Robinson Nevada Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2010

Employee was dismounting his haul truck, stepped on a rock causing him to twist his right leg and fall to the ground.

Employee was changing drill bits when his foot got caught on drill deck. Employee fell into handrail fracturing two ribs.

Employee was loading plastic float shell into back of pickup when he felt a pop in his right elbow causing pain.

Employee was kneeling/crawling under a dozer to make repairs. He began to experience soreness after completing the work and gettin out from under the dozer. His knee began to swell. He was treated at a local clinic and released back to work the same day.

Employee was changing the tire on a skid-steer loader. As he was attempting to slide the tire off the lug bolts, he did not know that the tires where foam filled and the weight of the tires. When the rim slid off the lug bolts, the employees right middle finger got pinched between the rim and hub. Employee cut his middle finger, receiving six stitches.

Employee put pipe wrench on pipe, the driller rotated the pipe but wrench did not grip, so employee put right hand on pipe wrench jaw to force it to grip the pipe. Pipe gripped for a second then slipped causing the jaw to slam back into employee's right hand and wrist.

An accident occurred involving a 30 ton Artic truck #305. Icy road conditions caused the truck bed to slide accross the center berm of the road. The rear wheels of the truck bed caught on the berm and flipped the box of the truck over.

Employee bent over to clean level sensor, leaned on grating injuring a rib.

Employee was moving a 55 gallon drum with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped causing left 5th finger to get caught in a pinch point. The injury resulted in a fracture of the 5th finger.

Employee was changing bucket teeth on a track hoe. The employee hit a pin punch with a hammer and the hammer head chipped. The chipped piece struck employee in the right cheek.

While unhooking a braided wire tow cable, pin slipped causing a loose wire to cut left index finger, cable was dropped. Lacerated finger required 14 sutures.

Employee was cutting expanded metal and saw kicked back coming down on employee's left thumb cutting thru his glove and into his thumb. Employee received 3 stitches.

Employee was walking across grind deck and tripped on a piece of grading. Employee fell on his knee cutting Left knee.