Kemmerer Mine — Accidents

Total: 194 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/26/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was cleaning coal spill with a shovel. The employee noticed lower back pain at home after shift. Employee thought it would heal over the long weekend. On 12/3/2025 the employee sought medical...
10/06/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got dizzy and sat down. Employee then passed out and fell to the floor. They received a laceration to the left eye brow. The laceration needed 3 sutures to close it.
09/02/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was coming down a ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground. Employee was diagnosed with a fractured tailbone.
06/23/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was removing boom shims from a 6060 Shovel. The shim moved unexpectedly and pinched the employee's finger between it and a bolt. The employee received 3 stitches in the left ring finger.
05/19/2025 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with carpel tunnel in the right hand. The physician stated the injury is from operating the controls on a dozer. Employee required surgery.
02/21/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost While walking to the steam bay to retrieve a truck EE slipped on some ice and trying to catch themself grabbed the side of a dumpster and experienced pain in the shoulder, neck and chest.
01/18/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee stated they had a sore neck from a truck bed coming down onto the frame unusually hard. The employee saw an Ortho who ordered an MRI and the Ortho will not let the employee return to work.
11/16/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee exited their haul truck to look it over. When doing so they started to slip on the uneven ground. They twisted in an odd way to prevent themselves from falling. In doing so they strained musc...
09/18/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing at the bottom of a ladder looking up asking another person a question when the employee fainted falling backwards and hit their head on the floor which resulted in a laceration o...
05/31/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While exiting a D10 Bulldozer after a day of training on this equipment, the employee missed the first step and fell to the ground on EE's right side.
05/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the Employee was hooking up a strap to lift a piece of the equipment while in the process the strap came loose and the hook on the strap struck the employee in the teeth causing one to split and...
11/18/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was cleaning up EE's work area in an outdoor location when EE slipped and fell in the mud. Employee experienced pain in the groin area. Initial diagnosis is a pulled muscle. Employee was plac...
10/09/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While assisting to lift a Highwall Drill drill bit into the back of a vehicle the employee felt a pull in lower back. Employee did not think much about it and the pain grew worse with movement. Afte...
10/06/2023 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A smoker was observed in the Twin Creek Pit 2 highwall that is a non active area of the mine. Access to the highwall is difficult so the smoker cannot be extinguished within the 30 minutes allowed. Th...
04/13/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was doing EE's inspection on the 34 Shovel house when the Employee tripped and fell causing injury to EE's torso.
04/01/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost EE slipped while getting out of personal vehicle and caught self on the way down wrenching EE's back. Pain gradually gotten worse.
01/27/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 2d restricted Employee slipped on ice in the pit. The employee tried to break the fall and in doing so landed on right elbow. This caused a small fracture in the elbow area requiring surgery.
01/12/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing impoundment inspections and fell off of the snow machine EE was riding. This caused a broken right index finger.
12/30/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 74d lost This injury is an Occupational Illness, repetitive stress injury that was diagnosed on December 30, 2022 as being caused by pressing on the fuel pedal. *Previous treatment was ineffective. Another pro...
11/10/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was loosening a Final Drive Drain Bolt. The socket slipped and the miners finger was pinched between the rim and the wrench. This resulted in a broken left ring finger.
08/29/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was lifting samples of coal at the tipple from the sampler. They felt a pop in their back. The employee finished their work and then let supervisor know of the incident.
04/14/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 59d lost, 30d restricted The employee was lifting a pallet off of a rack when the pallet broke and caused pain in the left shoulder. The employee was checked at the local hospital and returned to duty. The employee followed u...
04/04/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Miner was walking from a port-a-potty to the haul truck, when EE stepped on a rock and EE's Left knee popped.
03/21/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting into a wire harness with a cutting tool when it slipped and cut the top of EE's right thumb.
03/16/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee brushed against a service truck leaf spring that was stored in the Warehouse. The leaf spring began to fall and the employee reached out to grab it. In doing so the leaf spring pinched em...
06/18/2021 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None While working in the afternoon with temperature near 90 degrees, an electrician working on power line and elevated in a man bucket lift, experienced heat exposure.
05/05/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking in a muddy condition. The employee felt pain in the right knee. The diagnosis is a strained MCL.
03/20/2021 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee arrived at Elkol Tipple for lunch when it was noticed that EE had trouble concentrating and responding to other employees. The employees gave first aid and called our MRT team. The employ...
02/08/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee experienced lower back pain during the shift. The pain was significant enough that EE went to the doctor who prescribed medications that prevented the individual from returning back to EE's n...
06/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The employee claims EE was descending the stairway of a 793 Haul Truck in the maintenance shop. When EE made the last step to the concrete EE felt a burning sensation in EE's left foot. The initial di...
02/11/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost While walking from vehicle to the blend building employee slipped on ice resulting from melt and landed on hip and shoulder.
07/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 64d lost, 10d restricted Employee was hooking up air line to start a truck and when applying pressure had a ""pop"" in their shoulder.
06/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The center cutting edge on a scraper was being adjusted to the next set of retaining holes. While rolling the edge over to clean the back of the edge it shifted pinching the middle finger on the left...
06/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While retrieving an oil supply hose from a service island the hose became hung up on the outside of the reel causing the employee to stop short straining the right shoulder.
05/07/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 76d lost, 14d restricted While standing on a ladder breaking loose bolts for the air dryer on a 793C haul truck. The employee strained the left shoulder during the process.
04/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted A strap was being used to check the pivot bearing on a grader. The strap broke and struck the employee in the left hand. Ligaments in the left hand were weakened and the employee was released on light...
03/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted The employee was exiting a pickup and tripped and fell out onto the ground. The foot was tangled in wiring fed through the passenger door. After medical review it was determined that the right ankle w...
12/10/2018 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 30d lost Employee reports numbness and pain in both right and left hand/wrist while completing daily work assignments and from years of repetitive motion.
09/25/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was operating a Cat 793D haul truck and was being loaded by a L1400 Letourneau loader. The loader put the third bucket in the truck when a rock rolled to the right side of the truck box and c...
09/19/2018 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE notified supervisor at end of shift their lt. eye was irritated. EE claimed that during safety meeting at start of shift something got into eye & over the shift caused the irritation. Supv. offered...
08/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was working on the explosive crew and was carrying a 35 pound box of boosters across the pattern and felt a sharp pain in their right knee. The employee has managed the injury but required su...
04/30/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hand press to remove a u-joint from a light vehicle driveline when the driveline shifted and contacted the employee under the chin. The laceration required 3 stitches to close.
02/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 85d lost, 11d restricted As employee was climbing the boarding ladder on to 59 haul truck they contacted their knee with the boarding ladder attachment. Employee later called the supervisor reporting that their knee was inju...
10/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee was repairing exhaust on a D10T dozer and strained their right wrist. Physician released employee to work. Physician prescribed a support brace on 11-22-2017 and the wrist required surgery on...
09/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While servicing a hydraulic shovel the employee walked into an sun visor lacerating left ear.
08/30/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a carrier plate off of a D11 dozer and had their left thumb pinched between the plate and the swing frame. The employee pulled their thumb free and noticed it was bleeding. Local...
08/21/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was removing a wheel chock from the bumper of a haul truck and felt a pop in their right shoulder. Employee was seen at local medical center and diagnosed with non-surgical tears in the rotat...
07/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported to line-out meeting at beginning of the shift and was attending a safety presentation that was to be 1 1/2 hours in duration. 30 minutes into the training, the employee was not feeli...
04/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 5d restricted Employee was assigned duties as a shop mechanic. Employee was installing a tire on a haul truck and claims that they injured their back while performing above mentioned duties. The Mine Operator is co...
04/10/2017 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 32d lost Employee is a tipple laborer and was diagnosed with carpal tunnel illness which required surgery on 4/10/2017. I was not notified of employee absence until 5/1/2017.