Climax Mine — Accidents

Total: 222 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/20/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was watering down the recent concrete pour and was to cover the concrete with plastic and concrete blankets. In doing so, he slipped on the plastic and felt a pop in his back. He never fell or was...
06/23/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee retrieved a part from the parts trailer. ON his return to the drill, his feet slipped out from under him. He extended his arm to catch himself, dislocating his left shoulder.
10/03/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was smoothing cut edges on a 24"" diameter steel plate he had clamped in a vice. The vice was not tightened sufficiently and the plate started moving. Employee let loose of the grinder with h...
09/12/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting with a Skil saw when it kicked back and cut the left index fingertip.
09/02/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AFTER A MEETING IN THE UPSTAIRS CONFERENCE ROOM, I CAUGHT MYSELF AS I FELL BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN BONES IN MY LEFT HAND.
08/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 78d restricted Employee was walking down stairs when her left foot stuck on the stair, causing her ankle to twist.
07/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost After loading the 906, employee was chaining the loader down. After he had the one side done he moved to the other side. While moving to the other side he was in between the truck and the goose neck...
07/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 51d restricted Employee climbed a ladder to the tool room trailer, slipped and fell approximately 3 feet.
05/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking on uneven ground and mis-stepped twisting ankle.
05/12/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A contractor snow plow operator, struck a natural gas line, located at the northwest corner of the electrical maintenance storage building. A gas line inside the building, which was damaged by the im...
08/13/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing cutting edges on a loader, beating the bolts out of the old cutting edges with a 2 lb hammer. A chip of steel from the bolt broke off and flew into employee's left upper leg.
07/25/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Cutting car body for PH 2100 shovel for scrap. Torched grease line which burst. Minor facial burns. Result of not inspecting lines to be purged & not using full face protection.
09/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Iron Worker was unloading steel beams off semi-tractor trailer, when load shifted causing worker to stumble and fall off of trailer (approx 5') landing on frozen ground. He landed on equipment tracks...
09/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to clear a frozen 1/2 air line under pressure, when the ice broke out of the air line. It struck him in the face and a piece of ice knocked his safety glasses off and hit him i...
08/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was prying with a mill bar against the mounting ring and cyclone header while the crane was hooked to the picking eyes because the header was tilting and needed to be moved a little for removal. Bar s...
05/11/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was climbing down the ladder of a 500 Komatsu wheeled loader. His feet missed the last step due to its poor design and fell striking the back of his hard hat against a vertical tubing pump on the f...
09/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Employee was returning from lunch and stepping up onto the excavator when his right knee locked.
09/16/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF LIME-AWAY SOLUTION (MURATIC ACID) AND DRIP PAN. THE BARREL WAS REMOVED AND THE DRIP PAN WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE JERKED ON EDGE OF DRIP PAN AND ACID SPL ASHED U...
11/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None INDIVIDUAL WAS PLOWING WITH A 966 CAT LOADER. THE LOADER COULD NOT MAKE IT UP THE INCLINE IN THE ROAD SO THE OPERATOR LEFT THE LOADER TO GO TO A BUILDING 100 FEET AWAY TO GET SOME SALT TO SPRE D ON TH...
02/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS INSTALLING 4' C4 CHANNEL IRON AS LAGGING BTWN STEEL SETS OVERHEAD & REACHED DOWN & LIFTED & TWISTED AT THE SAME TIME, RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF CARTILAGE BTWN RIBS. EE CONTINUED WORKIN G REG D...
11/18/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE WAS SEARCHING FOR SOME INSULATION. HE THOUGHT HE SAW SOME UP HIGHLAND GOT A LADDER, BUT THERE WERE SOME BARRELS IN THE WAY. HE DECIDED TO CLIMB ON ONE OF THE BARRELS. WHEN HE WAS READY TO D ESCEND,...
07/17/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE GOT A PIECE OF RUST FROM A PRY BAR IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE USING THE BAT TO DIG UP ROCKS IN A HOLE HE WAS DIGGING. RUST FLAKED OFF OF BAR AND LODGED IN HIS EYE. THE EYE COULD NOT BE CLEARED WITH FLU...