Mining Incidents

Granite Creek PortableMetal/Nonmetal

K&E Alaska · Surface
Sitka, Sitka County, AK · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001673
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Smashed middle & ring finger tips on right hand while adjusting anvils on impact crusher. Lost balance while swinging hammer. I took him to hospital to clan & tape up fingers. No time was lost from work as he was back to work next day.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

ROCK FELL OUT OF LOADER BUCKET & HIT ANOTHER BOULDER CAUSING IT TO SHATTER AND A FRAGMENT FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.