GASCOYNE MINE & MILL — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost An Operator was on top of a grate cleaning a crude bin when EE's foot was caught in the grate. EE's knee gave out and EE fell onto the grate spraining their knee and shoulder.
11/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 91d restricted EE was cleaning screens and one of the screens fell off the box it was on and the EE reached out to catch it. EE felt a pop in the right bicep.
08/21/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee unloading a tire from pick up and tire bounced and hit employee's leg in the knee area. Two weeks later the employee started to have swelling in the ankle and was looked at again and it foun...
01/11/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing some live work and placed employee's hand in a hangar bearing and the finger got pinched. Employee received 10 stitches.
09/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 10d restricted Miner aggravated a bilateral hernia condition on their left side when lifting 50lbs lignite bags and stacking them on a pallet.
07/18/2016 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was lighting coal furnace with diesel and employee was burned
07/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was manually handling 50 Lb bags all day and finished shift at 3:00 PM. At midnight EE woke up with back pain and went to the ER where the Dr prescribed EE medication and gave EE lifting res...
06/10/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 24d restricted A maintenance operator was changing a gearbox on a piece of equipment. A associated part was being pry bared out of the way when the pry bar slipped and the part smashed his finger.
01/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was exiting water truck and slipped off of step. Employee landed on one foot and fractured leg.
09/17/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was retrieving parts for maintenance repair and was traveling down steps when he twisted his knee. We took EE to the hospital where doctors found no injury and released EE for restricted duty and s...
09/09/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Operator was identified as a hearing threshold shift.
01/22/2013 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was pushing wheel barrow full of material. The wheel fell off the wheel barrow and EE tried to steady the wheel barrow to prevent material from falling out and felt pain in back.
08/26/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost The operator pulled into the mine and noticed that there was some spillage that needed to be cleaned up. He then parked the haul wagon, got into the loader and proceeded to clean the mess up. While cl...
04/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was working on 20% slope metal roof patching small vent holes, the worker was not tied off and was moving material and tools into the work area from access point. In Transit a 30"" section of r...
03/28/2011 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 315d lost While the operator was doing his hourly inspection he noticed some smoldering material on a ledge. When he was preparing to clean the material up around an exit light the light shorted and caused a s...
12/12/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Contractors on site to remove unused equipment, were cutting iron with torches to remove entrance to building. Contractors inspected area an hour after cutting for embers, saw none and left the area...
09/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Too close to forklift; it ran over right foot breaking ankle.
08/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing old packing system; dust in area.
07/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 8d restricted Turning pallets on turn table.
07/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost While moving pallets, the employee fractured a bone in left foot.
05/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Twisted ankle when pallet moved against his leg
04/02/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 17d restricted Forklift operator lifted a pallet from stretch wrap machine and rolled forward jamming the pallet into employee's leg and twisting his ankle.
02/16/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 8d restricted Walking to front end loader on snow packed area after a rain when he slipped on the ice and fell.
11/29/2006 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Annual hearing tests on 9/14/06 showed EE had STS Shift of 10 or more but <25. Retested on 11/8/06 & received paperwork 11/29/06 indicating he now had STS >25. He's indicated hearing loss runs in fami...
11/07/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 27d restricted Was exiting the 980 loader when he felt his back start to tighten up and then had intense pain where he had previously injured it at home on 8/9/06. As he climbed down off the ladder his foot then sl...
01/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Stepped in crack in warehouse floor
10/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS REPLACING PUMP DRIVE IN PUMP PIT. EE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN LIFTING DRIVE OUT.