All MSHA-reportable accidents at U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.
4900-132 Ramp - Mucker 2-11. Miner was operating LHD; mucking out heading when the LHD caught fire. The fire suppression system was activated and miner withdrew from heading and called the No. 3 Hoist. The mine was evacuated.
The air compressor used on hoist for pinion and accumulator is also used to aid in dumping stench. Valve was left open on stench manifold and compressor would not keep up creating air loss on the pinion brake, which faulted the hoist computer.
Coeur Hoist kept kicking out, replaced left brake limit switch.
No. 3 Hoist computer screen locked up, per instructions on screen - breaker was reset. Breaker would not reset - electrician turned main breaker off; everything reset.
Hoist man moved conveyance without a release bell from cagers working on 4600 #3 Station. One cager was inside cage when it was moved and other cager was on station.
#3 Hoist Galena Mine - Pulling muck on #1 side, power dropped out, night shift crew on surface. Avista power line coming on site insulator broke and dropped power out back to Osburn Sub-station.
Pull lead on #1 side going up; hoist shut down. Computer would not let hoistman to re-set
A cam that releases the hoist brake did not fully engage causing the brakes to remain in prime. Safety's shut hoist down. Reset cams.
Pull lead off 5200 pocket, computer fault came on, no oil flow to inboard bearing. Maintenance on site - adjusted oil flow.
Hoistman performing pre-shift on #3 Hoist, heard ""pop"" then noticed the monitor screen in hoist was blank, unplugged and plugged back in and monitor came back on, but had tripped out a breaker in the mezzanine. Breaker reset and hoist was up and running again.
Hoist man heard a loud snap; ee tried to reset the brake wear fault. After failing to get a reset ee called maintenance, electricians and safety.
3200 Chippy hoist person stopped conveyance on 3700 station. Short time later alarm activated and hoist could not be restarted. Code indicated brake was not set, the fact was that the brake set switch was not fully engaged.
No personnel underground at time of incident. AC Line Contactor on No. 3 Hoist computer system failed, took electricians time to diagnose problem - spare contactor installed and hoist back up and running.
Abandoned 4600 ""G"" entry had a unconfirmed panel collapse - pushing the water out of the old workings; water went down No. 3 Shaft and Galena Shaft - concern over damage to No. 3 Shaft. MSHA on site March 9th to look at entry
5200 Upper Pocket, spot cage at pocket landing step out, slipped on cap of landing.
4900-195 Incline, drilling with jackleg for roof bolting, machine came back striking miner with handle in right cheek, fracture right sinus
3400-49RS install raise gate 20' down from top; nail lagging to side for gate to stop on when you close it. Had to hold lagging with left hand to nail in place, hit back of hand with poll of axe. Fracture middle left finger.
3400-049E prep and scale for rock bolting in raise stope, miner bolting back, material came out of crown of hanging wall hit left shoulder.
Cleaning out gob pile, move old rail with cable off bucket of mucker; guide mucker operator in to pull rail, slid down pinched foot under bucket.
4900-310 Load-out barring back down after blast, stepped back to look for better angle to bar; material from behind wire fell out hit miner on the shoulder.
5200-206 glue back hole with dwyidag, PVC pipe slipped out of hands of miner; striking upper lip, laceration.
Miner wash down raise, rock rolled off bulkhead striking miner on nose and left cheek
4300 Diamond Drill station - move gopher drill forward when base slid out, drill rocked ahead, miner tried to catch it and caught right arm on cable guard. Laceration to inner right elbow.
Wetting down muck pile in 5200-206 ramp, rock came out of rib striking left forearm, laceration to left forearm
Miner using snow rake to clear snow off Morning Shop open warehouse roof, snow rake came out of EE's hands falling back striking EE above right eye - laceration above right eye
4900-121 Shop, move full 55 gallon drum of oil off timber truck, barrel slid causing left little finger to be fractured between two barrels.
5200-159E; Muck & pad 159; trammed to 186 chute; felt sick, had headache, headed to 5200 #3 station, rode cage out at end of shift; stopped @ 2400 station to pick up miners, passed out in cage.
Miner claims carpal tunnel syndrome on January 2, 2018. Went on lost time as of March 1st 2018 for scheduled carpal tunnel surgery (both wrists).