Eagle Butte Mine — Accidents

Total: 154 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/14/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was washing TT1.They shut the nozzle off and pulled on the hose. The miner was holding the hose 2 feet away from the nozzle. The nozzle appears to have contacted a beam and turned on. When it en...
05/16/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A coal oxidizer was located in the top of Roland in West Cast pit area. The oxidizer is at the top of the coal seam under the cast wall and will require more than 30 minutes but are currently in the p...
03/02/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 3/2/24 Miner was helping unhook a cable from a truck. The cable shifted unexpectedly and hit the Miner's right thumb. On 3/5/24 the Miner's thumb was diagnosed as fractured, and an outpatient proce...
09/07/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted On a wet slick road a scraper operating at 10 MPH began to slide. The scraper stopped abruptly as it went from wet to dry conditions. Operator hit EE's back on the arm rest resulting in back strain. N...
09/02/2023 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 91d lost On 9/2/23 Employee reported pain in back with no event, was evaluated and released to return to work. Pain got worse and employee went back to doctor. Doctors' notes received 10/10/23 & MRI revealed m...
06/04/2023 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 77d lost Employee has a previous injury that has progressively worsened over time. Employee went to orthopedic doctor and was diagnosed with a herniated disc and pinched nerve in L-5 of the spine and was taken...
04/12/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Team member got out of company truck and had sudden pain going down left leg while standing. Outside conditions at the time were sunny and dry.
04/01/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 4/1/23 Miner slipped and fell on ice, diagnosed as PCL sprain will heal on its own. Miner reevaluated as knee was not improving and had an outpatient procedure performed to repair PCL on 8/31/23 an...
02/09/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 2/9/23 Electrical Planner slipped on ice walking around substation repair. No treatment. On 2/24/23 not improving went to doctor and diagnosed as sprain. No improvement and MRI taken with no findin...
07/21/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was performing utility tasks and moving shovel trail cable, when picking up cable felt pop in lower back. Miner went to ER and diagnosed with a muscle strain. Returned for follow up and physical...
07/11/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rubber tire Operator was pushing material off Dump 1 in the west pit. The Operators hand came off the joystick controller and struck the console resulting in a fracture to the right hand 5th metacarpa...
06/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading skid steer fork attachment into skid steer bucket. The attachment got hung up on cutting edge bolt. When employee pulled on fork attachment, it came free and slid into bucket pinc...
04/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost Team Member stepped off rail car ladder onto ground and felt a pop in their heel.
01/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was standing on a two step ladder, using air gun to clean off coal dust off the prep hood. As the employee was stepping down from second to the first step, right foot missed the first step c...
11/06/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 7d restricted A mechanic was under the front of a truck trying to repair a coolant leak. In an attempt to tighten the original clamp first, the clamp stripped and became loose. The hose connection came apart, and h...
10/07/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician was adjusting power cable on elevator when the leather of the back of the electrician's left boot was pinched between toe guard and floor. This resulted in a laceration that required 10 st...
09/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 9/28/2021 pumper pulled a piece of 6-inch poly pipe out of the mud, felt something in right shoulder region crunch/pop. Pumper stated no pain was felt, decided not to report anything to supervisor....
06/06/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic had cut a piece of all-thread. While cleaning off the excess thread with the wire wheel, the wire wheel caught the piece and smashed EE's left index finger between the piece of all-thread and...
01/26/2021 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee exiting the porta john, pushed the door open, wind caught the door slamming it on employee's right hand. ER evaluation x-ray was negative with a work as tolerated release, second evaluation a...
10/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening a lid on the truck to reload it with product. Lid was stuck, so employee reached under the lid with fingers to pry it open. The lid did not open and pinched fingers in a scissor-l...
08/20/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Employee was removing a pin from a hydraulic cylinder with a hammer, felt a pop in shoulder and experienced some pain. Was evaluated at CCH and received a work as tolerated release. An MRI determined...
08/17/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 385d lost Guard shack attendant stood on a chair to reach an upper shelf, fell landing on left shoulder. Was diagnosed with a re-aggravation of a previous injury to the left rotator. The employee was going to b...
07/21/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking at the west spoon fuel island and tripped on uneven ground, stiff armed the ground with left hand. At the time of the report EE stated EE was fine and that EE just wanted to repor...
06/09/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When replacing the control arms on the front of 21.4567 service truck the mechanic was using a pry bar to get the control arm into place when the bar slipped off the control arm causing the control ar...
06/01/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Mechanic leaned an 8 ft ladder up against the outside right front haul truck tire to perform an inspection. EE was descending the ladder, the ladder slipped and fell to the ground, the ladder landed o...
05/15/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing the water truck tank drain hose, the hose popped loose from the fitting striking the employee in the mouth. The impact resulted in a contusion to the lower lip and chipped the fr...
01/15/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee arm-fingers swelled 1 hour after using torque wrench, taken to ER received work as tolerated release. 4/01 ESM notified, employee would need shoulder surgery 05/06. ESM disputed claim, 06/05...
12/24/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Operator tramming track dozer 26641, encountered a rock caused operator to inadvertently set park brake. Machine suddenly stopped, operators left shoulder jammed causing a shoulder strain. Employee wa...
11/06/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 85d lost Employee was in the office, experienced chest pain and slumped over. Rescue team administered CPR and used an AED. EMS was called to the mine and took over the first aid, employee was transported to t...
02/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was drilling holes in a plate, stopped the drill press to clear the metal shavings from the drill bit and a piece of metal went through glove resulting in a laceration to finger. The employ...
02/18/2019 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Plant Tech was removing ice from a conveyor head roll area. Employee used a bar to remove the ice the bar was pulled into the head roll and frame pinching the techs left hand between the bar and the f...
01/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was assisting an employee in removing the engine from a haul truck. They were removing the spreader bar when the shims shifted, the injured employee then stuck left index finger in a...
12/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanics had removed the old edges and cleaned the surface for the new ones. While lifting the edges a bar is used through the bolt hole so it is easier to carry. The edge slipped on the bar and pinc...
12/15/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While washing, operator looked up, a small chunk of coal fell and landed between EE's face and safety glasses, causing coal dust to contact the eyeball. Operator was taken to the ER and small specks o...
10/26/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loading a trailer, a gust of wind caused the trailer doors to close, hitting EE's face, causing lacerations to EE's face.
08/27/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Operator dismounting a motor grader, missed the step & tried to catch self with left hand & ended up twisting shoulder & heard a popping noise. Employee was diagnosed with a ruptured bicep tendon & ro...
02/21/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee slipped on the ice walking to a crew van causing pain in EE's right knee. The employee had a non work related surgery on this knee in Nov 2017, an MRI was performed on 3/6/18 which resulted i...
01/09/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Warehouse employee was boarding a fork lift, employee's shoes had some mud on the bottom, employee slipped and bumped right knee. Initially it appeared the knee was just bruised. On 2/27 the doctored...
08/15/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Operator positioning a light plant on the bench, when EE got out of EE's pickup EE rolled EE's ankle. EE felt popping and pain was evaluated by the EMT then taken to the hospital. X rays revealed EE h...
08/11/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Utility person was moving a shovel, the shovel cable horn flipped over jerking the rope the utility person had a hold of which caused a pop in the employees left elbow area. An MRI showed the bicep mu...
07/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up a 6"" suction line to a pump. Employee felt pain in lower back and was looked at by EMT. Employee denied further treatment at the time it was reported. Employee notified Employ...
03/27/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was adjusting a jack stand, EE put EE's middle finger in the adjustment hole to help lift the jack stand, the jack stand came loose and fell pinching EE's finger in the hole causing a lacerat...
02/11/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Fueler was driving fuel truck and drover over a windrow. This caused the steering wheel to jerk and pull EE's left arm. Fueler reported the incident and the EMT looked at EE's arm. EE returned to work...
01/30/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Mechanic was cleaning up a fuel spill, attempted to pick up an oil absorbent boom that was frozen to the ground and right knee popped and was unable to put weight on the knee. Mechanic had been having...
01/17/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Plant employee was changing out a roll on the storage conveyor belt, the roll slipped pinching the employee's middle finger resulting in a chipped bone & laceration to the end of the middle finger. Th...
01/13/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Rubber tire dozer operator was operating a dump, the operator was making cuts on the dump surface to re-grade the dump and created a hump on the dump surface. The operator backed over the hump and jar...
01/11/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator dismounted rubber tire dozer. Slipped on ice. Employee felt they did not need any medical care at that time. On 4-3-17, employee informed company that on 3-31-17 employee received results of...
11/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was working on the front strut of a CAT 793 haul truck. The EE was moving the pillow block when it rolled back and bent fingers back, injuring wrist.
10/01/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Water truck driver reported a noise while steering to the right. Pit mechanic installed new grease lines, the mechanic instructed the water truck driver to steer the wheels from side to side as grease...
08/22/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost The fueler was fueling the track hoe while walking around the track hoe the fueler stepped on a rock rolling left foot forward causing a bone fracture in left foot