Mining Incidents

Tony MMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by IsoEnergy Ltd
Ticaboo, Garfield County, UT · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4202426
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE was rehabilitating back in the 344 west just past the 989 cross cut. He finished drilling a 6' hole with jack leg & had pushed the bolt into the hole; there was a plate 8' matt hanging off the bolt. He felt that the bolt was secure. He turned to grab jack leg when he turned back the bolt fell from the hole cut his lip. The injured went & had the cut cleaned and had 13 stitches.

2008 · 6 incidents

Contact with electrical current

EE was hooking up a power cable disconnect box, the power had not been locked out another worker was instructed to turn the power on when the pilot wire light came on at load center, power was turned on he was still hooking up the last phase of power, his left wrist came in contact with the live wire causing an electrical shock.

Fall from ladders

The employee was doing seasonal maintenance on the swamp coolers where the mine employees live. He was leaving the roof to go down the ladder. When the employee put his weight on the ladder, the safety catches released & the employee fell (maximum fall 11'2"" from eave of trailer to the ground). Injuries were four fractured ribs and a cut spleen.

Fall onto or against objects

While walking, the mechanic stepped into a hole and fell to the ground striking a rock with his knee. The extent of the injury diagnoses was received on 8/5/08 and that resulted in a reportable inujry.

Struck by falling object

Worker was rock bolting, he was collaring hole for a bolt when he noticed his water was off, he shut the jackleg down and reached down with his right hand to turn the water on, when he looked away a rock fell out back hitting him on his left hand. Six (6) stiches were required to close the cut.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was bolting in the 252 xcut he had just installed a bolt in the mat then he started to collar another hole in the front of the mat. while he was drilling the second hole the bolt he had just put in shanked off with the plate on the bolt, it hit worker in the mouth cutting his mouth, needing four stitches.

Struck against stationary object

Worker was rock bolting in east decline. The split set bolt he was driving in was too low to get the drill and driver on in a vertical position. He was trying to force the bolt in when the ring snapped off causing the machine to lunge forward. His hand was on top of the machine and hit the rock bolt cutting his left ring finger requiring 5 stitches.

2007 · 3 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

Workers light went out during shift he was walking out to get a replacement when he trip over something and fell on to a pile of bolts and mats cutting his left leg e required 5 stiches

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was cutting a rubber hose with a razor knife when the knife slipped he cut himself on the inner left thigh requiring three (3) stitches.

Struck by falling object

Worker had finished wetting down the muckpile, he had wrapped up the water hose and turned around to walk back into heading, when he was 5'-6' from water header he claims he was hit by a rock that fell out of back. Second opinion one week later required surgical repair, becoming reportable on 8/15/2007