Fort Knox Mine — Accidents

Total: 317 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/18/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee working on belt turned to walk away and was struck with a small particle. Debris grazed cheek and went behind safety glasses. Employee became reportable when he received prescriptions for h...
09/17/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing tooth on a loader, as he was using a sledge hammer a sliver of metal flew and went into employees left elbow. Employee had the sliver removed and received 3 stitches.
08/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee states while adding drill rod, same fell between other rods and crushed employees finger.
07/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's finger was caught in a pinch point and when he pulled it out the skin was broken by a sheave.
06/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was carrying a drill bit from the drill to the drill support truck. While walking and carrying the bit, the employee felt his right knee ""pop."" He finished the shift. The employee reported...
04/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee stated that he pulled his lower back at work. Did not report until 5/02/05 and is still under investigation. Employee is on restrictions.
04/04/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee working on impact wrench when it slipped out of hands and fell on his foot. Reportable due to restricted work day.
03/23/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted An employee was struck with a 12lb sledge hammer, smashing the end of his left ring finger and glancing off his left middle finger. Received stitches and is on modified duty.
02/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee fell and struck shoulder and elbow. Employee had surgery on 5/6/05 on shoulder and was put on restrictions.
02/13/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost The employee alleges that he was sitting in a fuel truck. As he turned to engage the Power Take Off he strained his back. Management became aware that the alleged injury was a restricted work activity...
02/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was working on SH4, he climbed up the ladder and stepped across to the timbers that are being used as dunnage. He grabbed onto a fire suppression hose thinking it was attached, it was not....
01/24/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An employees foot slipped off the front bumper of HT10, while he was climbing down to check the fuel gauge. He tried to catch himself, but his body twisted sideways and pulled his left shoulder at an...
01/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted An employee was performing a liner change on the SAG mill. He was operating the Thunderbolt liner removal tool when on the second day he reported that his left shoulder was feeling a little sore and i...
01/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee went to doctor regarding soreness in back. Was informed from continuous and repetitive lifting ended with a muscle strain. Did not report this until 2/2/05 to employer. (7/19/05: DETERMINED...
01/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was leaving after end of shift and slipped and fell in employee parking lot.
01/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Locating shot perimeter blast holes, which was covered with approx. 2 feet of snow, employee fell into a drilled hole that was not uncovered for loading, it was near another hole that was being loaded...
12/23/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee started to feel numbness and pain in hands. Got worst over the last year. At times unable to hold anything.
11/30/2004 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d lost, 48d restricted Pain in both hands and left wrist, intensifies when hands are idle. Has seen several types of physicians and will be seeing a chiropractic physician.
11/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 139d restricted An employee was walking down the slope on the lower grind floor, when his feet came out from under him. He landed on his back, on his right shoulder. On 2/10/05 we received notification that the emplo...
11/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was walking removing snow and ice build-up from around the emergency exit doors slipped and hyperexteded his right knee. The injury became reportable on 3/16/05 when he started physical th...
11/12/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was air arcing the underside of the LR-6 bucket, and noticed an unusual dark spot on the upper lefthand side of the lens. Checked the hood for burning or unusual smells, found nothing and...
11/12/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Cable became entrapped and broke. Hoisting plug struck employee in the face.
11/05/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted An employee was operating SH-4 with the cab rocking and shaking from loose bolts in the ""dog house"" below the cab. After a couple of hours of being jolted in the seat, his neck was feeling sore at f...
08/31/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to put a chain back on the sprocket of the large fuel reel. He was trying to get the chain unstuck from a bolt. When it did come unstuck the reel started turning because of tensi...
08/26/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An employee was operating LR9 (992 G) on the 1180 Central floor, loading 74B along the highwall. He was loading trucks and cleaning up the highwall and strained his lower back on the right side.
08/19/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted At around 09:00am, an employee was doing his morning inspection. He came down the stairs on the southeast side of the preleach thickner containment and went to walk around the air handler when he slip...
08/01/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee left work without reporting any problems. The supervisor did talk directly to him when he collected time cards at the end of shift, no mention of any flash exposure or eye problems.The emp...
07/23/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hit in the mouth while tightening rim liner bolts, received small cut and cracked both front teeth.
07/18/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing paper towels from console above operators compartment and inadvertantly placed fingers up in heater fan area cutting the pad on left ring finger.
07/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was trying to get some stuck pipe out of ground, helper was standing on deck adding a piece of rod, had one foot on the chuck jaws and one on the back of the mass, employee was running the he...
07/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee went to supervisor on Sept 7,2004 and said his knee was bothering him again. He told his supervisor that he had a witness to when he got hurt and wanted to know if his supervisor had recorde...
07/04/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted 2 employees were installing a VIC coupling back on the feed cyclone feed pump #1. The VIC slipped out of one employee's hand and fell against the other employee's right knee knocking him to the ground...
06/15/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee injured left knee while stepping on the 1st runf of a 777 haul truck. He felt a pop in the back of the knee as he pulled himself up on the truck. Employee retired on 6/17/04
06/04/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SLIPPED. HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CUSHION HIS FALL AND CUT HIS HAND WHERE PINKIE FINGER MEETS HAND.
06/01/2004 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 21d restricted Ee was cutting a concrete wall with a concrete chainsaw. The saw kicked back cutting him on the chin.
05/11/2004 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee had just finished welding and was climbing up from under dozer, removed welding hood while still on the ground. While standing up struck a box door on the drivers side of service truck, ri...
05/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee along with another employee were lifting a Maxi-Heater back up to the truck and the trailer rolled causing the employee to slip and fall leaving another employee with all the weight. The emp...
04/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted Employee working in the crusher with a thrust bearing with another employee. Thrust bearing dropped on the top of employees right foot.
04/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees right hand came in contact with a small mirror, located on the driver side of fuel truck. During contact the mirror was broken and removed skin from the knuckle, which required stitches.
04/04/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a bushing out of pin bore with air hammer. Bushing broke loose and hit him in the face cutting open lip and breaking tooth.
03/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee claims that while moving industrial hose from tarmac room he received a hernia. We are in the process of investigating the validity of this claim.
02/20/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE FELL OFF OF FEET-5 AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE.
02/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was stepping down from railing onto AC screen turned right and slipped, twisting back.
02/11/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted FELL ON ICE IN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AND HIT LOWER BACK.
12/23/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 30d restricted Gradually was sample prep, noticed something happening night back in 2001 nothing was ever documented verbally or written. moved up to fire assay lab it went away last 3 months this year have been in...
12/14/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted MOVING STACKING BLOCKS ALL DAY LONG AND RESTACKING, JACKING ON TRAILER TO GET TRUCK UNDER.
12/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AN INVOICE FROM AN ENVELOPE, WHILE PULLING MY POINTER FINGER MADE CONTACT WITH THE BANDING MATERIAL AND SLICED KNUCKLE.
11/03/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost THE OPERATOR WAS REMOVING FROZEN DIRT FROM HIS DUMP BOX. IT WAS DARK & HE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING. HE DID NOT SEE A ROCK FALL OUT OF THE BOX. THE ROCK WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO BREAK HIS TOE DESPITE...
11/03/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
10/30/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NUMBNESS ALONG THE LATERAL ASPECT OF LEFT HAND & FOREARM, LONG HOURS OF DRIVING WITH LEFT HAND RESTING ON WINDOWSILL.