Drumlummon Mine — Accidents

Total: 36 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 315d lost Employee was tasked with loading a 22lb pump into a man basket for transportation to an underground heading. Employee lifted pump alone, and sustained an injury to her back. Employee was diagnosed wit...
02/23/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was operating haul truck in intersection, employee checked behind to ensure truck would clear electrical installation. As employee proceeded forward through air curtains, dirt/debris was flip...
12/30/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee claims to have hurt his back while operating a haul truck. Road was rough and seat suspension launched employee upwards hitting his head on the ROPS causing pain in upper back. Began hurting...
12/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost Miner was climbing up a raise to clean down muck from previous blast. Miner was up about 30 feet on the ladder when ladder swung away from the rib. Ladder had loosened up from precious blast and allow...
12/04/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Jack-leg drill had a worn out chuck and employee was showing the mechanic the problem with the chuck. When employee set the drill back against the face he had his hand on the drill throttle control an...
11/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee attempted to bend over a piece of hog wire with his hand to prevent it from snagging on someone. Wire sprung back and punctured palm of left hand through employee's glove. This resulted in em...
08/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted Employee was lifting a box of resin cartridges onto a shelf about 40 inches from the sill felt a sharp pain in back. Was taken to hospital and placed on modified duty until the results of an MRI are r...
05/19/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a face round with a jackleg drill. The leg on the jackleg kicked out from the sill and the D handle on the jackleg struck the employee on the lower left leg. Two weeks later on 0...
04/27/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating an MTI 210 LHD, while in the process of turning left, employee had his right hand on top of the gauge console which is a pinch point. This resulted in the employee smashing his...
04/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning out a diesel fuel line with brake cleaner. While spraying the fuel line with the brake cleaner the cleaner ricocheted back into the employees face. Brake cleaner also went up und...
04/09/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was operating an underground L.H.D. loading haul trucks. Employee hit a bump in the travel-way and the D-Ring on his miners belt got between him and the back of the operators seat. This cause...
01/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employees left foot was caught in hoses, employee jerked up with his left leg to free it from the hoses and struck his knee against a ladder. Injuring his left knee. It was latter found out that emplo...
11/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee was walking to safety office on surface to turn in 5 point cards. Slipped on un-sanded ice, fell, fractured Left ankle.
08/13/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling Femco Telephone cable from a cable reel. Cable hung up on reel, employee pulled down hard on the cable and cable suddenly came free. Employee lost his balance and fell down to the...
07/14/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 155d restricted Miner was drilling large diameter up holes with a jack leg drill. The jack leg drill steel hung up in the drill hole causing the jack leg drill to spin. This put the miner into the rib wall injuring h...
06/15/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee and another employee was drilling a face round. Employee was closer to the face than the other employee, when the drill steel broke about 6 inches from the chuck of the jackleg. Employee oper...
04/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a come-along to hoist up a large battery charging station. He was pushing the suspended load and was releasing the come-along down. When it released, his right arm got punctured by the le...
03/27/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was operating a jackleg drill bolting up the heading, when miner was ready to pull 8' steel, nipper (helper) pulled back on the 8' steel at the same time. Miner put his hand under the drill and...
01/10/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Plastic water line was frozen. EE was using a propane weed burner and air to move the ice. The ice broke free and several small chunks of ice struck EE in the left brow, causing a laceration, resultin...
12/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was drilling with a jackleg drill when a rock fell 8' from the back and struck the miner on his left arm. Miner received 12 stitches to his arm.
12/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was picking up a jackleg drill after finishing drilling a knee hole when he felt a very sharp pain in his lower back.
12/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Employee was holding onto a 2"" air hose, and his co-worker opened the air valve to clean out the air line. The resulting pressure was more than employee could handle and the hose struck him in the le...
08/30/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE shanked a striker bar took striker bar off of the longhole drill machine and the 30 feet of drill rod fell out of the hole and struck the EE on the left hand. Required 5 stitches.
08/29/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was backing up a Wagner 6 ton haul truck the ee had a 6 foot drill steel in the operator station of the truck. This steel was caught on the (rib) of the drift and hit the ee in the head b...
08/28/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE was drilling a face round with a Gardner Denver Jackleg the miner's foot was between two rocks on floor of heading the weight of the drill and steel coming out of the drillhole caused him to turn h...
08/20/2010 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was working on a 480 electrical eq. disconnect, changing cord end for Jumbo. The electric power was not turned off and locked out. The EE made contact with the 480 volt circuit and fell to the...
08/19/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was climbing up the charley south raise and a small loose rock fell down the raise and striking the miner in the face on the chin and breaking a tooth and neck pain. Also visual discomfort t...
08/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was installing split set roof bolts with a jack leg drill. While driving the bolt into place the steel plate on the roof bolt knocked a rock out of the back. The rock hit the miner in the head,...
08/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost The miner was working in the Charlie south raise he was lifting a large timber 8"" X 8"" X 10' and pulled the muscles and tendons around his left elbow. The accident was not reported until 8/19/10. Th...
07/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner had just ate lunch, walking back to work area, a rock fell out of the back and struck the EE in the head. The EE was taken to the hospital on 8/15/10. The accident was not reported until 8/1...
07/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost A gardner denver jack leg drill was drop down a raise by accident, striking a miner.
07/03/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner had turn the air off to the jackleg drill to put oil in the oiler, The jackleg was against the rid of the drift. The miner turn the air on and did not jackleg drill went up rib and falling o...
03/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 27d restricted The EE (miner) was loading prill into face round with a prill pot. Walking toward the prill pot and weld on top of prill pot came loose and blew prill into his face, a lot of prill.
11/02/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the face to stop.
11/02/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the face to stop.
11/02/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the heading to stop.