Mining Incidents

Round Mountain Gold CorporationMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Round Mountain Gold Corporation operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking at a Q-point, an employee tripped and fell. Original x-ray results were negative. Due to the employee continuing to experience pain additional scans were taken. On 6/10/2016, it was determined that 2 left side ribs were fractured.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee felt a pop in their shoulder on 3/22/2016 and later noticed a deformity with their arm. It was determined that EE had a rotator cuff and biceps tear but surgery was not needed at that time. Due to continuous loss of strength in that arm, the employee requested surgery which occurred on 5/18/2020.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee pinched their right index finger causing a laceration.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employees hand was contacted causing a fracture.

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

The employee's right hand middle finger and ring finger were pinched causing a fracture to both and a laceration to the middle finger.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee pinched finger causing a laceration.

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 Round Mountain Gold Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.