Bingham Canyon Mine — Accidents

Total: 333 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to disconnect equipment from a motor grader, when the hitch shifted causing the tool bar pin to drop, pinching his left index finger. The employee sustained a contusion injury,...
02/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was removing the engine oil pump suction bell & tubes from the underside of the engine. It was loose and came out shifting the load in his hands & the mounting bracket was very sharp causing...
02/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was breaking pipe joint. He was holding the hook end of a 36 inch steel pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped out of employee's hand causing a laceration to palm of left hand.
01/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained a 2nd degree burn to the palm of his right hand, in the attempt to heat an engine manifold, using an alcohol solution. The small burn area on the palm of the hand required debrideme...
12/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to install a lock ring on a haul truck tire assembly, when the ring sprag loose pinching the tip of employee's left ring finger.
11/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 1d restricted Employee was attempting to fill the fuel tank on an RTD when he noticed the cap leaking fuel. In the attempt to secure the cap he was sprayed with diesel fuel, some contacting his eyes. Employee was w...
09/22/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a personal pocket knife to cut nylon rope, when the knife slipped contacting his left middle finger resulting in a laceration injury requiring four(4) sutures.
09/18/2007 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 30d lost, 84d restricted Employee's hand was caught between hydraulic ram and tube.
08/15/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was attempting to remove a lip shroud from a front-end loader using a sledge hammer. The hammer, upon contact with the metal shroud, generated a small metal shard which came off striking and...
07/31/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee inadvertently contacted the surface of a diamond saw with his left hand during cleaning, resulting in a laceration injury requiring sutures.
06/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting a part out of a road grader, the chain bound up, his hand was used to push the chain, and when he pushed, the chain housing gave way and both the chain and his finger went into the chain...
05/10/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was helping to replace a metal shroud (on a shovel dipper) when he was struck on his left arm by a metal shard. He was standing approximately 15ft from a co-worker who had hit the shroud with...
05/04/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wrench struck employee in mouth and fractured tooth.
04/26/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Poor decision making to rotate 14"" diameter sch. 20 pipe on pipe stands rather than utilizing proper lifting equipment conveniently available at jobsite. Pipe fell from stand, employee injured when...
04/07/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee sustained a sprain/strain injury to the neck while operating a haul truck being loaded by a shovel. Heavy loading by the shovel resulted in jarring motion to the truck operator.
04/07/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working to replace a tempature sensor with a screwdriver when the tool slipped causing his hand to strike a sharp edge resulting in a laceration injury to his left index finger requiring...
02/24/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was exiting a building when he slipped and fell on ice/snow, fracturing his left wrist.
12/30/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing paint with a grinder when he bumped the wood blocks or opening under truck causing the grinding disc to come apart and enter under his face shield lacerating his lip. No impairment....
12/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None No impairment. Employee placed wrench on lower ring pin bolt of a safety valve, applied pressure when bolt lossened, slipped forward smashing the tip of the right ring finger against valve body.
11/26/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to cut a rubber hose on a brake cooling line (using a utility knife) when he inadvertently contacted his left thumb with the knife blade, lacerating his thumb. Laceration requi...
11/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained a laceration injury to his left forearm while attempting to straighten the keeper pin on a haul truck wheel chock holder. Employee received three(3) sutures.
09/22/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was attempting to warm his right hand on a heater fan in a dozer when the fan contacted his middle and ring fingers causing laceration injuries requiring sutures.
09/13/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee a laborer with 31\2 yrs experience, 5 mos. on this project was trying to drive a 1"" diameter steel form stake into the ground by hitting it with a 21/2lb hammer. As he swung the hammer, he m...
06/20/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking a trackhoe over the top of a haul truck tire (in the tire monofill) when the tire flipped up and struck the glass on the trackhoe, causing glass to strike the employee's left arm...
06/17/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loosening nut on foot clamp with pipe wrench when left middle finger was caught between wrench and wrench holder.
04/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An administrative assistant was in the process of unlocking an office door when she inadvertently struck the door handle with her right elbow, resulting in a contusion/brusing of the elbow area. Incid...
04/12/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a bulb on the whip light on his service truck when he lost his footing, slipped and fell approximately two feet, receiving a laceration injury to his right elbow requiring two su...
03/29/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was outside kneeling on a snow-covered haul truck tire attempting to read the size markings when he slipped off and fell approximately 2 feet, striking his right shoulder/side on the ground....
03/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to cut barricade tape using a fixed blade knife when he contacted the distal region of his left index finger causing a laceration injury. Laceration injury required seven(7) su...
12/16/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading/unloading shovel teeth from the bed of his pick-up truck when he slipped and fell, striking his head resulting in a laceration injury requiring three(3) sutures.
11/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained a laceration injury to his left hand when he forcibly struck the plastic protector cover over a whip-light bulb with his hand, in an attempt to move/slide the plastic protective cov...
10/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's right little finger pinched between elevator clasp and nubbin resulting in fracture.
10/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 34d restricted Employee was working to replace the guard/cover over the crowd belts on an electric shovel and sustained a sprain/strain injury to his left arm. Subsequent medical evaluation on 10/18/05 confirmed a r...
08/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was preparing to disinfect a new culinary water line using a chlorine/water solution when some of the mixture splashed into his left eye.
08/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking up berm when he slipped spraining right knee
06/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee dropped drill rod on left foot fracturing great toe
02/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost The ee was helping to replace a broken track pad ont the master link of a D10 dozer when the tail section of track fell from the rear idler, striking the ee on top of his right foot. The weight of tra...
02/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost The ee, a haul truck driver, in the attempt to secure a wheel chock onto its holding rod, lost his support causing the chock to slip with the full weight force of the wheel chock onto his right arm. T...
12/20/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing a haul truck using a high pressure water spray wand when he inadvertently brushed the tip of wand across the top of his right foot causing an abrasion/laceration injury requiring...
11/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE SHUT TAILGATE PINCHING RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN TAILGATE AND ETAL BRACKET. THE RESULT IS 1/2"" LACERATION AND TUFT FRACTURE TO RIGHT RING FINGER.
07/08/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LOCK RING FROM A DUAL RIM WHEN HE PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
04/13/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A PUNCH BAR & PINCHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN PUNCH BAR & THE TIRE RIM. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED FOR CLOSURE
02/28/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT ROPE FROM CABLE. THE ROPE WAS FROZEN SO THE EE APPLIED FORCE. AS THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE ROPE, IT STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SHIN. THIS RESULTED IN A SMALL LACERATI...
12/02/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None OPERATING A CAT 793-C HAULAGE TRUCK, LO9ADED, TRAVELING UP-GRADE. TRUCK LOST FORWARD MOTION AND BEGAN TO ROLL BACK. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND TURNED TOWARD THE HIGH-WALL. THE TRUCK ROLLE D OVER...
10/20/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PNEUMATIC NAILGUN WHILE NAILING BLOCKS BETWEEN ROOF TRUSSES. OCCURRED WHEN EE FELT OUT OF BALANCE AND WENT TO RE-POSITION.
08/13/2003 MACHINERY NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS USING HIS HAND TO TRY TO STABALIZE THE BOLT ON THE CUTTING EDGE WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE A NUT. BOLT DROPPED OUT ONTO THE EE'S HAND WHILE SPINNING FROM TH E IMPAC...
06/06/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CREW MEMBERS WERE REMOVING GRINDING BALLS FROM A HOPPER. INJURED EE PLACED HAND IN BOX TO STOP A GRINDING BALL FROM FALLING OUT. ANOTHER CREW MEMBER PLACED AN ADDITIONAL BALL INTO BOX. 2 BALLS ROLLED...
04/03/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A NUT FROM A BOLT. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH & METAL PLATE.
03/22/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK ON THE PATTERN AND LANDED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
03/18/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE PUSHED WRONG LEVER AND LF TONG CAME AROUND AND STRUCK EE'S LEFT WRIST