Burns Mine — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/14/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was doing maintenance work on Cat D11R dozer. EE slipped & fell on the cleated foot step causing a gash to left shin. Medical attention resulted in 5 stitches to close the wound.
10/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was replacing a damaged hydraulic hose on a Komatsu WA380 end loader. A protruding wire on the hose punctured the index finger of right hand. The next day hand was swollen & painful. EE then...
04/05/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Drill was shut off for re-fueling. While fueling drill, fuel sprayed back out of tank, soaked driver and flashed/ignited. Driller was transported by private vehicle to hospital and was treated for bur...
06/22/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting a bucket of oil onto the dozer, he lost his footing and fell.
02/01/2008 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 21d lost Employee was driving rock truck. He did not feel well. His wife spoke to him at 4 PM & he was fine. He told her he was working until 6 PM. He went to the company rental house for the night. He returne...
01/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Changing oil in drill rig, employee walked around front of drill, slipped on ice and twisted ankle. Employee heard ankle snap and was/is unable to put weight on it.
12/27/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was lifting 5 gallon buckets of anti freeze up onto the dozer. Employee notified employer on 1/2/08. Employee worked up until 1/9/08. He had surgery on 1/9/08.
08/24/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 39d restricted Employee had one foot on dozer arm and the other foot on tilt cylinder. Employee's foot slipped off tilt cylinder. This caused him to fall backwards off dozer onto his back end.