Eagle Pass Mine — Accidents

Total: 21 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/19/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Changing out carrier roller on bulldozer. Employee struck the roller with a ball pin hammer, causing a piece of metal from the roller to be a projectile which then caused a laceration to the employee'...
08/25/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welder was welding on 6040 Bucket in the shop all day with no complaints of eye irritation. Welder finished shift, went home and woke up from sleeping at 10:30 pm complaining of eyes irritating. Took...
02/21/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While conducting Pre-Shift Inspection on equipment, engine compartment door abruptly fell smashing left hand thumb.
10/20/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supervisor was loading water transfer pump fittings into the bed of pickup truck and cut left thumb requiring 3 stitches.
08/30/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After extinguishing a small engine fire, the individual started to dismount the bulldozer. The individual fell and hit their right knee on the blade push arm of the bulldozer causing a small laceratio...
08/13/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing out bucket teeth on 6040 Excavator. Used a sledge hammer to hit tooth, and a piece of the hammer chipped off. This caused a small laceration on right side of stomach.
04/07/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While closing set of rear compartment doors on Fuel/Lube Truck, gust of wind blew door abruptly causing left pinky to be smashed into other closed door. Individual refused to go see a doctor that day,...
10/11/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using pressure washer to wash off mud from left hand and injected degreaser into palm of their left hand. Mechanic was taken into doctor and treated for infection.
06/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stepped wrong on the bed of the truck while stacking cribbing, started to fall and caught self twisting right knee
06/02/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost While individual was getting down from service truck, they slipped and hit right knee against steps. Follow up doctor visit/diagnosis on 6/15/17 indicated individual could not return to work under doc...
04/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Climbing on equipment frame to check for leak. Slipped off equipment frame and hit right knee on edge of equipment frame causing laceration.
03/14/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost End dump step bolts on R.S. fell out during operation. Employee was dismounting equipment using 3 points of contact. Employee fell backwards off the steps and landed on employee's back on the ground....
11/01/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee placing sidewall density logging tool into test borehole felt a hitch in back. Continued to work through the week with back pain going from bad to good. On Sunday back pain became so severe t...
10/18/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual welded majority of Monday with no signs of injury and completed full shift. Early Tuesday morning, individuals eyes were burning. Went to doctor and confirmed individual burnt cornea from w...
09/12/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Tech was using hydraulic ram to push new studs into the hub. Tech went to release pressure off the ram, when doing so before ee could grab it, it slipped out and struck ee in the right side of the fac...
03/04/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received notice on March 4th, 2016 that employee has filed a claim for hearing loss
08/14/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 10d restricted EE was welding, in an awkard position and as he went to get up in upright position he felt something in his lower back.
07/11/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee stated that while using a 250rpm mag drill to drill holes for bolts in the baseplate of the escape tube fan he believes he incurred fragments into his eye. The employee had utilized his hand...
06/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 127d lost, 9d restricted The employee was cutting angle iron with a torch. The angle iron was positioned on pipe stands. The employee stated that while cutting, he attempted to move the angle to make another cut. As he turned...
05/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While 2 individuals were unloading poly pipe from bumper pull trailer, 1 individual had poly pipe side at the same height as top rail on trailer. Other individual at other end pushed poly pipe forward...
02/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 9d restricted While climbing ladder to enter his maintainer, employee reported straining his lower back.