPOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL, LANDING ON THE LEFT HIP. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAYS REVE ALED NO BROKEN BONES. DIAGNOSED AS BRUISED.

October 26, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A GEAR BOX INTO A STORAGE TRAILER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM STRAINING MUSCLES. THIS INJURY WAS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER IT WAS WORK RELTATED, AS EMPLOYE E WAS RECIEVING TREATMENT BY A CHIROPRACTOR FOR A NON WORK RELATED BACK INJURY. DIAGNOSIS BY A CHIROPRACTOR ON 11/15/94 INDICATED THE INJURY WAS WORK RELATED.

September 17, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE FELT HIS WRIST POP AND EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST. INJURY WAS REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR, BUT EE FELT IT WAS ONLY A SPRAIN. PAIN CONTINED AND IT WAS R ECOMMENDED THAT HE SEE A DR. EE WENT TO A DR ON 10-03-94, WHERE EXAMINATION AND X RAYS REVEALED A FRACTURED BONE IN LEFT WRIST.

September 6, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON 9-7-94 REGULAR SHIFT DUE TO BACK PAIN CAUSED BY WORK RELATED STOCKPILE BACK INJURY.

August 16, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE DROVE THROUGH SOME SOFT SPOTS IN THE HAUL ROAD TOO FAST CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN HIS SEAT AND STRAIN MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

August 1, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF SCREEN ON THE L.J. SCREEN DECK, WHENA DRIVE BLET GUARD FELL APPROX 6 INCHE SNAD LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAD HAS A BONE FRACTURED.

July 11, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING EMITTER LINES ON LEACH PAD, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A HALF (1/2) INCH PLASTIC EMITTER LINE, HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO ACHE TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT HE COULD NO LONGER S TAND UP.

June 30, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS CUTTING IT WITH A HANDSAW THE SAW SLIPPED & LACERATED THE TOP LEFT HAND OFHEATH

March 4, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO THE CRUSHER CONTORLR OOM WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN TO ACHE. NO SPECIFIC INJURY PRECIPITATED THIS PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY MEDICAL DR. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN WITH NEGATI VE RESULTS. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN MEDICATION.

1993 · 16 incidents

December 8, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LAYING LINER IN A DITCH, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT A BUNDLE OF STAKES AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

November 30, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF A TRENCH THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 18" DEEP WHEN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK BEGAN TO ACHE.

November 5, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED. SPARK OF HOT METAL FROM LOADER BUCKET FLEW INTO CAB OF TRUCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE.

October 30, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON AN ICE COVERED ROCK. RIGHT KNEE STRUCK AGAINST ROCK CAUSING INJURY.

September 22, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT PRECIPATED THIS ILLNESS. REPETITIVE USE OF HANDS RESULTED IN DOCTOR DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

July 26, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO LOOSEN A WORN OUT SCREEN THE PRYBAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL FORWARD & STRIKE AGAINST A CLAMP CAUSING A CUT OVER HIS RT EYE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES

July 19, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING DRILL SAMPLES BETWEEN DRILL HOLES WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

July 16, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULVERIZING SAMPLES WITH PULVERIZER WHEN HE FELT HIS LEFT HAND BEGIN TO CRAMP THIS FEELING SLOWLY STARTED TO GET WORSE & MOVED INTO HIS WRIST NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT OCCURRED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DOC FOR TREATMENT UNTIL 07-30-93

May 28, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A WIRE TIE STRAP WITH A KNIFE. WHEN THE STRAP WAS CUT, KNIFE CONTINUED ON TO PUNCTURE LEFT FOREARM. SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND IN LEFT FOREARM.

May 7, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING STEEL PIPE MOLTEN METAL OR SLAG POPPED OUT OF THE CUT AND INTO HIS EAR. EAR DRUM RECEIVED SMALL SECOND DEGREE BURN THAT CAUSED INFECTION. HEARING WAS NOT IMPAIRED.

April 5, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CLIMBING UPON BLADE 1503 16G TO CHECK COOLANT FOOT SLIPPED HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT HAND AND IN DOING SO INJURED RIGHT HAND.

March 8, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING ON STOCK PILE "D", BENCH SLIPPED OFF UNDER RIGHT REAR DUELS, TRUCK ROLLED (1) REVOLUTION AND LANDED ON WHEELS AND ACCESS ROAD BELOW.

January 27, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE USED WRENCH IMPROPERLY ON PIPE THREADER. RECEIVED LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

January 27, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DESCRIBES WRIST AND FOREARM PAIN AND TINGLING. SUSPECT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OR OTHER REPETITIVE MOTION DIFFICULTY.

January 27, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DESCRIBES WRIST AND FOREARM PAIN AND TINGLING. SUSPECT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OR OTHER REPETITIVE MOTION DIFFICULTY.

January 19, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

THIS INJURY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DOCTOR AS POSSIBLE RESULTING FROM A SUBSEQUENT NON-REPORTABLE INJURY THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST 1992. NO SPECIFIC INJURY PRECIPATED THIS INJURY.

1992 · 18 incidents

December 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES ASSIGNED TO JOB. RASH DEVELOPED ON RIGHT AND LEFT FOREARMS AND LEFT THIGH.

November 18, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WHICH IS FELT WAS EXAGGERATED BY WORKING WITH A JACKHAMMER & OTHER REPETITIVE MOTION DUTIES NO SPECIFIC SINGLE CAUSE IS DETERM INED

November 10, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON BOTTLE OF DRINKING WATER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY DOORSTEP AND FELL SUFFERING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

November 10, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTALLING A VALVE AND A HOSE IN THE CYANIDE MIX AREA WHEN A PARTICLE GOT LODGED IN HIS EYE.

October 30, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A ROCK FROM ACCESS ROAD, USED IMPROPER LIFTING TECHIQUE AND FAILED TO GET ASSISTANCE MOVING HEAVY OBJECT.

October 17, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON FROST COVERED HOPE LINER, SLIPPED AND FELL WRENCHING HIS BACK.

September 27, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL DISMOUNTED FROM A RETRACTABLE ACCESS LADDER AND AS THE LADDER RETRACTED,RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE STOP BLOCK APPARATUS.

September 14, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS UNLOADING PAN OF PRECIPITATE FROM MERCURY REPORT OVEN AND COMPLAINED OF GROIN PAIN. HE WAS REFERRED TO MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA AT THE TIME. NO NOTIFICA TION OF THE MAY 1992 DIAGNOSIS WAS RECEIVED BY GRMC. NO REPORT OF INJURY WAS FILED BY INJURED PRIOR TO THE MAY DIAGNOSIS.

September 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE HE WAS ON THE TRUCK HE THREW ANFO BAGS ONTO THE TRAILER & PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK

September 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HE WAS ON A TRAILER WITH BAGS HE STARTED TO LIFT THE BAG FROM TRAILER TO THROW ACROSS TO LOAD A TRUCK STRAINED MIDDLE BACK

August 31, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING WITH SHOVEL ON A SIDE SLOPE OF THE HEAP FOR ENTRIE SHIFT JUST FELT STIFF AT END OF DAY NEXT MORNING VERY SORE BACK

July 3, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING 2ML PIPETTES INTO A SUCTION BULB WHEN THE PIPETTTE BROKE THE BROKEN END PUNCHURED EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE TIME & ALL APPEARED WELL ON JULY 10 1992 POSSIBLE INFECTION WAS SUSPECTED & EMPLOYEE WAS REFERRED TO MEDICAL ATTENTION EMPLOYEE WENT ON VACATION ON JULY 11 92 ON JULY 20 1992 EMPLOYEE RETURNED FROM VACATION & INFECTION NOT OV

May 24, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LADDER OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE TRUCK HE SLIPPED OFF THE TAILGATE. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LEG, CAUSING AMUSCLE SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNE E.

May 21, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER HIT HARD ROCK IN BENCH 5780 CAUSING LOADER TO STOP BRUPTLY JARRING OPERATOR

February 13, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BIT WRENCH BACK ON DRILL MACHINE HIS GLOVE HUNG ON WRENCH AND HE DROPPED THE WRENCH ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER.

February 7, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF CONVEYORING BELTING UP A STAIRWAY & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER HE WAS SENT TO A DOC & T HEN TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR TREATMENT

February 4, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS IS A REOCCURRING INJURY FROM JUNE 1991. NO SPEICFIC INCIDENT PRESCIPITATED THIS INJUYR. THIS INJURY WAS OCCURRING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SINCE THE JUNE. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. DR X RAYS SHOWED DAMAGED TO LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 30, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LOADING HOLES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

1991 · 14 incidents

December 2, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EXTREME WIND-DIRT PARTICLE GOT INTO EYE.

November 20, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FLAP FROM CENTERLINE, (CELL#9) TO ENABLE HIM TO INSTALL INSULATION ON THE PIPING. HE WAS REMOVING FLAP BY CUTTING IT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING THE FLAP, THE UTIL ITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE, THE LACERATION WAS TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

September 17, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUT TING SCREEN HOLES BIGGER SLAG SPLATTERED IN FACE EMPLOYEE NOTICED WHEN BRUSHING HIS TEETH FIVE PINHOLES IN THE FRONT TOP LEFT TOOTH (TWO FRONT TEETH ARE CAPPED)

September 9, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE CREST OF THE CELL PULLING UP A 3" HEADER PIPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A ROPE,WHILE PULLING THE LOAD UP THE SIDE OF THE CELL,HE INJURED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BAC K.

August 7, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler OTHER
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS STUNG BY A BEE-ON THE LEFT ARM,JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW.

July 29, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BROKE WIRE CABLE WITH BARE HANDS. CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGTH HAND.

June 24, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK, HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY A JAGGED EDGE OF THE ROCK.

June 14, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BUCKETS MINOR BURNING IN SHOULDER

June 12, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING 992 LOADER TO LOAD HAUL TRUCKS LOADER BUCKET HIT LARGE ROCK IN MATERIAL FLOOR.

February 27, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CLEANING PRECIPT PRESS. EE BENT OVER TO LIFT PRECIPT FILTER PRESS PLATE WHILE WASHING THE PRESS. EE PULLED UP ON PLATE AND STRAINED HIS ARM AND NECK AND PINCHED A NERVE.

January 17, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall onto or against objects

WEATHER WAS ICY COLD & SNOWING. EMPL WAS CHIPPING ICE OFF EMITTER LINE WITH ICE PICK. EMPL WAS ON EDGE OF HEAP EMPL LOST FOOTING SLID DOWN SIDE OF HEAP AS EMPL WAS SLIDING HE HIT LOWER BACK ON PIPE COUPLING. THIS RESULTED IN CONTUSION OF COCCYX.

January 8, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WENT TO PICK TIRE UP & BOTTOM SWUNG OUT & PINNED EMPL BETWEEN TIRE & TRUCK.

January 8, 1991 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHECKING WIRE CONNECTIONS ON LIGHT TOWER AND BASE WITH LEADMAN, LEADMAN OPENED LENS COVER ON ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

1990 · 10 incidents

October 1, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DIRECTING ACTIVITY OF ELEC CREW RECONSTRUCTING A COLLAPSED CONVEYOR,STANDING ON LARGE PIPE,LOST BALANCE,STEPPED ON CONVEYOR IDLER ROLLER WHICH ROLLED OUT FROM UNDERFOOT AND EMPL FOOT SLIPPED B ETWEEN 2 PIPES.

August 27, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WORKING OUTSIDE WAS STUNG BY BEE.

August 6, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A BOX END WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW, CAUSING A LACERATION.

July 2, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck against a moving object

WATER WAGON HAD JUST WATERED HAUL ROADS. TRUCK #1511 WAS DRIVING TOO FAST FOR WET ROAD CONDITIONS AND SLIDE INTO PATH OF TRUCK #2305 CAUSING #2305 TO AVOID #1511 AND TIP OVER. DRIVER IN #2305 HAD PUNCTURE BELOW THE KNEE, NO INJURY TO DRIVER IN #1511. MINOR DAMAGE TO TRUCK #2305.

June 26, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REACH UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT AND KNOCK DIRT OFF FROM A RETURN IDLER WITH A HAMMER. IN DOING SO THE EMPLOYEES GLOVED HAND WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIM INTO THE BELT CAUSIN G HIM TO SUSTAIN BRUISES AND ABRATIONS OF HIS LEFT ARM.

May 22, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by falling object

WAS RETIGHTENING PROTECTION COVER ON CAT D10. BOLT DID NOT HOLD AND PLATE FELL CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ANKLE AND BRUISES AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

May 16, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EDGE OF DRILLED HOLE GAVE WAY AND RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED INTO HOLE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FIRST AID TREATMENT AS DIFINED BY 30 CFR,PART50.20(3).

February 5, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICE AND HURT SHOULDER. HE DID THIS WHILE DELIVERING POWDER TO THIS CUSTOMER. AT TIME INJURY OCCURRED EMPLOYEE WAS NOT ACTING AS A INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AS DEFINED BY 30 CFR.

January 2, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL MOVING CUTTING EDGES FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.EMPL TURNED AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.NOT CARRYING A LOAD AT THE TIME OF SPAZM.

1989 · 17 incidents

December 20, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON BACK INSTALLING STEEL WHEELS ON A TRUCK AXLE.

October 28, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS RAISING A RETRACTABLE LADDER AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LADDER FRAME AND LADDER STOP.

June 20, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME HEAVY STEEL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SIDE.

June 16, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ASSISTING IN SETTING A STEEL PLATFORM WHICH WAS SUSPENDED BY A SLING.MY FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND A STEEL TRUSS.

May 24, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN DID NOT KNOW EXACT CAUSE EMPL IS REQUIRED AT TIMES TO POSITION HIMSELF IN AWKWARD POSTION WITHIN THE CRAN TO PERFORM CERTAIN MANEUVERS

May 15, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE WINCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER LIP.

April 21, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Fall from machine

EMPL JUMPED FORM THE TRACK OF A D9 DOZER WHEN GETTING DOWN AFTER ITS OPERATION THE EMPL APPARENTLY MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE GROUND

March 31, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

CLEANING UP PARTS AROUND AN ENGINE OVER HAUL WHEN WIND BLEW OVER A HEAD GASKET LACERATING EMP R HAND.

March 29, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WORKING ON TANK USING A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE TANK CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY NTO MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND

March 9, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH WHEN SPARKS CAME BEHIND HIS HOOD, GETTING SOME SLAG IN HIS EYE.

1988 · 4 incidents

December 16, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by flying object

WHEN CLEANING THE UNDER CARIAGE OF A D9 DOZER WITH A BAR A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES AND ENTERED THE RT EYE

November 2, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Struck by powered moving object

INJURED WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF HUSBANDS PICKUP TRUCK BY HEAD LIGHTS FILLING OUT TIME SLIP. HISBAND DID NOT SEE HER AND RAN OVER WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF PICKUP.

October 13, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Reward Mining Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED TO SWING PART OF A CHUTE ON A CONCRETE TRUCK (ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD SWUNG THE OUTHER PART) AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SECTIONS OF THE CHUTE.