HC Wyeville Mine — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to slide a drain grate with EE's hands reaching into the grate. The grate moved and EE's left index finger was pinched between the grate and a metal tab holding the grate down...
08/18/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was throwing away empty grease barrels into dumpster. Barrel ended up slipping out of grip of miner, which resulted in a cut to the finger. Miners tried to cover to stop bleeding for 30 mins. Re...
04/10/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a pulley from gearbox shaft when employee was struck in the face with the pulley resulting in chipping a tooth.
03/02/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder to cut a bearing off a shaft when debris got in eye past face shield and safety glasses. Employee did not feel any irritation in eye until the following day.
11/04/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee bent down to move a rock when they strained their back. Injury occurred on 11/4/22 and employee sought medical attention on 11/7/22
09/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee twisted ankle when the gearbox of the shaft/bearing employee was working on began to rotate due to being off balance and employee tried to catch it
06/12/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was pouring concrete and discovered a hole in boot allowing concrete to contact skin and causing a burn.
01/10/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was working with another section on 10 Jan 2020 and noted sore back. Several screens decks and screens for cleaning the sand were removed and reinstalled and EE noted some soreness after the...
01/08/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted On 8 Jan 2020 the employee was working in the Dry Plant area and individual tripped over EE's own feet and when EE fell forward EE placed EE's left hand out and palm of hand impacted a small rock on t...
02/19/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In a cold E-house, the employee was laying on EE's back on the floor of the building to strip wire that would be used to land. The employee was cutting towards self, the blade slipped off, cutting th...
01/17/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted On 17 Jan employee was grinding a piece of metal, a particle went into right eye. EE was wearing safety glasses & face shield. On 18 Jan EE went to ER at 2100 hrs, diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis....
12/07/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting a piece of plywood with circular saw and a piece of sawdust entered right eye around edge of safety glasses.
06/02/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Individual was shoveling around 320 silo area hit an uneven piece of concrete it stopped the shovel abruptly and jammed thumb. Employee reported after supervisor noted a hand brace on 9 June 2018. Doc...
01/17/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Contractor was notified of injury on 18 Jan 2018. Employee was grinding outside and welding on scalper tower floor entire shift on 17 Jan, noticed eye irritation around 2pm. Irritation persisted and e...
10/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing speed sensor portion of BC-9A conveyor tail pulley guard, individual hit guard against frame of conveyor to remove frozen sand (guard was placed on ground during maintenance) and cut...
07/23/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee rolled ankle when ee stepped on a Rotex rubber ball while collecting a plant production sand grade sample.
02/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Miner was walking down provided stairs and using handrails in railcar preparation area and upon stepping off of last step to the ground rolled right ankle. Miner fell to the ground and continued work...
03/29/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Individual was stepping off railcar onto load out platform and right foot caught edge of platform and fell forward scraping right arm and left hand. Majority of impact occurred onto right hand resulti...
03/24/2016 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was priming a liquid floc line and removed priming cap to allow flow increase, when cap was removed the Hydriclear 9080 flocculant and water mix sprayed out. Due to pump and priming cover h...
01/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Initial injury occurred on 6 Jan 2016 and not reported to operator supervisor until 11 Jan 2016 after employee felt they needed to see physician for groin pain. Individual was removing sand from work...
09/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Injury was reported to operator on 30 Sep 2015. Individual was working in the Rail Load Out area and was opening a grain style topped railcar door. The door was 12 to 14 feet long and when opening the...
04/12/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was reported to operator on 13 Apr 2015. Piece of foreign metal debris went into left eye while working on a bearing replacement on bucket elevator, due to grinding and windy conditions. Did no...
03/12/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted While operating chain hoist hook to pull a piece of worn steel (appx 150 lbs) out of a headbox chute, the hook end attached to anchor point rolled over once tension was applied by EE, pinched left ind...
04/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While being tied off onto rail fall protection system, as he stepped across between 2 railcars the supplemental restraint locked and pulled him off balance. He fell slightly backwards between the cars...
04/23/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While preparing to install a belt scale, he started having back pain that progressively worsened. Unidentifiable as to what caused injury, possible bending or twisting.
04/09/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Two employees were working on a bearing installation and while tapping the bearing on, a small piece of metal came off and went into the individual's top right forearm area.
03/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted While sliding a small piece of 1/8"" steel plate across shop floor the plate all at once stopped and the force used to push the steel continued through causing individuals left thumb to bend backwards...
05/04/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 59d restricted While standing on the running board of the maintenance truck, employee was observing a head pulley on a feed hopper when his right foot slipped off the running board. The right foot hit the ground fir...