Kaskaskia Mine — Accidents

Total: 14 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing new punch plates on the top of the Primary Diester screen. Employee was sliding top plates off the stack, when he caught his finger in a hole, causing a laceration to the tip...
05/29/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 169d restricted Employee was stepping down from loading dock onto boat. When he stepped down his right foot landed on a pipe laying on the deck of the boat, the pipe rolled twisting his foot.
12/04/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting vertical pipes off of gate at mine enterance to install winter curtains. When employee went to move to the next cut he inadvertantly placed his hand on the area he had just cut c...
11/22/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a cutting torch to cut phase arm bracket bolts. The employee had to lay on his side to access the bolts. While cutting, a piece of slag fell into the employee's right ear. The em...
06/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bin chute had plugged with primary crusher discharge (minus 5"" limestone). While men at top of bin were rempoving rock, personnel were at bin discharge removing rock. A rock fell from top of bin an...
04/28/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A large roof fall occured in DD @ 11 intersection, luckily the scaler or any other personnel were not in the area at the time. The operator had intentions of scaling a large rock when the machine bro...
04/22/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was striking a steel wedge with a 4lb. hammer and the employee missed the steel wedge and hit his left thumb which was holding the wedge in position.
04/22/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Operator was attempting to remove a piece of broken drill steel from the striker coupling by impacting the striker with a 2lb. steel hammer. A sliver of the striker broke off and struck the eployee in...
08/19/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE & A CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING OUT CRUSHER SHOES. WHILE REMOVING AN OLD SHOE THE EMPLOYEE MASHED HIS FINGER.
07/22/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS KNEELING D0WN AND GREASING A TAIL PULLEY BEARING ON THE PEP LIME PLANT. WHEN HE RAISED UP HE HIT HIS LT. SHOULDER ON A PIECE OF STEEL.
06/22/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPAIRING THE CANNON DRILL, HE BENT DOWN TO PICK SOMETHING UP, AND WHEN HE RAISED UP, HIT HIS HEAD ON BOOM OF DRILL. *NOTE* THIS DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE TIL 10-3-01.
04/18/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted ELECTRIC POWER FAILURE CAUSED LIGHTS TO GO OUT AT CRUSHER CONTROL CENTER. CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS RESETTING BREAKER FOR ELECTRICAL POWER AND STEPPED OFF OF CATWALK AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
03/19/2001 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None BLASTER PARKED PICKUP AT T@-1 TO TAKE WATER TRUCK TO WATER ROADS IN MINE. AS HE WAS MAKING HIS ROUND HE SAW AN ORANGE GLOW WHERE HE PARKED THE PICKUP TRUCK. HE DROVE TO THE TRUCK AND IT WAS ON FIRE. H...
01/14/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS USING A T WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A NUT ON A SCREEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF STRIKING THE EE CUTTING HIS EYEBROW. THE CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHESTO CLOSE THE WOUND