Cortez District — Accidents

Total: 472 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was repairing the mounting of the engine compartment door on 937 light plant. The door was on the ground. He then lifted the door to get ready to install it. He turned his body with the doo...
04/28/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While coming down from changing breathers on hyd tank, employees left foot slipped from bottom step of the ladder. He landed on the edge of his foot causing it to twist to the left. He was taken to...
03/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted After taking a break at Mine Ops, the truck driver noticed a pain in her right shoulder after boarding her haul truck. After EMT checked her out she was sent to NNRH for an evaluation. She was plac...
03/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While stepping out of the cab of the lube truck his foot slipped off the step. He was holding the inside door handle. As he hit the ground he heard a pop in his shoulder followed by a throbbing pain...
03/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 322d lost Employee was assisting loading blast holes when he fell backwards into a 4 foot deep hole. He remained working for about one hour, and then collapsed. He was diagnosed with a massive concussion.
03/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While employee was walking ground gave way and employee fell backwards into a hole and left ankle was caught between two rocks and twisted
03/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing a flowmeter form the south facility pumphouse. He rolled the flowmeter to remove and rolled back, and the tab on the flowmeter cut his right wrist. 9 stithces were required to...
03/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was moving pallets in the laydown yard and felt a dull pain in his lower back. The next day at work he was moving pallets again and the pain became worse. He was seen at the emergency room...
02/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted While tripping drill pipe, employee pulled back on the top head to allign pipe. As he pulled he felt something tear in his left shoulder. Doctor placed him on light duty pending the results of an MRI.
01/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee was climbing on a road grader and when he went to pull himself up he felt a pop in his right shoulder and he felt a pull in his muscle. He went for a follow up visit to the Doctor on 02/14/0...
12/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 101d lost, 89d restricted Employee was walking between core tables and to avoid some water she stepped over to the right side. The grate was sticking up a 1/2"" above the others and her toe caught on the grate. She tried to c...
11/24/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing bit subs, caught finger between lifting bell and winch line hook. This resulted in loss of fingernail and 4 stitches on the middle finger of the right hand.
11/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted He was making room for liner and lifters and while rolling a 55 gal drum he aggravated his shoulder. He went to the doctor on 01/16/08 because his shoulder was still bothering him and got a full duty...
11/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Helper was running out drill pipe onto pipe truck and strained a muscle in the middle of his lower back.
11/08/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was hooking up the mobile steam cleaner to service truck. When he released the trailer jack it retracted instead of dropping to the ground as expected. He was using his left hand to push against t...
10/26/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was being loaded with lime at the south lime silo when he noticed dust in his cab. First his nose and sinuses began to burn and then his mouth, throat, chest, and eyes. He was taken to NNRH...
10/24/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Mechanic cut hand while removing tie wrap
10/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee slipped on ice and fell to ground fracturing a bone in his right foot.
09/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing splits in inner tube. Pushing with gloved hand, split stopped, hand slid up the split cutting thumb.
08/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing ladder to empty dust pots and slipped. He spun around and slid down the ladder. His arm got caught on a bolt causing a laceration.
07/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 4d restricted While the bus was loading with employess, a co-worker set in the seat behind me and shoved the seat forward; it was in the reclined position. When this happened I was laying on my right side; this imm...
07/23/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported a sore back and the injury was initially treated as a muscle strain - first aid. After the back did not improve, he went to a chiropractor for an MRI and subsequent treatments which...
07/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator was climbing up on his machine and slipped off causing the operator to land on the back of his heel twisting his ankle. He wasn't reportable until a follow up visit on 9/18 showed he had...
07/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 232d restricted Employee was lifting spare tire into the back of a service truck and felt a pop and then intense pain in his lower right back.
06/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was lifting and carrying truck parts. When the item was being lowered to the ground, the item slipped from the employee's hands and the employee stated she felt like she tore something in he...
05/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to open the gate on the flume a steel grating that was leaning against the railing fell over and struck employee.
05/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted The employee climbed up onto the tie rod on one of the Liebherr T282B haul trucks so he could tigthen an overhead fitting. The employee slipped on the tie rod, lost his balance and fell approximately...
05/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the Assay Compressor and DI room and he was changing the DI water tank filters. This wasn't reported because of a change in management and was just recently discovered that it hadn't...
04/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Helper was placing a drill bit into tool box mounted on side of truck. He miscalculated the distance between the bit and bottom of box, and his left middle finger was pinched between bit and metal too...
03/18/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 193d restricted Single part down haul ball on crane was 2 blocked which caused the cable to be severed. Employee's right hand was struck by falling down haul ball.
03/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None He was loading cement at the Cortez Mine laydown yard. Although a fork lift was available he chose not to use it. While he was lifting a bag of cement he pulled a muscle in his back. Weather condition...
03/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was throwing scrap wood into a dumpster. A 2x4 piece of wood bounced back from the dumpster and hit the employee in the back of the head, just below her hard hat.
03/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Lifted a small heater (about 40 lbs) didn't realize diesel tank was full. Developed lump in stomach area.
02/24/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Tripping rods in. After connection, stepped back and stepped into deck hole for rods. Fell against stool straining back.
02/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Drill helper was running out pipe on pipe truck in slick conditions and was going slow. Driller was lowering the top-head down, and it caught up with the pipe and struck the pipe end. This event cause...
02/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Individual was on a ladder, tightening a hydraulic fitting when the fitting broke, releasing hydraulic oil. This startled the individual which caused him to step back off the ladder, he then fell to...
02/07/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None when using both hands they will go numb and lose the feeling in them(like hammering, running drill or writing etc. etc.)it's been going on for about 2 years but just reported it to us.
01/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted At approximately 9:00am, employee tried to pick up a large wheel chock from the ground. The wheel chock was frozen to the ground which caused employee to pull something in his elbow when he attempted...
01/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Driller had back to equipment and was talking on the phone. Helper backed drill pickup up road, struck driller in back and knocked him down. Driller was unable to scramble out of way and right rear ti...
01/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 219d restricted EE was walking towards 505 water truck to work on it when he slipped and fell on the ice.
01/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted EE was getting off work she went to load into the Cortez Van when she slipped and fell on the ice causing a strain to her right shouder. Resulting in modified work
12/30/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking up the stairs at mine operations,he reached the top step and slipped on the top of the walk way falling on his right knee and hitting his right shoulder against the building causing(A st...
12/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a bucket of flux (30 to 40 lbs). While lifting the bucket she felt something wasn't right and by the next day her back was hurting.
11/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was pushing on a tire trying to rock it when he felt a pop in his groin.
11/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The lifting eye pulled out of the cyclone causing the cyclone to fall, EE backed up stumbeled striking his right elbow on the grating causing a laceration.
11/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was storing tools in preparation for days off. While lifting the deflector he noticed some abdominal pain. Doctor diagnosed a torn abdominal muscle and light duty.
10/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was opening a stiff valve at area 28 and strained her left shoulder.
10/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted In adverse weather conditions, a driller helper stepped down from a water truck, slipping and twisting his knee.
10/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employe was washing down in #8 agitator when he slipped in the mud and hit his left hand against a support beam causing a laceration to his L index finger.
09/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE states he felt a strain in his groin when helping to lift a pump