Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DROPPED PLUG OF TRAILING CABLE, PLUG CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TRUCK BODY AND ITSELF
Hammondsville Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Windsor County,
VT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300080
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1985–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file1990 · 3 incidents
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INDIVIDUAL WAS SCALING ROCK NOTICED A LOOSE ROCK OVER HIS DRILL WENT TO QUICKLY MOVE DRILL HURT BACK WHEN HE TWISTED
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object
INDIVIDUAL PREPARING TO GET INTO LOADER, HE WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK BY SLIDING ROCK.
1989 · 5 incidents
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INDIVIDUAL WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A PAVEMENT BREAKER, AND FELT PAIN WHEN LIFTING THE PAVEMENT BREAKER. APPARENT PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.
Cyprus Windsor Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCALING LOOSE ROCK,EMPLOYEE MISSED THE CRACK IN THE ROCK AND OVER EXTENDED HIMSELF SO AS NOT TO LOSE HIS BALANCE CAUSING UPPER BACK STRAIN.
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO BAR ROCK OUT OF THE CHUTE OF THE THIRD LEVEL ORE BIN HE ALLEDGES HE FELT A TWINGE OF DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK
Windsor Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BREAKING ROCKS TO ALLOW ROCKS TO PASS THROUGH A CLASSIFIER,LIFTED PAVEMENT BREAKER AND PLACED IT UPON HIS FOOT.
Windsor Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A AND A ROCK BROKE FREE, STRUCK DRILL STEEL, STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDER.
1988 · 3 incidents
September 28, 1988
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING A PILE OF LUMBER TO BUILD A BARRIER THOUGH SUBSEQUENT BOWLING THAT EVENING MAY HAVE ADDED TO THE PROBLEM
September 6, 1988
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Windsor Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object
INDIVIDUAL WAS PREPARING HIS WORK WORK SITE FOR DAYS WORK BY SCALING DOWN BASE ROCK. MINER WAS STRUCK BY LOOSE ROCK WHILE SCALING WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES RESULTING.
August 9, 1988
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Windsor Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
CLEANING OFF GRIZZLY,SLIPPED ON ROCK,SPRAINED THUMB ON CROSS BAR,WHEN HE FELL.
1986 · 1 incident
May 22, 1986
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING WITH J5CK LEG WHEN LEG KICKED OUT AND BECAME FULLY EXTENDED,ATTEMPTING TO RETRACK THE LEG,THE EFFORT CAUSED SEVERE BURNING IN LEFT SHOULDER.INDIVIDUAL HAS APPARENTLY TORN BICEP MUSCLE
1985 · 2 incidents
Windsor Minerals Inc · Accident type, without injuries
MECHANICAL MINE9 BEGAN TO BURN, APPARENTLY AT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, BURNT THE MAJORITY OF WIRING AND MUCH OF THE HOSES
Windsor Minerals Inc · Fall onto or against objects
INDIVIDUAL PASSING THRU OPENING TO A MANWAY FOOT SLIPPED ON PIPE HE WAS STEPPING FROM & HE FELL BACK STRIKING BACK OF HEAD HE REQUIRED FOUR (4) STITCHES TO LACERATION