Linwood Mine — Accidents

Total: 114 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to lip; replacing steering pins and bushing on #7 drill, pin slipped out of employee's hand and hit him in the lip. Received 3 stitches.
07/22/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hitachi Scaler caught fire at 10:50am. A fire extinguisher was used and was ineffective. The mine was evacuated. The fire burned itself out at 2:30pm.
06/23/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted RT knee strain; slipped on rocks getting into truck, hyper extended right knee
06/16/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a haul truck underground; went around a curve and there was a pillar that he collided with. Employee was driving to fast and when he attempted to steer to avoid hitting the pilla...
05/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 106d restricted Right shoulder strain. Employee was laying on his left side replacing feed wear plate. He reached overhead to position plate and heard a pop and felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
04/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shoulder strain from lifting.
02/09/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was disassembling the wash screen; while cutting off the foot pads dirt and rust build up on bolts blew into his eye. Corneal abrasion.
08/11/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pulling in the barge rope and he felt something pop in his neck resulting in trapezius strain.
10/22/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee positioned a platform ladder along side a ventilation fan to clean with pressure washer. Water valve was opened and the pressure was more than expected knocking the ladder over sideways. Mu...
10/13/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Backing the haul truck under the loader the employee was watching the front of the truck and the loader and hit the wall. Jarring motion caused a strain to his neck.
08/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to open a cardboard box containing parts. As he was holding the box, trying to cut it open, it began to slip out of his hands. When he went to catch it, he pushed t...
08/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee failed to lower the bed of the haul truck and hit the cam span. He was thrown from the cab of the truck. The fall resulted in a broken nose with a laceration, 2 front teeth broken out, brok...
05/06/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While climbing down a ladder to the sugar beet belt in order to unplug the chute employee was struck by 2 sugar beet rocks. One on the shoulder and one on the left wrist. Resulting in cuts to the wr...
01/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee was cleaning frozen material out of the chute to the screen on the sugar beet plant. The material was covered with snow and frozen together making it impossible to pass through the chute. E...
12/03/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 104d restricted Employee states that he was cleaning the chutes at the lower plant and as he was walking back to the control room he slipped and fell on ice over gravel from the weekend ice storm. He landed on his r...
06/27/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was using a torch to burn off the bolts of the take up bearing on the tail pulley of chips cross belt of the Nordberg. He reached behind the bearing, while torch was still lit, to clear mud off of...
03/05/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 226d restricted Employee states that he was chiseling with a hollow bar frozen chunks out of chute and main screen deck at lower plant for approx. 10 hours and wrists became sore. He requested medical attention on 3-...
02/13/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dumping a load of rock into the primary crusher when loader operator, backing up from the stockpile, hit right side of EUC causing the EUC operator's left shoulder to hit side of EUC.
12/11/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After dumping, employee went to lower bed; he pushed down on the lever and released. He had forgotten this particular truck requires the lever to be held down until bed is completely down. Unaware tha...
11/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving haul truck down the haul road when he came upon a boulder in the middle of the road. The boulder had fallen from a previous truck; not being able to drive around the boulder, empl...
07/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted As employee was changing screens he twisted wrong as he lifted one. Two days later his back continued to be sore so he sought medical treatment.
07/03/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was hauling rock in a Euc when he hit a pillar. As he was turning he injured his left ring finger and left leg.
05/08/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was coming from the office attempting to cross over the highway to his truck to get over to the mine, when he was hit by another vehicle causing neck and shoulder injuries.
04/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was putting a screen back in at the top plant and had to lift the flip screen door in order to put the screen in it. The door caught his leg and pinched the top of the back of his right thigh.
07/19/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was operating end loader loading trucks when he hit a hump in the road and was jarred in the cab, causing his ribs to be sore. (cracked)
04/26/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to unplug the crusher machine when the bar slipped and employee fell back to the ground.
04/11/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was loading explosives out of basket of unit MV0600 (powder rig) when a rock slab fell from the roof and hit the back of the machine jostling the basket and injuring employee's right shoulder...
04/11/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was loading explosives out of basket of unit MV0600 (powder rig) when a rock slab fell from the roof and hit the back of the machine jostling the basket and injuring employee's left knee.
02/28/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was climbing up ladder to perform maintenance work on loader. He stepped on loader's tire and slipped and fell, scraping right elbow and spraining lower back.
08/19/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING MACHINERY ALL DAY AND HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY.
12/17/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE REPORTED HE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A DRILL; ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AN HYDRAULIC LEAK, WHEN AN ""O"" RING BLEW HYDRAULIC OIL AND DIRT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
12/01/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT ONE OF THE WHEELS OF THE ENDLOADER HE WAS OPERATING DROPPED INTO A HOLE AND TOSSED HIM SIDEWAYS IN THE LOADER, CAUSING HIM TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS NECK.
10/16/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS PULLING A BARGE LINE TO MOVE BARGE DOWN RIVER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFTFOREARM AND ELBOW.
08/28/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK DOWN THE HAUL ROAD INTO THE MINE TO GET A LOAD OF ROCK AND AS HE HIT BUMPS HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
08/14/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING ROCK OFF THE ROTOR OF THE CRUSHER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND CORNER OF OPENING CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
04/16/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS MARKING HEADINGS WHEN ROCK FELL FROMT HE MINE'S CEILING STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER, ELBOW, AND FOREARM.
02/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING CLEANUP WORK IN THE PLANT. HE WAS PICKING UP BRICKS WHEN HE SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BRICK AGAINST THE RAILING. TREATED WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES AND MIMIMAL RESTRIC...
01/03/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR LEFT SHOULDER SURGERY THE END OF THE MONTH WITH PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, BUT NOW BELIEVED HIS SHOULDER WAS WORK RELATED. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY OCCUPATIONA L PHYSI...
08/15/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 13d lost, 74d restricted EE REPORTS HE HAS HAD GRADUALLY INCREASING DISCOMFORT IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS. HE OPERATES A LOADER THAT REQUIRES REPETITIVE ARM AND SHOULDER MOVEMENT. HE WAS EVALUATED BY OCCUPAT...
08/02/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE WAS OPERATING A R35 EUCLID TAKING ROCK OUT OF MINE ON THE HAUL ROAD FROM FACE TO PORTAL EXIT WHEN HE DROVE TOO CLOSE TO PILLAR AND WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER PILLAR CAUSING VEHICLE ACCIDENT. E E SUFFE...
07/30/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO GET INTO A R35 HE STEPPED ONTO THE LADDER TO PULL HIMSELF UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK. EE TREATED FOR LUMBAR STRA IN AND PL...
05/23/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING THE LOWER PLANT WHEN WASHING OUT DIRT AND ROCK FROM UNDER THE LEG, THE LOG WAS FREED FROM POSITION AND FELL AGAINST EE'S LEG CAUSING A CONTUSION BRUISE. EE WAS SEEN FOR REVIEW AND PRES...
03/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE CALLED IN TO OFFICE ON 3-7-02 THAT HE WOULD NOT BE REPORTING TO WORK BECAUSE HE HAD INJURED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING MUD AND TWISTING TO PLACE IT ON A CONVEYOR BELT. EE SOUGHT TREATMENT AT THE LOCA...
01/17/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ON JANUARY 17,2002 EE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS FINGER TRIGGERING. EE BELIEVES THIS IS A RESULT OF REPETITIVE USE OF THE HAND DURING HIS DUTIES AS A LOADER OPERATOR.
12/27/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted SLIPPED ON ICE/SNOW
12/27/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 9d restricted PRESSURE FROM WATER TANK PULLED HOSE FROM TRUCK AND BOUNCED HOSE AROUND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT HIMSELF WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND HIS HEAD WAS HIT BY CLAMP INJURING SAME.
12/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted WHILE REMOVING MOTOR FROM CRUSHER, EE WAS UNBOLTING MOTOR AND IT SPRUNG UP AND CAUGHT EE'S HAND BETWEEN MOTOR BASE AND MOTOR.
11/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STOPPED THE EUCLID R40 HE WAS DRIVING TO ADJUST A SENSOR ON THE CAB. EE HOISTED CANOPY TO REACH FOR SENSOR WHEN SENSOR PLATE WAS BACK IN PLACE HE RELEASED THE HOIST AND DROPPED THE CANOPY O NTO HIS...
11/06/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted WHILE USING AIR ARC WELDER, THE ON/OFF BUTTON BROKE AND STAYED IN THE ON POSITION. EMPLOYEE TOSSED IT TO THE GROUND AFTER THE AIR ARC FLIPPED AROUND AND BURNED GLOVE.
10/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 60d restricted EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.