Struck by falling object
Putting a tooth on a backhoe dropped the tooth - it smashed his middle finger against the steel toed boot.
Cripple Creek MineMetal/Nonmetal
Northwest Gold LLC · Surface
Controlled by Cody K Dusenberry; Robert Knapp Jr
Ester, Fairbanks North Star County, AK · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001452
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2013
- Latest incident
- Sep 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2013 · 7 incidents
Fall from machine
Stepped on a metal guard, it gave way and he slipped and fell 4 feet to the ground and landed on his back on a plastic pipe.
Struck by falling object
Removing screens from the shaker. The screen was handed to EE, as EE was backing up hit boot got stuck in the mud causing him to fall backwards with screen landing on top of him tweaking his back.
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Turned machine off and tightened belt. Turned machine on to see if it was working and got the tips of his right index & middle finger caught.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cutting rubber with box cutter. Received 2 stitches.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cutting on a piece of steel with proper PPE on. Went to rotate the steel and it cut thru my glove and cut my fingernail.