MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 3000611). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE BENCH IN PREPARATION FOR DRILLING HE WAS APPROXIMAT ELY 35FT BELOW A SUBLEVEL UNDER A BLUFF WHEN HE WASSTRUCK BY LOOSE ROCK THAT FELL FROM THE RIM OR RUCK HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD AND SHOULDER CAUSING FATAL INJURIES VICTIM WAS WORKING ALONE ON AN APPARENT 45 DEGREE SLOPE & WAS PROPERLY TIED OFF WITH SAFETY BELT & LINE
PULLING CABLE UP 700-7C STOPE, EE SL;IPPED AND FELL ON MUCK PILE, FELT PAIN TO BACK.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS INDUSTRIAL LUNG DISEASE.DID NOT FILE WITH WORKMANS COMPENSATION UNTIL 1996.GOUVERNEUR TALC DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE UNTIL 02-29-96.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING CHUNK OF ORE IN HOPPER & FELT PAIN IN GROIN DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION TILL SEPT 30 1994
EMPLOYEES WENT TO 500-19A RAMP TO WELD ON THE SLUSHER BUCKET. THE NEXT THINKG HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE SAW WAS A FLASH AND SOME SMOKE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF LAMP ROOM TOWARD THE SHAFT & SLIPPED ON STEPS OUTSIDE LAMP ROOM. PER DOCTOR'S ORDER- THE EMPLOYEE IS TO BE EXCUSED FROM WORK TILL MEDICAL DISCHARGE - 3/4/94.
EMPLOYEE REPAIRED TUGGER CABLE AND THEN STEPPED OVER IT ON A CHUNK TURNING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
MAN CAGE DAMAGED WHEN LOWERED INTO BOTTOM OF SHAFT INSTEAD OF HOISTING.
EE WAS DRAGGING AIR AND WATER HOSES FOR DRILL MACHINE UP 700 AM14 STOPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING DOWN THROUGH 500-19A STOPE OVER BROKEN MUCK PILE, LOST FOOTING & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAINTENANCE MAN UNLOAD OXY-ACETYLENE BOTTLES OFF FLAT CAR AT 900 LEVEL M-11 STOPE/RAMP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER GOT INTO FIGHT ON 700 MAIN FOOTWALL DRIFT WORKING ON RAIL TRACK. EMPLOYEES WRESTLED AND SLIPPED ON MUD- BOTH FELL AND INJURED EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO RAIL TRACK FRACTURING 3 RIBS LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE TRYING TO COLLAR A HOLE. HE FELL AND BRUISED LEFT WRSIT.
EIMCO WAS TURNING HARD EE WAS STRAINING TRYING TO TURN IT AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WELDING CHIPPING SLAG ON 1100 LEVEL CRUSHER PIECE OF WELDING SLAG ENTERED RT EYE
59436ING MUCK AT 900-M9-X-CUT WHEN ORE CHUNK ROLLED OUT OF X-CUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFF KNEE AND RIGHT SHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDEGROUND DRILL BENCH OFF AFTER BLASTING, WAS PUSHING LARGE ROCK OFF AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING WINDOW OF LOADER AND CUT HAND ON CLAMP OF WINDSHIELD WIPER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING CHUNK OF ORE IN 700 LEVEL CRUSHER. BAR SLIPPED CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
LOOSEN STUCK ORE IN 700 LOADING POCKET REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY TO PALM ON LEFT HAND USING PRY BAR REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR 03-19-92
EE ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
INJ PUTTING DRILL STEEL ON STORAGE RACK WHEN ONE PIECE FELL HITTING MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN TRACK LEVEL WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD, STRAINING LOW BACK.
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS LOADING HOLES IN A DRAINAGE DITCH, WHEN A CHUNK CAME OUT OF THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND NECK.
INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE 700-15 MANWAY LADDER SLIPPED ON LADDER STRIKING RIGHT KNEE AGAINST RAISE PIN
INJURED WAS REARRANGING SOME CHUNKS OF ORE IN THE TRAM CAR WHEN A CHUNK ROLLED OVER PINCHING RT HAND BETWEEN THE CHUNK & TRAM CAR
INJ DESCENDING LADDERWAY,STOPPED,AN EMPL ABOVE STEPPED ON INJUREDS HEAD.
INJURED AND ANOTHER TRAMMERMAN WERE PUTTING A CAR BACK ONTO THE TRACK AT THE 500 LEVEL 19A RAMP, WHEN THE MINE CAR DUMP WHEEL STRUCK THE INJURED'S RIGHT ANKLE, CAUSING A LACERATION ABOUT 3 INC HES LONG.
INJURED WAS PUTTING DOWN A PIECE OF STRUCTURAL ANGLE, THE PIECE SLID THROUGH HIS HAND; AT THE END OF THE ANGLE, THERE WAS A BURR WHICH CAUSED THE LACERATION TO LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE.
INJ OPERATING UG LOCOMOTIVE COMING FROM 500-16 STOPE HE TURNED AROUND TO VISUALLY CHECK CARS BEHIND HIM THEN TURNED TO LOOK AHEAD STRUCK OVERHEAD RAMP WITH HEAD.STARTED LOST TIME 10-24-89.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE.
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE
THE NO.1 MINE HOIST EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM RESULTED IN SHUT-DOWN OF THE HOIST. EMPLOYEE'S UNDERGROUND WERE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED TO REPORT TO THE UNDERGROUND LUNCHROOMS. T HE ELECTRICIAN WAS ALSO UNDGERGROUND AT THE TIME OF THE HOIST FAILURE. HE WALKED OUT OF THE MINE AND ARRIVED AT THE HOIST ROOM AT APPROX. 12:00 NOON. THE ELECTRICIAN FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS REL
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS TAKING DOWN CHARGED HEADING SIGN WHEN HE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON SIDEWALL.
INJURED CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS L ARM WHILE LIFTING A 14' STEEL TO PLACE THE STEEL IN A PARTLY DRILLED HOLE FOR ROCK BOLTING AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS HOLDING THE DRILL IN HIS R HAND
INJURED WAS DESCEDING STEP LADDER, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LAST STEP; HIS FOOT LANDED ON LOOSE ROCKS CAUSING SPRAIN ADN BRUISE TO RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A SCREW CONVEYOR FOR HARD SURFACE WELDING WHEN HE FELT LEFT WRIST PAIN.
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE.
INJURED WAS KNEELING ON 3/4" STEEL PLATE. WHEN HE REACHED INTO TOOL STORAGE HIS KNEE SLIPPED OFF THE STEEL PLATE ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. STEEL WAS 3/4" ABOVE THE CEMENT FLOOR.
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE
OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS SCALING ON LOOSE WHEN A CHUNK OF ORE ROLLED OFF MUCK PILE BEHIND HIM STRIKING R HEEL
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS SWEEPING LABORATORY FLOOR WHEN HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT EYE.GLASSES WERE WORN BY INJURED.
INJ WALKING DOWN TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET MUCK STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON TRACK.DR OFFICE 8-3-88.
PUTTING 50 LB BOX OF POWDER IN POWDER BOX -FELT LOW BACK PAIN. WENT FOR CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS 10-26-88.
INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK WHEN HE MISSED THE LOCATION HE WANTED TO PLACE THE BAR TO TAKE DOWN THE LOOSE ROCK; THE FORCE CAUSED INJURED TO SLIP.
INJ. CLAIMS THE COVER ON NO. 4 HARDINGE WEIGH T CHECK BARREL CLOSED AND PINCHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN COVER AND BARREL.
INJURED WAS TURNING TO PILE BAG ON PALLETIZING STATION & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK
INJURED WAS PREPARING AIR GRINDER TO GRIND OFF WELDED SURFACE OF 700 CRUSHER THERE WAS W ATER IN THE AIR LINE SO THE INJUR ED W AS RUNNING THE GRINDER TO R EMOVE THE WATER THE DISC CAME APART LACERATING HIS LEFT ARM
INJURED CLAIMS SHE SLIPPED ON ICE IN PARKING LOT WHILE GETTING INTO HER CAR
CLEANING WET ORE OUT OF SURFACE CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT LOW BACK PAIN.
INJURED CLAIMS AS HE WAS PALLETIZING ON THE NO. 1 PACKER, HE FELT A SHRP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE TURNED TO PUT ANOTHER BAG ON THE POLE.
INJURED WAS TAKING APART A 2 IN COMPRESSED AIR LINE TO INSTALL AN AIR DROP HE LOOSENED A VIC COUPLING TO BLEED OFF AIR AFTER HE CLOSED THE MAIN AIR VALVE WHEN THE AIR QUIT BLEEDING HE RELEASED THE VIC COUPLING CAUSING THE REMAINING PRESSURIZED AIR TO SEPARATE THE PIPE AND REMAINING PRESSURE DROVE RUST OUT OF THE PIPELINE INTO INJUREDS LEFT FOREARM
INJ CLAINS HE W5S SCRAPING AND CLEANING COMPRSSOR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RT HAND ON COMPRESSOR, AND OPENED OLD CUT. INFECTION DEVELOPED AND HE WENT TO T HE COMPANY DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT OF INFECT
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS GETTING INTO THE LOADER WHENHIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT ELBOW ON LOADER.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS CARRYING DRILL EQUIPMENT UP HIS RAISE WHEN HE FELT LOW BACK PAIN
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS BARRING ON CHUNK BRIDGED IN THE CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS MOVING DRILL EQUIPMENT WHEN THE MUCK PILE MOVED CAUSING A SMALL CHUNK TO ROLL DOWN MUCK PILE STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOOT.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E PUSHING ON TRAM CAR BY HAND ON THE 900 LEVEL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS CLEANING OFF SHELVES WHEN THE HEATER BLOWER BLEW DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS WALKING TO THE BACK FILL OPERATION WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE ROADWAY.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E HAD WALKED OUTSIDE OF THE ELCTRICAL SHOP & SLIPPED ON SOME HARD PACKED SNOW
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS TANKING 50LB. BAGS OF TALC FROM A CONVEYOR AND PLACING THE BAGS ON A PALLET, WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOW BACK.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS CATCHING BAGS FROM THE CONVEYOR AND WHILE TURNING OR TWISTING HIS BODY TO PLACE THE BAG ON A PALLET, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS TAKING 50 LB BAGS OF TALC FROM THE CONVEYOR AND PILING THE BAGS ONTO A PALLET FOR SHIPMENT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOW BACK
INJ MUCKING FRO4 700M3 X-CUT WHEN LOOSE MUCK BROKE DOWN FROM DRAWPOINT STRIKING INJ ON RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE TRIED TO AVOID INJURY.
INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS BARRING OLD KNOT FROM CLEVIS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER
INJ CLAIMS HE S9T UP A 16FT LADDER UNDER THE CORNER HOUSE TO CLOSE THE DOOR THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE INJURED AND HE FELL APPROX 10FT TO THE GROUND TWISTING HIS ANKLE
PRESUMED SLIGHT3MISALIGNMENT OF CONVEYANCE HEADSHEAVE CAUSED FAILURE OF FLOATING BEARING ATTACHMENT SLEEVE
INJURED WAS WA5KING DOWN FROM THE SUBLEVEL IN HIS STOPE BY USING THE TUGGER CABLE ROPE AS A HANDLINE. WHILE SLIDING HIS HAND ALONG THE CABLE A FRAYED AREA OF T HE CABLE PUNCTURED THE LEFT L ITTLE FINGER. 3
INJURED CLAIMES3HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MUCK PILE STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND ON A CHUNK,AND ALSO TWISTED HIS CERVICAL AREA.
A LOCAL RESIDEN7 SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE RISING FROM THE WOODS BETWEEN THE BALMAT RD AND THE OLD ST JOE WATER TOWER UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION HE FOUND A HOLE APPROX 40 FT X 40 FT WIDE THA T HAD CAVED INT2 THE GOUVERNEUR TALC COS #1 MINE MINE OFFICIALS FROM GOUVERNEUR TALC AND ST JOE WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT 8:15 AM AND IMMEDIATELY INSPECTED THE AREA SURROUNDING THE OPENING AND THE H
EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING A 2 IN BARREL VALVE ON SIDE OF CONE UNDER #13 SILO AND WHILE TURNING CAP FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO REPAIR THE WHEEL FROM AN "ORE CAR". WHILE THE WHEEL FOR WELDING THE EMPLOYEE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO MOVE THE WHEEL. WHILE LIFTING ON THE WHEEL HE FELT A SNAP IN HER LO WER BACK. THE I3JURED WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOPSITAL WHERE HE WAS X-RAYED AND FOUND TO HAVE A POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE WITH L5-SL DISC INVOLVEMENT.
THE INJURED WAS LOADING A TRUCK WITH SCRAP.HE STEPPED BACKWARD FROM TRUCK ONTO LOADING DOCK AND STEPPED INTO A SMALL OPENING CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET.IN TRYING TO CATCH HIS BALANCE HE STRUCK THE SIDE RAILS OF THE TRUCK.
2 EMPLOYEES MADE FIRST RUN UP 5// AM-WEST DRIFT & SMELLED SMOKE ON THEIR RETURN TRIP TO SHAFT. MINE ELECTRICIANS TRY SELECTIVE RESET STARTING WTITH MAIN IN MILL. ALL MEN REMOVED FROM MINE, MIN E RESUCE TEAM TO FOLLOW 500\ LEVEL CABLE AND LOOK FOR BURN OUT. I.NAME TO TAKE APPARATUS AND ACT AS BASE STATION AT 500\ STATION. I.NAME TOOK 2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO RESCUE TEAM. TEAM LOCATED
WITH I.NAME DRILLER EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK FROM STOPE SIDEWALL THAT RESULTED FROM BLASTING ON PREVIOUS DAY IN SCALING ONE PARTICULAR PC OF LOOSE LOOSE MATERIAL FORCED THE SCALING BAR BACK IN TURN CATCHING I.NAME RT HAND LITTLE FINGER (THE FLESHY PART OF THE FIRST SEGMENT) BETWEEN END OF BAR& SOLID SIDEWALL GLOVES WERE BEING WORN
WHILE CUTTING CONVEYOR "LOK TAPE" WITH KNIFE HE SLIPPED OFF BOARD THAT TAPE WAS ON. CUTTING TWO FINGERS.
HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 6" I-BEAM WITH THEE POWER HACKSAW. THERE WAS APPROX A 6\ PIECE OF BEAM PROTRUDING FROM THE SAW. THE PIECE WAS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY ANY TYPE OF STAND OR REST. WHEN THE SAW HAD FINISHED ITS CUT THE BEAM FELL & STRUCK YOUNGS ON THE INSTEP OF T HE ELFT FOOT. THE INJURED WAS EXAMINED X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & THE FRACTURE DIAGNOSED. ESTIMATED DISABLIY WILL BE
LECLAIR WAS DRILLING PIN HOLES WITH A LEROY DRIL& LEG HE WAS IN A TIGHT AREA ANDE WHEN COLLRING A HOLE MACHINE SLIPPED OF LECLAIR SHUT OFF AIR WITH NO AIR THE LEG RETRACTED AND STARTED TO FALL DOWN RAISE HE THEN TURNED TO CATCH MACHINE AND TURNED IN A ODD ANGLE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK
WHILE MUCKING WITH AN EIMCO 21 IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RIB, HE WAS IN THE RETREAT MOTION WHEN HE TURNED THE EIMCO TO THE LEFT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN THE CONTROLLER AND THE SIDE WALL CAUSING THE FRACTURE OF THE WRIST.
2 MEN ASSIGNED TO SCALE ACCESS DRIFT TO 40 MANWAY OF EAST DRIFT 500 LEVEL.AS EMPL HELD SCALING BAR AGAINST PIECE OF LOOSE,OTHER EMPL PRYED ON THER END.CHUNCK BROKE LOOSE FORCING PIPE END OF BA R INTO EMPL RIGHT KNEE.
REPAIRING 3/4\\ WIRE CABLE.HAND S IPPED CATCHING PROTRUDING STRAND CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND AND BONE CHIP MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
CAUSE OF OCCUPATIONAL CONDITION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DIAGNOSIS WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL REJECTION OF DISABILITY BENEFITS BY AETNA INSURANCE CO ON 11-28-83 REASON FOR DATE OF THIS REPORT
THE INJURED WAS MOVING HIS DRILLING EQUIPMENT TO THE FACE WHILE PULLING HOSES HE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE RESULTING IN SOME DISCOMFORT BILL R ETURNED TO WORK WITH NO TREATMENT OR LOSS OF TIME FROM
THE INJURED WAS HELPING TO MOVE A CRUSHER LINER BY USE OF A DOLLY, HE NOTICED A PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK WHILE IN PROECESS OF PUSHING.
NO 1 MINE 900 MAIN 7 STOPE-WHILE DRILLING BENCH WITH JACKHAMMER INJURED SLIPPED ON FLOOR OF STOPE & FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON MUCK PILE THAT CAUSED INJURY TO BACK MUSCLE HE WAS TAKEN TO EJ NOB LE HOSPITAL & SEEN BY DR FISCHER X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & SHOWN TO BE NEGATIVE FORSYTHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY
CHANGING FLOW OF MATERIAL WITH USE OF FK VALUE, HANDLE THAT OPERATOES FROM STAIRWAY PLATFORM HE CHANGE VALUE BY STANDING ON PUMP MOTOR APPROX 8\ BELOW VALVE. LOOSING BALANCE STIKING SHOULDER A AGAINST HARDINGE CEMENT PIER.
COMPLICATIONS OF INJURY 9-11-70.
HE CHECKING LOCATED AT TOP OF MILL REUTRNING BY WAY OF WALKWAY BETWEEN FP HOUSE AND MILL COLLECTOR. HE STRUCK HEAD ON ELECTRICAL CONDUIT LINE THAT CONNECTS CAUSING NECK SPRAIN.
HE WAS DRILLING HOLES USING A JACKHAMMER FOR THE BLOCK HOLING OF LARGE ORE CHUNKS IN A SCRAM DRIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON BROKEN MUCK AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE FULL SHIFT THE FOLLOWING DAY WHIEL PERFORMING THE SAME TYPE WORK WITH CO-WORKER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOW MID-BACK AREA INJURED WAS EXAMINED BY J F WRIGHT MD IN E J NOBLE HOSPITAL E R NO X-RAYS W
DRILLING HOLES FOR SECONDARY BLASTING,SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING INJURY AND PAIN TO BACK.ON 7-19-83 PUTTING ON BOOTS FELT PAIN IN BACK-BUT PROCEEDED TO WORK AT REGULAR JOB WITH NO APPARENT DIFFI CULTY.ON 7-20-83 NOTIFIED SUPV THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM FROM INJURY ON 6-30 AND WAS GOING TO SEEK MED ATTENTION.
STEPPED ON BROKEN MUCK SLID DOWN INTO 24 STOPE CARRYING IT WITH HIM FOR ABOUT 15 FEET SEVERAL SMALL CHUNKS HIT HIM AND ONE LARGE CHUNK ROLLED OVER THE HIP AREA CAUSING BRUISE AND CONTUSION
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