Mining Incidents

Round Mountain Gold CorporationMining Incidents in 2021

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Round Mountain Gold Corporation operations in 2021. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2021
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2021

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY2 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2021

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

An employee's finger was pinched resulting in an avulsion that required a skin graft surgery.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee's finger was contacted causing a fracture.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

An employee attempted to move a large rock and felt pain in their bicep on 6/25/2021. On 7/19/2021 it was determined that the employee had a bicep rupture and surgery was needed.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt pain in their shoulder while using an impact wrench on 5/14/2021. On 7/9/2021, it was determined that the employee had a tear in the shoulder consistent with the 5/14/21 incident.

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

Employee's foot was smashed when raising the shovel ladder.

Struck by falling object

Employee received a laceration that required two stitches when a rubber tire dozer and scraper made contact.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a bushing in a haul cylinder and struck left hand with a hammer. The injury resulted in a non-displaced fracture of the index finger. Employee has been released to ""work to comfort level"" and is performing light duty and computer work.

Struck against stationary object

An employee smashed their left hand index finger.

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

Employee smashed their thumb in the hinge side of the cab door.

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

Employee was pulling PVC casing off the truck at the end of shift. While the casing was being removed, it started to fall. The employee reached to catch the falling casing and caught finger between the casing and a pipe wrench. It was at this time EE pinched finger between wrench and casing.

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.