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Placer Dome Ltd controller

MSHA controller ID: M02397

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 393
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 2000–2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

851

citations

162

significant & substantial

$253,132

proposed penalties

$186,744

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 47 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 134 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 72 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 44 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2008

2007

2006

2005

78 (1f)

2004

2003

2002

2001

43 (1f)

2000

62 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded

May 23, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

2 ELECTRICIANS INSPECTING A 13,800 VOLT TO 2400 VOLT TRANSFORMER NEAR COLLAR OF SHAFT #1. ONE ELECTRICIAN CONTACTED ONE OR MORE PHASES ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE TAPS RESULTING IN A FATAL ELECTROCUTION OF THE ELECTRICAL FOREMAN.

June 13, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc. · Struck by falling object

ROCKFALL DURING THE PROCESS OF LOADING A DRIFT ROUND

April 10, 2000 NV · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Barrick Turquoise Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE BECAME ENTANGLED IN ROTATING RODS, WHILE MAKING A CONNECTION RESULTING IN A FATALITY.