Copperton Concentrator — Accidents

Total: 158 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/26/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing near forklift talking with the operator. The door was latched in the open position, a strong gust of wind unlodged the door and pushed the injured employee into the frame of the...
02/27/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was cutting a section of toe plate with an angle grinder equipped with an abrasive cutting wheel when his right hand made contact with the cutting wheel, causing a 1cm laceration. Guard was in...
02/15/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bolt in impact wrench came into contact with employee's mouth. Lip was lacerated, two teeth were broken.
01/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was replacing skirt liners in a conveyor transfer point. He was staging the liners by hand on top of the conveyor belt when his left little finger was pinched between two liners. The liners a...
11/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I was starting down a 7% hill, when the lift truck popped out of gear, as the lift started picking up speed down the hill, my first instinct was to try to put the machine back into gear to regain brak...
11/09/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was working with another employee(Manlift operator) approximately 15 ' in the air performing structural steel bolt-up. He attempted to remove a beam clamp while the manbasket was still being...
08/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning particle size monitor intake hose screen. While doing this the screen contacted hand rail, causing the screen to bounce back and strike the employee in the chin. This resulted in...
07/18/2011 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 1d restricted EEs were conducting annual inspections of barges to check water levels & check for any corrosion. On last barge of the day, EE was grinding a bolt off in order to open barge lid when an undetermined p...
05/24/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling down on a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and hit him in the right cheek resulting in a laceration that required three sutures to close.
04/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A worn liner fell and struck another liner and a piece of steel flew off and struck an employee in the face.
03/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The worker was in the process of picking up metal banding in the liner yard. The worker grabbed a piece of banding with both hands and tossed it to the side. As he did this, the edge of the banding...
02/21/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of cheese in the lunchroom with a folding knife when he cut his thumb.
02/03/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of tubing with a utility knife when he cut his left thumb.
12/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was raising Weld curtains when debris fell into the right eye; they immediately flushed the eye out; they went over to the Guard shack where EMT personnel are staged and they also flushed...
06/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Operator was position guard, felt slight pain in shoulder resulting in inflamed rotator cuff - Restricted duty
06/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None OPERATOR WAS MOVING A WASH WATER HOSE WHEN THE NOZZLE IN HIS RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FACE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE UPPER LIP REQUIRING 6 SUTURES. THE HOSE WAS NOT ENERGIZED AT THE TIME...
11/12/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee experienced burns to his eyes resulting from exposure to welding arc while welding and helping with welding activates. The employee was issued eye drops and pain medication to treat his condi...
10/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost An operator was responding to an alarm on the M3 belt when he slipped on 3/4 inch nut that was left on the diamond plated metal floor. The force of the fall broke the team member's hip.
08/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a pump, he slipped and fell striking his head on a piece of conduit.
05/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 15d restricted A razor sharp edge of the liner cut through Troy""s leather glove when he dropped the liner segment. As the piece fell it lacerated 3 fingers on his left hand. The PPE was not appropriate to protect h...
05/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was on corrugated roof and tripped, falling backwards onto hind end, cutting palm of right hand through glove on a piece of aluminum insulation wrapping. Cut was minor, but required stitches to clo...
03/31/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 318d lost Crew engaged in line cleaning operation. Pressure dump device was operated by co-worker (procedure violation). Work activity was suspended to verify process issue, EE placed L hand over nozzle to bloc...
01/16/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using 1"" air impact wrench to intstall bolts on pipe flange. Socket slipped off bolt and smashed index finger between bottom of impact gun and flange, causing laceration that required sutures.
01/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slipped on ice under snow, attempted to catch self on pickup bed with right arm, fell and dislocated right shoulder.
10/29/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS FATALITY Fatal All we know is a call came 10/29/08 about 8:00 a.m. that we had a fatal accident at Kennecott; our driver was killed by a pipe falling off the top of load on trailer. All Bob Orton Trucking does is ha...
09/08/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's finger got caught between the top side of a saw guard and the bottom of the quick release knob.
06/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was placing roller in between frame and belt. Roller hit belt and bounced back, pinching employee's finger in between roller and frame.
12/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped on snow/ice while retrieving lumber from decant box and struck chin on grating causing laceration that required two sutures to close.
11/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While assisting with the removal of a motor, ee reached in to pull one of four bolts out of the motor base, grabbing the bolt head. While he had hold of the bolt, the motor shifted slightly, causing...
11/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing old fire suppression piping from cooling tower #1 at Kennecott Utah Copper Power Plant. The pipe bounced when coworker pulled on it striking employee above left eye. The result w...
10/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tearing down a scaffolding and an aluminum plank was moved which jammed employee's finger between the plank and a metal structure, resulting in a smashed left index finger. this required...
10/04/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing the lower section of a Sag mill motor bearing, an eye bolt was attached to the section and an overhead crane was being used to move/position the bearing section when the eye bolt broke...
09/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped on the edge of a landing at the top of a set of four stairs. He fell backwards and his elbow struck the deck of the grating on the same level. He sustained a small laceration to his l...
09/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bending over trying to roll some pipe to read the line number and later noticed some back pain.
08/29/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As employee finished grinding steel pipe, he raised his face shield, allowing a metal flake to fall into his (R) eye. A metal foreign body & rust ring were removed by medical provider. Employee was tr...
06/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking down the stairs that were positioned in the crusher pocket during maintenance activities, the worker caught his foot on the bottom stair. This caused the worker to fall and hit the back...
06/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After completing task, employee lowered the JLG basket to the ground. As he exited the basket, he stumbled and fell on a nearby wooden crate. Employee received a laceration to his right forearm which...
04/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was installing fiberglass insulation in the spare crusher bow assebly. He injured his shoulder as he lifted himself out of the bow assembly. The height is approx. 4.5 ft As he lifted himself...
03/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The ee was in the process of removing a sump pump with an overhead crane. He positioned his hand on top of the pump motor in efforts to help guide the pump while raising. During this time ee's left li...
01/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was in the process of removing a tail pulley bearing race. He was unsuccessful in removing the race by grinding it down, so he struck it with a hammer. A fragment shot off and struck him in the...
01/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stripping the end of large wire with a uyility knife
08/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing liners in a ball mill feed cart using a pry bar. The panel slipped into position and the employee smashed the end of his left ring finger between the pry bar and another liner p...
08/20/2006 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None The EE passed away while working along the conveyor belt below the crusher. The worker was positioned on the catwalk/walkway, when he lost consciousness. A co-worker caught him and laid him on the wal...
06/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Incident occurred at the Utah Power Plant where the employee was slagging the #2 Boiler. Employee had improper hand placement on the slagging hook and pinched his left ring fingertip between bar and f...
06/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained a cut on his left wrist while installing a piece of ducting. The cut resulted in eight stitches.
05/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee stepped on a piece of channel iron, lost his balance and fell onto the channel. EE is on light duty.
05/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was rolling over concrete form approx. 2'x6' on the ground by placing metal stake on top of form. The stake slipped causing the form to strike and slide down front of employee's left leg (shi...
05/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 44d restricted EE was setting equipment into place by hand. Power distribution unit overturned and hit him in the face.
04/25/2006 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of checking the current draw across an electrical breaker. During the process, the power breaker flashed causing burns to his face and eyes.
04/24/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 286d lost A mobile crane was moving a metal shed. An employee was on the ground guiding the shed. The EE on the ground was contacting the metal shed when the crane came into contact with a 13.8 KV powerline. Th...