Round Mountain Gold CorporationMining Incidents in 2024

Employee was racking out a substation and grabbed a live stab resulting in an electrical shock and burns.

On 1/8/2024 employee was assisting with lifting an oven onto a cart when they felt pain in their shoulder. It was later determined that surgery was needed and was completed on 6/13/2024.

Contributing factor are trip hazard, multiple people in station.

When moving the rod holder jaw on a drill, the employee pinched their finger resulting in a partial finger amputation that required sutures.

Employee felt a pop in their chest while lifting a pipe to screw in spin locks.

Empire Employee twisted knee after it was caught in between ice chest and other items in the back of service truck.

Helper was dumping tubes as per normal, site conditions were warm clean and dry. Helper was using excessive force to empty the core sample and heard a pop in shoulder and experienced pain.

While an employee's (EE) left arm was supporting a drifter on its side during re-installation on the Bolter Boom, additional mechanics began to push the drifter into place with the EE's arm still holding the drifter. This caused the EE's arm to be pinched in between the drifter and the slide, resulting in swelling and soreness to the EE's arm.

The employee (EE) was using a paint stick to begin marking boot holes following a heading inspection. The EE's right foot slipped on uneven ground causing their weight to shift left. The left foot also slipped, and the EE began to fall to the ground. A rock came between the ground and leg just above the left calf area. The impact resulted in a fracture to the lower left fibula.

An Arc Flash occurred as an employee (EE) attempted to throw a transfer switch that was under load. The flash blew the enclosure door open. This struck the EE in the face and forced the EE backward. EE received minor burns to the left cheek and neck while sustaining facial injuries to the mouth and teeth.

Employee was entering mine site for start of shift and felt something hit their eye. Prescription medication was later given to prevent any infection due to evidence of a foreign object that had been in the eye.

Employee was exposed to nitrogen dioxide on 5/15/24. On 6/6/24, it was determined that the employee was experiencing respiratory related symptoms due to this incident and additional medical treatment was needed.