Mining Incidents

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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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June 27, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Closing the door to pulveriser and did not have my thumb out of the way, smashing the tip of my thumb.

February 21, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was cleaning up some mud with a shovel. He said his knee popped and he felt a lot of pain.

December 14, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was setting timber and some rock fell from the back. When the miner jumped down he caught his arm on a slusher cable and tore his rotor cuff.

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