Kensington — Accidents

Total: 185 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While working, a water plant operator was kneeling when a coiled 6"" flex hose struck his hard hat from a distance of approx. 2-3 feet because of co-workers working above handling the line. Operator s...
09/11/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was shotcreting a fan bulkhead, when a piece of steel plugged the nozzle causing pressure to build up in the hose which blew the nozzle off. When the nozzle came off the emloyee's wrist was b...
08/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 210d lost Employee was weighing a sample and bent over to pick it up off the scale and felt lower back pain.
07/19/2010 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exposed to high levels of CO and NO2 for approximately 2 hrs. after a scheduled blast by mine.
07/14/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sweating, he removed his safety glasses to clean his safety glasses and to wipe his forehead, and his coat sleeve hit his eye. The employee received ophthalmic topical antibiotic ointment...
07/08/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting flashing land glanced off sharp corner of metal trim. cut r hand needed sutures.
06/01/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut a hole in the lid of a 1 gallon plastic grease bucket. The knife slipped and struck his left arm causing a 1 inch laceration which required 7 stitches to clos...
05/31/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Following the cleaning of a light vehicle, dry polymer was spilled onto the floor of a treatment plant work area. As cleaning activities continued the polymer became wet. The operator stepped and sl...
05/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walking down to sump and stepped in a hole next to a tree. As he fell forward and tried to catch himsef, he struck the tree stump with the index finger of his right hand resulting in a broken...
04/17/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Helper was walking from rod trailer to drill when he felt a ""pop"" in his right foot.
03/26/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted As the employee was walking toward the Jumbo Drill to conduct maintenance/repairs he stepped on a rock which was under a puddle of water causing a sprain to the right ankle. The employee was also car...
11/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured employee was observing a concrete pour. A forklift was moving a pallet of sandbags, and as the operator began to back up, one of the sandbags started to fall from the pallet. The injured emplo...
10/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was obtaining training on how to change out a bag filter at the water treatment plant. During the task the employee was removing his hand from the bag canister when the lid fell on his ri...
09/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner walking on well lit equipment staging pad, tripped on uneven ground and fell striking his left knee on the ground causing a laceration to his knee
08/03/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was drilling a hole between two aluminum tanks when the drill bit became caught on the aluminum. The energy was transferred into the drill handle causing his hand to be slammed into an ed...
12/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Slip/fall on icy road; at approx 6:30pm, EE left the dining area and was walking to the STP to start her night shift for that evening. As EE was crossing the road, she slipped and fell on the ground....
09/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was loading a small trash pump into the bed of a light vehicle when his finger was caught in a pinch point between the small pump and the truck bed. The employee sustained a laceration t...
04/16/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing resin bolts with 4 foot sticking out to accommodate the installation of an overhead crane, the employee got his hand in a pinch point and received a 1.5 inch laceration between the th...
01/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Walking in deep snow, with snow shoes and broke through the crust, hyper extending his knee. Employee was treated at the local hospital and was issued a light duty release, pending an appt with a spe...
06/10/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was holding a piece of pipe while cutting it on a bandsaw. The pipe snagged on the saw blade, drawing the employee's pinky finger into the blade.
06/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was standing on ladder during concrete pour, when hose jerked after unplugging and struck EE in the head, knocking him off the ladder and onto his back. EE received lacerations to his head.
05/09/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted The employee stated he was bent over spooning a lifter. When he straightened up, he slightly twisted and felt pain in the lower back.
04/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting up to weld & struck the left glove with the stinger, penetrating the glove & striking the left index finger.
04/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 12d restricted EE complained of pain while lifting powder boxes (50 lbs boxes)
02/24/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While loading a round, the lower half, a 20-30 pound rock fell from the face striking Employee on the left shoulder. He sustained a small abrasion to the left shoulder and soft tissue damage, diagnose...
02/02/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was not aware of a specific event that caused the corneal abrasion. During the course of her daily work routine her eye became irritated. She was examined by a doctor and prescribed antibioti...
01/18/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Rock fell down raise, cutting air hose which caused a jackleg to fall over and strike employee's hand which was between jackleg and canopy post.
12/06/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a 4"" grinder with a wire wheel when the grinder kicked back and struck the thumb.
11/10/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got a piece of metal in eye while grinding
11/05/2006 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None While pulling core tube out of hole - employee was assisting tube. Overshot let go of the tube causing tube to come down. Employee had his hand on top of chuck severing left index finger.
10/16/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was sitting in the seat of an Ingersol Rand extendable forklift with her left hand on the ROPS mounted hand hold, when the wind blew the door shut and smashed her left index finger. One bone...
09/27/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Employee ws walking in the mill building near the primary ball mill and slipped on the wet floor breaking his left ankle. Building under construction and doors not on - rain water and mud on floor.
08/13/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was helping to load a face round with explosives when a piece of rock fell from the left rib and struck the outside of the employee's left foot. Rock caused a bruise and required four stitche...
11/14/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DRILLER MISSED HITTING THE CORE TUBE AND STRUCK INJURED'S HARD HAT KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
08/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH A TRAILER TO LOADER, TRAILER WAS IN A HIGH POSITION. EMPLOYEE PUSHED DOWN ON THE TONGUE CAUSING IT TO FALL STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE KNEE.