Fort Knox Mine — Accidents

Total: 317 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While positioning a steel plate, the operators hands slipped and the plate fell on their foot.
07/14/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using an auto retracting knife with hook blade to cut through a liner weld to inspection it As EE cut the liner the blade met resistance at the weld seam. EE pulled harder to cut the w...
06/22/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator pinched finger between drill and bit basket
06/07/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While replacing swing relief valves on a hydraulic shovel, employee stepped off one level of a cat walk onto another approximately eight inches without realizing. The elevation change caught the emplo...
05/28/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While walking a Hitachi 470 excavator a fire started in the rear of the machine. Operator safely exited the machine after shutting it off and engaging the parking/hydraulic lever. No injuries.
05/18/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a length of electrical cable for installation in CIC-2. The employee was using a Klein cable splicer's knife to cut the zip tie holding the end of the cable secure to the reel. W...
05/10/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While operating in the dig face a Hitachi 5600 shovel caught fire causing extensive damage. The operator was able to safely exit the machine with no injuries. The investigation of the cause was inconc...
12/14/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut a hose, the knife slipped and cut employee's arm. Resulting in stitches.
10/04/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fueler noticed flames coming out of the engine compartment while driving on the tailings facility causeway. Employee reacted as trained and proceeded to call a MAYDAY, put the truck in park, set the p...
09/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted After lifting a wheel chock employee felt an irritation in the right shoulder.
09/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was tightening a bolt for a hose clamp under a 793F Truck, when dust fell and hit near their right eye. They felt debris enter the eye, so they proceeded to flush eyes several times. The d...
05/15/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing an exterior weld bead from a 10"" HDPE pipe using a cold chisel. The employees hand and cold chisel slipped contacting EE's left forearm causing a laceration requiring 3 stitches...
02/28/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Haul truck driver strained back during pre-operational check of equipment.
01/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost While manually moving a pogo (scissor lift) the employee slipped and fell causing the lift to fall on their leg.
10/29/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was tightening bolts on a final drive. The technician put the 1"" impact wrench on a bolt to finish tightening it. The impact wrench was in reverse, causing the bolt to back out and the tec...
07/07/2018 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None A dozer caught fire without injury to operator. After further investigation the most probable cause of the fire appears to be left to right side battery cable direct short to transmission cooler hardl...
01/04/2018 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Portable heater caught fire while being fueled.
12/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Person fell to ground while walking- injuring person's left ankle.
10/25/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While working to remove the lower corner liner of a mill, a corner liner above slid down impacting employees fingers.
09/03/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving a pin from a CAT 16M grader mechanic missed the pin driver and struck left hand with the hammer. Initial X-rays from the ER did not show a fracture. After the visit with the orthopedic s...
08/21/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking on even ground in the pit area inspecting a haul truck a mechanic stepped on a small rock causing the leg to slip resulting in what was believed to be a strain to the knee. After continu...
07/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was starting to slide a rod away from the grating so the rod sling (clam shell) could be removed. The employee's right foot slipped and the employee injured knee.
03/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying a chain jack, lost grip, re-grabbed the jack hitting two top front teeth with the top end of the jack resulting in both teeth being replaced on 4/13/2017.
03/21/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee fell to floor while accessing work area-injuring right leg.
03/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched finger while stacking track pads.
11/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While spinning a belt on a pump sheave finger was contacted between the belt and the sheave.
10/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting a shift cylinder employee felt a strain in wrist.
08/22/2016 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was kneeling down fixing the foot clamp jaws. When EE tried to stand up EE felt pain in lower back and lost strength in legs and fell to knees. When EE stood up the second time EE felt pain...
07/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Over-liner Aggregate collection - samples carried via 5 gallon buckets (70-80lbs) being walked to pickup truck without assistance (mechanical or human). Did not report injury until 10/10/2016.
05/30/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Miner was driving a haul truck. After the second load, miner says they hit a bump, causing back pain. The validity of the claim is in dispute.
04/14/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned fire occurred in our permitted land fill that is built in a rock waste dump excavation. No damage or impairment to any property or people.
04/13/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee stepped out of a crew van onto the ground causing a sprained left ankle resulting in restricted days.
10/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician fell to the ground and broke his fall with his left arm and as a result, fractured a bone in his left wrist.
10/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 106d restricted Crew was tripping out collars. Employee had pulled the collar sling off and set it down on the deck when his foot slipped off the 4x4 blocking. He fell and twisted his ankle.
07/27/2015 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While walking up stairs he felt a shift in his back and it started hurting. He was not carrying anything at the time. He was taken in to be checked out. On the 29th it was still bothering him. During...
05/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Welder was welding 30"" pipe and needed to adjust pipe. Fire watch, injured worker tried to manually roll the pipe to complete weld. After lunch the injured worker complained of back soreness. He was...
02/10/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached behind the seat to retrieve the passenger side seat belt when his finger came into contact with a sharp object causing injury to his right index finger.
01/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Steel fell on to the employees left foot causing injury to the top of the left foot.
10/26/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost The operator fell while accessing a motor grader causing an injury to the left hip.
08/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A blast hole driller was placing a drill bit in the holder and pinched the tip of the pinky finger on the left hand.
07/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee were working on installing pump and landing plate fell and contacted thumb.
06/20/2014 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None The injured employee was driving a service truck down into the pit to work on a loader. While driving slowly (reported to be approx. 5MPH) due to wet and rough road conditions, the employee was jarre...
06/12/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While walking on uneven ground, the IP had stepped on a rock that had rolled over and allowed his leg (Knee) to hyper extend, and then landed on his backside. At the time the IP felt some pain in the...
05/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While re-threading a pull down chain on a drill, the employee strained their lower abdomen.
03/17/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The employee was coming off a dozer and twisted his ankle.
03/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing final drive on 769 lube truck and pinched end of right thumb between final and cooling line.
02/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While attempting to remove a torque converter housing the mechanic strained their right shoulder.
12/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was swapping over engine and radiator and was removing old hose from lower cooling line on trk467 793D haul truck. He was using a pocket knife and cutting away from himself and had both hands...
11/13/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pull starting a diesel water pump when the motor locked on pull back.
10/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees hand slipped while tapping holes on a track frame causing a minor laceration.