Anthem 1 safety activity

Breakers for the Hoist House tripped due to electrical storm activity. Main line power to the hoisting conveyance was disrupted until the breakers could be reset. The breakers were reset and power was restored to the hoisting conveyance.

While performing pre shift hoisting conveyance checks, the lower limit switch showed a fault causing the checks to fail that part of the testing. The lower limit switch was stuck due to small buildup of concrete on it. The limit switch was cleaned allowing the checks to pass.

During innertube retrieval, side loading occurred while the helper attempted to free the stuffing box by pushing/pulling on it. When released, the stuffing box deflected slightly outside the perceived red zone and the 90� pump-down hose contacted the helper's right ankle, causing a fall and ankle sprain.

Auxiliary Cage in the main shaft conveyance taken out of automated use for unscheduled improvement/upgrades to provide corrective actions for a HP Near Miss incident. No injuries, damage to equipment, or entrapment were encountered. The work will focus on upgrades to the automation programming and interlocks.

Damage received to aluminum rail of the service cage as the cage was shipped underground to transport materials. Downtime occurred due to repairs needed on the aluminum rail.

After pulling the inner tube with the latch head, the helper walked to the tube rack. While placing the tube, weight shifted toward the latch head, causing EE to lose balance slightly. EE's right hand lowered, and EE's ring finger was caught under the latch head as it contacted the rack. EE was wearing impact gloves.

Service Cage Damage. Upper brattice door was damaged while transporting materials down the shaft causing the brattice doors to interfere with the use of the cage. The brattice doors were repaired and the cage was put back into operation later that day.

Drill helper removed stuffing box, tube lowered to safety block, pulled overshot off tube, stepped back. The driller ran rods up to release tube from rods. Once the driller ran the rod string up, a piece of slipped core (or core stuck in bit/shoe) fell out of the rod string as rods moved forward, striking the helper in the shin.

At approximately 3:00pm the service cage was downed due to the brakes being applied and not releasing during a pm of the conveyance hoist. A relief valve was not releasing pressure to release the brakes.

At approximately 8:25am, the supervisor was notified that an a ground fall had occurred in an inactive drift near the face. The wire was hanging down and SX ground support bolts were attached to the wire.

Auxiliary Cage (MaryAnn Cage) was shut down at approximately 6:00 pm on October 30, 2025 due to accumulator leak of the hydraulic power unit. Accumulator was slowly leaking off nitrogen charge.

EE was walking in GEHO Sump area #1 when left foot slipped on a small rock causing EE to lose their balance and putting full weight on the left foot on the ground surface. This cause a left Achilles tendon rupture.

At 5:02 p.m., the hoistman was raising the Service Hoist to the surface with one miner on the cage. The Shaft Crew had just finished installing a new remix on the bottom of the slickline, approximately 650 feet from the surface. The hoist tripped out due to the electrical drive overheating.

Around 9:30 am an Employee was loading a UTV on the service cage at the surface collar and the overhead door came down catching the buggy bending the door pulling it out of the track. The cage is used for either personnel or equipment and at no point were persons endangered. Operator is filing this report under duress.

Employee was drilling vertical holes above head with a Hilti gun using a 1 �" bit to install anchor bolts to secure a 10' pipe. Employee was taking a break and wiped their face off with a rag, and got a piece foreign object in their right eye. EE then attempted to flush it out. Foreign object was later removed by optometrists.

Employee was at the 3090-refuge chamber pulling the 3/C #10 AWG cable around to the back of the refuge chamber to land the cable into the junction box. Employee threw the cable towards the back of the refuge chamber and stepped down from the first rung of the ladder. Employee slipped as employee stepped down and felt a sharp pain in right ankle and fell to the ground.