EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING ON A FILTER PRESS JACK BY PUSHING AGAINST HEADFRAME W/BACK EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL 10-12-87 AND RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL 10-16-87 HE WILL HAVE TO HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY FROM 10-19-87 TO 10-23-87
Calmet Facility: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Calmet Facility (mine ID 0503860). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1985–1987
- Latest incident
- Oct 1987
- Calmet Corp 1983 to 1988
- London Mine Venture 1988 to present
Calmet Facility sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
15 on file1987 · 11 incidents
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO PLACE A GOLD BAR INTO THE MELTING FURANCE THE B AR SLIPPED INTO THE MOLTEN SLAG CAUSING THE SLAG TO EXPLODE.
VICTIM BECAME D3ZZY AND FELL OFF 12' TANK INTO CONCRETE TANK SUMP.
WHILE PULLING B5CK A RETAINING CURTAIN A SMALL PARTICLE FELL INTO EMPLOYEES RT EYE BECAUSE OF THE ALKALINITY THE EYE SUSTAINED MINOR BURNS THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASS AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY 3
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG HAND GRINDER TO TRIM SOME BURN-CUT STEEL. IT CAUGHT ON AN EDGE OF STEEL AND JUMPED OUT OF HIS HANDS, STRIKING HIS ARM WIGH EDGE OF GRINDING WHEEL. SOME SKIN WAS REMOVED WITH MINER BLEEDING1
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTING PIPE FITTINGS WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND AGGRAVATED PRE-EXISTING INJURY OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED FINGER IN ARMY.
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO MOVE A PAN WEIGHING APPROX. 50 LBS THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED THE PAN ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS CLIMBING A LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL, RESULTING IN TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
WHILE EMPL JUMP3NG OVER PIPE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS LIFTING LABORATORY BALL MILL, HER WRIST POPPED.
EMPL CLEANING F3LTER HE CLOSED VALVE WITHOUT FIRST CLOSING VENT AND SOLUTION SPLASHED UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS EYES.
1986 · 1 incident
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS RELEASING A LINE UNDER PRESSURE IMPROPERLY AKLALINE WATER SLURRY SPLASHED UNDER GLASSES INTO EMPLOYEES EYES
1985 · 3 incidents
CONNECTING QUICK CONNECTOR TO BALL MILL FEED HOPPER,ORE CONCENTRATE SLURRY SPLASHED UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EMPL LEFT EYE.ALTHOUGH GOGGLES ARE PROVIDED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED EMPL WAS WEA RING SAFETY GLASSES INSTEAD.
EMPLOYEE HAVING NOT PUT SAFETY GOGGLES ON AFTER LUNCH AT 10 30 AM WAS RELEASING QUICK CONNECTOR FROM PUMP ORE CONCENTRATE SLURRY FROM HOSE BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES FACE FIRST AID WASHED CONCENTRATE FROM FACE OF SHOWERED EMPLOYEE AND THEN SENT TO OPTHALMOLOGIST FOR FURTHER REMOVAL OF CONCENTRATE AND EVALUATION TREATMENT OF EYES.
ALTHOUGH BALL MILL WAS SHUT OFF CHAIN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET