Four Corners — Accidents

Total: 363 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/01/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was coming down from an 8-foot A-frame ladder when right foot slipped off the bottom step and twisted right foot causing a fracture in the 4th metatarsal bone.
08/28/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unhooking a large chain being held by the crane with no load on the chain. The chain became unbalanced and run thru the hook and the end came around and struck the employee on the right...
01/17/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted The door fell on the EE's ankle and the force knocked EE to the ground. It was determined the drain valve was plugged and did not drain as expected. EE had xrays that are negative. Seated duty.?Allow...
09/28/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was involved in a motor vehicle accident side swiped by vehicle. EE was wearing seatbelt. There was no loss of consciousness. EE was ambulatory on scene. EE complains of continued discomfort and...
06/10/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states EE closed the door to the mobile equipment onto right middle finger. EE has a distal tuft fracture in right middle finger. This is a small fracture at the tip of the finger. There is no in...
10/12/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing bolts with left hand on impact, right hand holding bolt head with wrench. Wrench slipped off pinching the tip of the rt thumb. EE received 5 sutures.
09/25/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Maintenance mechanic reported elbow pain due to repetitive sledgehammer use on 9/25. After conservative treatment, EE was diagnosed with tendinitis on 12/4 and prescribed physical therapy.
07/27/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 143d restricted EE stated the pipe pushed EE back at the level of the chest and knocked EE onto EE's bottom. The MRI was on 8/15/2023. On 8/23/23 EE was placed on restrictions.
06/29/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the accident, EE was traversing through a wetland on foot while performing vegetation management practices as part of the mine's reclamation processes. As EE entered an area that was de...
04/18/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost IW placed EE's hand between two sticks of rail. Eq. Operator moved the stick of rail that was being installed, without clearing red zone. Stick of rail being installed slid forward and caught the en...
01/23/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured employee (IE) completed pre-operation inspection of the truck and proceeded to operate the truck, hauling material. IE shortly after realized right eye was sensitive to light and felt discomfo...
01/11/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was working at the Mosaic Ona location. The crew went to take their lunch break, one employee went in to take lunch in the conex. The employee in the conex was attempting to open the window to le...
12/13/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE was driving company vehicle when EE believes EE ""dozed off"" and drifted to the right of the mine road into a ditch and landed on passenger side of truck. Airbags deployed, the EE was wearing seat...
12/09/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None EE states EE was taking the cable off the tub on the #18 dragline and felt a pop in EE's left arm. EE states pain with movement ""7""/10 at rest ""2""/10. observed bicep deformity. Deformity noted on...
11/09/2022 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was by personal vehicle leaving work on 11/9/22 and reports something was blown into their right eye.
11/05/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 171d restricted Operator was dismounting haul truck. Operator lost footing during transition between steps, followed by losing grip to handholds, resulting in falling to the ground landing onto feet. Upon standing, e...
09/26/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 85d restricted EE was standing on a pump platform turned to walk and re boot was caught. EE fell onto rt shoulder. EE had MRI done on 12/2/2022. EE placed on restrictions on 1/13/2023.
08/27/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE fell asleep while driving. Hit a berm and landed in ditch, injuring left wrist. EE taken to hospital and prescribed Toradol and Robaxin.
08/11/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None EE states EE was operating a bulldozer and there was some malfunction of the machine while EE was backing up that made EE lunge forward. EE was holding the gears with EE's left hand, which put opposi...
06/17/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 91d restricted Operator was climbing up access point to the cab of an off-road haul truck. The operator missed the fourth step with left foot causing the operator's body to fall into the steps. The operator then att...
05/25/2022 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE was working on a water jack. The employee became over heated and started having cramps. EE sat in the truck to cool down and a supervisor came by and they called the ERT team. They checked EE's vit...
05/24/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 287d lost, 23d restricted EE was driving work vehicle and hit a bump. This caused EE to hit head on roof of vehicle. EE states grabbed shoulders because of pain caused by head hitting the roof and when EE looked ahead, EE was...
05/22/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 189d restricted EE reported to the clinic stating at 7:00pm EE was ""stepping off maintenance truck placed right foot on ground then left foot on ground turned to step away from truck and rock rolled out from underne...
04/26/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 128d restricted While getting off the D6 dozer had 3 points of contact, misjudged the height to the ground, was still holding on to the handrail when foot hit the ground and hyperextended EE's right shoulder. Became...
03/23/2022 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was entering a payloader and as they reached to close the door, a gust of wind slammed the door shut smashing the employee's pinky finger in the door jamb resulting in a laceration to the tip...
02/17/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 187d restricted EE slipped and fell when EE stepped in a cutout of a metal platform that was submerged under water. This caused EE to twist neck and left leg. EE was treated conservatively until 4/11 when EE was gi...
12/02/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Installing cap on the R39 pinion side with the rod bolts for the carrier and cap. Nut on bolt that holds the bearing cap. Bar slipped from holding the rod bolt and pinky finger was between the nut and...
11/22/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was operating a Polaris XP 1000 UTV on a mine road and hit a pothole which caused employee to briefly lose control of UTV. After hitting the pothole employee briefly lost control and swerved...
09/20/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 16d restricted EE has been diagnosed with bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome in Left Wrist. Surgery performed on September 20,2022. No lost time only restricted duty.
08/27/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE had a hearing shift that has become reportable
08/09/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 84d restricted While aligning the faceplate to the pump shell for a centrifugal slurry pump being reassembled in the mine field, a maintenance employee injured their left ring finger when it was caught between the t...
08/03/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 670d lost While going to work on a pump block valve near #8 on 20, it was dark, stepped into an unseen hole and landed, or impacted the ground on left knee. EE was unable to stand. Restrictions were placed on 8...
07/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 215d restricted EE was walking down the steps of the 852 dragline when EE lost footing. EE was holding onto the handrail with left hand and twisted right ankle upon breaking the fall. EE also injured left shoulder...
06/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was getting into svc truck and hit head on the door jam.
05/02/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted Employee stepped on grating to troubleshoot dredge ladder welds securing ladder broke loose causing employee's left leg to fall leading EE to strain EE's right leg causing the injury. EE was on restr...
04/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was loading old rollers into the loader bucket for disposal and smashed EE's left little finger between two rollers.
03/01/2021 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a Front End Loader positioning some HDPE Pipe, when setting the pipe down EE apparently disturbed a bee hive. EE was seen by a co-worker swatting the area around EE and EE exited the...
02/19/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted EE was assembling steel pipe with wrench EE struck lt thumb with wrench EE was wearing gloves Injured ee was sent for further medical eval on Feb 23 and was transported off site for testing, x-ray of...
01/26/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While using a Back Out Hammer to remove a keeper pin from Dragline, miner felt a pain in the right arm. A metal fragment, created by striking the B&O Hammer against the keeper pin, propelled a metal s...
01/26/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was seating a PVC pipe. While holding a pvc screen, IE crossed over EE's left hand with EE's right hand and tapped the screen with a 2 lb hammer but caught EE's left pinky finger with the handle s...
12/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Miner was in the process of rotating a coupling, on dragline pumping system. As miner slid hand down toward the end of the bar, EE's hand slipped off resulting in a laceration to the webbing between t...
10/28/2020 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted (Ground Conditions) Employee was walking through ankle deep water applying herbicide via backpack sprayer to invasive aquatic plants. During this process employee was bitten by a snake (water moccasi...
10/16/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted While using an overhead hoist to position the No.8 trummel for routine maintenance, the lifting hook pulled through the steel structure and struck employee on the right wrist. The injury became record...
09/17/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a routine DOT physical, EE complained of right hand numbness and tenderness. EE stated that this event was over a course of time and thinks it was due to using impact tools and exposing hand to...
09/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost As miner was ascending the dragline, the miner's foot slipped and EE twisted ankle and felt a pinch in left foot. MRI results received on Oct 19 showed an acute tibia fracture with a torn ligament. Th...
09/02/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While changing Drag cables a tractor was in the process of pulling the cables from the spool secured to a sled. As the employee approached the sled the last two wraps of cable released from the spool...
08/05/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner pinched the tip of EE's right middle finger as they were closing the door to the Payloader. The Miner had entered and was seated in the cab of the equipment, when they pulled the door closed th...
07/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted While in the process of loading a flatbed truck, the tip of a maintenance employee's left index finger was caught between a pump impeller and a shaft sleeve. The injury occurred when the employee lost...
07/22/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While in the process of relocating tool lockers. One employee was assisting a forklift operator when they walked behind a locker after it had been placed on the ground. As the forklift operator retrac...
03/27/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 385d restricted While changing out a drain tee on the pumping system the employee felt a pop in their left shoulder. Following injury case management the employee was placed on restricted duty and prescribed Physical...