AVERY ISLAND — Accidents

Total: 106 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/27/2021 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While removing a drilling hose from the flood shaft hole, the hose pressurized due to being capped off. When the cap was removed and pressure relieved, the cap flew off and struck a nearby employee in...
12/14/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Roof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.
12/14/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Roof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.
10/14/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 145d restricted Employee was hammering a collet pin out of a boom swing pin, missed the pin and smashed middle finger.
06/03/2020 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 140d lost Two Production Miners were loading shot in a face. One miner started to feel weak and was unable to catch breath. The loading process was stopped and the ill miner was taken to the Production office w...
08/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee attempting to open a slide on an air lock door. The employee pinched EE's right hand, at the base of EE's thumb, between the handle of the slide door and the door.
02/01/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 58d restricted Employee complained of nerve pain in arms after using air and electric chipper for months doing shaft work. An occupation doctor visit triggered a nerve study. The nerve study was positive for carpal...
01/04/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 225d restricted Employee was driving a bolt with an impact wrench. Brake clean solvent was in the hole and when compressed, combusted and blew the bolt out of the hole. This drove the impact upwards. The employees...
03/06/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Louisiana Cat Techs were installing the tilt cylinder on the rear axle. While trying to line up the bores of the frame and the rod of the cylinder, the bearing on the frame was not lined up and was ca...
02/18/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The employee was removing a guard. EE was holding the guard with left hand and struck the guard with a hammer with right hand. The guard dropped down & pinched the small finger on left hand between a...
05/23/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was removing a drill rod from a drill. EE was holding the drill rod on the very end instead of the middle. When the threads finished the rod fell to the ground jolting EE's left elbow. This infla...
07/18/2016 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee/contractor was working on a troubleshooting task for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour on computer in the clearlane building with mine employee/witness. EE passed out/fainted in the clearlan...
07/17/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting belt line with a retractable knife. Employee put themselves in the line of fire by cutting towards wrist and cut themselves needing sutures.
07/11/2016 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was front seat passenger in a four seat UTV personnel vehicle. The driver turned too wide and tipped the UTV over on the driver's side. Injured employee reached across chest with le...
05/31/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Initial injury occurred on 7/14/15 while employee was stacking 50lb salt blocks on a pallet. After visiting the doctor it was determined that it was just a strain and employee was sent back to work on...
05/25/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a retractable blade safety knife to cut a tie wrap. EE had the safety knife in right hand. EE was holding a pipe and hose in left hand. The pipe moved and the knife stuck the e...
11/05/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee plugged in a golf cart. He tripped over the wire and grabbed onto the top of the golf cart to prevent his stumble. Employee injured right shoulder in the process. At first it was not repor...
09/25/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Employee was cutting the banding off of troughing idlers. When the final band was cut the first row of idlers fell off of the pallet striking the employee on the right foot, penetrating the boot behin...
01/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 108d restricted The employee was running the hammer. He was going down steps when his right heel got hooked and he fell forward to the cement and stuck his left hand out to break his fall. His left middle finger wa...
10/08/2014 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None 1597 Scaling rig ruptured a hydraulic hose which caused a fire. The suppression system shut off the rig and went off as designed. The employee was able to get safely off of the rig and noticed a fir...
07/02/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was cutting a 1"" flex pipe with a safety knife. The knife slipped and cut through the black dot glove and the inside of his middle joint on the middle finger of his left hand. The emplo...
10/19/2012 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 72d restricted An employee was removing a sling from a fork while standing adjacent to a undercutter bar. The outrigger for the material handler that was holding the bar on a set of blocks was raised. The bar slid...
10/08/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to close the width of the forks on a 4 wheel drive Gradall Material Handler. He placed his left hand into the pinch point behind the fork and his right hand slipped off th...
08/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 15d restricted Employee was descending a service loader with a filter assembly. The assembly got stuck on the steps and the employees right middle and ring finger tips were snipped off by a pinch point created betw...
03/14/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 2"" ball valve to try and drive out a pin to change out forks on a Gradall Material Handler. The employee missed his target and sliced his left pinky finger open requiring 3 stit...
12/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 104d restricted Employee was working on a water heater. His right foot got caught on a copper tubing and he tripped. He fell, landing on his right knee, followed by his face and then his hands. He received surface...
11/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was using a lift assist to stack 50# salt blocks on a pallet. The assist failed and a block was dropped onto the ground. The employee bent at the waist to pick up the block and then pivoted...
10/05/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming the 980 loader to the work area and reached down to adjust the seat. He over-reached and his finger went inside the seat suspension. Hitting another bump, the weight of the sea...
09/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee fell when poorly designed steps failed. Employee ended up with a strained AC joint that needed prescription medication to repair.
07/29/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was changing a hose on a drill without stopping for breaks or drinking any water. The employee had to be brought to the hospital by ambulance. Test were run which all came back negative and...
12/17/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 134d restricted Employee was negotiating a corner in a John Deere Gator on a slope underground and the right tires climbed the berm guarding the right rib after turning too short. The Gator turned over on it's side...
10/04/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While hoisting salt, the South skip dumped the load of salt and one of the pedestals for the dump arms broke. The dump gate opened while it traveled down the shaft and got wedged in the shaft. The d...
07/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost Employee was walking up entry decline #20 near the #1 crosscut to retrieve survey materials. He slipped on the floor and fell, fracturing both bones in his lower right leg.
06/08/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding two boards (for alignment purposes) to be nailed together with air nailer. Hands were approximately 18"" from point to be nailed. Air nailer double shot and the second nail struck...
05/12/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was gathering tools and materials to start job. EE was returning to tool trailer for additional tools when he walked to close to an elevator cover which had been previously removed and placed on...
01/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee had no particular point during his shift where he felt any pull or pain. He noted that he was pulling up on a wrench all night while changing clips in the production shaft. He went straight...
11/06/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee ran a John Deer Gator XUV into a MTI truck. Employee's face struck the ROPS on the Gator and sustained lacerations above and below right eye, busted teeth out of mouth, punctured right cheek...
11/02/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was bitten by a spider that came out of a pallet on Monday 11/02/2009. He did not want any medical care. It progressively got infected and he finally agreed on Thursday 11/05/09 to be seen by a p...
04/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Bolting intersection with Fletcher mechanical bolter. Operator climbed down from the cab, slipped on the ground and strained his left knee.
03/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was replacing bolts in gallery structure. Driving old 3/4"" bolts out of wood structure using new 3/4"" bolts as a punch. As he was striking bolt with sledge hammer, his left elbow struck a...
02/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted employee and partner were changing the oil on a speed reducer for belt drive # 204. After completing task, they were cleaning up the work area. They attempted to lift a 50 lb Jabsco pump into the back...
12/23/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee opened door to check weather. He leaned on a removeable handrail that was not seated properly and it gave way, causing him to fall 4' to the ground, face first.
12/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing troughing rollers on # 210 belt in order to change the rails. While removing the rollers, he pinched his left ring finger between the roller and the rail.
11/16/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On 11/16/08 two supervisors entered the mine via the production shaft. When they came out of the airlocks they noticed there was a burnt smell in the air. They noticed Three John Deere Gators and One...
10/30/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Brakes were not holding and functioning properly on the secondary hoist. We evacuated the mine, repaired brakes on the secondary hoist around 8:45 am.
10/24/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The brakes are not holding on the steam hoist. Hoist will be taken out of service until brakes are repaired. This will not affect our facility, we still have two shafts up and running to get employees...
10/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 119d restricted Employee was walking down a set of stairs in the surface mill building. Upon reaching the last tread on the staircase the employee's right heel on his boot became stuck and caused employee to fall for...
10/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 57d restricted Employee was moving a fireproof filing cabinet in the HR office. After moving the cabinet the employee stated he felt pain in his groin area.
06/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped off the concrete slab in back of the block press and his right knee popped. Slab was approximately 8"" in height.
05/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 164d restricted Employee worked throughout the Mill Building, walking up and down the stairway replacing fire extinguishers, much of the shift. Near the end of the shift, employee was loading a large box of paper tra...