Brushy Creek Mine/Mill — Accidents

Total: 243 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/30/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None POWER TO AN OBSOLETE MANTRIP SAFETY LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED TO THE IRON HOUSING. THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE SHORT CIRCUIT BLEW 250 AMP DEFUSES. THIS RESULTED IN THE BRAKE SETT ING ON...
07/24/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS UNDERGROUND IN AREA A-17 BOTTOM OPERATING DRILL JUMBO NO. 76. WHILE OPERATING THE BOOM CONTROL EYE FROM UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES, EE'S EYE WAS SPRAYED WITH HYDRAULIC OIL. EE EYE WAS FLUSHE...
07/16/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EE STATES HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LEAD TURNTABLE ONTO TRUCK SCALE. AS THE EE STEPPED DOWN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS THEN SEEN BY DR. ON 7-16-03. FURTHE R TESTI...
06/27/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ASSISTING ON THE REPAIR OF A PERSONEL CARRIER. AS A RADIATOR HOSE WAS BEING REMOVED, ANTI FREEZE BLEW INTO THE EE'S EYES CAUSING IRRITATION AND A BURNING SENSATION. AFTER EYES WERE FLUS HED ON...
05/28/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost AS EE WAS ASSISTING HIGH SCALING FROM GROVE MAN LIFT, A SECTION OF ROCK FELL ON THE BOOM OF THE RIG EJECTING HIM OUT OF THE BASKET. FALL PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN. THE EE DID SUSTAIN HEAD LACERATIONS...
12/31/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH ROD MILL MOTOR REPAIR. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PULLING AND TUGGING AND USING PRY BAR TO POSITION MOTOR. AS THE SHIFT PROGRESSED, THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO ACHE IN RIGHT GROIN . AFTER...
12/12/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE REPORTED HE OFTEN HAS NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN BOTH HANDS. A NERVE CONDUCTION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND ON 1-31-2003 THE RESULTS SHOWED EE HAS A MILD TO MODERATE CASE OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME . AT TH...
11/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost DRIVER WAS IN TRUCK BED ADJUSTING LOAD WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FELL TO GROUND BREAKING ARM.
11/13/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOOSE OFF THE RIB FROM A WORK BACKET WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE FREE FROM RIB & FORCED BAR BACK CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL INTO THE TOP RAIL WITH HIS LEFT SHOULD ER/COLL...
11/05/2002 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO WORK AT 7:00 AM ON 11/5/02 AND WENT UNDERGROUND. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:25 AM EMPLOYEE WAS BROUGHT TO SURFACE BY UNDERGROUND FOREMAN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS AND PAIN RUNNIN G DOWN...
10/23/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE WAS HAND SCALING FROM A GROVE HIGH LIFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE SLAB. AS EE APPLIED PRESSURE A SMALL FRAGMENT OF ROCK BROKE ANTHE TIP OF THE MINING BAR CAUSING IT TO BREAK FR EE. EE...
05/24/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 8d restricted THE EE REPORTED BUMPING HIS LEFT ELBOW ON 6-21-01 ON A HOIST ROPE CLAMP AND OXYGEN BOTTLE ON THE CAGE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. THE EE WAS PERIODICALLY TAKEN TO THE DR FOR REOCCURRING PAIN ANS SWELLING...
05/02/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT THE FEMALE & MALE PLUGS OF A MILLER PLUG & COULDN'T GET THEM TOGETHER. HE USED A 3 LB. HAMMER TO DRIVE THE LARGE CONNECTIONS TOGETHER. THE HAMMER TWISTED & TURNED HIS LEFT WRIS...
04/18/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None ON DAILY HOIST CONVEYANCE INSTPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE WIRE ROPE HAD SLIPPED ON THE CONVEYANCE ATTACHMENT ABOVE THE NORTH SKIP. MADE NEW ATTACHMENT. CALLED MSHA AT 0815 THAT HOIST WAS D OWN AND...
04/16/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None PRODUCTION HOIST, HOIST SURGING AND DROPPING OUT(OVER CURRENT). REPLACED CARD AOAA2 AND HOIST WORKED PROPERLY. CALLED MSHA THAT HOIST WAS OUT AT 1:27 P.M. CALLED MSHA THAT HOIST WAS RUNNING AGAIN AT 6...
12/22/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHILE STANDING IN THE CARGO AREA OF A FORD TRACTOR, THE OPERATOR DROVE OVER A ROUGH AREA OF THE ROADWAY. THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE CARGO AREA WITH HI...
11/26/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost EE WAS STACKING GLUE INTO GLUE RACK ON BACK OF #31-08 SECOMA PINNING RIG WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SURFACE OF PINNING RIG CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET. EE WAS TAKEN TO LOCA L HOSPI...
11/08/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None MESSENGER WIRE ROPE BROKE IN SHAFT CONTROL CABLE AND DROPPED CABLE, SHORTING OUT AND BLOWING FUSE IN HOIST CONTROL. FUSE WAS REPLACED AFTER SHORT CLEARED. DAMAGED CABLE WAS REMOVED AND SHAFT C OMMUNIC...
09/10/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None LOST POWER ON NO.33 PRODUCTION HOIST MOTOR GENERATOR. REPLACED CPACITOR AND SET MOTOR STARTER. MSHA WAS CALLED TO REPORT HOIST DOWN AT 4:35 AM ON 9-19-01 AND CALLED AGAIN TO REPORT HOIST WAS RUNNING A...
08/23/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS FROM A GETMAN BASKET. IN THE PROCESS THE EMPLOYEE MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BASKET TOP GUARD RAIL AND THE ""STOPER DRILL"". THE INJURY REQUIRED 3 STIC...
08/07/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A GRINDER TO SMOOTH THE EDGES OFF A PIECE OF THE STEEL. LATER DURING SHIFT THE EE'S RIGHT EYE BEGAN TO FEEL ITTITATED WITH SOME PAIN, BUT THE EE DID NOT FEEL MEDICAL CARE WAS NECE SSARY....
07/18/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FULL 5 GALLON WATER BOTTLE WHEN HER WRIST POPPED AND STARTED HURTING. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, SHE STATED THERE WAS STILL MUCHDISCOMFORT, AND SHE WAS SEEN BY DR. WHO TREATED HER FOR...
06/05/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 32d lost THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVING NUMBNESS AND PAIN IN RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS, WRISTS AND ARMS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHILE TRYING TO SLEEP. A NERVE CONDUCTION TEST WAS GIVEN AND ON 7/30/01 THE DOC...
05/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS UNDERGROUND IN AN AREA DUSTY FROM HAUL TRUCK TRAFFIC. HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE & RUBBED IT THINKING IT WAS ONLY DUST. OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS, THE EYE WAS FLUSHED NUMEROUS TIMES BU...
04/25/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON TRUCK AT UNDERGROUND SHOP BY FILLING DIFFERENTIALS WITH 90 WT OIL. IN THE PROCESS PRESSURE FROM WITHIN DIFFERENTIAL CAUSED THE OIL TO SPRAY OUT INTO THE EE S FACE A...
03/23/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 40d lost THE EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME SYMPTOMS, NUMBNESS AND PAIN IN BOTH OF HIS RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS, WRISTS AND ARMS. AN APPT. WAS SCHEDULED FOR 3-27. THE DR. RECOMMENDED A NERVE...
02/18/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED WHILE WORKING ON THE SEEP POND PIPELINE, HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A PIPE WELDER.HE THEN EXPERIENCED NUMBNESS AND TINGLING FROM HIS ELBOW TO HIS FINGERS. DR. DIAGNOSED POS SIBLE N...
02/09/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost EE WAS HAND MINING WALLS. AS EE WAS BACKING AWAY FROM PIECE KNOCKED LOOSE WITH HIS SCALING BAR, HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL BACKWARD. HE TRIED TO CUSHION HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT WRIST/HAND. XRAY RE...
02/06/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ON OVERTIME ASSITING WITH REBUILDING CYCLONE FEED PUMP AT THE MILL BUILDING. EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN A SHEAVE WHEEL BY EXERTING HEAVY DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE WRENCH HANDLE . WHEN...
01/25/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 36d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HIS PERSONAL DOCTOR HAD DIAGNOSED CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH OF HIS WRISTS. WE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO VERIFY THE DIAGNOSIS WITH THE EMPLOYEE'S DOCTOR, AND TO GET THE RECOMMENDED...
01/24/2001 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STEPPED ON ROCK APPROX. 3 INCHES BY 3 INCHES AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. EE WAS TAKEN FOR X-RAYS THAT AFTERNOON AND THE ANKLE WAS WRAPPED. FOLLOWING MORNING EE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DR, WAS REC OMMENDE...
01/06/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING ON SCALER IN UG SHOP. EE WAS USING METAL BAR TO POSITION HOOD MOUNT RAILING INTO POSITION TO BE WELDED. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EE TO BE THROWN OFF BALANCE AND FOR HIS RIGHT HAND TO...
10/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH MAINTENANCE ON A LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CONFINED AREA AND WHILE MOVING HEAD AND ARMS HE STRUCK HIS MOUTH ON A FUEL TANK CAP RESULTING IN CHIPPING BOTTOM OF RIGH T FRONT...
09/15/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD A TERMINAL BAD ON 1C CONTACTOR THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW HOIST TO POWER UP TO FULL SPEED. NO ONE WAS ON THE HOIST. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AT 6:10 A.M., WHEN HOIST WENT DOWN, AND AGAIN AT 6:50 A.M. WHEN HOIST...
09/02/2000 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 144d lost EE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACEMENT OF RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS OF 40A VOLVO TRK. A CLARK FORKLIFT WITH FORK PUSHED TOGETHER WAS BEING USEDTO HELP POSITION 3RD MEMBER & SUSPENSION PARTS A S EE PO...
08/22/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR PRESSURE TO CLEAN OUT DRILL HOLES. MUCK BLEW OUT OF DRILL HOLE AND HIT ENMPLOYEE IN THE FACE, WITH SOME MATERIAL GOING UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES. NO IMME DIATE D...
08/15/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CHARGING DURING SHIFT. DURING MEAL BREAK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE STARTED ITCHING.EMPLOYEE RUBBED EYE, WHICH THEN BECAME IRRITATED. EMPLOYEE FLUSHED EYE. WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL TR EATMENT...
07/15/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ELECTRICAL RELAY GO BAD ON #33 HOIST. HOIST WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO REPLACE RELAY TO PUT IN SERVICE. MSHA WAS CALLED AT 10 00 P.M. WHEN HOIST WENT DOWN AND CALLED AGAIN AT 11:15 PM WHEN HOI ST WAS...
06/02/2000 ELECTRICAL ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None E WAS INSTRUCTED TO TEST AND REMOVE WIRING COMING OUT BOTTOM OF ELECTRICAL FAN BOX. EE STATED HE TESTED ALL WIRES AND TEST SHOWED THEY WERE NO HOT. EE REMOVED BOTTOM WIRE AS INSTRUCTED. HE STA RTED TO...
05/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE HAD BEEN SCALING FROM A PETTIBONE BASKET. THE BASKET HAD BEEN LOWERED BY THE PETTIBONE OPERATOR TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. EE THAT WAS INJURED HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP RAIL OF BASKET FRAM WORK (A...
03/10/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A NON-DESTRUCTIVE ROPE TEST WAS PERFORMED. PRELIMANARY FINDINGS INDICATED A BETTER THEN 10% LOSS OF LMA. THE LAST TEST WAS 4.2 IN SEPTEMBER 99. THE HALKINS MACHINE AHD DETECTED CORROSION OF THE INNER...
03/07/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None OVERTRAVEL SWITCH IN HEADFRAME ON #34 HOIST FAILED IN THE SAFE POSITION. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AT 10:30 AM AND AGAIN AT 11:00 AM WHEN HOIST WAS BACK IN SERVICE.
02/03/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None CONTACTS FOR 1ST SPEED ON #34 HOIST MOTOR ARCED AND PITTED FACE PLATES. WE ARE INSTALLING NEW CONTACTS AND INSPECTING THE OTHER 6 CONTACTORS.