Michel Mine — Accidents

Total: 41 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/29/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost While conducting an end-of-month inventory of explosives supplies, Miner unlocked the powder magazine in Tunnel 1. Miner opened the door using their left arm to pull the heavy steel door open. As they...
05/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted While removing tires from a dump truck to perform maintenance, the miner felt a pop in EE's left shoulder and a slight tingling in EE's arm. Injury occurred on 05/12/25 and treated as first aid until...
04/09/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 101d lost, 32d restricted Miner was assisting to shift the width of the forks on an extenda-reach forklift. While moving the forks, the miner felt a pain in EE's right forearm. The injury was initially treated as a first aid...
03/07/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driver was loading the truck and hit EE's head, resulting in a laceration on EE's head.
10/24/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted While bagging a load of 55-lbs. bags and placing them on a pallet, felt an intense sharp pain and since then whenever moving the arm there is a grinding/popping feeling and discomfort. The injury was...
07/24/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 44d restricted The operator sustained a strain injury while installing a new propane canister on a forklift. During the installation the operator did not feel any significant strain or pulling, but immediately after...
05/20/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Maintenance member was replacing a belt on a mill fan when their fingers were pinched between the belt and the belt sheave. Their left index and middle finger received lacerations requiring a total of...
05/16/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 256d restricted The miner was injured on 5/16/24 while moving a chair from on top of a desk. Per doctor, the injury was treated as a first aid strain until 8/5/2024 when imaging revealed a tear and surgery determined...
03/11/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 55d restricted While dismounting the track mobile, IP stepped onto uneven surface with loose rock. The IP rolled their right ankle. IP was taken to Minor ER and diagnosed with a sprained ankle.
12/18/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While conducting preventative maintenance on a dump truck, a tire shifted during reinstall and pulled mechanics arm. This resulted in a shoulder strain.
09/26/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 23d restricted Driver was travelling from the mine to the plant with a full load. The mine vehicle was approaching an intersection when a pickup truck crossing in front of mine vehicle failed to stop at the stop sig...
07/05/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 57d restricted EE attempted to pick up tire chock. Pain in right shoulder. Incident reported to supervisor at 7am. Pain decreased initially but over time EE could not lift arm over shoulder. Sought treatment on 7/6/...
11/14/2022 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee claimed was getting out of a chair in the Training Room when EE experienced lower back pain.
10/18/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped off a Haul Truck onto a piece of fist size rock and rolled left ankle.
08/03/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted On 8/3/2022 The Process Operator was working at Unit 3 operating the auto packaging system. At 2:40pm EE went to the bathroom at unit 3, upon leaving the bathroom EE missed the step and rolled EE's an...
06/30/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 53d lost, 10d restricted Employee stated: was in the process of pulling the chain up to release the pin, which assists in the dock being raised up, when EE noticed that it felt like had pulled something in their groin area.
02/01/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 105d lost, 161d restricted While changing a battery in the haul truck as they lifted the battery and rotated to hand it to another employee, injured employee felt pain in lower back.
11/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost While employee was switching a rail car from one track to the other EE was changing the switch and pulled back muscle.
09/20/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee exiting the haul truck rolled right ankle, put too much weight on right ankle when employee stepped on the ground.
07/29/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was working on changing the belts on separator fan on mill 4. They had locked everything out and tried. As they were removing the belts the fan rotated and smashed the right thumb and tore of...
07/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Driver had stop at training and on the way back to truck the driver stepped off the edge of the sidewalk and turned ankle
05/24/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was helping with a derailed rail car. EE reached under railcar to move support. While pulling hand out from under rail car EE's left hand contacted a bur on the metal of the car caused a lacerat...
01/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a toilet that had been installed incorrect. Toilet broke during removal. Employee received 8 stiches to pinky.
01/03/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working on a single drill cylinder holding valve and the hydraulic pressure behind it pushed the employee's finger into the main boom causing a laceration to the left finger. Employe...
10/25/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated ee was cutting some electrical tape with a utility knife when ee cut finger.
04/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Miner was cleaning out shaker screen house at the crusher when left arm was bruised. Material build under the screen housing and the material shifted and caught left arm.
03/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was loading a bulk truck while opening the hatch it rebounded and hit the tip of middle finger on right hand causing a laceration that required 5 stitches.
01/31/2018 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Weather was cold and the tank opening tends to be stiff and hard to open. While operator was placing their feet to get sample, the lid fell and hand was in the way and the lid fell on their hand.
12/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was shoveling out shaker house at crusher area.
06/07/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 112d lost, 159d restricted Employee was loading shot when a rock fell from the seam where the face and the back meet striking the employee on the left side of hard hat first and then came in contract with left shoulder and left...
02/04/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 209d lost Miner was in the process of cleaning fine material that had accumulated on a catwalk. During the removal of the material the employee stated that the maintenance access point failed causing employee t...
01/14/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was walking on uneven ground & sprained their ankle.
11/03/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee step down from front end loader and rolled ankle.
08/21/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was descending platform steps and lost his footing between the second & first step. He used his hand to break his fall causing injury to his left hand. It was determined that he sustained a s...
07/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Miner greasing the front end of the skid steer. He reposition the drum in to the secondary containment tray. He grabbed the lid of the 25 gl drum the lid slipped on the ring of the barrel and the tab...
07/06/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee with a pre-existing back injury futher exacerbated his injury while working on mill 5. He was in the process of replacing the journals. He stated that while swinging a hammer he hurt his back...
05/05/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Performing maintenance on road grader mechanic sustained injury to his left hand. A team of two mechanics were replacing/repairing the axle on the road grader. The forklift operator was positioning th...
03/05/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Electrician with 2 yrs mining experience was injured while laying internet cable above ground. Incident was not reported until 3/12/07 when the employee reported the injury and was put on a no work st...
02/17/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 199d lost, 28d restricted Truck driver was outside his truck walking and tripped and fell to his elbows while on loose rocks and gravel and bruised his elbows and right hand. He did not seek medical treatment at the time as h...
06/24/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Open fracture 5th finger right hand requiring stitches to close wound. Finger mashed by tailgate on bob-tail 17 yard dump truck. No lost time.
06/16/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EMPLOYEE TRIPPED DISMOUNTING THE ANFO RIG AND FELL 3' TO THE GROUND WITH HIS RIGHT LEG FOLDED UP UNDER HIM. EMPLOYEE HAS SOME PAIN ABOVE HIS RIGHT KNEE.