Minntac Mine — Accidents

Total: 331 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/25/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was finishing up a belt discharge on 72-5. When EE was closing the doors on the crusher EE pinched EE's palm between the door and the lock post causing a 2-inch laceration
01/02/2026 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee driving the 585 was injured during loading at the 18 shovel. A large rock hit the inside of the box causing the operator to feel pain in the neck and hip area. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDAB...
12/14/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The employee's left leg slid out and the right foot stayed planted. The employee caught self, but felt a pop in their right knee and maneuvered to the ground until emergency response was called.
12/04/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee felt soreness in left shoulder after using a 4' bar and 8 lb. sledgehammer. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDABLE ON 12/8/25 WHEN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RESTRICTIONS.
11/22/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was changing out return rollers on a belt. Employee was lifting return roller on the one side into place on bracket. The roller slipped and dropped to the floor 12 inches smashing the right r...
10/28/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While taking apart a connection for conduit, two MTEs were trying to loosen the connection with channel lock type pliers. The channel lock type slipped, unsure if the conduit or tool contacted the inj...
10/08/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Injured MTM was sitting in a spare 3rd stage mainframe in the zinc shop installing a horse collar liner. EE was operating the overhead crane with EE's right hand and repositioning a horse collar liner...
09/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None MTMs were changing rollers on a belt. They were dragging a roller with a rope and decided to each carry on one end. The roller weighs about 150#. The injured carried the back and felt a pain go throug...
09/02/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing reflectors into berms and adding orange tape. While stepping back, the employee tripped over a rock and fell, landing on their left elbow, which resulted in a laceration.
08/21/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 2 MTMS were removing the outboard bearing on a dust collector. To free the bearing from the taper lock, the injured was using a 3lb. hammer while EE's partner held a chisel in a chisel holder against...
06/26/2025 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was changing the 40-04-1 belt to an air tugger in step 2 Agglomerator. Employee was kneeling down while rigging up the 40 belt. Employee felt a pop in their right knee when they stood back up...
06/04/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted At 8:30 pm the driver on a water truck was watering a road and hit rumble strips. The truck hit the strips and the employee was thrown forward and then pulled them back in the seat causing pain in the...
04/19/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A Crusher employee became entrapped in the Step 3 Fines Crusher elevator between the first and second floors. Our safety department became aware of the issue at 12:05 AM. The employee was originally...
04/04/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted At 8:30 am the operator called supervision to report that at approximately 5:40 am they were pulling out the right-side fuel hose and after pulling out 10 feet of hose the reel stopped. At that time t...
03/05/2025 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Three employees became entrapped in the Step 3 Fines Crusher Elevator at approximately 10:15am. MSHA was notified at approximately 10:42am. The employees were able to exit the elevator at approxima...
03/04/2025 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee became entrapped in the Step 3 Fines Crusher Elevator. The control room because aware of the entrapment at 4:06pm CST. MSHA was notified at 4:34pm. The employee was able to exit the ele...
02/28/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While backing the 548 production truck into the 5 shovel loading position, the dipper bucket contacted the truck box. The employee felt pain in their neck and shoulders and sent needle like pain down...
02/07/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Injured was on a step ladder investigating a coolant leak. Operator boarded the machine not knowing the injured was still looking into the leak. When moving the loader, operator noticed injured lying...
01/30/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted The employee tripped/slipped carrying a connection joint on a cable and landed on their left leg. The cable landed on the employee's leg as well.
01/13/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Two employees were lowering the upper handrail of a scissor lift. When one employee pulled the 4th pin holding the handrail, the handrail assembly fell unexpectedly and pinched the injured employee's...
01/02/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was at 071-01 pan feeder pulling a rock to unplug. While pulling the rock the employee felt a pop near their belly button. Hernia.
11/27/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A Crusher Utility Tech. was in the process of dumping limestone side dump cars. The employee pulled the car dump lever. As the car was dumping, material was frozen in the car, causing the car to lift...
11/13/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a production truck with a load of waste off of the 9-shovel hauling to the 14 dump. While crossing the dump the employee jarred their back while going over bumps. This incident be...
11/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was removing a 6'6"" chunk of bin rail off of 002-5 conveyor belt after a metal trip. As the employee attempted to remove the rail, their right ring finger was pinched between the rail and a...
10/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 115d restricted Employee was changing out brake calipers/rotors on a haul truck. Employee was removing the outer rotor on #3 and #4 tires. The rotor dropped and pinched employee's right pointer and right ring fingers...
10/18/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted The employee said that the shovel bucket might have hit the side of the truck box or a boulder slid over hitting the side of the truck box. As the shift went on the operator said pain developed in the...
10/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was repositioning the seat cushion with the driver's door open. When closing the door, the spotlight cord got caught in the door. When moving the cord and shutting the door a second tim...
10/03/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening a HTHW boiler discharge to expansion tank valve with a 4' aluminum lever bar. Valve position is overhead and employee was pulling down on the lever bar and employee felt a strain...
10/02/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was assigned to clean and repair deenergized medium voltage bus work. It was decided to remove a section of damaged ceramic bus holder. While working from a 14' ladder employee struck ceramic...
09/25/2024 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking into a house of 14 6040 shovel two hoses hanging below the ceiling went to bend over to be below them and didn't bend low enough. Hit the top head with hard hat on into a hose, jarring neck po...
09/24/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None RMS Field service tech was removing a cross threaded bolt from a pump drive shaft, on an 830E-5 haul truck. As EE was repositioning self to get better leverage, the socket slipped off the bolt head a...
07/26/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 228d lost Employee was coming off the ladder at Step3 Coarse crusher. When EE got to the last rung to step down EE's left knee buckled under EE and EE fell from a standing position.
07/22/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The 538 was hauling tails, the employee noticed the radio shut down and was rebooting. The employee saw flames coming from the access hatches. The employee stopped and activated the fire suppression s...
07/16/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 236d lost While walking down some grated steps in the fines crusher, employee walked through a door, and did not see the step. Employee lost balance, went down to the right knee, and felt a pop in upper left th...
07/06/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee was replacing the spring bolt on a crusher. After cutting a bolt, the top section came down pinching the employee's right pinky finger between the 2 pieces. The top piece weighs over 50...
04/22/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sitting in center office, took off safety glasses and rubbed left eye with left, bare hand. Employees eye became irritated. Employee attempted to flush eye but irritation persisted.
03/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were adding rebar to sump hole structure when the plywood used to cover the hole, now leaning up against the wall fell on the employee's right hand that was resting on top of the concrete ju...
03/26/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted While descending the production truck on a rest stop, driver felt knee twist on ice on the steps. The driver then ascended the stairs and felt the pain was such that it should be reported. It is undet...
03/07/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was cutting the tail end of a belt. The employee was cutting toward self. As the employee cut through the belt, the knife made contact with the employee's right thigh.
02/26/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted 57 drill had guards removed for steam cleaning. Employee was assigned with partner to reinstall guards. Employee was reinstalling the fan motor guard with partner when EE got finger pinched between th...
02/08/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 345d lost Employee in 575 truck backed in to get loaded by 299 loader. The first bucket placed in truck box had large material and jarred the driver. The drivers side mirror also broke at this time.
01/16/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had been torching bolts off the bottom of the bucket on a loader. Employee then felt irritation in the left eye.
12/27/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The operator on a production truck stated their left arm hit the steering wheel and inside door of the cab when being loaded causing numbness to the arm. The loader arms came down and hit the driver's...
12/15/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was driving a Service truck. The vehicle slid on the freshly formed ice covered road and rolled over and came to a rest back on the tires. The employee notified supervision and immediately sh...
12/02/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 31d restricted The employee was walking a full 55-gallon drum onto a spill containment pallet from the forklift forks. The forks were positioned level with the pallet for ease of transfer. The employee felt no disco...
10/13/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee had just gotten down off the back of the cable reel truck. Employee turned to walk away from the truck. As the employee took a step with their left foot they stepped on a rock and fell to the...
08/31/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted Three MTMs were reconnecting a crusher dust pipe (1/2"" wall x 12"" ID black rubber) to the crusher discharge chute. While pushing the pipe into place, it sprung to the north causing one of the employ...
08/10/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was in the process of loading a filter kit box into the 827-service truck when the employee felt a pop in left shoulder. The box of filters weighs approximately 40lbs. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A...
07/17/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted An employee was in the process of handing wire up to another employee in the basket truck. The employee stated that as they stepped back with their right foot and stepped on a rock. The employee rolle...
06/27/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHIPPING OVERHEAD ON THE DIRT CHUTE AT 041 SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE CHIPPING, A PIECE OF SLAG WENT BEHIND THEIR WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES BURNING BOTH RIGHT EYE...