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Employee was in the process of cutting vent bag with a razor knife and it slipped striking employee on opposite left hand.

During a winter storm, we lost power to the site causing us to lose hoisting capabilities. Seven employees were downshaft at the time.

During a winter storm, a tree fell onto the power lines coming into the mine. This caused a power outage which made the hoist inoperable.

EE was installing air header onto existing HDPE pipe valve. EE tightened the vic between the valve and header. EE realized the header needed to be rotated so EE used the impact and started to loosen the bolt. EE inadvertently loosened the bolt on the charged side of the valve causing the header to break free from the vic.

EE was swamping on the back of the track lowboy that was loaded with an electrical cabinet. The cabinet came in contact with the lockbox for the portal gate causing the lowboy to come to a sudden stop. The stop caused the employee to come in contact with the electrical cabinet.

The electric motor for the pump on the 1700 level lost one leg of the 3 phases. This caused the remaining two legs to heat up because they were drawing more amperage. The varnish on the coils and insulation started to smoke as a result of the motor heating up.

A hydraulic hose fitting failed on the Chippy hoist braking system. The hydraulic braking system lost pressure and the brakes set. The hoist was not operational.

Miner was operating a jack hammer to remove an unused concrete compressor pedestal. While operating the jack hammer the miner pinched EE's index finger between the jack hammer and a bolt protruding from the concrete pedestal.

Miner became light headed and passed out while standing on hoist cage. When passing out the miner collapsed on self twisting right leg causing a spiral fracture of lower leg.

Chippy hoist became inoperative while transporting miners. Miners were notified of the hoist problems and were transferred to the south conveyance of the double drum hoist. Miners were out of the mine within 20 minutes. Hoist problems occurred due to a burned-out coil on a contractor.

Sunshine Mine lost power due to damage caused by a tree contacting main electrical service line owned & maintained by Avista Utilities. Loss of power occurred while miners were working in Jewell shaft. They were temporarily stuck in shaft till power was restored & they were hoisted to surface. Power was restored by Avista at 10:04am & the miners were hoisted to surface at 10:10am.

The Jewell shaft double drum hoist engineer was dumping the north skip. After the skip was emptied, the skip was lowered before opening the wind gate at the shaft collar. The skip sat on the gate causing the rope to slack. When the slack was gathered, the hoist rope kinked. No personnel were down shaft at time of occurrence. Hoist rope will be repaired (cut).

A non employee committed suicide on land recently purchased from US silver/Galena mine. This is an isolated area near the cemetery in Osborne Idaho.

A geologist at the 6980 decline of the Sterling tunnel system, was in the process of connecting a trailer mounted porta-potty to a Kubota utility vehicle, for remove to the surface for sanitary cleaning. While in the process of connecting the trailer coupler to the Kubota rear ball mount, the geologist middle finger of his left hand was impacted between the two mechanisms.

Employee was tightening a # 7 Dywidag thread bar bolt with three cartridges of Ground lok/resin with a jackleg. The jackleg got away from the employee and the handle on the leg hit his right knee, dislocating it.

On 11/7/12, employee was trying to free the splitset bolt driver from splitset bolt that he previously installed with a jackleg drill. Employee pulled on the jackleg drill to free the driver, but the pressure had bled off the leg. The impact strained the employee's shoulder. On 11/16/12, employee went to the doctor. Physical therapy was prescribed. Physical therapy began 11/20/12.

A electrician and supervisor were trouble shooting un-energized equipment when the electrician suffered a medical related seizure.

A Geology Intern left foot became lodged between two branches resulting in a trip/fall into another branch in the ground, puncturing her left shin. Conditions that contributed to the accident were: steep ground; dense foliage; improper site-descent, and improper clothing (Boots). Damage was to the left shin from a puncture wound that required three stitches.

Employee complained of chest pains and was immediately taken to hospital. It was found to be a 100% blockage of one artery and he was immediately taken in for surgery to place a stint. Not a work related illness.

workers were putting a 5/8 inch cable over a cross beam, the first man was not prepared and it caught him off balance and he struck his ear on a upright of chamber causing a small laceration on his right ear.

Repair on 3100 was repairing rail with an Oxygen accetylene torch. Sparks got drawn behind bulkhead by short circuit to main ventilation exhaust. Result was large uncontrollable fire resulting in total mine shut down.