Fort Knox Mine — Accidents

Total: 317 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/15/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The driver was backing down an access road to the stage 4 heap leach. While backing the truck lost power causing the air brakes to weaken/fail. Near the bottom of the slope the truck began to turn s...
06/12/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The dozer operator was assisting a mechanic change a ripper tooth on his cat and a piece of metal caused a laceration in his leg when the tooth was struck by a hammer.
06/03/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While striking a pin on a dozer with a sledge hammer, pinched finger between hammer handle and dozer tool bar.
06/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When climbing up an equipment access ladder, the ladder bracket caught the persons knee.
05/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While changing drill tooling- driller had finger caught in pinch point.
02/14/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted No easily verifiable conditions contributed to the accident. Employee reported wearing all proper PPE throughout his shift.
10/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 164d lost Dewatering personnel was on the ground near the area where a decommission electric cable was being moved when the cable stuck him in the lower leg.
10/01/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working with a wrench to loosen a bolt off a 777 haul truck while doing so ee was putting his full body weight into it when the wrench slipped off the bolt. He fell forward striking his face on...
07/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Per statements IEE who is an experienced haul truck op. was training another EE on a haul truck. EE was on 2nd day of training as he was backing up to a loader operator had the bucket raised so the t...
07/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was task training on a 777 F series with another EE as the passenger.He was backing haul truck under the Cat 993 loader when the haul truck was rocked violently. He states he was catapulted by the...
07/23/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None According to IE , he was working on tightening a mirror on a truck in the lay down yard when the wrench he was using slipped off the nut striking him in the mouth chipping his tooth. EE reported the i...
03/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While clearing poured slag from a table, a piece cracked as it cooled, throwing a small piece at the employee. The piece passed under the employee's safety glasses, striking him in the right eye. Th...
01/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tech was looking for device next to door as she walked in and the door closed faster and harder than expected and left fingertips were caught in door. The door had an oversized closure spring because...
12/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was removing chock blocks from his truck. He dropped one onto his right foot immediately behind his steel toe. Individual received a fracture to his right 5th toe.
11/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While performing cleanup a mill operator slipped and fell to the ground.
11/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Replacing ripper on D-10, went to rotate ripper, my left foot lost footing and my weight followed and my R/leg didn't. Bent R/knee out to the side as I hit the ground. I rolled over to put it back in...
10/12/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While using a hydraulic torque wrench employee had the tip of their left thumb smashed.
09/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After using a ban saw employee had metal shavings on his glove. He removed his safety glasses to itch his eye. When his eye started bothering him he washed it out. Later that night it continued to bot...
09/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was adding drill pipe to drill load rack, load was not centered when picker from magazine and swung out pinching his little finger.
08/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A scrap steel bar was left on a cutting table after not being used. I placed a small piece of 1/4"" plate on the table. The vibration caused the steel bar to fall on my steel toe boots. I received 3 s...
07/21/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted while working on a piece of equipment (on knees) stood up and knees popped and felt pain
06/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Person was assisting with retrieving a water pump from a well. Pump wire unravelled from tooling catching person's hand between wire and well casing.
06/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Employee was working without fall protection and fell to his death.
05/28/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Person was walking up stairs while carring a 1.5 in. by 2 ft. long piece of pipe. Person tripped on the grating of the stairs. When reaching for the handrail, two fingers were caught between the pip...
04/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee slipped on ice and braced himself on parked pickup truck, injuring his left shoulder.
03/15/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker pinched her right thumb in the door jam of a CAT 938G loader while opening the door to the cab. Worker was climbing into the machine when the injury occurred.
01/27/2011 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None On January 27, 2011; RTD354 (rubber tire dozer) was cleaning the 1990 floor while the shovel in the area was temporarily down. While making a push along the highwall at 12:17 AM, the operator heard a...
12/25/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 101d restricted While exiting a door to the outside employee slipped on a piece of siding which was covered in snow causing some discomfort in his left knee. The employee was not initially in any pain and did not see...
11/03/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While a hydraulic ram was being retracted the employee's left thumb was pinched between the ram head and its main housing.
10/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted While using a screwdriver to tighten a screw the employee ruptured their right biceps muscle.
10/11/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted Employee tripped on a communication wire causing him to sprain his left achilles tendon.
09/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up light plant to back of truck manually when the lamp plant fell pinching finger between tung and light duty pickup hitch/tailgate. Resulted in scraping and potential tendon inju...
05/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Ramming tool fell on employee's right foot.
12/22/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Operator drove front left tire of a ten wheeled gravel truck into a hole covered with ice causing the truck to roll on its left side.
11/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted While sliding a heavy object employee felt a sharp pain under his right shoulder blade.
10/18/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cut right index finger with box cutter.
09/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted A haul truck driver was beiginning an uphill climb in third gear. The excessive speed caused his CAT 785 seat to bottom out after cresting a hump. This resulted in a lower back strain to the driver.
09/05/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing hard hat to wipe brow and left eye became irritated. Incident report filled out and ee eye flushed with eye wash. Later in the shift eye irritation remained. EE sent for to clinic wher...
09/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee injured his left pinkie finger while replacing a belt on a pump.
09/03/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He did not have both hands on the grinder when using it with a cut off wheel. The grinder kicked back and cut his left thumb.
08/26/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted As driller was pulling sample, sample became caught and stopped. Driller then continued on to next hole. Driller then coughed and felt a twinge in his back. Called shifter and was taken to ER.
07/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While picking up 10 pound chock block, employee experienced sharp pain in his lower middle back.
06/29/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Developed pain in right arm, aggravated by continued use of computer and rock hammer.
06/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While fueling a shovel, fueler tripped and tryed to catch himself with his right hand. Later fueler noticed swelling and discomfort, and reported to supervisor.
04/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 199d lost Haulage Truck operator was cleaning mirrors of truck during rainy conditions. While cleaning the driver side mirrors she slipped and fell 7 ft to the ground landing on her feet. Her right foot was inj...
04/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employees were tripping drill steel into the hole, injured employee was in the racking board tied off by the self retracting lifeline (SRL). While lowering the drill steel, the traveling block contac...
04/17/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Acute allergic reaction to a suspected bug bite.
04/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee twisted lower back while changing a hydraulic hose.
03/31/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck by a small piece of metal that flew off from hammer strike causing a small laceration.
03/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pre heating a steel plate, water splashed off of safety glasses into left eye.