Miss Linda Mine — Accidents

Total: 72 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/10/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On November 10th at about 2:30 PM one of our van shipping employees received a laceration to their left thumb/palm. The employee was attempting to open a pair of bundled shipping ratchet straps. When...
06/02/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost On June 2, 2025, an employee was assisting with the installation of a packer intended to control a high-volume, high-pressure water leak at the mine face. During the operation, the employee began step...
12/18/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On December 18th, 2024, at about 11:30 pm the employee parked loader in fines shed adjacent to hopper 2. Employee was disembarking loader to clear metal detector fault. On reaching the ground the em...
10/10/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 10-10-24 at 1:20 PM Employee struck their left-hand ring finger with a pry bar.
10/04/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 2d restricted On October 4, 10 AM employee received a laceration on EE's right wrist above EE's glove cuff.
07/27/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was packaging material. Employee turned around to leave area and tripped on pallet lift table, fell and hit head. Diagnosed as possible mild concussion. No overnight observation.
07/26/2023 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Employee was on top of bag house in mill 11/12 building replacing a motor. After 20 minutes on top of bag house employee felt dizzy and fell over from heat illness. Employee was responsive and alert...
06/15/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was operating haul truck. Truck was unloaded and driving down into the mine when EE felt pain in lower back. Employee stated was unsure if it was due to twisting while reaching for something...
04/24/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was climbing off of ladder. Employee missed a rung and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground landing on their rear end. Employee sprained knee sometime during the fall.
03/22/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Supersack of material tipped over and contacted miner's ankle causing bruising.
02/10/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was loading tanker truck. It was rainy and wet. Employee slipped and fell on top of the trailer. Employee tried to catch themselves with their hand and strained wrist. Employee did not fall...
01/23/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was bent over at face to clean out drill cuttings from drill hole using a clan out rod. Tool weight is approximately 5 lbs. Employee felt a pull in their lower back. Improper ergonomics.
12/06/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was using a shovel to remove material under conveyor. Strained back while shoveling.
07/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee tripped on uneven surface in mine and strained knee.
06/10/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee placing pallet into palletizer. Pallet nail became caught on chain conveyor causing the pallet to stop suddenly and strain the employee's back.
03/02/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 32d restricted Employee was stacking a pallet with 50lb bags higher then allowed which caused employee to lift bag overhead. Employee felt a pulling in belly but did not feel pain. Resulted in hernia above the bell...
08/25/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted Employee was carrying cardboard that obstructed view of the ground. Employee tripped over and fell onto pallet press. Resulting in laceration to leg with 2 stitches and sprained knee.
07/07/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 62d lost, 91d restricted Employee was walking and attempting to pass under low overhead. Employee did not get low enough and caught top of hardhat on beam causing neck strain.
05/31/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee bent over to pick up full 2-gallon DEF bottle when they heard a pop in their back. Resulted in doctor visit with muscle relaxers.
04/27/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee reached onto conveyor to remove fallen empty bag. The employee's left hand became entangled into the chain conveyor and passive transfer roller resulting in laceration to palm of left hand.
03/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee reached overhead to open stairs of haul truck for pre-operational inspection. While pulling on latches, employee felt a pain in shoulder.
12/19/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was walking down stairs in plant. Employee missed the last step and stepped onto landing at base of stairs. Employee felt pain in left knee. Both the stairs and landing were free from trip ha...
07/15/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was manually installing roof bolts. Was in a man basket inserting mechanical roof bolts, using an impact to install bolts, and using torque wrench to tighten roof bolts per spec. Shoulder bec...
07/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Description of Events:Employee was working with another and performing housekeeping with a shovel at Tank 18. The employee went to reposition the small dumpster and strained back. Restricted duty.
07/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Employee was loading a bulk truck. When trying to open a lid one of the hatches was bound up/stuck. The employee could not find a ""hatch tool"" and tried to manually force the latch open. Employee...
04/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 101d restricted Miner was attempting to remove a frayed piece of rubber from a haul truck tire by pulling on it. When they pulled they felt a ""pop"" in right shoulder followed by minor pain. Our mine Supervisor took...
10/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost As an employee was dismounting a haul truck, the employee's foot slipped off the bottom rung causing them to make contact with the ground. The employees hard hat fell off during the fall causing a min...
10/05/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 5d restricted Employee was preparing to ingress off the Trac-Drill when EE hit elbow on the grab handle.
09/10/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched finger while attempting to move a stretch wrapper.
08/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 198d restricted Employee was digging out a plugged mill
07/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received burns on their arm while touching a journal inside a Raymond mill.
01/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was climbing in drill when foot slipped off ladder and pulled shoulder out of socket.
11/14/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 40d restricted Employee slipped and fractured left ankle.
08/23/2018 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Hearing threshold shift in right ear.
08/23/2018 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Standard audiometric threshold shift in right ear.
08/23/2018 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Reportable hearing threshold shift in right ear.
05/22/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pneumatic impact wrench to repair equipment. When air was supplied to the wrench, the front facing exhaust stream of the wrench stirred up debris which was blown into the employee...
05/09/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee felt a twinge in back upon dismounting a forklift.
03/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was filling 50lb bags and manually placing them on a pallet. As ee was removing a bag from the filling spout, the bag hung on the spout as ee was turning to place it on the pallet. This cause...
03/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Shipping operator reported knee gave out while climbing down Silo 23 gantry stairs after moving a truck from silo farm.
01/29/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Maintenance tech moving barrels off of a pallet had foot catch between two slats of a pallet. Upon trying to free foot, the employee felt a pop in knee and it began to swell painfully.
10/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 370d restricted Maintenance employee removing screen deck door felt pop in shoulder as they were forcing the door open. Door had been siliconed shut to prevent leakage.
08/09/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Utility operator reports running over pothole's and ditches in the yard after heavy rains and woke up this morning experiencing significant back pain. Physician prescribed muscle relaxer and assigned...
07/29/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 7d restricted Employee reported severe shoulder/neck pain the day after hammering out the mill 03 feed system from bridged and plugged wet feed.
04/29/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 88d restricted Shipping operator loading out of silo 22 had EE's left pinky pinched between the silo spout and the platform steel when EE tried to manually adjust the position of the spout for a poorly-aligned truck...
04/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 41d restricted Employee complained of pain in knee after working weekend climbing ladders, loading trucks, and getting on and off of equipment.
12/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee reported wrist pain on day following date of injury. Employee was bagging treated product on date of injury. Employee sent for medical evaluation and prescribed work restriction and painkil...
05/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee was dumping a half-full carboy of wastewater (3 gallons) into a sink when they felt a sharp pain in their left shoulder. Upon medical evaluation, employee was diagnosed with a sprained shoul...
12/11/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Maintenance mechanic lying on side while welding had small piece of hot metal fall into left ear. Some temporary hearing loss has been apparent, full damage unknown at this time.
09/17/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee walked to retrieve a gladhand lock out of the lock bin on the shipping dock. Upon turning around to go load out a truck, the employee felt a pop in his right knee. Pain and swelling ensued...