Mining Incidents

Crown Resources-CorporationMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Crown Resources-Corporation operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
1
Total incidents
4
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  3. 03DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Struck against a moving object

Truck driver was hauling gold ore to the plant. While descending the roadway from the mine, the victim lost control of truck. Went up embankment & over an appox drop 20' drop landing back in the roadway. The victim was transported to the hospital & died of injuries several days later.

Fall from machine

Slipped off of step and twisted right knee.

Struck against stationary object

While backing a haul truck into sample stockpile, operator ran over a large rock. This action resulted in truck bouncing and operator striking back of head on the AC post, which caused a laceration needing 13 staples.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Unknown, Occupational Illness Carpel Tunnel.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Crown Resources-Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.