EMPLOYEE TURNED TO PULL ON A LONG SCAFFOLDING BOAD AND WHEN HE PULLED IN THIS POSITION HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
Newmont Carlin Pit: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Newmont Carlin Pit (mine ID 2602216). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1992–1993
- Latest incident
- Dec 1993
- Selland Construction Inc 1992 to present
Newmont Carlin Pit sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% 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
14 on file1993 · 11 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF 11-21-93, HE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM THE FORKLIFT TO THE EMPTY OXYGEN RACK. WHEN HE HAD COMPLETED THIS CHORE HIS BACK BECAME SORE. LA TER IT BECAME SORER AS THE DAYS PROGRESSED.
CUT BONE PLACED HANDLE IN UPRIGHT POSITION, WAS MOVING PLASTIC, HANDLE FELL LOWERING THE DIE & CUTTING FINGER.
SITTING ON TIRE WHEN CRAIN WAS PUT IN GEAR TIRE MOVED CAUSING HIM TO FALL & HOOK ANKLE ON STEP CAUSING THE SPRAIN
WELDING ON 992 BUCKET, SLIPPED AND FELL OFF, LANDED ON ELBOW.
LOADING RADIATOR ON TRUCK. IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS ARM, DISLOCATED ELBOW.
CARRYING BOX OUT OF BRAKE ROOM SLIPPED ON STEPS PULLED LOWER BACK.
OPERATOR WAS CHECKING OIL ON WATER PULL AND HOOKED HIS TOE ON BATTERY BOX COVER HANDLE CAUSING HIM TO HOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACK OFF BUMPER OF WATER PULL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HIP AND SHOUL DER.
LOADER WAS LOADING LARGE ROCK IT ROLLED OUT OF BUCKIET HITTING BED OF TRUCK, JARRING DRIVER, CAUSING A STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
LOADER OPERATOR GOT MAD AND SLAMMED TRUCK. CAUSING NECK INJURY TO TRUCK DRIVER.
992 CAT LOADER WORKING IN HIGHWALL HIT A SOLID ROCK CAUSING LOADER TO STOP CAUSING OPERATOR TO STRAIN NECK MUSCLE SPASM.
1992 · 3 incidents
FROZEN DIRT FELL OFF APRAIN WHILE 3 MECHANICS WERE TURNING CUTTING EDGES THE PIECE THAT FELL WAS APPROX. 3X4X18 IT STRUCK THEN ON THE BACK AND LEGS PINNING HIM AGAINST CUTTING EDGE THIS CAUSED BRUSING AND SWELLING TO LOWER BACK.
FROZEN DIRT FELL OF AGAIN HITTING 3 MECHANICS THAT WERE TURNING CUTTING EDGES PINNING THEM AGAINST COTTING EDGE THE PIECE WAS APPROX. 3X4X18.
FROZEN DIRT FELL OFF APRON WHILE 3 MECHANICS WERE TURNING CUTTING EDGES THE PIECE THAT FELL WAS APPROX. 3' X 4' X 18". IT STRUCK THEM ON THE BACK, LEGS, FEET PINNING THEM AGAINST CUTTING EDGE . THIS CAUSED A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE AND BROKEN LEFT BIG TOE.