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5200-159ER scaling back under protected ground, rock came out of back hitting miner on left shoulder
4900-334 bolting back - rock came out of back hitting miner on upper lip
3200-021 RS heading into workplace when employee got stuck in mud and sand; when getting foot unstuck, miner stepped and slipped on track. Right knee "popped".
5200-347 barring rock out of chute, felt sharp pain in groin, pain went slowly away, grizzling on 3700, moved piece of steel, pain came back.
Accident was reported on Wednesday July 31st. 5200-186 - pulling chutes, jumped off motor to pull chute twisting right knee when heel of boot caught on motor hitch.
5200-164 - Using powder knife to cut water hose; knife slipped and went into left thigh.
Avista power tripped out in town of Osburn, ID. Coeur Hoist powered up 1:00 PM, ran checks on hoist and shaft
No. 3 Hoist tripped out, would not reset. Called IT in Ontario Canada - long range dial stuck when taken out of man mode - reset manually to muck mode and re-set. Recommissioned shaft - back and running at 11:10 PM.
Foreign body/dirt in left eye
Hoistman moving cagers from 3700 pocket to 3700 Station to transfer more muck. Stopped at upper pocket the #3 hoist stalled out and would not reset. Brake limit switch had to be readjusted.
5200-346 Chute - barring overhead in chute, felt pain in right shoulder.
5200-184 Rock on face - went to pull it off, slipped and fell forward, rock slipped off face and caught middle finger of right hand between two rocks.
Operate Mucker 2-4 (250M) heading up incline to get another load of muck, looked back saw flames coming from end of mucker. Articulated mucker into rib and hit fire suppression system
3700 Galena Station - loading bolts onto cage, bundle of bolts was missing a band. Put gap filler in place to prevent bolts from falling down shaft. The bolts caught the filler going into the cage and the filler went down the shaft. Shaft was inspected and cleared at 30 minutes.
3400-049 Remove pig pin, step over it, tripped on geotech falling into handle of jackleg
3400-048 Raising crib smashed left index finger with ax driving 60 penny nail above employee's head
3200 Grizzly pulling boulders down off grizzly slope, felt belly button pop.
No. 3 Hoist, pull muck off 5200 halfway up shaft hoist slowed down from 1700 to 500 FPM, computer gave pinion brake supply pressure fault. Found loose connection on pinion brake supply pressure transducer.
4900-210 Move wooden post with slusher, end of post caught rib came back hitting miner in lower right leg. Went to clinic - released to full duty on March 26th. Miner went back in on April 4th - doctor put on lost time till April 12th - elevate leg and have MRI done
5200 Grizzly - using double jack to break rocks on top of grizzly; felt strong pain in right hand.
5200 Grizzly - using double jack, something popped in left forearm.
5200-206 E Cut 11; seismic event occurred during blasting resulting in failure of ground beyond support.
Changing bit on pneumatic chipper, hit trigger on shaft divider and shot out bit hitting miners upper lip.
Heavy wet snow caused tree limbs to fall and trip out power line coming to mine. No. 3 Hoist down from 10:30 PM January 20th to 12:45 AM January 21st.
Employee slipped and fell on ice/snow straining upper back, arm, and both legs. Went back on January 21st, Local clinic sent employee home for 3 days to rest and recover. *EE was diagnosed with fracture to left ankle on February 22nd; taken off work as of February 25th. Surgery scheduled after appointment on March 26th.
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.
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.
5200-206 glue back hole with dwyidag, PVC pipe slipped out of hands of miner; striking upper lip, laceration.
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.
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.
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.
Miner wash down raise, rock rolled off bulkhead striking miner on nose and left cheek
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.
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.
Pull lead on #1 side going up; hoist shut down. Computer would not let hoistman to re-set
Pull lead off 5200 pocket, computer fault came on, no oil flow to inboard bearing. Maintenance on site - adjusted oil flow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Wetting down muck pile in 5200-206 ramp, rock came out of rib striking left forearm, laceration to left forearm
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.
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.
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.
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