Intrepid Potash East — Accidents

Total: 236 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/14/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was helping with a belt splice and was located at the tail pulley end of the belt. The employee was needed at the splice area, he crossed under the special standard lang feeder platform (...
05/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hot thickner pump had plugged and the employee was in the process of disassembling the pump to clear debris from the impellor. The pump had been blocked both at inlet and discharge, the isolated area...
02/12/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 131d lost Employee reports pain in neck and back. This occurred over a long period of time, possibly from lifting battery lids, batteries, rough roadways or other difficult lifts or a combination thereof. No...
01/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted EE was leaving control room at end of shift with large bag of trash and personal items in his hands. While descending steps, his foot rolled forward losing his balance and falling to the midway landi...
01/22/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing bolts from a flange, co-worker's wrench slipped off bolt striking employee in the mouth. He was holding the back up wrench. Stitches were required in upper lip.
11/18/2006 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Emp. was changing batteries on R/C #74 at the charging station between 302 & 303 S. While lifting new battery, sparking occured and a fire ignited the wiring on the R/C. Emp tried to extinguish fire...
06/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was dumping all hot leach tanks. Dump line on 2B leach tank was plugged. He placed a washout lance in the end of the line & the hot brine water gushed out getting on both legs and left arm....
05/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was raising the lid on a set of batteries for a R/C to perform maint work. The prop did not engage the hole to hold lid open. Lid fell striking her R arm. Sutures required.
04/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was checking to see if leach tank was dumping. The floor was covered with 4-6"" of foam. He stepped into 8"" x 12"" hole between 3 leach tank dump lines into the mill sump, filling his R boo...
02/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was changing out rail section. He was using a rail hammer to drive spikes on both sides of rail and his lower back began to hurt. he continued to work but pain continued to get worse. Take...
02/07/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was working in W 302 N. While moving miner cable with J-hook, he slipped and fell. Trying to break his fall, he stuck his left hand out to catch himself and sprained left wrist in the proce...
02/06/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 315d lost Employee was washing salt inside shaft about 580' from collar. While moving spray gun his left arm was hit by a loose piece of salt from above. Fractured L arm. Started losing time 2-7-06.
01/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted While lifting guard over #4 Centrate pump and motor, he felt a burning sensation in his right shoulder. Asked to see Doctor 2-3-06. Restricted Duty 2-3-06.
10/31/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost 2 employees were removing bolts from flanges in circulation leg of K102 crystallizer in order to remove advance pump. When flange wall separated, hot brine water gushed out, burning one employee. Star...
10/18/2005 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Employee parked water wagon, got off, didn't chock wheels or set park brake. Vehicle rolled, he either slipped and fell under Rt tire or tire knocked him down and ran up on lower torso.
09/07/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 2 employees were pulling a miner trailing cable. 1st employee was using a hot stick to pull. 2nd employee bent down to tie a rope on the cable. The hot stick hook slipped off and hit 2nd employee i...
09/06/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None ASEA Prod hoist tripped off. Investigation revealed safety limit switch on brakes failed and rope slip switch had bad bearings. Prod. was stopped. Personnel limited to less than 35 until repairs an...
07/22/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Employee having trouble with lights on ram car. He looked down at switch and ran into the mine rib. Whiplash type injury to neck and back. Started losing time 7-23-05.
06/06/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist Outage - Converter tripped, wouldn't reset. Mine notified. Found control circuit board grounded for converter. Circuit board replaced, test runs made. Hoist back in service at 7:30 a.m.
05/16/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 119d restricted Emp. was pulling conveyor belt around a tail pulley with a rope. The rope broke and the employee fell aprox. 10' to concrete below. Initial accident occurred on 5-16-05. Employee continued to work w/o...
04/30/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Guide rails were being changed in shaft. While postioning the work platform it caught on guide causing damage to platform. This was during a maint. outage and no prod. was taking place in the mine....
04/24/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 7d restricted Employee was changing batteries on 2162 Ramcar. While lifting cover he hurt his lower back. *Began losing time on 8-24-2005*
02/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 129d lost, 39d restricted Employee was blocking in the boilers for shutdown. He reached overhead to close a valve and felt a shrp pain in right shoulder. He continued to work. Began losing time 5-11-05.
02/13/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None USING UTILITY RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC FLEX CONDUIT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. 3 STITCHES REQUIRED
01/17/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None ASEA HOIST KICKED ELECT. POWER. A COMMUTATOR INTERFACE BAR WAS LOOSE & ARCING DAMAGING BRUSHES & RINGS. PROD WAS SHUT DOWN. THE COMMUTATOR WAS CLEANED AND SOLDERED, BRUSH RINGS CLEANED AND BRUSHES...
12/10/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was welding on a Bird Motor frame. Trying to position the frame, it slipped off the table. He injured left wrist trying to catch it. Continued to work, started hurting worse. Became restr...
11/24/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Converter for hoist kicked out and ropes slipped. Changed encoder, 3 brush holders and cleaned communicator. Test runs made. Down Time: 12:45 a.m to 4:00 a.m.
09/20/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Switch gear for crusher mtr. failed, causing main feeder breaker to trip off knocking power to Hoist & station power UG. Bore hole power for UG was still on. Work stopped UG. Electricians made neces...
08/14/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was tramming an electric roof bolter. He released the tram controls and the bolter rocked. When it rocked back, it mashed his left foot between the frame and the floor. Fractured 3 toes on...
08/11/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ATTEMPTING TO PULL SLACK FROM TAKE-UP TO MAKE BELT SPLICE. CHAIN HOOKED UNDER GUARD CAUSING IT TO FLIP UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH, LACERATING LIP AND CHIPPING TOOTH. STITCHES REQUIRED.
08/11/2004 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None While disconnecting battery charger for Ram Car #2166 from charger, one of the leads arced and caught ram car on fire. Crew turned the electrical power off and left the area because of smoke.
05/11/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost She was helping drill an air relief hole. While adding a drill steel, she mashed her left index finger between drill steel and mine roof. Stitches required.
04/19/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding a weld from side of hoist drum when foreign particles got in left eye. Continued working - went to DR. on 4-23-04 for irritation.
04/02/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During thunderstorm hoist down in excess of 30 minutes due to power supply breaker not resetting. Reset breaker, test runs made. Hoist down from 11:15 p.m., 4-2-04 to 2:20 a.m., 4-3-04.
02/01/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING BATTERY PACKS ONT HE RAM CAR WHEN HE STEPPED ON UNLEVEL FLOOR, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST, RESULTING IN RESTRICTED DAYS OF WORK.
01/24/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DRIVING A UTILITY VEHICLE ALONG AREA-512-EAST POWER ROOM WHEN HE HIT A BUMPT AT BT-2, AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD HIT THE MINE ROOF, LACERATING HIS EAR. SUTURES REQUIRED.
11/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted AFTER SPLICING 3155 BELT, EE WAS RELEASING THE TENSION ON A COME-A-LONG. COME-A-LONG KICKED BACK, MASHING FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND BELT CLAMP.
10/22/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HOIST OUTAGE, WHILE SERVICING AND MAKING ROUTINE CHECKS ON THIS HOIST, EE FOUND ONE COMMUTATOR INTERFACE BAR LOOSE IN THE HOIST MOTOR. PERSONNEL IN THE MINE WERE NOTIFIED AND PRODUCTION WAS SH UT DOWN...
10/06/2003 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE WAS WALKING DOWN AISLE IN CHANGE ROOM TO SHOWER AND HIT HIS RIGHT SMALL TOE ON METAL BENCH SUPPORT. FRACTURED SMALL TOE.
06/01/2003 NO VALUE FOUND ACCIDENT ONLY None SW POWER COMPANY'S POWER TRIPPED OFF AT ""POTASH JUNCTION"" DURING A THUNDER STORM. ALL POWER WAS LOST AT THE MINE. THE HOISTMAN ON DUTY CALL P.S.THE POWER WAS RETORED AT 1:00AM. WHILE THE ELECT RICAL...
05/06/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost CREW WAS DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE INTO MINE ROOF ALONG A NEW SLOPE. THE VIBRATION CREATED BY DRILLING CAUSED THE BOLTER TO CREEP A LITTLE DOWN THE SLOPE. THIS CAUSED THE STEEL TO BEND AGAINST SIDE OF...
04/29/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 123d lost, 26d restricted EE MOVED THE MAGNET AT THE HEAD OF 3105 BELT TO REMOVE TRASH METAL THAT HAD COLLECTED ON MAGNET. HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER WHILE DOING SO. HE WAS SEEN BY THE COMPANY DOCTOR ON 4-30-03, WAS DETE RMINED...
03/04/2003 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None CREW WAS MINING IN FACE OF LONG ROOM WHEN RELIEF HOLES, LOCATED AT ENTRANCE TO LONG ROOM & ANOTHER ABOUT 150'INTO L.R. STARTED BLOWING A LITTLE.AFTER CUTTING ANOTHER CAR OF MUCK, THE HOLES STA RTED BL...
02/24/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE D6M CAT DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND WENT BETWEEN THE BLADE PUSH ARM ASSEMBLY AND THE TRACK ADJUSTMENT HOUSING. HE FELL BACKWARDS WITH HIS FOOT CAUGHT, CAUSING INJURY .
09/14/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None AT 5:15 AM THE HOIST WENT DOWN, WAS PULLING HIGH AMPS WHEN HOISTMAN ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SKIPS. AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE INSIDE GUIDE SHOE, WAS ROLLED UP & WEDGED AGAINST GUIDES....
07/25/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HOIST OUTAGE IN EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH HOIST MOTOR CONTROLLER. HOIST DOWN7:00 PM 7-25-02. IN SERVICE 6:20 AM 7-26-02.
06/14/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYER BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE STARTED TO CUT HIS LEFT WRIST. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
06/09/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN EIMCO 935 LHD SCOOPTRAM. HE SET THE PARK BRAKE AND WALKED BEHIND THE SCOOPTRAM TO HELP PIN THE CONVEYER CHAIN OF AN EIMCO CONT MINER. THE PARK BRAKE FAILED ALLOWING THE SCOOP...
05/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted A JOINT OF 3"" PIPE ON ROLLER STAND WITH ONE END NEXT TO STATIONARY SIDE OF THE CLAMP ON THE BANDSAW. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE SAWTO A 45 DEG. ANGLE, WHEN THE PIPE ROLLED OFF THE STANDS...
03/31/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted EE WAS A PASSENGER ON A WALLACE MANTRIP WHEN HIS SEAT CUSHION SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE SEAT CUSHION AND WHILE DOING SO, HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE EDGE OF THE FLOOR WITH HIS FINGERS EXTENDED UND ER THE...