Chino Mines Co Mine — Accidents

Total: 552 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/16/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost When heading to the crusher suppression system discharged. There were no signs of fire. Employee retrieved bag for breathing treatment for asthma, 30 minutes later called for aid, not feeling well....
10/27/2007 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Moth flew into RT ear could not be removed on site, was taken to ER for removal.
10/20/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost As the 216 haul truck was being loaded, the shovel operator stated he had seen a rock about 4 to 5 feet in size come out of the bottom of the dipper, hit the inside of the bed and bounce to the front...
08/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 211d lost While dismounting a haul truck, employee stepped on the platform and twisted his ankle. He was taken to the ER, diagnosed with a sprain, and referred to orthopedic specialist. Currently ONGOING.
07/20/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was assisting in a shovel move. The cable wrapped around a rock and as the employee reached with a cable hook to get the loop off the rock, the shovel moved taking up the slack. The cable s...
07/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 222d lost The 131 Van was leaving the 6150 Que, hit a bump, which caused the passenger in the rear seat to strike her head on the roof of the van. She complained of neck and arm pain, was taken to the ER, chec...
07/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was pulling himself up to operate the 579 Blade when he slipped off of the bottom step, tried to catch himself, then felt a piercing pain in his bicep. He was taken in for an exam and diagno...
06/20/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was removing bolts from loader bucket. The bolt was loose and slipped out of seat. He put his palm on the head of the bolt to hold it up and used the air wrench to loosen the nut. The head...
06/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was standing on the front access deck of a 769 haul truck talking to another operator. Afterwards he turned to get back in the cab and tripped, falling backwards off the deck. He landed on...
05/06/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 166d lost Employee reported an injury after returning from days off. She claimed the injury occurred while operating a rubber tire dozer on last shift prior to days off. Confirmed work related 06/08/07.
04/23/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A cable/utility man was at the unmanned ES42 shovel, preparing to move the spanners when he noticed an orange glow and upon inspection found a fire. From the time the fire was spotted to extinguished...
04/22/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was changing a halogen fixture on the 33 shovel, and as he pulled the fixture out of the housing, the broken bulb filaments made contact with the frame he was holding, causing electric shock...
04/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the tabs off of a plastic lid container of jet lube using a personal pocket knife. When putting pressure on the knife to cut the tabs, his right hand slipped and he received a la...
03/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee states that after tripping rod on the 20th his right arm started to hurt. He states that it was not getting any better and after tripping rods again the pain got worse so he went to the emer...
03/15/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 140d lost, 11d restricted Employee drove his 775E haul truck over rough ground at the dump location and strained his arm as he held onto the steering wheel.
01/27/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EE was stepping off the dozer & step on dozer arm was caked with mud and his foot slipped off the step. He was taken to the ER, referred to a specialist and taken off work approximately 3 weeks. Initi...
01/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states while loading casing onto pipe truck with fellow employee, casing rolled and lacerated his right middle finger.
01/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states while bending over work product and laying pipe he experienced soreness in back.
12/05/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking on the leach dump and tripped on a valve causing him to fall. He landed on both hands and left shoulder popped.
11/30/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee tripped backward over sample boxes. She did not fall but strained her back trying to keep from falling. She did not request medical care until 12/7/06.
11/17/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost At end of shift on 11/17/06, employee reported that he had jarred his neck backing out of his first pass of pit cleaning and hit a rut. He refused examination that day. The next day, reported worsen...
11/05/2006 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None The crew were laying down the rods, employee put his hand on the loop of the pulling plug and went to slide the tube down on the truck, at the time there was slack in the line when the tube was all th...
10/29/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 157d lost Driver had spotted at the shovel and set the wheel brake. As she was placing her hands on the steering wheel, the dipper released the first load, jarring the truck, causing her hand to slip through th...
10/26/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was operating a rubber tire dozer when he passed through a rough area and stated the seat bottomed out, causing him lower back pain. The employee was taken in for examination, given prescrip...
09/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee had been working on a haul truck, and when he dismounted the truck, he felt a pop in his hand. ONGOING He was seen by personal physician, referred to ortho clinic, and notified company he wou...
09/12/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While returning to operations at shift change, the van hit a pot hole and employee hit her head on the roof of the van, causing neck and lower back pain. He was wearing seatbelt. She was taken to the...
09/07/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using the one inch impact wrench to remove plow bolts from the cutting edge of a D-11, some type of foreign material entered or fell into employee's left eye.
09/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was driving out a pin with a hammer and it slipped and struck his left leg below the knee.
08/24/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 140d lost After dismounting the #386 dozer, employee took a step and went to the ground, rolling over once. Employee got up the second time and went down on the ground on his left side. Employee stated his righ...
07/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was underneath a flatbed truck wiring up the back-up alarm when dirt fell into his right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses. ***DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7/25/06**
07/21/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee stepped off loader and missed the last step. He came down hard on his left foot fracturing 3rd and 4th toe.
05/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was lifting a ripper point to install on a ripper & felt discomfort in his belly. He was taken to the ER & diagnosed with a hernia & taken off work. ON GOING>
05/16/2006 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE was walking across the parking lot when she felt a sharp pain in her ankle. There was no slip trip or fall.She stated her ankle popped. She was transported to emergency room and diagnosed with a fr...
04/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Trk 112, retorque left rear inside wheel using RAD 30 torque tool. Holding RAD-30 with right hand @ trigger, left hand @ tube of tool. Caught left thumb between tube and wheel - reversed tool to pull...
03/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost AS EE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIR FROM THE CABLE REEL ON THE CABLE TRUCK EE STEPPED WRONG AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. GIVEN ICE PACKS, NEXT DAY SEEN BY HIS DR AND TAKEN OFF WORK UNTIL RETURN FROM DAYS OFF 4...
03/27/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Water truck was traveling down E ramp when lost brakes operator tried to berm it on L side of the road to stop it. When Truck struck L berm ir swerved to the R and came in contact with berm on R side...
03/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Mechanic was working on the engine on the 11 haul truck and had to come down the work stand to get a tool. As he stepped off the last step of the stand, he felt his left knee pop & get stiff. The mech...
03/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 3d restricted Employee was loading railroad ties onto a flatbed truck with coworker. Coworker set his end down on the edge of the truck bed and came around to the other end to help push it onto the truck. The rai...
02/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A haul truck was traveling empty from the pit. It struck the berm on the pit edge with its left front tire. Skid marks indicated the truck slid about 4' as a result. The truck then traveled about 200'...
02/27/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting wood with a saw. The blade was dull and he wrapped his left hand around the base of the saw to push better and the saw pinched his little finger requiring sutures.
02/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While preparing to don his safety glasses, employee hit himself in the eye with the stem of his glasses. The incident occurred on February 1, 2006 and employee was not taken to ER until the 2nd and wa...
02/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing cover off grease pump to mount pump on haul truck, employee's hand came in contact with sharp edge of stamped cover. Employee was taken to clinic & received four stitches, a tetnus shot...
01/30/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While ee was servicing the TDD 388 dozer, he climbed on the right side of the dozer tracks. He leaned over to place tools on track. As he straightened up he lost his balance causing him to fall on the...
01/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 5d restricted Employee was cleaning offices when she slipped on a brown wet spot on the floor. She tried to keep from falling and felt her chest pop. She did not seek medical treatment until 1/23/06.
01/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost EE was washing a truck when the monitor spun as he turned on the water. He tried to hold it, jarring his back and sending a sharp pain down his back. He then complained of dull lower back pain. He was...
01/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was rolling a pipe over with a strap wrench when the wrench slipped striking his face.
12/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE slipped & fell while carrying a PC into the tire shop office. He hit his mouth on the PC & suffered 2 lacerations below the lower lip (1 inside, 1 outside). Also broke a tooth. Taken to local denti...
11/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS UN-HOOKING A MAG-CHLORIDE DRISCO LINE COUPLING, HE HAD RELEASED THE LATCHES ON THE COUPLING & PULLED ON THE HOSE. THE COUPLING DID NOT RELEASE FROM THE PIPE, THE EE THEN JERKED ON THE HOS...
11/20/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While targeting a shot for a shovel, the wind blew a dirt particle into the ee right eye. EE was wearing proper PPE. It did not irritate her eye for the remainder of the shift. However, the ee was una...
11/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost EE was assisting with cutting plastic bags of bird balls open & dumping them into a loader. Sometime during the day he strained his back. He reported it 11/21/05 and initially refused medical care, h...