Mining Incidents

Round Mountain Gold CorporationMining Incidents in 2019

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Round Mountain Gold Corporation operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2019
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2019

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  4. 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident

All incidents in 2019

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

The employee's right thumb was pinched resulting in a partial surgical amputation. (distal phalange)

Fall from machine

An employee fell and contacted the ground causing pain in their back.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

An employee tripped and fell causing pain in their knee.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

As an employee was walking backwards they tripped and fell landing on their arm. It was determined that a tendon was torn. On 2/3/2020, the employee had surgery to repair the tendon.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee felt pain in their shoulder when they slipped and fell while stepping across a ditch on 1/2/2019. Employee felt reoccurring pain and on 1/27/2021 it was determined that the employee had a rotator cuff tear consistent with the 1/2/2019 incident.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was carrying a loop of wire weighing approximately 50lbs to the work area when they felt a ""pop"" in their back and some pain.

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

The employee had finger pinched between a steel bar and valve handle causing a fracture.

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

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

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

The employee's left middle finger was pinched causing a fracture.

Struck against stationary object

Employee slipped on piece of ice laying on concrete pad and severely sprained EE's right ankle, requiring surgery.

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.