Mission Mine — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 27d restricted Maintenance technicians were tasked with a partial rebuild of the slurry booster pump. Following the repair, Technician A was spinning the impeller sheave to place the impeller into position. Technici...
06/24/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Operator was performing pre-shift walk through of the wet mill. As they were progressing through the bottom deck, one foot slipped forward, causing them to lose balance. Operator quickly extended the...
10/25/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 277d lost Employee was placing safety cones on a MMU trailing cable as it was being moved by an excavator. As the trailing cable was elevated by the excavator, the trailing cable swung freely striking the empl...
09/24/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 85d lost, 98d restricted Employee was acting as a spotter for 6""x400' pipe removal by excavator. During pipe movement the excavator changed directions causing the pipe to slide 20' unexpectedly in the direction of the employ...
01/31/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While attempting to rotate a drain assembly down to empty waste oil from the mobile mining unit sump, employee pinched thumb between the assembly ball valve and I-beam flange causing a fracture and la...
10/25/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted Employee was descending stairs on wet mill when both feet slipped out from under them. Employee fell backward and slid to the landing platform while holding handrail with right hand.
07/07/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Operator was transferring 50lb bag of floc from pallet to discharge hopper when left foot slipped causing them to twist upper body. Became reportable injury on 07/10/20 after follow-up medical visit.
06/22/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 62d restricted Operator walked down machine track to place hose at fuel cap. EE was about to ascend to the upper platform when EE slipped and fell approx 3' to the ground, experiencing pain in EE's lower left leg. X...
10/02/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two haul trucks, one loaded and the other empty, were passing from opposite directions on curve south of mining unit stockpile area. Loaded truck continued in a straight line instead of turning into c...
07/19/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 35d restricted Driver left cab of truck and was walking to rear of trailer in dirt unloading area. States they stepped in soft spot with heel while front of foot was on harder ground. Hyperextended knee in the proce...
06/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shift supervisor suffered a fractured foot while attempting to change out a 30-gallon drum of grease on a fuel trailer. A second employee was lifting the drum from the ground and inadvertently let it...
05/07/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Assistant Mill Operator was sitting in the control room when the operator tried to stand up and momentarily lost balance. Operator went to catch fall by putting hand on a shelf which had a wrench with...
12/13/2017 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 8d restricted Contractor electrician was working in low voltage side of transformer checking voltage on phase to ground when arc flash was experienced resulting in first and second degree burns to hands and wrist a...
01/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost While mounting equipment, haul truck operator placed right foot on the lower step and had both hands on the handrails. During transfer of left foot to the next step, right knee buckled when ee placed...
02/16/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 167d restricted Operator had climbed up the dozer blade push arm steps and was standing on the track with both feet reaching for the door when EE's feet slipped from under EE. EE fell backwards on the ground landing...
01/23/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Dozer operator felt pop in EE's back while operating D8 dozer. No unusual circumstances.
12/08/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee caught his foot on a track shoe grouser & fell to the ground while dismounting D6T dozer. Accident was not witnessed and not reported to mine management until 12/15/15. Subsequent MRI perfor...
06/08/2015 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 2d lost Excavator operator thought he was having a heart attack and called on his radio for help. A supervisor got him off his machine and to the main gate to wait for EMS. Local EMS arrived on the scene wi...