Mining Incidents

Marigold Mining CoMining Incidents in 2017

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Marigold Mining Co operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2017
2
Total incidents
15
Year
2017

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE7 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
  4. 04MACHINERY2 incidents
  5. 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2017

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck struck man van resulting in two fatalities. A passenger van carrying nine miners was run over by a 340 ton haul truck.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck struck man van resulting in two fatalities. A passenger van carrying nine miners was run over by a 340 ton haul truck.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck struck man van resulting in fractured ankle.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck struck passenger van resulting in fatalities. Individual admitted self to hospital for further post traumatic evaluation.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was manually aligning a track pin up for installation and experienced a pulling sensation in employee's bicep when the pin was driven into place.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a scraper when EE felt a pain in the back.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The pin on the slot wrench broke while making a connection. The driller asked the helper to move the wrench back into place by hand. After doing so the driller placed hand back on the controls to move the hydraulic ram. Then the helper moved hand back onto the wrench as the ram moved, pinching EE's finger.

Struck against a moving object

Employee complained of pain in employee's left rear during employee's shift operating haul truck.

Fall from machine

Employee was conducting pre-shift exam on shovel after maintenance had been performed and employee stepped on a lifting eye located on top of engine compartment, fell hurting right ankle.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was installing an intake boot when they felt a pain in right elbow.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was in the process of changing ground engaging tools on a road grader when employee felt a sting to employee's right forearm.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee sprained right ankle while pulling cable in pit. Employee sat down in a pickup and appeared to lose consciousness due to pain. Employee was given restricted duty and was placed in a walking boot.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was in van incident that occurred on 10-31-17. EE was evaluated and given full release that same day. On 11-2-17, ee was taken for further evaluation and given another full release. On 11-09-17 employee went to chiropractor for hip re-alignment and was again given full release after treatment. Employee reported chiropractor visit to Marigold Mine on 11-20-17

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While lifting GET for scraper with overhead crane and magnet, the GET slid across hand cutting pinky finger.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

After lifting the hammer from the interchange, employee was setting the hammer down to lean on the daybed. Employee slid the hammer down left forearm and a shard of metal off the hammer inserted into left forearm requiring stitches.

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 Marigold Mining Co's numeric MSHA operator ID.