Kensington — Accidents

Total: 185 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling holes in metal plate, at conclusion, employee removes glasses and hard hat to wipe brow, later notices irritation to his right eye. Flushed eye then reported to medical for furth...
08/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted Employee was lifting 8"" pipe with a 2"" pipe inside, when pipe was set down, the 2"" pipe bounced up and struck employees left middle finger.
06/18/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was guiding the feed frame on to the skid he was focused on the feed frame and misstepped on a uneven deck board and fell off the deck falling on a pick point with all his body weight.
06/16/2013 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee was practicing CPR, bent down and pulled his back muscle
06/01/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was exchanging equipment with another employee, as he exited, the new operator thought he had left the area, he than began to move forklift and contacted the other employee's foot.
05/06/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was transferring oil from barrel to barrel with a pneumatic pump, pump quit working, employee reached over to adjust pump, pump started working catching finger.
03/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee received superficial scratch on right wrist from electrical box, became infected.
03/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was removing a transmission from under a pickup truck, when the transmission was in the process of being picked up, it rolled off the jack and onto the employees left hand
03/16/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 123d lost, 28d restricted Miner was carrying drill rod (6' by 3 1/2"" dia., approx. 30 lbs)on his shoulder when he slipped, landing on his rear end.
02/25/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was cutting with plasma cutter when the center piece was cut through fell and employee inadvertently reached and caught object.
02/20/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was pull testing rock bolt when a rock slid down rib stiking employee on right foot.
01/22/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While using bench grinder, employee's hand slipped and contacted bench grinder
01/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost Employee stepping off crew missed step and slipped down steps. Employee stated he was ok and worked for 2 more days went on days off, while on days off went to the doctor without notifying safety or H...
12/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 27d restricted Walking to dry house employee slipped on ice, fell and wrist contacted ground
12/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 40d restricted While working at the crusher building pad, lifted a saw horse out of the ice using his arms to pull up felt pain in right upper arm near elbow.
12/18/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Stepped off mucker and rolled right ankle
12/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was picking up drill steel that had fallen off tines of forklift when he felt a strain to his back.
10/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was loading decking on to a trailer. The decking slipped out of employee's hand and pinched his finger resulting in a laceration to his right middle finger.
09/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee stepped into 3.5"" drill hole spraining left knee.
09/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was shoveling and felt strain in lower right back
09/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 201d lost Stepped on drill hole and hyper extended knee.
08/28/2012 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 123d restricted Employee states injury occurred in August, not sure how the incident occurred but waited until 12/04/2012 to report then waited until January to go to the doctor, now is off having surgery on his shou...
07/30/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While attempting to lift the Tetmite drill head, employee felt a ""pop"" in his back.
07/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee, with the help of his driller, was lifting and pushing a core barrel into the drill chuck. When they were finished with the task, the employee said he felt a sharp pain shooting down his lef...
07/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost As employee lifted up rock out of roadway, he twisted his trunk, hurting back
06/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While employee was mixing cement, he inadvertently got cement in his boot.
05/21/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While exiting equipment, employee caught foot in step, fell back twisting back
05/09/2012 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 54d lost, 5d restricted Employee stated that forklift was backing up to connect to a compressor, when forklift backed up over a rock causing the forklift to jump. Employee stated that the noise caused him to jump and twist h...
04/29/2012 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted Got out of equipment to mark face, saw some rocks, kicked one and hurt toe.
03/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was moving a dredge bag when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
03/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While operating front end loader, stopped and moved rock felt strain in stomach
02/21/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was operating a snow mobile traveling to retrieve water samples, as employee headed off road which was blocked by a large snow drift. Employee was forced to take an alternate travel. When th...
12/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was assisting the in erection of a 40' tower, while holding left arm in a continuous position, employee felt pain in shoulder approx. 7 hours after completion of shift, then reported pain in...
11/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE claims he slipped when leaving the TV Room for the tent. He stated that the slip did not result in a fall. Once we were notified of the incident he was sent to the medic who did not notice any swel...
11/18/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE twisted knee while turning around in a convex box. EE had a prior injury to the twisted knee.
09/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Employee was helping move some iron, and he backed up, catching his left heel on a pallet, falling backwards and straining his lower back.
09/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Tightening a bolt with wrench hand slipped and hit thumb on top flange of the beam. Few days later it got infected.
09/14/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost End of shift crew headed to the Mill bench, crew walked up to building not seeing bear. Bear charged crew, running into EE. Bear threw him into the door jams and to ground. Bear then ran off.
09/07/2011 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS FATALITY Fatal The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears a miner was fatally injured when material that traveled through a borehole struck him after a blast was initiated. The victim was on the 129...
09/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE was operating a loader and got out to do some work on the ground. EE got off the loader and was working on the ground when he stepped backward tripped on a rock landing on his back. Resulting in cr...
07/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was jack legging in order to anchor the feed frame to the face. Employee was trying to kick the plate on the rock bolt with his left foot to align it. When employees foot came in contact wi...
06/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE was stacking powder boxes for the crew and stacked them too high and the boxes fell on EE who stacked boxes in the powder mag. EE Strain her back.
06/19/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted Employee woke up with the feeling of needles in his right hand.
05/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE allegedly was climbing off a haul when he slipped, claiming he had hurt his shoulder from fall off the truck. EE left work to the ER and the PA said he had to be on restricted duty until he could...
04/20/2011 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost EE was working on the rear light of a pickup, when the pickup rolled over the wheel chocks and pinned him between the rear bumper and the front bumper of another vehicle. EE fractured his pelvis.
04/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on another task which required only half face respirator. The ee decided to enter an separate area and help with an operation that the company required a full face respirator. The crew...
03/23/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While scaling, a rock fell from the back striking miner's right hand. Miner was evaluated at the medical station and placed on light duty.
03/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Driller was hand mucking around his drill when he felt a strain in his chest. After medical evaluation he aggravated a pre-existing condition resulting in 7 days restricted duty.
02/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was removing a pump from a sump location. As an upstream fitting was removed from the de-energized and locked out pump an in-line check valve released water that splashed debris under the Miner...
11/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted As an underground long hole driller was working in his area he stepped over a rock and lost his footing which caused him to move in an unnatural way to regain his balance. The miner was evaluated for...