Barrackville Refuse Pile — Accidents

Total: 7 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/07/2026 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Operator was having an overheating issue with the equipment. They shut down the machine to investigate. They opened the coolant reservoir which had somehow been pressurized. As a result, the hot coola...
07/06/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE tried to start the pump located in the rear compartment on the passenger side of the fuel truck and hit the back of EE's hand on a bolt on the mud flap located beside EE cutting hand. The cut EE re...
05/10/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on 290 Volvo excavator. While standing on machine tracks, slipped and fell to uneven ground. Tracks are 30"" high.
08/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted The employee raised the hood to check the oil. After checking the oil ee lowered the hood and climbed into the cab to fill out a pre-shift report on the excavator when ee noticed that elbow was swolle...
02/02/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Driver stated was driving and hit a hole in the haul road causing EE to jam left knee into window crank. Felt slight pain but continued to work through 2/6/16. Was off work on 2/8/16 but did not repor...
09/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fueling up the fuel truck at the beginning of the shift. He slipped and fell catching himself with his right arm. The injury was to his right shoulder. He had a previous injury to this sh...
11/21/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Operator was running a Volvo 330 Backhoe when MHST inspector arrived. he had operator stop his equipment to inspect. After inspection operator started hoe back up. Foreman was driving into the pit whe...