Cortez District-Underground — Accidents

Total: 85 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted After the Helper unlatched the overshot and began lowering it to employee, the overshot slipped out of the helper' s hand and landed on the employee's right foot.
01/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted There was snow on the road to disposal site. The air mover lost traction at top of a hill along the road & was unable to continue to disposal site. There was ice on the ground where the air mover was...
10/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted While driller was loosening pressure bolts on the actuator plate, the plate broke free from the bolts and struck the driller's left pinky finger causing a laceration below the fingernail.
09/09/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 24d restricted When stepping down off steps, rug slipped and the employee hyper-extended her right knee. She was seen at the ER and referred to an orthopedist. Diagnosed with a sprain/strain and put on restricted...
05/31/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee changing hose clamps, cutting hose and razor knife slipped. Employee required sutures to left thumb. Released to full duty.
04/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was wrapping up a grout line and cement entered his right eye.
02/27/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maintenance employee working in the underground surface shop, eyes were exposed to ultraviolet radiation, diagnosed with actinic conjunctivitis and prescribed medication for pain.
01/09/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost While climbing off of the Mine Cat explosive carrier the miners tools became entangled on the tractor causing the miner to lose his balance and step down hard on the left leg. The miner reported heari...
12/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Reported his right arm was sore. He did not recall anything happening to cause his arm to be sure. Through the night his arm sorer and was not getting better so he went to see doctor.
10/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Helper was closing the rotation guard on the drill when his left finger tip was pinched between the frame
07/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was installing a fan extension and the guard slipped and cut the back of his left hand. Seen at the ER, stitches and put on light duty for 10 days. No light duty available, employee put off...
07/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was checking to see if core was inside of core tube with his hands. While his hands were at the end of the core tube, the tube was being lowered at the same time and his fingers became pinch...
05/26/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a folding pocket knife on strap of vent back, knife slipped, cutting left index finger. Received 5 stitches and released to full duty.
05/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 21d lost, 4d restricted Employee was removing a pin on the rear axle of a piece of equipment when the pin came out and dropped on his left thumb. He was taken to the hospital where the thumb was surgically repaired and he wa...
04/06/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Individual was found unresponsive, pulse less, and breathless in wash bay. CPR was initiated on scene. Individual was transported to Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital via Crescent Valley Ambulan...
02/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost Employee had grabbed the casing with his fingers inside of the casing. The Driller opened the chuck, releasing the sub, causing severe lacerations of the employee's hand.
12/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While placing pipe on a scissor lift, pipe fell about 6 inches lacerating the employee's left pinky finger. Four stitches required to close wound.
12/14/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a header and a high pressure hose hit him in the face. He received 10 stitiches to close a laceration on his right cheek. Released to full duty.
12/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp climbing in and out of hopper chipping frozen mud. His right hip was hurting, but no accident. He saw doctor on 12/15 and on 12/20 investigation completed and claim accepted by workers' comp. Emp...
12/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee's hand slipped while putting inner tube back into the hole. This caused the employee to pinch his fingers between the rod and the latch head. The weight of the tube caused a laceration of t...
09/16/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 196d lost Driver was climbing up onto work truck to close bay door, stepped off and landed the wrong way causing ankle to break.
08/23/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While working on a scissor deck, employee was working in articulation and the machine articulated to the left pinching employee between cab and deck. Was taken to NNRH where it was found he had fract...
08/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Stepping off a water truck, missed step, fell to the ground. Seen at ER, diagnosed with head injury, released to full duty. Contacted safety on 9/3/10, was having pain in head and left shoulder. Seen...
05/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was installing a motor on the batch plant mixer when his left thumb got caught behind the motor. Thumb was de-gloved from knuckle to the tip. He was taken to NNRH where the tip of the thumb w...
04/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt what she thought was a rock in her boot. When she took it off at the end of the shift there was a chemical burn from shotcrete that had gotten into her boot. She was later seen at Reno E...
02/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Helper lifting empty tube into rod string felt a ""pop"" in groin area.
02/09/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was driving haul truck down the west main drift when truck stopped suddenly and jarred employee's back. Was released to full duty 02/10/10 and then was given a restricted duty on 02/13/10. Fo...
07/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost On 07/10/09 emp. was rolling up cable when he felt a hard pop in his right shoulder. He was taken to the ER and was looked over and given a full duty release. He continued to be in pain so he was sent...
06/15/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bending over to pick up a suction hose employee slipped causing him to loose his balance. Sticking out his arm to maintain balance, his hand struck the shotcrete rib.
02/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was washing out transmixer drum and as material was draining out the back it caused the water to splash up underneath the miner's safety glasses.
06/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller was breaking off the sub on the caseing, there was a rod in the chuck about 11/2 ft away from the sub. Helper(injuried) went to retreive the sub, as driller released the footclam the rod came...
01/27/2008 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While spraying shotcrete, cement entered boots and burned feet.
11/03/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bending a piece of 11"" x 2"" x 1/4"" steel with sledge hammer the welds that held the material to the table broke loose and hit the employee in the chin.
06/05/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE was manually re-positioning the forks on a sky trak 8042 fork lift. One fork perched on a frame bracket/divider. The EE dismounted the machine to correctly position the fork, placing his right hand...
02/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 329d lost Attempting to secure the quick couple vic clamp on a 2' pipe with both legs under him for support. Left patella displaced.