Hampton Corners Mine and Retsof Bagging — Accidents

Total: 230 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/26/2026 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the hoist exam when the hoisting engineer started EE's shift, EE discovered that a bolt was broken on the north brake pedestal on the service hoist. The hoist was locked out until repairs are...
01/14/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was filling water tank on piece of mining equipment. When getting off of the tractor that was hauling the water tank, employee slipped and fell to the ground.
01/13/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was changing bits on undercutter. While changing the bits, employee tripped on a piece of rock, causing EE to fall against the undercutter bar. When falling against the cutter bar, employee b...
11/11/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was operating a small front-end loader. Employee said while operating the unit, EE received a Perianal Abscess.
11/07/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee prying a cylinder pin and the pry bar slipped and struck their wrist, hand and forearm.
10/24/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While doing maintenance on the undercutter, EE and another miner were driving a cylinder pin out and the hammer EE was holding while another miner was hitting it with another hammer, and their arm was...
10/22/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While driving a kubota utv, some salt dust fell in eyes and when they went to wipe the dust from their eyes, they swerved to the right and drove into a chunk of salt and rolled the utv onto it's side....
10/03/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was picking up a chunk of salt to place on a conveyor. Chunk of salt fell on left foot, causing bruise.
03/20/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost While roof bolting, the chair in the roof bolter collapsed. Employee reached to stop the movement of the chair and fractured finger on left hand.
11/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee using utility knife to cut cable jacket while doing an electrical splice and the knife slipped, and employee cut a finger
10/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a utility knife to cut a plastic pail. While cutting the pail the employee slipped with the knife and cut their left forearm resulting in getting stitches.
10/07/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was hand scaling the mine roof when EE stepped into a hole in the mine floor. Employee sprained right knee.
09/21/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Maintenance pickup truck caught on fire. No one was underground at the time the fire was discovered. The Company was in the middle of a maintenance shutdown. All vehicles had not been used undergrou...
01/02/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was installing frame of air door from a man basket attached to a telehandler. The basket came off of the forks of the telehandler. When to employee jumped down, EE bruised EE's left heel an...
10/17/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was stacking 35-pound calcium bucket bags on a pallet. When the employee twisted around to stack the bag, they strained their lower bag.
09/26/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was troubleshooting a non-working light switch in a tight area. Employee stood up and hit head on an overhead beam. Employee started to fall and caught self, and doing so, twisted lower bac...
09/18/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was lifting an under-cutter cable to make a repair on the cable. When EE was lifting the cable, EE felt EE's right shoulder pop. Possible rotator cuff injury. Employee started losing time...
07/26/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was using a down comer pipe on a piece of equipment when it slipped. Employee tried to catch it and fractured right thumb.
05/05/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was lining up a jack pad on undercutter #2. The steel slipped when attempting to line up the jack pad and pinched EE's middle-left finger between steel frame and pad.
04/17/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was stepping out of a Company Truck. When the employee placed weight on left leg, left knee started hurting badly.
04/14/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was stepping on a ladder to place a hooking strap to remove stored mafia blocks, the ladder slipped causing the employee to lose footing. Employee fell forward striking the mafia block, causi...
04/12/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The auxiliary cage in the service shaft was removed and a maintenance inspection took place on the cage. Several items were repaired. Being that this unit is the 2nd conveyance coming into and out o...
04/06/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was changing the ride control actuator on a frontend loader. The actuator slipped and slid, striking the employee's right hand. EE's middle finger on EE's right hand received a fracture. P...
03/28/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 314d lost Employee was spreading forks on a forklift and strained back.
01/14/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was stepping out of the cab of a machine scaler. Employee slipped and hit shoulder and back on the tracks of the unit and then the mine floor. Employee did not start losing time from work un...
12/30/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was hand scaling with a hand bar in a lift basket. The hand bar slipped and caused the employee to pinch the right little finger between the bar and the basket railing. Laceration required s...
12/06/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While striking a wrench to break loose a bolt on the final drive assembly of a LHD, the bolt broke free and pinched EE's left index finger between the wrench and another bolt, causing a laceration. F...
10/20/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding a weld on a plate of steel. The grinder caught the plate and bounced up and cut employee's face under their face shield. Small cut on face required stitches.
10/10/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee was trying to empty a wheel barrel of salt into a bucket of a frontend loader. Operator of frontend loader rolled the bucket of loader to be flat on the ground. Injured employee did not reali...
09/21/2022 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost Employee stepping down onto a screen deck and rolled foot under body weight.
07/12/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a fuel line. EE cut wrist on a holding clamp. Employee receives sutures for repair of injury. No lost time from work.
02/28/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Production Hoist motor would not operate. The motor had to be replaced for the hoist. The hoist became operational at 7:30 a.m. on March 1, 2022. The Production Shaft is the second way out of th...
02/17/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was attempting to plug coupling of undercutter trailing cable into a circuit center. While walking over to plug the cable in, employee stepped on the trailing cable and twisted EE's right an...
02/11/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee bumped left knee when entering personnel carrier. Knee began to swell. Employee went to doctor on 2/17/2022. Employee began losing time from work on 2/17/2022.
02/02/2022 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was turning to sit down on the wire truck. When EE turned, EE twisted knee and dislocated knee cap. Lost Time Injury.
01/03/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee was exiting a Company Polaris Ranger. When exiting, employee twisted EE's back, causing a strain/sprain to lower back. Employee began losing time from work on 1/4/2022.
12/30/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee was traveling to a work area in a Polaris ranger with their foot outside of the cab. Employee's foot hit the rib causing a broken ankle.
11/18/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting cable ties with a utility knife. Knife slipped and cut and stabbed left hand. Employee received sutures for laceration.
07/01/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was filling oil in KB-09. Employee fell off of the maintenance truck while getting more oil, striking knees and left arm. Employee began losing time from work on July 2, 2021.
06/10/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing the spreader bar for the cables of the south skip of the Production shaft. The spreader bar slipped and struck another employee in the rib cage. Injured employee received a...
06/07/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 47d lost Employee was sliding a grating into a location. When sliding the grating, the grating slipped and pinched fingers on both hands. Lost tip of left little finger and had lacerations on the others.
05/03/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None LHD Unit Number 15 caught on fire. The mine was evacuated and no injuries were reported. Unit was left to burn out. Mine Rescue Teams entered the mine and made sure fire was out on the LHD. After...
03/07/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 235d lost Employee was climbing ladder to the second deck of the surge bin to grease the feeders. When climbing, employee felt pain in right arm bicep.
03/05/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was picking up hoses to clean the floor. While picking up the hoses strained their back.
02/15/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was tightening down bolts with a 4"" ratchet on a new conveyor drive unit. Employee felt a strain in employee's back.
01/08/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The brake on the service hoist became out of adjustment when the hoisting engineer was doing the hoisting checks. The brake was adjusted after trouble shooting and placed back in service.
09/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 510d lost Employee was loading 20 foot cable bolts onto a truck. When turning, employee felt something pop in lower back.
02/03/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing light bulbs. Employee was inserting old bulb into cardboard casing, causing bulb to break. A piece of shattered bulb went into right thumb. Employee needed stitches.
11/11/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 480d lost Undercutter cable was being pulled to new circuit center. Cable tightened and took employee's feet out from under them, causing them to fall on their face.
08/01/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was dragging concrete out from the chute of a concrete mixer and got in too far. Got EE's fingers caught in auger.