U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2009

Employee stepped on a small rock and rolled his left ankle.

Employee was drilling with jackleg. Jackleg kicked out and the handle hit left knee and hyperextended it.

Just starting shift. Started to wet down stops, grabbed water hose, turned and twisted left knee.

Employee was installing new rockbolts in a drift rehab project. The employee had finished drilling a bolt hole and was repositioning his machine to drive a splitset bolt when he stepped on a rusted off mechanical rockbolt which was buried in the mud, puncturing his left boot and foot.

Employee was working on the grizzly breaking boulders with a double jack. Employee was hot and sweaty causing safety glasses to slide down his nose at the same time he swung the double jack. A rock chunk flew up from striking the employees left eye.

Employee was involved in routine maintenance when she lifted and twisted at the same time straining lower back.

4600-146 Stope, employee was back dragging with LHD when a rock fell out of the back and struck right side of employees head, jarred neck and back.

Employee had hoisted a 12B with a chain hoist to turn it around. While pushing on the mucker to turn it, the employee strained his lower back.

Employee was unloading supplies from the cage on the 4900 level, when he strained his back from improper lifting.

Employee was barring down in the work heading when he felt a sharp pain and cramping in his lower back.

Employee was drilling with a jackleg and standing close to the face. The face air slacked and rock struck the employee, causing two small lacerations which required sutures.

EE barring down with scaling bar and bruised right hand.

Employee was carrying an axe through his work area when tripped fell forward. The axe hit the ground, stood upright and the employee fell hitting his mouth on the end of the handle cutting his lip and chipping his tooth.

Employee's finger was lacerated while he was attaching a chain to hang the Cryderman.

Shot raise round 11/3/09, went in 11/04/09 to bolt raise and loose ground fell out and struck EE on head.

Employee doing drift repair stepped back and stepped into the drainage ditch. When he did, he stepped on a rusted off rock bolt, that was buried in the mud. It punctured the bottom of his boot and into his foot. The employee returned full duty. Four days after the accident the employee was treated for infection of the foot wound.

Employee was loading material in raise skip when a rock fell down the raise striking the employee on the right forearm causing a small laceration.

Employee was hooking up rail cars, when the hitch shifted, pinching and lacerating his finger.

EE was just starting to bolt raise, had hole drilled, bent over to get bolt and a board slab hit his hard hat and pushed the brim over his face cutting left eyebrow and nose.

Employee was collaring a hole in a back stope round when a small sharp rock struck him above the arm guard causing a laceration on the bicep.

Employee was helping another employee who was bolting with a jack leg drill. Employee who was drilling, lost his grip on jack leg and it fell over causing the leg to flip up striking the helper in the elbow.

Rock burst while employee was bolting back. Employee fell against the footwall and hit right shoulder.

Employee was opening the lid of a battery box on an electric locomotive. His grip slipped and he caught his hand between the lid and the side of the battery box resulting in a cut finger requiring sutures.

Employee was at the face unhooking a slusher block. A rock above the block fell striking he above the arm gaurd resulting in a laceration requiring sutures.

Employee grabbed the end of a hand held power hack saw lacerating finger.