Isabella Pearl Mine — Accidents
Total: 17 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/26/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While positioning a drill shock sub to attach it to the drill head of a ZT44 drill, employee sustained a crushing injury to three of their left hand fingers. This was caused when the drill steel wrenc... |
| 08/20/2025 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | Haul Truck Operator mounted ""Volvo R100 #17106 Truck. Appears to have had some sort of medical episode and was found deceased in cab of HT. Operator had not started equipment of Pre-Operational Check... |
| 06/20/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was pressure washing the underside of the cone crusher. EE was utilizing a 5' ladder, the ladder shifted as EE was descending the ladder causing EE to lose EE's balance falling backwards off... |
| 04/18/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | A loader operator was loading haul trucks, when their bucket contacted a hard toe causing the machine to shake. This in turn caused discomfort in the operator's lower back. |
| 05/30/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using 2 wrenches to tighten a bolt on a strip vessel. One of the wrenches slipped of the bolt and struck the employee on the upper lip. This caused a 1/4"" laceration. |
| 05/16/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Worker went to doctor with reaggravation from previous injury on 2/22/2023. Worker sought medical treatment on 5/16/2023 when off and contacted Manager with a note for restricted duties. Worker had pr... |
| 05/13/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee swung a hammer, missed the target, and the momentum carried the swing beyond the target to the drill mast. The handle hit the mast cutting/pinching the employee's right index finger. The... |
| 04/18/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Haul truck experienced neck pain when getting loaded with ore. The injury was Tuesday but was first aid care. Employee went to the hospital on Wednesday and was given 2 days off work but ended up bein... |
| 02/22/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | A haul truck operator was dumping a load at the crusher, and when the operator was lowering the truck bed, it caused a rocking motion which jarred the employee's back. Initially, first aid only. EE pu... |
| 06/15/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | In the process of moving a length of 4 inch HDPE pipe, the employee lifted the pipe over EE's head and walked forward, employee lowered the pipe to the ground. An hour later the employee felt a pop an... |
| 02/11/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | 2 Employees were in the process of replacing a Lip Protector on a CAT 992 Loader. During the Process one employee grabbed a hammer and struck the tip of a tooth, to help engage the tooth. The tooth ch... |
| 08/25/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 23d lost, 212d restricted | Attempting to clear a blockage of AN from the bed auger utilizing a pressure washer. The first maintenance worker asked the driver of the truck to test the auger, the second maintenance worker had ope... |
| 07/06/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | An operator of a CAT 777D Haul Truck was parked to be loaded by a CAT 992G Loader. The first bucket of material contained a large rock. When the bucket was loaded into the haul truck, the large rock c... |
| 05/24/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 37d restricted | While in the process of lifting a bag of silica sand for transfer into a bucket, a lab tech felt a sharp pain in right shoulder when they lifted the bag of sand. |
| 10/28/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 18d lost | Worker states EE was gathering wear iron on the lower waste dump to stack onto wooden pallets. Worker states as EE attempted to move the fourth piece of wear iron it slipped out of EE's hands. The wor... |
| 05/31/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was in the process of cutting drip line on leach pad with a razor knife, while cutting the plastic line the knife slipped, making contact with the left forearm, causing a laceration to the fo... |
| 04/19/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | ADR operation tripped on a siding frame as EE walked into the plant falling forward, making contact with exposed edge of metal siding with right wrist, resulting in a laceration to the wrist. Lacerati... |