Climax Mine — Accidents

Total: 222 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/15/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee states lower back and shoulder discomfort from lifting spilled grinding media that weighed up to 24lb.
12/27/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee stepped from the engine hood cover to the cab access platform and sprained right ankle.
10/27/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Operator slipped dismounting a motor grader, lost grip on the ladder and fell on the grader blade.
09/26/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 10d restricted Employee had to restack liners because the original pallet was damaged and needed to be replaced on another pallet, an extra task that can be avoided if the original pallets are better managed. When m...
09/11/2025 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was cleaning under the lime plant and fine material from the screw conveyor was coming down and the employee believes they inhaled some of the airborne lime. The case did not go recordable u...
09/04/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost After getting a bucket of material, the loader loading the haul truck backed up and turned too quickly causing the bucket of the loader to make contact with the truck bed. This caused the haulage ope...
07/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was connecting a flange to a pipe and was struck in the mouth by one of the bands.
05/15/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Blasting Operations Technician was opening a bag with a utility knife and cut their leg. This caused a laceration that required stitches. The employee returned to work the next shift.
03/30/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 2d restricted Mine maintenance employee walked into Lube Truck Chock Holder on front of truck striking with hard hat. This caused bruising to face, nose, and a chipped tooth. Employee returned to work next shift.
02/23/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Heavy equipment maintenance employee opened roll door for heavy equipment fueling and used more force than necessary. Hand bumped into top of door frame causing some bruising of right hand/bones restr...
02/07/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on grader replacing cutting edges. The employee over torqued a bolt causing it to break loose. The bolt hit the underside of employee's hardhat ricochet to employee's forehead str...
01/14/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Pushing object to align positioning for bolt. Felt a strain in back muscles
01/08/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Uneven snowy terrain, snow packed/covered ice.
12/04/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Left index finger cut by knife requiring 6 stitches.
10/23/2024 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 27d restricted Multiple oversized boulders were loaded onto haul truck HT107, creating a rough load event. This sudden impact resulted in the operator sustaining a back injury severe enough to require a mayday call...
10/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted During Fuel Lunch Line at the Fuel Island, Maintenance Lube tech was tasked with guiding Haul Trucks for fueling. When crossing the pedestrian barrier to complete ground guiding they encountered uneve...
09/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was carrying a liner with another employee. The liner almost dropped and the employee attempted to catch the liner before it hit the second employee. The liner caught the employee's right pin...
09/11/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator closed grid box of Liebherr T-264 Haul Truck during pre-operation inspection and pinched their right 5th digit between the latch of the panel and the panel itself.
09/05/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Removing fuel filter from a loader with filter pliers, felt pop in right elbow causing strain, restricted duty
09/04/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Passenger van (Ford E-350) carrying crew members was dropping off an operator to the haul truck which was staged at the fuel island. When backing out of the service lane, the van made contact with a c...
09/04/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Passenger van (Ford E-350) carrying crew members was dropping off a operator to the haul truck which was staged at the fuel island. When backing out of the service lane, the van made contact with a co...
08/23/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee claims employee got debris in eye after starting heater in light vehicle.
07/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working alone
07/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The haul truck was lodged in mud and being removed by the maintenance team.
06/12/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The technician was using a tool to hold pressure up on a plow bolt to prevent the bolt from spinning while removing the nut. The tool slipped and the technician's hand contacted the spinning bolt head...
05/19/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 261d lost, 19d restricted Employee was working in wet and muddy conditions. Employee slipped and twisted EE's right knee while trying to catch EE's balance resulting in a sprained knee. Employee was evaluated and put on lig...
04/30/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted A technician was pulling a final driver cover. As the technican was raising the hoist to remove slack from rigging material, the hoist continued to raise causing the lifting link/bolt to break out of...
04/26/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Haul truck operator was being loaded by contractor shovel trainer operator. Shovel operator didn't hoist the bucket high enough and contacted the dove tail of the haul truck.
04/24/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 111d restricted Loss of traction while descending the steps of the shovel.
03/27/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Diesel diagnostic mechanic was working on air stem of inner dual tire. Ice/muck material that was frozen to underside of haul truck bed melted from haul truck surface and released due to gravity and f...
03/23/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While walking out to trash can, right foot slipped on ice while coming down with left foot. Left leg kicked out from underneath to the left. Employee sustained a contusion to left knee. Employee is sc...
03/18/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Ice in the walkway to the port-a-potty.
03/09/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 121d restricted Incorrect procedure followed to dislodge a rock lodged in the rear duals of a haul truck.
03/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was moving a large toolbox from the shop bay to the toolbox storage locker. The toolbox then struck an electrical cord protective cover, which made the toolbox off balance causing it to tip o...
02/25/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Diagnosed with 4th and 5th distal phalanx tuft fracture from pinch point incident (tuft fracture is chip of bone)
02/09/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Incorrect tooling used for the task and incorrect technique used.
12/22/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a come-along to help install chains on a Liebherr T264 at the mine site. While installing the chain, EE slightly tweaked EE's back. EE continued the remainder of EE's shift until 7:...
12/04/2023 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted While exiting a crew van a miner's left knee made contact with a van door that resulted in injury to the miners left knee cap.
11/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Replacing return roller on conveyor during shutdown operations. While trying to place roller in hanger other end came out of hanger and roller moved and employee's fingers were pinched between belt ja...
10/25/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost The employee was climbing a permanent emergency ladder on the shovel and it released and when the feet of the ladder hit the ground it caused the employee to loose grip on the ladder rungs causing a f...
10/21/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost While removing liners from Surge Bin. Employee lost their balance as EE was swinging hammer to break free old liners. As EE stepped down to regain balance EE rolled an ankle on the materials that were...
10/19/2023 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While waiting for the loader EE was sitting in driver's seat of service truck and reached right arm back to grab something from behind the seat and in doing this EE has dislocated EE's shoulder.
10/11/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Finger pinched between hose and guide
10/02/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 80d restricted During a maintenance activity a miner working in the heavy duty truck shop exited the building outside of bay #8. While walking outside the building the miner stepped onto a rock, resulting in the min...
09/30/2023 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were involved in arc flash while attempting to test rotation in a Medium voltage transformer. Employee sustained burns to right side of face.
09/30/2023 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were involved in arc flash while attempting to test rotation in a medium voltage transformer. Employee sustained burn to face area.
09/23/2023 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted employee stood up from crouched position during the first half of the day and in this instance knee made a popping sound
09/17/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Driver of Haul truck sustained cervical sprain during a rough loading event where large rock material was concealed in muck of material.
09/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was checking fluids on the top level of a 994 loader in the manhole behind the cab. When EE went to climb out, EE placed hand and the panel closed on EE's hand causing lacerations requiring...
09/04/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 9/4/2023, employee was trying to clear a plugged feeder chute with a pry bar, employee's hand slipped off the bar and the tip of a finger struck a rock. Employee did not report the injury until 9/...