Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 6 TON WAGNER DUMP TRUCK. BACK PAIN STARTED DURING SHIFT AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHICH STARTED BACK PAIN.
Silver Butte Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Formosa Exploration Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Formosa Resources Corp
Douglas County,
OR
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503327
MSHA record for Silver Butte Mine (mine ID 3503327). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 22
- Years on record
- 1989–1994
- Latest incident
- Apr 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file1994 · 2 incidents
April 7, 1994
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS PUSH STARTING PICKUP BY HAND. FOLLOWING THIS PAIN WAS FELT IN GROIN WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
1993 · 8 incidents
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS, FOREIGN MATERIAL CRUST ENTERED LEFT EYE. THE RUST PROBABLY CAME FROM A PIPE IN THE AREA.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
CLARK AND ANOTHER MINER WERE BARRING DOWN LOOSE ROCK IN A STOPE PRIOR TO BOLTING. CLARK WAS INSPECTING A BARRED DOWN AREA IN THE BACK WHEN A ROCK FROM AN ADJACENT AREA FELL ON HIM, CUTTING TH E BACK OF HIS HEAD. EIGHT STITCHES (STAPLES) WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
July 23, 1993
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
MACHINERY
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS IN ROCK. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD, CAUSING A LACER ATION TO THE RIGHT EYE AREA AND CHIPPING THE EYE SOCKET BONE.
July 23, 1993
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHENING U-JOINT BOLT ON JCI-125 MUCKER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ELBOW TO STRIKE THE MUCKER FRAME. FIVE STITCHES WERRE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE RESULTING LACERATION.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Fall from machine
EE WAS WORKING UNDERGROUND HANGING VENT LINE HE WAS USING A JC1 125 M MUCKER AS HIS STACING HE SLIPPED ON THE WET SURFACE AND FELL ON THE MUCKER AND THEN TO THE GROUND INJUR8ING HIS LOWER BACK .
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN OUR 4X4 TRAVELING FROM MINE SITE TO OFFICE. DRIVER ROUNDED CORNER ON ICY ROAD HIT DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY OTHER HEADON. EE HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD KNEES HIT INTO DASH BOARD CAUSING HIP INJURY LEFT AND CUT LEFT EYELID.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS WALKING OUT OF PORTAL HIT HIS HEAD ON A AIR VALVE CUAISNG A CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by powered moving object
WHILE PUTTING IN UTILITY PIN THE CROW FOOT OF JACKLEG SLIPPED BACK LANDING ON HIS FOOT RIGHT.
1992 · 3 incidents
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK WHILE HE WAS ROCK BOLTING OPERATION.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTED IN AN INCORRECT METHOD OF GEAR ALIGNMENT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. SEVERE CRUSHING OF RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING WITH 83 DRILL CAUSING STRAIN AND TENDERNESS TO HANDS WHILE WORKING.
1991 · 8 incidents
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WORKER WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG DRILL. PULLED MACHINE OUT OF HOLE. TRIED TO PULL MACHINE UPRIGHT.
September 9, 1991
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
WORKER WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE GROUND WHEN ROCKS FELL AND HIT HIM.
August 14, 1991
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CEMENT OFF PALLET OF CEMENT BAGS WHEN STACK SHIFTED AND FELL AGAINST HIS LEG.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
MINER WAS DRILLING COLLARING A HOLE AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE AND STUCK THERE.
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING DOWN DECLINE TWISTED ANKLE.
May 10, 1991
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Formosa Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STARTED CREAM SUBURBAN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHILE IT WAS IN GEAR THE SUBURBAN MOVED FORWARD & HIT THE WORK BENCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SHOP THE DOOR CLOSED ON HIS RT HIP & LOWER BACK
Formosa Exploration Inc · Struck by falling object
BARRING DOWN ROCK FELL ON SHOULDER
May 6, 1991
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WORKING ON FLOAT DECK INJURED TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.HE TURNED SUDDENLY AND FELT A POP.FROM THEN ON IT HAS BEEN PAINFUL TO WALK ON DECKS AND LADDERS.MOVING UP AND DOWN AGGREVATES KNEE.(RU BBER BOOT CLEAT WAS IN DECK SO WHEN HE HE TURNED HIS KNEE MOVED BUT HIS FOOT DIDN'T).
1989 · 1 incident
Formosa Exploration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
DELIVERING PLYWOOD & TIN SIDING TO MINE SITE. LOAD SLID FROM TRUCK. WHEN LIFTING TIN BACK INTO TRUCK STRAINED BACK.
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