Minntac Mine — Accidents

Total: 331 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/13/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While spotted at the 18 shovel. The dipper made contact with the corner of the production truck box causing the driver to be jarred. Once loaded the driver drove to the crusher, unloaded and contacted...
05/04/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDABLE ON 6/8/23 WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HAD A FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT EAR CANAL. While welding a spacer plate, a small piece of slag entered the right ear. The employ...
04/18/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1907 (7:07pm) on Tuesday night, a Lakehead employee became entrapped in the Step 3 Fines Crusher elevator. After unsuccessful attempts to reset the elevator, MEI was contacted to make repairs to re...
03/28/2023 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted A Crusher Hybrid was replacing the second return roller from the head end on 002-12. Upon completion, the employee stood up and felt a pop in their right knee. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDABLE ON 4/1...
03/15/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None A rock from the shovel bucket hit the tail gate of a production truck causing a large chunk to fall out. The truck operator was jarred from the rock hitting. The operator felt pain in the neck, and th...
03/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was working from a mobile platform lifting the left side production truck box pin into position. As the employee was setting the pin in place it slipped in employee's hand. The employee's thu...
02/24/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were replacing the broken railroad sign on the tracks. The signs were slid off the pickup and resting on the ground and tailgate. The sign slipped out of the employee's hands (wearing wi...
02/20/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee stated that at approx. 9:45am EE pulled into a relief area. The employee got off the truck and took three steps and slipped on snow covered ice falling to the ground. The employee landed...
01/09/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 115d restricted Employee was working on haul truck that was parked. Employee was descending the stairs and their right boot caught the stair tread. The employee lost their balance causing to their left foot to twist...
12/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating the loader doing high bottom clean up in the west pit. The right corner shank and tooth broke off the loader. The employee got down to push the shank and tooth into the buck...
12/18/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assigned to replace a countershaft on 12-18-22. The employee felt something in left eye, flushed the eye and thought that it had been removed. Irritation persisted and the employee re...
10/13/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted Employee was descending stairs and felt pain in the right knee. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDABLE ON 11/29/2022 WHEN THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LIFTING RESTRICTION.
09/20/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding a pad eye and was using a wire wheel on a grinder to clean the slag off the weld. While cleaning the weld EE felt something hit their chest. Later the employee noticed discomfort in the...
09/15/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted The injured employee smelled smoke and informed management. After changing clothes, the employee returned to the 3rd floor and noticed an active fire in the counter shaft area of the 082-07-1 crusher....
08/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted Employee was adjusting notches on a crusher. EE planted right foot and pulled on the NW adjustment ram handle with both hands, when EE felt a dull aching pain in the right abdomen/groin area. Possibl...
06/23/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted The employee was getting loaded at the 2 shovel. When the second load was dumped in the truck, the employee was jostled and contacted the door with the left side of their body and head. The employee m...
06/23/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was on a rubber bull. A low fuel pressure warning came on & smoke came from the engine. The bull was shut down & the fire system activated. Firehall was called & water trucks were dispatched....
05/29/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting a pickup truck in the North Fines Parking Lot. Employee reached back to shut the door with right hand and employee's right thumb was wrapped around the edge of the door and became...
05/12/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was found deceased in the tool sharpening crib room. There were no indications that this was a work related fatality.
05/02/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 450d restricted Employee was walking from the dry to the west stairwell on the second floor of the Learning Center when the employee tripped on the edge of a rug. It is believed that the employee attempted to catch t...
04/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was opening a passenger door on a production truck. When pulling on the handle the employee felt pain in their left shoulder area. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A RECORDABLE ON 7/18/22 WHEN THE E...
04/25/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unplugging a belt discharge on 002-06 utilizing a ""T"" handled hook. The hook slipped off a rock, pinching EE's right thumb between the ""T"" handled hook and the top of the door opening
03/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was clearing the pan feeder. Employee was hosing mud off the rock. Next to employee, there was a T-handle bar leaning against the handrail. While hosing the mud, the T-handle bar fell strikin...
03/19/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was driving back to the shop from the West Pit rock cut when EE hit a pot hole and then a series of smaller ones. EE reported to the supervisor that EE felt pain in shoulder, neck and teeth d...
02/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking a piece of demo'd steel sheeting up an incline, the sheeting they were walking on gave way causing them to drop down 4-6 inches resulting in a displacement fracture of the right a...
02/08/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee rubbed an eye and felt some pain. A metal shaving was on hand as they rubbed the eye. EE thought it came from the back of their hand when rubbing the eye. EE flushed the eye and thought the m...
01/13/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 364d lost Employee was using 15"" pliers in the left hand and a 15"" adjustable wrench in the right hand to tighten a thin 3"" nut for a plastic bulk storage tank discharge. When applying downward pressure with...
11/12/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Employee was plowing the West parking lot at Central Shops with the 274 950 Cat loader with a snowplow blade attachment. EE was traveling north to south in the middle parking row when the plow blade c...
10/11/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a stack of mild steel plates with battery powered portable drill using a pilot point tip type drill bit. The drill bit caught while drilling the hole and twisted causing employee...
09/19/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was walking into the Annex dry. While stepping with EE's left foot on the edge of the sidewalk, the employee rolled EE's ankle and fell to the ground.
09/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the 580 haul truck. As the employee was opening the engine compartment, the cover came up at an unexpected rate of speed causing the employee to hit their hand between the cove...
06/08/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was driving 574 haul truck in the West pit to get loaded. As employee was driving down the hill by the old 65 water fill, employee hit a pot hole in the road with the #2 tire. Employee felt a...
04/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Three MTMs were in the process of changing wear steel on 082-25 crusher. The injured leaned on the adjustment cap guide to see if the bowl had disengaged from the mainframe. At the same time, the adju...
04/26/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees were stuck on the Step 3 west elevator between the 6th and 7th floor of Step 3 fines crusher. Employees contacted their supervisor who then contacted first responders. The employees we...
04/19/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 215d restricted Employee was using a T-handle chuck wrench to tighten one of the jaws on a 4-jaw chuck and felt pain in EE's right shoulder. The T-handle wrench being used weighs 5lbs and measures 20"" wide at the ha...
03/26/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working a drill. Other employees were working on the drill at the same time performing other tasks. One employee was using a hand grinder to remove burrs from the shims (shimming the head...
03/25/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee(1) boarded the truck they just washed and started to back up. Employee (1) proceeded to back up about 8 feet and heard a crunching noise. Employee (1) stopped and deboarded the truck and saw...
02/10/2021 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 210d lost Employee was welding on a bottom wear plate on the bucket of a loader. The plate swung backwards and the right side weld broke free causing the plate to fall landing on the employee's left foot.
02/05/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted As operator was walking down the suitcase of a production truck, EE slipped on the bottom step. Employee caught self holding on to the hand railing and tweaked EE's right arm.
01/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on the loader. When opening the engine compartment with the left hand the employee felt a pop inside the glove. Employee did not feel any pain immediately but...
01/23/2021 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 85d restricted An improperly secured conveyor system tail pulley carriage moved unexpectedly due to gravity and cable slack, pinning employee underneath. Employee sustained injury to include 3 broken ribs and a sma...
01/22/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted At approximately 5:30 p.m. employee was operating the 560 production truck when EE hit a bump on the approach to the shovel. AT 8 p.m. the employee reported the incident to the shift manager. The empl...
11/10/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 73d lost, 394d restricted Employee was working in the steam room at MES cleaning a truck. Employee was standing on the 3rd step of a 4-step portable stairs. While descending the stairs, the employee missed the next step down...
10/07/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was hammering out a guide idler pin with a 4 lb.hammer. Employee missed hitting the pin and hit their right knee.
09/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assigned to remove the cooler on a drill. The injured employee was holding hoses and wiring, guiding them through the frame of the cooler. There were two 2"" hydraulic hoses and one elect...
09/17/2020 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A Lakehead employee (contractor) was trapped in the Fines Crusher elevator at approximately 4:35 am. The safety on call was notified and the elevator repair company responded and got the person out a...
07/29/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 226d lost Truck driver was loading track pads that had been on loading pads while, three miner were at lunch. Driver was using a Serco 7000 clam loader and was seated in the operators seat when the bolts holdin...
07/29/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was on their back removing grizzlies from the upper deck with an air impact with extension and socket. Employee had impact in left hand when the nut came loose and the impact wrench spun arou...
06/07/2020 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 59d lost, 424d restricted Employee was operating a dozer & stated was pushing material while in 2nd gear and tweaked right knee. Employee also stated to supervisor that employee was experiencing knee pain and soreness in the b...
05/28/2020 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was moving a wheelbarrow full of rock. EE felt a twinge in the belt line area of stomach. EE moved the wheelbarrow approximately 15 yds. EE continued working and later that shift EE felt burn...