Flint Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 13 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was coming down off of a loader. The bottom step was bent backwards and he was unaware of this. When he put his foot where the step was he missed it and it was a long step to the ground and h...
03/23/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was dumping a load of material and when the material came out of the bed of the truck it jarred him hurting his back. We did not get this report until 4/3/07 which was the date He started missing w...
02/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost Employee was in the process of moving a rock out of the roadway of the powder truck when something snapped in his back causing severe lower back pain. He started missing work on 3/2/07.
02/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Drill operator had gotten off his drill. When he stepped on the bottom step to get back on the drill, the steps moved underneath the catwalk causing him to pull something in the groin area.
01/17/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Drill operator stated he was tramming his drill on a drill bench when he crossed a hump and his drill rocked forward. The forward motion of the machine was stated to have caused pain in his back.
12/02/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost EE was operating his dozer on layers of rock when one of the upper layers broke causing his dozer to drop sudden resulting in a neck and back injury. This injury occurred on 12/2/06 and he started mis...
10/06/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost EE stated that he raised the bed of his rock truck and it jerked his back due to slack in the bed. Another ee ran the truck the remainder of the shift and he stated that there did not seem to be any p...
07/12/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was putting a lift jack on a 992-G loader when the straps holding the jack broke causing the jack to fall and strike him on the right foot.
06/14/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 251d lost EE was ripping rock with a dozer and jerked his head and this caused an injury to neck.
05/03/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 276d lost EE was operating a loader when he ran into a hole and it jerked his back causing lower back pain. EE did not start missing work until May 15,2006.
07/13/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING A DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A 6"" WATER PUMP. THE PUMP HAD BEEN RUNNING BUT NOT PUMPING & HAD BECOME VERY HOT, THE HOSE WAS FULL OF STEAM. WHEN THE LINE CAME LOOSE IT HIT THE EMPL...
01/14/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None OPERATOR OF ROCK TRUCK WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP LOAD AND OVERTURNED. OPERATOR RECEIVED A HEAD WOUND REQUIRING 10 STITCHES. THE TRUCK HAD DAMAGE TO HEAD BOARD.
09/11/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost WHILE DISMOUNTING POWDER TRUCK STEPPED IN HOLE BROKE BONE IN RIGHT ANKLE.