Dotiki Mine — Accidents
Total: 1,075 accidents | Fatalities: 3
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/31/2011 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was operating a scoop when he went around a corner and his lunch bucket started to fall over that was setting on top of the pump motor compartment. He reached out to catch his bucket, whe... |
| 03/14/2011 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 83d lost | The employee was operating a shuttle car when he ran over a rock and jammed his back. The employee continued to work with pain until 7/11/2011. The employee was taken off work waiting for a MRI. |
| 03/02/2011 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 22d lost | The employee had finished drilling a hole in the roof when his steel became stuck. The employee placed his right hand between the roof and the steel to line the steel up to go in the pot, when he caug... |
| 02/23/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was helping unload a trailor when he picked up on a bundle of roof bolt plates. His thumb caught the edge of a bundle of plates, cutting his thumb. |
| 02/14/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was bolting when his steel got stuck in the roof. The employee tried to unstick the steel by pulling down on it. When he pulled down on it the steel became free and came out of the hole q... |
| 02/14/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 99d lost | The employee was helping change out some old belt. While they where trying to pull the belt together to put a pin in it, he felt something pop in his shoulder. The employee continued to work with pain... |
| 02/03/2011 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was riding on a ride when he leaned forward and hit his nose on a piece of metal, cutting his nose. |
| 01/26/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was helping take down a overcast when a rail rolled over on to finger catching it between the rail and a concrete block. |
| 01/26/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 68d lost | The employee was helping load pin supplies on the back of the bolter when his left hand got hung in a empty pallet that he was trying to throw on the back of the bolter, causing him to hyper extend hi... |
| 01/23/2011 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was cleaning up a seal line with a battery scoop. A roof bolt that was lying on the ground covered up with rock dust. When the scoop crossed over the pin, the pin flew up and hit the empl... |
| 01/18/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was picking up a pump when it slipped out of his hand and he tried to catch it. It had a sharp edge on the bottom of it, causing it to cut his hand. |
| 01/11/2011 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was installing a roof bolt when a piece of material came in contact with his arm. |
| 01/07/2011 | POWERED HAULAGE | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 118d lost | The shuttle car started to leave the face area and as he trammed the car about 3 to 4 feet, the tires started to spin. During this time the injured employee stepped between the car and miner when the... |
| 01/04/2011 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was attempting to start a hole for a pin when the tip of the bit broke off and struck him in the chin. |
| 12/28/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred at crosscut 93 in the limited intake in the South East Life of Mine Mains B in the # 7 Entry. The ventilation, personnel nor equipment were affected. |
| 12/20/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was running a remote control miner when some material came in contact with his right arm and shoulder. |
| 12/04/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the South East Life of Mine Mains C at crosscut 442 on the 10th 54 in the #4 entry. No ventilation, equipment nor personnel were affected. |
| 11/24/2010 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | The emergencey stop switch shorted out on bottom, had to trouble shoot the problem, then replace it. |
| 11/12/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was installing a roof bolt when a piece of material fell out and struck him on the thumb. Catching his thumb against the boom. |
| 11/05/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was helping change a tire on a shuttle car when the rachett slipped off the lug nut and struck the employee in the mouth. |
| 11/01/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was walking beside the belt when he tripped and fell and he hit his right hand on the top belt roller. |
| 10/23/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the South East Life of Mine C at crosscut 538 in the #3 entry. The measurements are 35 ft. in length, 20 ft. in width and 5 to 7 ft. No equipment, personnel nor ventilat... |
| 10/11/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall occurred in the North East Mains at crosscut 225 between the #4 and #5 and includes the #4 entry on the belt line. No equipment, ventilation or personnel were affected by this fall. |
| 10/07/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 27d restricted | The employee was walking up the slope when his left foot slipped out from under him causing him to land on his right knee. The employee continued work with some pain. The pain became worse and the emp... |
| 09/29/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the South East life of Mine Mains C at crosscut 426 in the #4 entry. Ventilation, Men nor equipment were involved. |
| 09/28/2010 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 25d lost | The employee was putting glue in his glue box opposite the operator. When the operator started to tram the bolter forward, he caught the man's foot on the oposite side between the tires of the bolter. |
| 09/27/2010 | ELECTRICAL | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was plugging up a set of batteries on a scoop when the plug blew up on him. |
| 09/15/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was looking in the reel compartment of his shuttle car with his hand on top of the reel when a piece of material fell out and landed on his arm causing a laceration. |
| 09/13/2010 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 18d lost | Over pressure occurred in discharge line of shotcrete machine. Opened the joint at 2 1/2 vic clamp causing chemical burns to left side of his back and his left arm. |
| 09/10/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the South East Mains in the # 4 entry at crosscut 181. No equipment, ventilation nor personnel were effected by this fall. This fall is more than 8 miles away from the c... |
| 09/01/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was drilling a hole when a piece of material fell out and stuck him in the upper right thigh. |
| 08/24/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was taking a curtain down that was nailed up with several nails, so he had to cut it down. While the employee was cutting the curtain down the belt knife slipped and cut the employee's le... |
| 08/06/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was using a hydr. jack to push a pin out of a blade on a dozer, when the jack slipped, catching the operators finger between the jack and the blade. |
| 08/04/2010 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was caring a hundred ton jack down a air course on a ride when the jack started to slide off the ride and he tried to catch it, when he caught his finger between a timber and the jack. |
| 07/27/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was in the process of installing a pin, when some material fell and hit the back of his hard hat and knocked his hard hat off. Then another small piece fell, landing on the back of the em... |
| 07/27/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee cutting a curtain when he his hand slipped and he cut his left middle finger. |
| 07/27/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was trying to get two pinner steels apart when the bottom one came loose and hit him just below his nose. |
| 07/26/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the SE Mains at crosscut 186 in the #3 entry on the supply road. The Measurements of the fall are 35 ft. in length X 20 ft. wide and 6 ft. high. Ventilation, passage nor... |
| 07/23/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall occurred in the SE life of mine mains C at crosscut 385 in the #3 entry. The fall measurements were 20' in length X 20' wide X 6' thick. No equipment, ventilation nor personnel were affected by... |
| 07/23/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 31d lost | The employee was pulling on a conveyor belt by hand trying to splice it back together. As he was pulling on the conveyor belt, he felt a strain in his lower back. The employee continued to work until... |
| 07/23/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 31d lost | The employee was going to hookup two trailors when he got his foot hung in a piece of belt that was lying on the ground causing him to strain his leg and knee. |
| 07/22/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the SE Life of Mine Mains C at crosscut 182 in the #4 entry. No equipment, ventilation nor personnel were effected by this fall. |
| 07/19/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was putting his pinner steel in the chuck when a piece of material fell out landing on his finger pushing it down on to the chuck. |
| 06/28/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was changing a shaft on a VFD drive when he dropped it on his right ring finger. |
| 06/22/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the SE Life of Mine Mains C at crosscut 175 in the supply road. The measurements of the fall are Length 20 ft X wide 16 ft X heigth 5 ft to 7 ft. Ventilation, equipment... |
| 06/22/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 55d lost | The employee was installing a roof bolt when a piece of draw rock fell out between the ATRS and the canopy of the bolter. |
| 06/17/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the S.E. lif of mine mains C between crosscut 362 to 363 in the # 4 entry. No equipment, ventilation or persons were affected. |
| 06/14/2010 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 63d lost | EE stepped on a hose fracturing his right fibula. |
| 06/11/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fall of the roof occurred in the South East Life of mine mains B on the 6th 54 belt at crosscut 162 to 163. No equipment, ventilation nor personnel were involved. |
| 06/03/2010 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 33d lost | The employee was driving a diesel ride down the road when he ran over a rock that was lying in the road. It flipped up and hit him in the left knee. The employee continued to work and his knee became... |