Cherokee Mine — Accidents

Total: 14 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/30/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 55d restricted EE was operating a John Deere 410E Articulated Truck. EE was traveling from the pit to the stockpile area to dump a load of clay used to make brick. EE was distracted, ran off the left side of the roa...
12/16/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost The dozer operator got off dozer to talk to a truck driver. The operator stepped on a lump of kaolin, rolled left ankle. The operator had a fracture of the left ankle.
08/17/2015 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d lost We were contacted by an employee that one of our miners thought he was having a heart attack. We went to the scene to find a Mack Dump Truck operator grabbing at his chest, complaining of chest pain,...
05/18/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Using an impact air wrench to install a bolt in a bush hog wear plate. Using left first and middle fingers to hold the bolt in place when bolt spun, lacerating both fingers.
10/22/2007 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee picked up some metal along the outside rear of the shop building. The metal had poison ivey or poison oak growing on it. Later in the day, employee noticed a rash on both arms. He was diagnos...
06/28/2006 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Co-workers were using chain saws to cut sections of a fallen tree. Ee was picking up the sections, which had vines on them, and toting them out of the way. The next day, he noticed a rash on his right...
06/28/2006 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Co-workers were using chain saws to cut sections of a fallen tree. EE was pickingup the sections, which had vines on them, and toting them out of the way. The next day, he noticed a rash on his right...
04/24/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted EE had climbed onto a pile of logs. The log he was standing on rolled out from under him when he turned. EE fell and landed on his right elbow.
04/21/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While working on a side mower gear box, EE felt something on his face and knocked it off. The next morning, he noticed his right forearm was swollen and he noticed a yellow head had come up.
11/04/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted AFTER TIGHTENING AN ALTERNATOR BELT ON CATEPILLAR 623E SCRAPER, EE WENT TO STEP OFF OF THE MACHINE. WHEN HE DID, HIS LEFT ELBOW STRUCK THE PAN. HIS SKIN WAS BROKEN AND BLED FOR A FEW MINUTES. NEXT MOR...
08/24/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STRING WEED-EATER CUTTING GRASS & WEEDS ALONG MINE HAUL ROAD WHEN HE WAS STUNG OR BIT BY AN INSECT ON HIS UPPER BACK, LEFT SIDE.
02/19/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS OPERATING MACK TRUCK #12 PULLING AN ALUMINUM DUMP TRAILER. THE TAIL GATE ON THE DUMP TRAILER WAS STUCK SO EE STRUCK HIS HAND INSIDE OF BOTTOM OF GATE AND PULLED. THE BOTTOM PART OF GATE INITIAL...
06/11/2003 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE HAD ANNUAL HEARING TEST PERFORMED 6-11-03. RESULTS RECEIVED INDICATED A STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT. EE HAD EAR INFECTION IN BOTH EARS. RETESTWAS PERFORMED ON 7-3-03 WITH RESULTS STILL INDIC ATING A S...
07/03/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE WAS OPERATING #5 MACK DUMP TRUCK. HE WAS NOT WEARING THE SEAT BELT WHEN RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROADWAY BESIDE CLAY STORAGE SHED. EE S HEAD HIT TOP OF CAB AND HIS LEFT KNEE S TRUCK T...