Round Mountain Gold CorporationMining Incidents in 2010

A Cat 16H motor grader was blading the West Waste Dump area as a loaded Cat 789C haul truck approached to dump. Just prior to stopping forward motion, the haul truck contacted the motor graders front left wheel.

A loader operator backed away from the dig face with a full bucket. When the operator moved forward, they articulated with bucket in the air. The loader began to rock side to side. While applying the brake, the operator went to put the bucket on the ground and the loader came over on its left side. The operator was wearing their seat belt at the time of the incident.

Employees were moving an eyewash station building with a fork lift. As the fork lift operator began lifting the building, an employee bent down to pick up an electrical cord. The building tipped over and pinned the employee against a concrete barrier. The employee was transported to the hospital, where it was determined that they had 2 pelvic bone fractures.

An employee was removing a pump impellar by using the drive belts and a bar. The bar slipped and the employee's hand went into the sheave causing their little finger to be pinched in between the belt and sheave. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where it was determined that their finger was fractured and they recieved 7 stitches.

Employee strained shoulder while lifting 20' casing from rack and placing it onto truck.

An employee was opening a container of drill steel coupler anti-seize with a knife and the knife slipped causing a laceration to the employee's left inner thigh. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where they received 3 staples. The employee was released to full duty.

An employee was working the C-5 conveyor, replacing a return idler. A rock fell from the belt and contacted the employee on the mouth, causing one tooth to be chipped and one tooth to be cracked.

Employee was walking down warehouse stairs, where he blacked out and woke up on the concrete floor. Employee suffered a 1 inch laceration that took 5 staples.

EE was using an eight foot fiberglass ladder to install coax cable above the suspended ceiling in the office area of the RMG truck stop.When the EE came down the ladder and his left foot touched the floor his leg would not support his weight and he fell to the floor.

An employee was loading a 12 foot section of 6 inch rubber hose onto a flat bed truck. The employee's left thumb got pinched between the flat bed and the swivel end of the hose causing a laceration to their thumb. The employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where they received stitches.

Employee was grinding on a table, grinder slipped, caught in pants, cut through his pants and underwear. Resulting in torn epidermis x 2 on shaft of penis, pinch on eccymosis across glanis and no break in skin.

Employee was drilling holes with a mag drill and power failed which released magnet and caused the drill to drop hyper extending the thumb.

As an employee was opening a Grieve Oven, their arm contacted the metal shelf behind them and the employee received an electrical shock. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center and released to full duty. After investigation of the oven, it was found that an element wire had come loose and contacted the frame.

As an employee was flipping over a cutting edge, the cutting edge slipped causing the employee's fingers to be smashed between the floor and the cutting edge. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical center where it was determined that the tips of their right hand middle finger and ring finger were fractured.