ERP Iron Ore-Bovey Plant — Accidents

Total: 32 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/29/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 250d lost Employee was helping move a 3"" suction line. when EE entered the containment area, EE slipped and feet went out from under EE. The employee fell on butt first and rolled over onto right shoulder. EE...
05/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 286d lost Employee strained back while picking up a piece of angle iron.
12/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost A contracted employee was climbing out of a semi-truck when he missed the last step falling to the ground. The contracted employee had his hands full and did not maintain three points of contact whil...
10/08/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 39d restricted A miner was threading a 2"" in diameter pipe. The rotating pipe became entangled with the miners sweatshirt sleeve, throwing the miner to the ground. The miner landing on his left shoulder. Possibl...
04/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was taking out the garbage. When he pushed down on the garbage can liner to compact the contents a tin soup can lid penetrated the bag cutting his hand.
02/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 28d restricted Employee was holding on to the drive end of a pump while another employee was turning the pump impeller into the shaft. The employee's fingers got pinched when the impeller seated down on the shaft.
01/29/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a Loader to the hopper when the right corner of the loader bucket caught the lip of the light post. Employee bumped his head on the load rite scale and cut his right eyebrow area.
01/23/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was grinding the broken weld off the face plate of the froth thickener rake when the grinder cocked and kicked back and hit the injured guide hand.
01/16/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a plastic sign with a utility knife. Something slipped causing the knife to cut the employees left index finger.
01/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Injured exited pick-up truck he was operating twisting left knee in the process. Note: Employee stated, on 4-13-15 that the injury was sustained on property. This was the first notification of the in...
12/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was lifting the dogbone while walking backwards and his knee locked up.
11/11/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee looked to the left while loading a truck, felt a pop and could not look down or to the left without pain.
10/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted 2 employees were removing a guard. Turned left to place guard on floor grating and felt a pop in his mid back. Body mechanics was the contributing factor of the injury. The guard was small and light...
09/22/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 62d restricted Employee reported the repetitive motion of flushing Rev #1, caused pain in his right shoulder.
07/27/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking across Plant floor and rolled right ankle. Witness claims there wasn't a slip, trip, or fall. The incident was reported on 7/27/14 to the safety department. Diagnosed with a sprained ankle/foo...
07/23/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 93d lost, 14d restricted Employee putting side cutters (approximately 25-30 lbs.) on backhoe bucket, felt pain to lower back.
06/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 44d lost, 32d restricted Injured was removing a bad magnet by hand from rev 1 lower deck with help from a co worker. They lost control of the magnet. Injured attempted to try and regain control causing what was believed to be...
06/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 10d restricted Step off Cat 740B Haul Truck to clean back up camera and slipped on ground, twisted left knee, climbed back into cab - reported to shifter at end of shift - June 2, 2014 7:00AM
04/22/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driving pin out of drive support sprocket on brush drive shaft of street sweeper; hitting punch with sledge hammer, punch flew back at employee after striking with sledge hitting him in the upper lip,...
03/27/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE bent down to attach Chicago coupling to discharge end of pipe - felt tightening and pain to back of right knee.
03/14/2014 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee fainted while watching training videos
03/04/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Operate haulage truck, claimed driving equipment caused inflammation to scrotum. Employee was off 6 days - scheduled work days were March 3-6, March 11-14. Employee returned to full duty on March 18th...
02/27/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 25d restricted Standing on ladder, EE was tightening bolts when his right calf erupted in pain.
02/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Smashed ""R"" middle finger between 300 lbs. magnet and other magnet
11/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 25d restricted Stepping out of man basket-felt right knee ""pop
10/01/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was performing a test in the Lab on the Slon bench tester when the magnet was turned on and the fill tank came down on his right pointer finger. The finger was smashed and it caused an open...
05/16/2013 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None Two Hammerlund Construction 773 haul trucks were hauling fill for a road build on an internal impoundment. The bulldozer operator noticed the bank giving way and called on radio trucks to get out, one...
04/20/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving a part to the Rev the edge of the hammer head was sharp causing a laceration to his right thumb, leather gloves were worn and 5 stitches were required.
03/31/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tightening a nut on a bolt, the wrench slipped causing a laceration on his knuckle which required 4 stitches
03/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While climbing down the ladder of the excavator, his back tightened up causing leg pain and numbness
12/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 10d restricted Employee was helping remove ice from an 8"" poly pipe that was elevated 3' off of floor when the ice moved the pipe hit him in the right knee causing a knee sprain
08/11/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from the equipment hill to plant and while doing so stepped in a small hole twisting his ankle causing for a sprained ankle.