Climax Mine — Accidents

Total: 222 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/03/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While resetting fuse for A/C unit in cab, shovel operator stuck his left hand inside the housing. When the fan came on the operator lost his balance causing his left pinkie to make contact with moving...
07/27/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding during his afternoon shift. On his way home his eye began to bother him. Employee had a piece of metal embedded in his right cornea. An optometrist was able to remove the objec...
01/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost Affected employee was helping carry a magnet belt. When his partner lost his grip, the employee caught the load and injured his back.
01/17/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Directly supervised contract employee stepped on a rock when dismounting a ladder and ankle.
12/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had completed a welding task and was in the process of cleaning up area. As the employee began to fold the ladder utilized in the task, he looked up and a piece of slag fell from off of one...
12/14/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While doing cleanup after a job, the employee stepped on a large bolt and sprained his ankle.
10/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee removed hard hat and face shield rubbed eye with his sleeve, felt particle in eye, washed it out returned to work, next day eye was irritated went to dr debris was removed (not embedded) rust...
09/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 213d lost Employee was closing a lid on a valve vault, fingers were caught between lid and frame causing a crushing injury to two fingers.
08/16/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 47d restricted Employee was climbing down off of a motor grader and fell landing on the mould board.
06/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was mixing a bucket of backing material when some splashed on his legs.
06/26/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was walking down a slope to put a prism on a bench when he slipped/tripped and fell forward spraining his fingers/hand.
05/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 131d lost, 161d restricted Employee exited his truck and slipped on ice while walking to the reclaim.
12/19/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 37d restricted Employee felt a ""pop"" in his shoulder while using a banding tool to secure product to a pallet in the warehouse.
12/16/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was using a hammer to install picks and strained his back.
11/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The IW was removing tile from a wall during a locker room remodel. The piece of tile slid from his hand and fingers down his arm lacerating his arm, requiring stitches.
09/07/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 57d restricted Employee was driving wedges to hold the shaker screen side boards. When she struck the wedge, the hammer bounced back at a weird angle causing her wrist to twist resulting in a fractured wrist.
08/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ply board form rubbed against bicep and splintered. Splinter removed by urgent care doctor.
08/06/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning curls away from a magnetic drill with right index finger and got finger caught in drill bit.
07/18/2013 HOISTING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 21d lost, 19d restricted While raising the basket during mine rescue training, tripod collapsed. As the tripod collapsed it struck affected employee in the left leg. Employee was transported to area clinic and was diagnosed...
07/05/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing lip shroud protector bolts from a 998H Loader. He placed his hand over bolt head in order to keep it from spinning. While using 3/4"" impact wrench from above to loosen, the bo...
07/02/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured person was running a chipping hammer in a drop tower where he reported injuring his left shoulder. He went to the doctor where they diagnosed him with tendonitis. He was prescribed physical th...
04/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost Per initial incident report from supervisor: Mill employee was ""lifting bucket full of rock to dump onto the belt, turned a little awkwardly and strained his back"". Incident was initially reported...
04/05/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee reported that he strained his back while welding.
03/23/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 3d restricted The employee was using a scissor lift and boom lift to put up a support structure for an overhead pipe. He and another employee had positioned the beam with a chain hoist. While they were positioning...
03/18/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost Employee was measuring the depth of the explosive as it was loaded into blast holes and allegedly fell on his shoulder. The incident became recordable on 08/27/2013 when employee received a medical p...
02/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Despite continuous application of abrasive material on roads and parking lots, and employee slipped and/or stumbled while exiting a pickup truck and struck his knee on the side of the pickup truck.
01/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 11d restricted Employee tried to pick up a metal pipe that was heavier than she thought and felt a pop in her left wrist.
12/25/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee entered elevator to report for duty in the Crusher Control. Elevator moved approximately one floor and stopped. Employee was in elevator for approximately 45 minutes. Elevator company insp...
12/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While placing wheel chock on the back of a truck, employee's feet slipped in mud causing him to smash finger between the chock and the rail of the truck.
12/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 35d restricted Employee was washing area with hose, stepped on pant leg causing employee to stumble into a hand rail.
10/08/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee was ascending stairs and felt his knee ""go out
09/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee suffered an apparent seizure and fell causing lacerations.
06/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While handling the rod, employee cut his finger on a burr.
03/22/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was walking with material when the left foot slipped. He caught himself with the right foot, landing in a split, causing a strain to the right groin area.
02/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Field mechanic was attempting to R&R cutting edge blade on back-hoe. When he loosened the first carriage bolt, it dropped down out of the shanked bolt hole. The mechanic used his left hand to push the...
12/16/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported a foreign body in the right eye from grinding and welding.
12/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee notified the job on 12/16/11 that he thought he got a foreign object in the eye while grinding the day before.
12/03/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding pipe supports when he felt pain in the right eye.
11/10/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was electrofusing a fitting onto a 2"" piece of HDPE pipe. Employee removed his gloves in anticipation of completing weld and shutting down the welding machine. Employee abruptly turned away...
10/29/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stripping concrete forms at station 10 + 94 on the tailing delivery line. The support structure had been poured 10/27/11 the assigned task for the morning was to strip forms in the proces...
10/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking from parking spot to mill offices, employee slipped and fell.
10/12/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost While towing a rod trailer down a decline employee lost control of Skidder it stalled. Employee dropped the blade, as it hit the ground, rod trailer caused skidder to start to jack knife he then chos...
09/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While ""hammer drilling"" a 1 5/8' hole thru a concrete wall, the bit got caught on a piece of rebar embedded in the wall causing the ""hammer drill"" to twist out of the operators hands, causing him...
09/04/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While operating 994, employee felt stiffness in his neck while turning his head.
08/13/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee's dental appliance came loose during loading causing an injury to an anchor tooth.
07/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Driller was lower rods when helper put his hands at the end of the tube to check for core. The rod struck the slide catching his hand in between the rod and the slide.
06/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Claimant was removing clamp from pressurized concrete hose, when pressure released concrete debris flew hitting claimant in right leg/hip causing abrasions.
05/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Injured was replacing teeth on a 980 bucket. A piece of metal entered his right ring finger in the process. Note: This was a first aid case until June 1, 2011, at which time employee elected to have a...
12/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got a piece of metal in his eye while changing cutting edges.
08/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE removed a rock stuck between the tires of a water truck and strained his shoulder. A torn right bicep was diagnosed.