Minorca Mine — Accidents

Total: 288 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/13/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking the #6 drill and a piece of rock shot out of the drill track and hit him in the chest causing a 1"" laceration. He received 3 stitches.
06/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was lifting a wood pallet from truck into bin and felt a pain in low back. He was placed on restrictions 7/11/2012 for lumbar strain.
04/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 14d restricted The employee had surgery this day from an event that occurred on 4/26/12. He had a sore shoulder muscle (right) after lifting a rod used to support cable reel that slipped causing him to become unbal...
04/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was removing pound-down skirting with a 4 lb hammer. He hit the trougher frame with the hammer and his second finger, left hand was between the trougher frame and hammer handle.
02/17/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding the brackets that hold the line boring bearings on the #33 production truck. A spark or piece of slag landed on his chest area and bounced up under his grinding shield and safet...
12/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning debris from the fine ore bag house platform with a hoe and she stepped back into a hole in the grating. This resulted in a laceration in her right shin requiring 6 stitches.
11/02/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a hole in 1/4"" plate when the bit stopped abruptly and caused the drill to strike her in the right upper lip area resulting in two stitches.
10/31/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 11d restricted Employee had surgery which revealed a hernia.
09/08/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was turning down a shaft on a lathe when a piece of metal flew into his right eye. He went to the clinic the next day and was prescribed antibiotics.
08/19/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted Employee was placing the washdown hose in position and holding it with her left foot. She then placed her right foot on the hose and her right knee buckled. She was diagnosed with a right knee strai...
08/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was boarding a 336D backhoe, lost his grip and fell backwards to the ground. He had neck and back strain.
04/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 17d restricted Employee was removing a lintel cooling box from east side of furnace. As box was being removed, it came off the lip and abruptly shifted. It is top heavy so the load fell with the top tipping backwar...
04/21/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked under a beam and visor of hard hat hit it causing a release of dust. Employee had dust in his left eye.
04/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 25d restricted Employee stepped into a hole, twisted foot and fell onto his left knee. He had surgery on 9/21/2011 and is unable to work.
04/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 304d lost Employee was shoveling between rollers on the stacker boom belt and strained her left hip area.
02/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was working on the canopy of a truck box which was positioned above his head. He had been welding and pounding on it to form it back into position. He took his welding hood off to look at j...
01/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 5d restricted Employee was working in the filter cake pile with the 992 loader. She strained her back from breaking up the filter cake with the loader bucket.
12/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing ballasts on light fixtures for the entire shift. At the end of the shift, a fellow employee noticed that his left eye was red. He went to the eye dr. the next day and was presc...
11/22/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Employee was walking on snow covered ice while fueling the #2 excavator and fell forward to the ground. Employee was able to do the capacity of his job until March 4, 2011 when he was placed on restri...
11/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was adjusting the seat of the production truck and the lever was stuck on the seat belt. The lever slipped and caught the third finger of the right hand between the seat belt bracket and the...
10/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was raising the boot basket from his locker and his hand slipped, striking the top of the locker, resulting in a laceration on his fourth finger of his right hand which required 4 stitches.
09/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee tripped over pallet walking backwards. He strained his right shoulder.
08/09/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 211d restricted Employee was boarding the forklift when she felt a pain in her right hip.
08/07/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had his head outside the door of the shuttlewagon to see the rail tracks to align the wheels. As he aligned the wheels, the shuttlewagon slipped off the track causing the door to shut and th...
08/03/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 34d restricted Employee climbed extension ladder to the splitter bin scrubber discharge launder to unplug the scrubber sock feeding the launder. He was striking the sock to release the blockage. When the process m...
07/26/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was tightening bolts with a rachet and socket on the 34DL04 drill leveling jack pad. The socket slipped and the employee fell backwards catching himself with his left hand on a sharp edg...
06/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 41d restricted Employee was stepping off 34SR74 lube bus and felt a pain in his left knee. No event.
04/22/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was steam cleaning underneath a 992 loader. A small piece of dirt/gravel rock was dislodged and hit him in the tooth, chipping his right front tooth. The tooth will have dental repair.
04/22/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was turning a packing gland on a lathe. The gland flew out of the lathe and struck employee on the left lens of his safety glasses, causing the bridge of the glasses to lacerate his nose. T...
04/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was dismantling a motor base assembly and rolling the HTD belt off of the shiv. His left hand got caught between the shiv and the belt for half of a revolution of the shiv. This caused a cr...
03/24/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee placed two lip shrouds in a pick up box. He leaned over the shrouds to check a part number and placed his right hand between the shroud and the side of the pick up box. The shroud shifted a...
01/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 9d restricted Employee was removing a screen panel which requires pulling the screen panel toward you. The panel can vary in weight form 25-30 lbs. He then felt a pull in the lower left groin area.
12/16/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was about to cut a wear plate that was plugging a feeder. As he turned on the oxygen and acetylene to the torch system and lit the system, a fire ball came from the connection and struck his...
11/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was standing on a concrete slab outside the truck shop near stall one. He was looking for his truck and his right foot slipped off the right side of the concrete slab. The condition of the...
09/20/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding with a face shield on and when done, lifted shield and dust fell into his right eye
09/18/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling a 15"" wrench toward him at head level. The wrench slipped and hit him on the left side of the nose.
09/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Using a form clamp spring loaded to remove a concrete from. When ee went to push the clamp on spring was too tight, sprung back, jammed his shoulder.
06/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air lance to clean debris from a pump impeller. Debris went into his left eye.
06/11/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was steam cleaning the 34EX01 excavator bucket. He had raised his hands to spray down and as he brought up the wand, the connecting coupler came apart and the hose hit him in the chest with...
03/10/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was stepping off a ladder of a drill when she stepped on a rock with her left foot and twisted her ankle.
12/23/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stated he was overcome with exhaust fumes.
12/09/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee stepped down from ramped walkway on #5 screen floor deck and stepped on a rock twisting her ankle.
11/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 149d restricted Employee was moving an overhead crane that had a 2 leg sling on hook. One leg of the sling hooked an original safety tie off cable (not used) located above the rod mill. The cable was attached to a...
11/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The slide on the seat broke causing his back to jar.
11/17/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 35d restricted EE was driving a Caterpillar 740 articulated haul truck. EE drove over a pile of frozen tailings and strained lower back.
10/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 68d restricted Employee was cutting bands on a bundle of strap, when the bands were cut and broke free, the employee's hand continued upward and hit the iron rack above.
09/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was climbing on to steps of haul truck and the steps were bent under. The employee tried to compensate his weight, when the ladder rolled under putting the strain on his right shoulder.
08/06/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The employee was walking to his loader when it started to rain. He then hurried his step and felt a pain in his left leg.
07/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The edge of the thin sheet of expanded metal ran against the employee's right forearm.
07/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Injured felt left knee pop while shoveling and then was later diagnosed with a tear. He had knee surgery on 10/27/08.