Continental Strip — Accidents
Total: 7 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/21/2026 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Dragline operator exiting machine after end of shift stepped down from shoe and slipped. Dragline operator fell to ground landing on left hip. Dragline operator was assisted to their feet by witness/o... |
| 08/08/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Portable fire extinguisher accidentally discharged in excavator cab. While attempting to step down from the machine the tracks were not aligned causing the excavator operator to hang from the grab han... |
| 06/26/2024 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Assisting crane set tracks of 6015 excavator for assembly. Track was set in assembly area. Rigger and EE went to disconnect rigging. As employee was disconnecting, the slings became under tension and... |
| 11/12/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Dragline Oiler was hammering off broken dragline bucket tooth when a two-inch metal sliver (shrapnel) broke off the tooth and impaled the Dragline Oiler in the right thigh. |
| 03/24/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Driller's left hand was caught in the carousel rack of the Atlas Copco track drill when EE tried to manually push back jammed drill steel into rack. |
| 03/28/2015 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A miner operating a Caterpillar D11N Bulldozer in the 002-0 Packer 5 pit was uninjured when a portion of the south ""bottom rock"" highwall unexpectedly failed. The bulldozer was engulfed in the colla... |
| 08/13/2013 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Employee was walking around mine site conducting post blast inspection. The employee then stepped on a rock and rolled their ankle. |