Fountain Pit — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/09/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting angle iron with a telehandler, a fork caught on a welded piece of metal on the side of the scale platform. When the weld broke, the fork sprang upward, jolting the angle iron upward, whi...
03/20/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While cleaning in a tight area with shovels, another employee slipped in the mud and impacted the employee in the mouth with the wood handle of a shovel.
03/02/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The pigtail of a crane swung and caught the employee. Knocked off forehead and caused a laceration on EE's forehead.
03/01/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of metal from grinding fell under the safety glasses and got into the eye. Significant delay in reporting the injury.
10/19/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While scooping dirt, the fire extinguisher at the employee's feet discharged spraying employee's left side and face. EE drove the skid steer to the air compressor and blew the powder off person and th...
09/19/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miners were replacing a screen bearing at SR07 at the Fountain Pit Plant. They had to take tools and new parts up and down the catwalk area which is at an incline and work on the bearing replacement....
06/06/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None Employee had mud on his boots. As he dismounted his loader, his foot slipped off the bottom rung. He fell to the ground spraining his right ankle.
05/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 119d restricted Loader operator climbed down from cab of loader, he turned around, once he got to the ground & started to walk away from the loader he stepped into a hole & fell forward. His left knee struck a 5""roc...
10/03/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 44d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO GET IN LOADER CAB & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER RUNG. WHEN HE SLIPPED, THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY PUT A STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
07/13/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT INTO LEFT PALM OF HAND. 7 STITCHES REQUIRED.
04/13/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS LIFTING UP ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CHANGING OUT A RETURN ROLLER.
12/07/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE WAS HELPING TO RAISE A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP WITH A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND THE FRAME. THE CHAIN SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND CHAIN.