Lone Mountain Pit — Accidents

Total: 13 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 57d lost, 105d restricted Haul truck driver closed the truck door on their own finger.
02/22/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 337d lost 100 ton haul truck was preparing to dump when the ground gave way causing the truck to flip over backwards.
07/07/2020 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None While driving the front end loader toward a stock pile of material the left front tire ran over a large rock jolting the operator in the cab.
01/22/2020 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Just as the sun came up truck driver noticed a motionless body lying on the ground at the base of the reclaim pit north high wall. Driver called another employee and they inspected the deceased body,...
09/30/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While using a com-a-long to lift a screen deck the handle broke on the com-a-long causing the employee to fall backwards and in doing so EE's left are flailed to catch self and EE hit EE's arm/wrist o...
06/02/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was using a hand grinder with right hand to smooth out an area on a piece of metal when the grinder at some point grabbed the metal and jumped to the left nicking the middle finger of the le...
12/09/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pounding on a ripper tooth with a hammer trying to dislodge it from the ripper on a D11 dozer when a small piece of metal broke off the tooth and hit the employee in the lower leg. Mechan...
10/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Miner was checking a head pulley bearing on a stacker belt against his outlined duties and without prior instruction when he got his had caught between the pulley and the wiper causing a severe crushi...
11/03/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CUTTING 1"" PLATE DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES, EMBEDDING IN RIGHT EYE.
10/12/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost WALKING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS EE SLIPPED, LANDING ON HIS BUTT AND LOWER BACK.
12/13/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost SLIPPED OFF STEP GETTING INTO THE WATER TRUCK. HE FELL TO THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS WRIST.
07/18/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE WALKING DOWN STAIR AT THE WASHPLANT. EE RET'D TO WORK BUT AFTER 2 DAYS, SHE STILL FELT PAIN IN ANKLE. SHE RET'D TO DR 7/20/01 ON 7/20/01 DR ADVISED EE SHE COULD RETURN TO WOR...
07/05/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE HAD SMALL ROCKS AND DUST BLOWN INTO HIS EYES WHILE EXITING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.