HOCKLEY MINE — Accidents

Total: 71 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/06/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost Hand Scaling on JLG rock fell and struck employee.
01/17/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was walking behind the block press fencing (newly installed) and tripped on an 8x8 timber that is in the process of being removed. Employee fell onto left forearm on the ground and tried to c...
01/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was assisting in moving a portable gravity roller conveyor. Was carrying one end walking forward and the other employee was carrying the other end walking backwards. The conveyor snagged the...
12/16/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 11d restricted Only two points contact. Wrong ladder for task. Four fractured ribs.
05/16/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None We began pulling miners out of the mine due to inclement weather and the power to the whole area went down trapping the miners in the cage
03/01/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoistman was switching from medium grade salt to stock grade salt. As the skip was starting to dump they noticed that the dump pocket was still full of medium. With the door open they tried to lower...
05/20/2023 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working Saturday when leaving the maintenance trailer, EE was locking the door when a bee stung EE just below the left eye, and two more bees stung EE on either side of the bridge of EE's nose....
03/08/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air hose to blow off equipment when employee felt something go in left eye, employee was taken to the clinic where eye was flushed and was given prescription eye drops.
05/09/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was at break after stacking salt block and noticed that knee was hurting. EE was taken to the doctor and was diagnosed with left knee sprain, and was put on restricted duty.
12/13/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was going down the stairs when left knee slipped forward and felt a pain on knee. Resulting in a sprained knee.
11/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee lost balance getting off of the CAT loader and hit right thumb up against the rib which resulted in a sprained thumb.
02/02/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee felt lower back pain after driving the forklift all day on a bumpy road.
07/02/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None We were replacing the Cuttler Hammer electric brake that did not function as expected. The brake released and allowed the cage to drop pulling the salt skip onto the headframe crushing the bonnet.
03/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lifted a 50lb block of salt and felt a sharp sting in EE's back. Employee was taken to the clinic and was given a prescription.
02/27/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Contractor was changing the blade on the utility knife. When putting in the new blade EE's hand slipped and cut the back of EE's hand. EE was taken to the ER where EE was bandaged up. EE was released...
02/20/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Contractor truck driver was climbing down off the back of tractor trailer when they fainted and fell backwards, driver was taken to the hospital where treated for a concussion.
09/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Miner's son called the plant on 9-14-19 to say the miner was having brain surgery to resolve a brain bleed from a bump on the hard hat on miner's head at work on 9-11-19. Miner worked all shifts from...
07/29/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Installed a new skip and had clearance problems and hung up. Unable to bring workers up using the main hoist. Pulled workers out using the emergency escape shaft.
11/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from the office to vehicle at the end of shift when ee twisted right knee.
10/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling along the belt line in a tunnel, the next day ee reported shoulder was sore.
10/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted The supervisor was holding a hydraulic valve (approx 6 lbs) for a measurment when it slipped. The supervisor tried to catch it and felt a pain go from fingers into forearm.
10/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The miner was moving an 80# bag of salt and said felt a pull in shoulder
05/22/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 27d restricted An office worker was leaving for the day and stepped on a small stone in the gravel parking lot twisting ankle. Worker was transported to the hospital and a CT scan indicated a broken tibia and fibula...
05/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 45d restricted The miner was doing shaft work and had gone to the bottom to take a break. When ee returned the crew had moved the cage up one level about 10' so ee took a different route up to join the crew. EE clim...
01/20/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The miner was helping install bolts on equipment and felt a pull in EE's chest. EE reported the incident but thought EE was ok so no doc visit. Monday EE still had pain so went to doc. The doc was not...
12/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was stacking 50# bags and felt a ""pull"" in his stomach. over the weekend he developed some discomfort in his groin area.The incident was not reported until mid morning of 12/07/2015. The doc repo...
08/08/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rock fell striking man cutting his head and abrading his upper back
06/26/2015 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Miners were working in the mine when one of the ITX gas detectors went into alarm with 2ppm SO2. Not knowing the source the mine was evacuated as a precautionary measure and MSHA notified. Subsequent...
04/11/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing out pump on fuel truck when he slipped and fell causing injury to right cheek and forehead.
01/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 11d restricted Employee suffered an umbilical hernia while working on the 5th Floor-to-Silos catwalk rebuild. Primary strenuous activity was the lifting of lumber. There was no specific moment that he can pinpoint...
11/22/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was struck in the face with a crowbar while attempting to remove counterweights from counterweight compartment of man cage. Another counterweight inside compartment fell on top of crowbar, l...
10/16/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While scaling ceiling and removing large rock, smaller rock fell, hit front of hard hat and pushed safety glasses into bridge of nose, resulting in a contusion.
09/29/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the screening plant in the mine. There were no injuries on any kind, no restriction to travel in normal work areas, no change in ventilation and as we understand definitions in...
09/26/2014 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal The accident occurred while performing maintenance on a forklift. Injury occurred when the forklift apparently moved, crushing the miner between forklift and wooden support column. Specific details ar...
08/30/2014 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None The plant mgr noted smoke coming from the shaft and notified MSHA. The smoke was from a planned detonation of det cord tails - plant mgr was not previously informed. There were no miners underground a...
07/15/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While holding a rubber hose at an open end with gloved right hand, and another person operating a pressure washer with tip of wand at the same end of rubber hose, the wand tip came into close proximit...
06/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Small particulate blew into left eye, became irritated and was rubbed. Eye was flushed with eye wash solution, but irritation persisted. Incident was not reported until following day when Supervisor n...
05/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 71d restricted Right index finger was smashed and cut when a 75 lbs. hydraulic cylinder on a front-end loader shifted and fell on the finger while attempting to remove the part for maintenance. Examination showed sl...
02/14/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee injured back when struck by pallet of plywood when forklift tail-swing bumped into the stack on opposite side. Soreness only symptom. Internal First Aid report was submitted. Returned to wor...
12/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 216d restricted Strain to the right shoulder occurred while holding on to the AMFO tote's bottom liner outlet in an attempt to stop the leakage of AMFO while transferring from large to small tote bag.
11/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 32d restricted Employee was diagnosed with a hernia when he saw a doctor for a physical checkup. His new-employee physical from 9/18/13 did not diagnose the hernia. After interviewing him, he said that he felt a pul...
08/16/2013 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee hurt back outside of work and claims work aggravated injury.
02/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 39d restricted The operator pulled a 80 bag and felt a slight pain in his stomach. The injury was not reported until the end of the shift the next day. He said he was ok but was sent to the doctor on 3-1-2013 for ev...
01/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted EE was working on the press when he felt a slight pull in his groin. He reported the incident to his supervisor and did not request a doctor visit at the time. EE reported pending surgery to the compa...
06/12/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The operator was inspecting a pneumatic bulk truck when he slipped and bruised his right ankle. No doctor visit required = he said he was ok and has done the same job until 6/27/2012 when he requested...
05/18/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 57d restricted EE has been going to his own doctor for 11 to 12 years for hand pain and was recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Our first report of injury was completed on 5-18-2012 and the issue was det...
05/15/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was breaking a rock with a hand held pneumatic hammer when the rock split his hand slipped and was caught between the two halves. His hand was slightly bruised and was taken to the doc for evaluati...
05/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The operator was stacking 50# blocks when he felt a pull in his back. The operator was questioned the next morning and he said he was ok and could work. Late into his shift on 5-2-2012 he said that he...
01/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted The operator was conducting cleanup work on a belt conveyor. He pulled the belt around by hand & caught his finger between the belt and the pulley which rolled somewhat less than 1/4 turn. Operators i...
12/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EE was cleaning up a salt spill in the product reclaim tunnel when he felt a pull in his right calf