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 |