All MSHA-reportable accidents at Round Mountain Gold Corporation operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
On 5-25-2009 an employee was installing a lock ring on a tire. The employee felt a pop in their right shoulder. The employee was transported to the hospital and returned to work. The employee continued to have pain in their shoulder due to a torn bicep. The had surgery on their right shoulder on 10-30-2009.
As an employee was using a spring attached to a hand held drill to clean out the valve stem on a haul truck tire, the spring broke. The spring contracted and became embedded in the employee's left hand little finger. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where it was determined that the employee's finger was fractured and the employee received two stitches.
As an employee was setting down the lid of a screw feeder, they smashed their left hand ring finger and little finger causing a laceration on both fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital where they received six stitches in their little finger.
As an employee was cutting a piece of steel out of a crusher, the steel shifted and contacted their right leg causing a laceration. He was transported to the hospital where they received eight stitches and seven staples.
While installing a lock ring on a haul truck, the employees finger was pinched between the lock ring and wheel.
An employee was using a Fluke T5-1000 meter to check for stray current/static electricity in the housing of a filter resistor bank. The employee placed one lead on the ground wire. When they placed the other lead against the bottom left corner of the housing, an arc occurred destroying the meter and causing burns to the employee's hands and wrists.
As an employee was installing a wheel group on a haul truck, the pry bar they were using slipped and contacted the employee in the face, causing a laceration. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where they received stitches.
As an employee was bending down to adjust the collector feed pump, the discharge line broke at the union. When the line broke, MX-6205 was sprayed into the employee's eyes. The employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident.
Employee was cutting through a 12"" SDR 11 pipe that was being supported with a backhoe bucket. When the employee had cut apprx. 3/4 of the way through the pipe it broke and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a lacerated and broken nose.