Mining Incidents

LAMEFOOT MINE SITE Metal/Non-Metal

Echo Bay Minerals Company · Underground
Controlled by Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Ferry County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503265

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$553
proposed penalties
$553
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,238 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,052 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 20,082 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 22,372 4 0 178.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 4 incidents

October 10, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON BODY OF MANCARRIER. HE LATER NOTICED FLUID ON THE ELBOW. HE SAW THE DR. ON 11-6-00. FLUID WAS ASPIRATED FROM THE ELBOW ON THAT DATE AND HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO RESTRICTI ONS.

August 21, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROM (BILATERAL). HE OPERATED LHD'S, REMOTE CONTROLLED LHD'S AND HAUL TRUCKS.

August 16, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PLANTARS FACITIS, WHICH IS NORMALLY NOT CONSIDERED TO BE WORK RELATED. HOWEVER, EE CAN POINT TO A CERTAIN INSTANCE WHEN HE FELT PAIN UNDERGROUND. WORKERS COMP SAYS T HAT PLANTARS FACITIS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A WORK RELATED "CONDITION/ILLNESS" SO I AM FILING THIS AS AN ILLNESS UNTIL WORKERS COMP GETS IT SORTED OUT. EE BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK ON 9/21/00.

April 6, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TOPS OFF OF OIL DRUMS. HE GRABBED A CUT SECTION TO ROLL IT AWAY, WITHOUT PUTTING HIS GLOVES BACK ON. A SHARP EDGE OF THE DRUM CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.