Leeville — Accidents

Total: 319 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/16/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE tripped while carrying a box of booster. Reached out with left hand/arm to break fall. Seen at ER, diagnosed with possible fracture, referred to ortho. Ortho appointment on 1/21 confirmed fracture....
10/28/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing wire from conveyor belt. While pulling wire with force, the wire gave way, ee fell back onto metal stairs, hitting head and neck. Seen at NNRH and then Health. Released with restrictio...
10/19/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Ee was using band saw to cut cap hooks. EE's glove got caught in the band saw and cut EE's finger. Seen at ER, laceration was closed with sutures, released with restrictions. Site offering modified du...
03/26/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Ee was removing paste pipe. While removing the chain, the pipe moved, pinching the ee's hand between the chain and the pipe. Seen at Health for a 4 inch laceration to the hand, referred to hand surgeo...
02/03/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Ee was replacing transmission mounts. While positioning mounts in holes, the load shifted, pinching the ee's finger. Seen at ER, diagnosed with a left finger fracture, given a splint and antibiotics,...
02/02/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 190d lost, 10d restricted EE was working on a charge hose. While positioning the hose, they felt a sharp pain in left elbow that radiated up to left shoulder. Reported and continued working. Seen at clinic 2/6 and released to...
01/30/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee loaded two dumpsters on the bottom deck of the service cage and the top deck with a dumpster and steel tote. The employee shut shaft door and sent the cage to surface. A minute later, pers...
01/30/2024 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working in their office when they felt a bite/sting on right ankle. Continued working and went home for the day. Next morning their ankle was red, swollen, and hot. Seen at the clinic, diagnose...
01/30/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hand stabbing a bolt into the face to perform a resin test. Their right hand was in the line of fire inside the centralizer clamp and the clamp came down on their hand. The operator released th...
01/20/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Ee was carrying a chair into the UG batch plant office. While stepping up onto the platform, ee tripped, dislocating and fracturing, left ankle. Seen at ER, put off work pending orthopedic consultatio...
01/08/2024 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was in their office at the Leeville admin building. Ee squatted down to plug in the computer and Ee reports their kneecap dislocated. Ee reported dislocating same kneecap at home 2 days ago. No inj...
09/09/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Driller wanted to discuss with the blaster what kind of burn cut was drilled in the heading and what was needed to load the round. They examined the round on the face, and when they turned around to...
09/03/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller helper was in the process of adding a quill rod back on the drill string. EE missed placing the rod in the rod roller stop causing the quill rod to fall on the right dorsal area of EE's hand s...
04/16/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None While being loaded with muck from the 3944-119, haul truck 101 was parked in the 3950-215 cab first. As loader 94 was placing a bucket of material into the truck's bed, a fall of ground occurred 15.5x...
08/08/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Ee was removing/demobing paste pipe. While removing the pipe, it fell, striking the ee on the right foot. Seen at ER, diagnosed with crush injury, referred for MRI. MRI and subsequent x-ray identified...
03/17/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was moving air line to lock it out, and the air line came on and hit them on the knee. Reported it on date of injury, but sought treatment on 3/25. Diagnosed with abrasion/contusion/infection to ri...
01/18/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 250d lost, 19d restricted Ee was walking from the 3893 load center back to the truck. Ee stepped on a rock, it rolled, ee lost balance and caught self. This move caused ee's back to twist and ee felt immediate pain. Ee request...
12/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee washing equipment with water hose equipped with ball valve. Ee finished task, closed valve, put down the hose in a manner that caused the valve to open. There was enough pressure to cause the hose...
08/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 9d restricted EE was pulling pipe at 4050 LVL N underground. EE removed the clamp from the pipe EE was removing, and the pipe next to it fell. EE's left pinky finger caught between the handrail and the pipe. Seen a...
07/15/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A breaker in a load center failed as designed which caused some smoke to be released. There was no indication of fire at any time and Leeville and Pete Bajo mines were evacuated as a precaution.
05/02/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 64d lost, 51d restricted Ee was exiting the compartment beind the cab on loader and slipped on the driveline cover. Ee felt right knee pain. Ee caught self from falling and strained left arm/shoulder. MRI done on 5/12 positiv...
04/27/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A jammer backed over some boxes and signage in a muck bay to pull out of the way a haul truck. It is believed that heat from the engine compartment ignited the boxes and or signage, resulting in a sm...
12/25/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 75d lost, 24d restricted EE was repositioning a jack under a loader when they felt pain in right shoulder. EE reported that day and performed self-care. EE was seen at the clinic on 2/5, diagnosed with a sprain, and released...
12/24/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 83d lost, 15d restricted Ee reported wrist pain from repetitive motion. Diagnosed with DeQuervain's tenosynovitis. Accepted as an occupational cumulative trauma on 2/1/21. Ee released to restricted duty.
10/13/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While removing a 15ft section of old 6"" slick line in the Leeville #2 shaft, the pipe brackets below the 15ft section became loose and allowed the pipe to shift slightly from the shaft wall. The #2 s...
07/28/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ground fall occurred in the 4100 level above the 4100-4050 vent raise.
07/16/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a differential and mounting a grease line. The line came off of the mount and fell on the employee's finger.
07/12/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Ee was walking back to nipper to grab some bolts when EE rolled EE's ankle and fell. EE was seen at the ER and diagnosed with a right distal fibula fracture. Referred to an orthopedist. Released with...
07/07/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the pm/inspection of the service hoist, a crack in the yoke for the service hoist brake system was found.
05/24/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Ee was using a screwdriver to clear a blockage in a shotcrete accelerator hose. The blockage was scraped away, and backed up material sprayed the ee in the face. EE flushed eyes, EMTs flushed EE's eye...
07/10/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Ee climbing ladder on pipe handler and struck head on pipe. Seen at ER diagnosed with head injury, neck/lumbar strain. Released to full duty. On follow up on 07/15/19 ee placed on restricted duty maki...
01/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted IP was in the process of closing the service cage at the 4450 station. In that process, IP's left ring finger came into contact between the handle and latch. The injury resulted in a laceration whic...
01/25/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IP was conducting a post blast inspection in the 4200-212. IP was standing on top of the muckpile checking for misfires. As IP was walking down the muckpile, the IP fell forward resulting in lacerat...
01/14/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 18d restricted IP reported experiencing right wrist pain. IP sought medical treatment and was put on restricted duty, and was diagnosed with Ulnar Carpal Instability.
12/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost IP noticed air and water headers come down off the rib in a muck bay. IP decided to move the water line first by bending it back on itself and stuck the header into the ground. As the IP was in the p...
12/11/2018 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At 11:58 a.m., a power outage occurred in the surface and underground of the mine. When the outage occurred, three miners were on the #1 shaft conveyance performing a hoist inspection. The miners we...
10/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the driller was cycling a core tube down, standing on the helper deck a 5' rod in the rod rack started to slide to the other end of the rod rack. The driller turned around and tried to stop the...
09/05/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 202d lost Installing Underground Bulkhead Panel. Panel slipped from the left side of the forklift hitting the ground then bouncing and striking the employee in the abdomen area.
07/11/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted IP was using a pressure washer in an attempt to flush plugged material out of a grout line. The pressure washer backfired during use and something pierced into the glove and hand of the IP's left inde...
06/28/2018 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was sitting in the lunch room at the end of shift when ee stood up and lifted arm ee shoulder popped out.
03/28/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee utilized a 20lb sledge hammer to assist in the removal of teeth from a loader bucket. In doing so, a piece of metal from the tooth came off, striking the employee in the left thigh. 2 sutur...
12/01/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pallet jack when EE slipped and fell to same level. Initial chief complaint was EE's left ankle. Next day the chief complaint was the upper left shoulder. Employee self cared a...
11/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While operating bolter UDR 053 at the face in the 4450-604 the operator went to egress from the bolter to change a bit. When descending the operator tripped and grabbed the handle of the door to catch...
11/08/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employees were replacing liners in 4315 feeder #1. Employee was adjusting a top liner with an alignment bar to align bolt holes to secure with bolts. While adjusting the liner up the pry bar slipped o...
06/28/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Ongoing rehab in the 4000 LV. Operator was peeling lt. rib and was making operator's last cleanup pass to bring in the bolter. Rocks began hitting operator's cab and then the back came in on operato...
06/28/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At the Leeville mine in 4000 Level North a rib that was in the process of being re-supported failed. This temporarily trapped a contract employee with Small Mine Development (SMD) in a mucker undergro...
02/28/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 10d restricted Employee was stepping over an enclosed auger when ee felt discomfort in right knee. EE went to the doctor that same day and was diagnosed with a mild strain and given a full duty release. On 3/8 ee...
02/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured Employee (IE) was cleaning up spillage around Rock Breaker 1 at the end of the shift. Upon closing the barrier gate to the grizzly the IE caught their right ring finger between the gate and a...
01/20/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A compressor located underground overheated and caught fire. Initial attempt to extinguish the fire was not successful and the mine was evacuated. There were no injuries as a result of this event....
12/19/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The service cage was being brought to surface with a paste pipe rack loaded on the second deck. The rack contacted the sub-collar and damaged the divider between the first and second decks on the ser...