Coyote Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/03/2026 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was operating a loaded end dump truck, while EE was steering with EE's left arm EE received a sharp pain in EE's left shoulder. The employee did not report EE's injury to a supervisor until 2...
05/09/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost 05/09/25 emp tipped a scraper onto its side while working on a slope. EE stated EE was not injured. On next scheduled shift 05/12, emp stated that EE injured right shoulder. Emp went to ER, X-rays do...
09/30/2024 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost While climbing into a loader and using both hands, the employee placed their right foot onto the first step. While pulling themselves up, they felt a pop in their right lower leg followed by pain.
06/17/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A welder was using an air chipping hammer to remove picks on the primary crusher at the Coal Handling Facility, when the electrician that was working with EE felt something hit EE's forehead. The ele...
09/15/2021 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was driving a OB truck when EE hit a soft spot on the road. The employee reported to EE's supervisor at 9:45 a.m. that EE was experiencing back pain and wanted to seek medical attention. E...
03/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost 10/28/20 Employee walked into the boot wash room at the end of shift to wash boots off. Allegedly they stumbled falling forward and landed on right shoulder. The employee sought medical treatment lat...
07/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had removed mud from a loader's hitch pin and was trying to push it down with hands to get it back into place when the pin let loose. The employee grabbed the head of the pin which caused an...
12/05/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got fingers caught in the door frame of a CAT 777D End Dump truck while employee was trying to open the driver's side door which was stuck. Employee was transferred to hospital where employe...
10/02/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was operating a 20,000 gallon CAT 777D water truck when the truck lost traction on a watered road. When the truck reached a dry section of the road it caused the truck to tip on its side....
02/08/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was cleaning the area in between the hoist motors on a dragline using a 3-step ladder. Employee finished cleaning and was descending the ladder when the left foot got stuck causing the emp...
04/04/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing a metal Warehouse window with a rag when EE received a cut on EE's left thumb from the edge of the window frame. Stitches were required to close the wound.
10/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 1d restricted Worker was re-spooling cable back into Ericson, P/N # 6123-100, cable reeler in the machinery house space of the 8400 dragline. The end of the cable whipped into his right eye, breaking his safety gl...
09/01/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 208d lost Around 7:30 AM employee was walking to the dewatering pump to dewater the excavated hole when he slipped on a chunk of dirt and twisted his right knee.
08/19/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Traveling to park loader at end of shift. Hit a rut in the haul road and jarred him in the seat. He did not feel any pain at that time. By mid-morning the next day he was feeling pain in his back and...
01/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employees were working on a dragline under construction. Three employees were moving 36""x36""x1"" plate on the house floor. Employee flipped plate and floor plate gave way. Injured employee and anoth...