AMES MINE — Accidents

Total: 63 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/15/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CRUSHER BAR INTO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE HAD RECENTLY HAD GASTRO SURGERY & LIFTING THE 230LB BAR APPARENTLY CAUSED A HERNIA AT THE SITE OF HIS SURGERY. HE IS SCHEDULED T O REPAI...
08/13/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE SUFFERED A BACK STRAIN FROM REPETIVE LIFTING OF EXPLOSIVES BOXES. THIS EMPLOYEE ALSO SHINGLES AND COLLECTS SCRAP IRON IN HIS OFF HOURS.
07/18/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted TWO EMPLOYEES LOCKED & TAGGED OUT #2 MINE CONVEYOR. THEY DID NOT CHECK TO BE CERTAIN IT WAS DEENERGIZED. THE CRUSHER OPERATOR, UNAWARE THEY WERE WORKING ON #2 TAKE-UP PULLEY, WENT THROUGH THE START-UP...
07/05/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE WAS PROBING A MATERIAL PILE WITH A 2"" PIPE PROBE SAMPLER. HE HAD ALREADY STUCK THE PILE WITH THE PROB 10-12 TIMES WHEN HE PUSHED THE PROBE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND UPPER LEFT S HOULDE...
03/22/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE COMPLAINED TO MANAGEMENT OF SWELLING IN HIS LEFT WRIST DUE TO REPETATIVE USE STEERING A LOADER.
01/07/2002 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE OPENED SIDE DOOR ON ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF CAT LOADER TO CHECK ENGINE OIL. APPARENTLY EE HAD NOT OPENED THIS DOOR COMPLETELY AND THE SHOCK ABSORBING PROP COULD NOT HOLD IT OPEN. THE DOOR FELL CLOSED...
04/29/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 82d restricted EE WAS LOSOENING J BOLTS ON A SCREEN. AS ONE BROKE FREE, THE EE'S LEFT ELBOW CONTACTED HIS KNEE RESULTING IN A CONTUSION OF THE LEFT ELBOW. THIS INJURY WAS TREATED ORIGINALLY AS A FIRST AID. M EDICAL...
04/27/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TRYING TO CUT HOLE IN CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. WHILE PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARDSHIS BODY, IT SLIPPED & CUT ACROSS THE TOP OF HISKNEE AT THE LOWER QUADRICEP MUSCLE (5 STITCHES).
03/08/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO REMOVE NEOSCREEN. THE SCREEN POPPED LOOSE CAUSING HAND TO GET PINCHED BETWEEN PRYBAR AND STEEL LEDGE. INITIALLY THIS ACCIDENT WAS TREATED AS FIRST AID. PERSISTENT PAIN CAUSED...
01/09/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 369d restricted EMPLOYEE COMPLAINS OF STIFFNESS AND PAIN FROM EXCESSIVE ROCKING AND VIBRATION FROM OPERATING A SCALER IN AN UNDERGROUND MINE. HIS CONDITION WAS INITIALLY DISMISSED AS BEING SICKNESS. HE SEEM T O HAVE...
12/04/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LOWERING A EUCLID HAUL UNIT WITH A HYDRALIC JACK. HE PULLED THE JACK AS SOON AS IT CAME LOOSE AND AS HE MOVED IF UNDER STEERING CYLINDER THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO SETTLE AND PINCHED HIS LE FT INDE...
07/29/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS FROM PERSONNELCARRIER. ON THE LAST STEP HE SLIPPED OR TRIPPED AND FELL 12-14"" TO THE GROUND. THE FALL CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO SUFFER TORN TENDONS & LIGAMENTS TO BOTH...
02/23/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF OF A STOPPED CONVERYOR AND SUFFERED A TENDEN STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW. DUE TO THE ORIGINAL NATURE OF THIS INCIDENT IT WAS TREATED AS FIRST AID. REPEATED...