Montana Tunnels Mining Inc — Accidents

Total: 80 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/24/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted EE was cleaning the mud off of a conveyor roller. He was using a hand help scraper to do so. His scraper came n contact with the convery belt and the handle of the scraper struck him in his left knee....
12/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted EE was working on replacing wear iron in the Sag Mill. He had his hand on the boom of the lining machine. The boom was retracted and his hand was caught between two of the boom sections. He did go to...
11/18/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was grinding on the cab of track dozer DO-5. When the shop doors were opened the wind blew some metal fines into his right eye. He was taken to the E.R. where the metal was removed.
11/14/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was operating a Cat D-8 dozer on a ore stockpile. He doesn't know when the injury happened. His back was sore and having spasms on 11-16-08. He went to the doctor and was not allowed to retur...
11/11/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing up the ladder on a DM45 drill. His hands slipped off the handholds and he fell forward striking his face on the upper part of the ladder. He did go to the E.R. and received 7 sti...
11/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE was working in the mill, he was replacing a grease cover on a lube system for the regrind mill. EE extened his arms above his head to place the cover and in doing so he felt a pain in his left arm...
10/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a utility knife to cut the locks on a plastic nordbak bucket. While cutting the locks, whe slipped with the knife and cut her right ghigh. She did go to the doctor and received 4 stitches...
07/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was opening the crusher shack door. His index finger on his right hand had gotten caught between the door and the door jam. He was taken to the hospital were he received three stitches in his finge...
07/11/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted Employee was operating a 16G Motor Grader. She was backing up after making a pass. She was looking over her right shoulder when her neck started to hurt. She initially thought it would be OK and didn'...
07/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EE was setting light plants up for the night mine crew. He was attempting to attach Q15 light plant to his pickup, light plant jack was to low so EE attempted tp lift the light plant onto his truck hi...
03/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Ee was performing maintencne on a 325 cat excavator. He was replacing a control leverin the cab. He had dropped a tool and bent over to pick it up. When he stood up the operator cab door had swung clo...
03/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted On 03/17/08 EE was walking down the stairway by the welding shop in the mill, he slipped and fell down the stairs. He initially didn't go to the DR and felt fine. By the end of the week his back was...
01/05/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a drill press. While operating the drill the glove on his right hand was caught in the rotating drill bit. He sustained a cut on his right hand. He did go to the emergency room...
11/20/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing bed liners on a 785 haul truck. He was using a portable 9"" grinder. In doing so he had gotten metal in his eye. He wasn't sure if he had metal in his eye or not. So on 11-22-0...
11/07/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 29d restricted Employee has an occupational disease. He has carpal tunnel syndrome in his left hand. He will got to the doctor on 11-12-07. Then for his surgery on 11-14-07.
08/31/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had been recovering from an off the job, when he was watching a bumper being repaired on a straight truck when he stepped back to look at the bumper, stepped back, he stepped on a rock, caused him...
08/03/2007 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None A unplanned detonation occurred at the bottom of the pit. A caterpiller D-11 dozer company number B-12 was doing clean up in this area when this occurred. MSHA hotline number was called immediately. T...
06/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 23d restricted Mounting a 3300-51 tire on a wheel, pulling the lock ring up onto the tire he got his thumb caught between the lock ring & flange ring while being supervised.
05/26/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EE was doing a pre-shift inspection on a 235 cut rock breaker. In doing so, he stepped in some mud and his foot slipped on a rock. This caused his knee to pop. EE went to the ER on 5/26/07 and visited...
04/13/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing maintenance checks for problems on a 5230 shovel. While working on the shovel a small rock fell from the highwall. The rock rolled under the maintenance truck and struck him in...
01/29/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 4d restricted Employee was welding on bed liners of a haul truck. In doing so, hot slag burned his left elbow and it got infected. He went to the doctor on Tuesday the 30th and the doctor decided not to let him ret...
12/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was putting a bellypan on a cat dozer. He put his knees to his chest & pushed with his feet. In doing so he felt a pop in his back on the right side of his ribs. He continued to work his shif...
11/10/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was marking out drill pattern & stepped on a loose rock, twisting his knee. He stated it was an old injury he hand gotten while drilling in Colorado. He decided to go to the Dr., nothing was...
02/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE BACKED HIS HAUL TRUCK UP TO A BERM TO DUMP HIS LOAD. THE LOAD LEFT THE BOX AND HELD THE BOX IN THE RAISED POSITION. EE PUSHED THE LOWERING LEVER DOWN AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE BERM. THE RAMS BEGA...
12/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EE IS A SURVEY TECH. & WAS ASSISTING MOVING EMPTY PALLETS, CLEANING A LAY DOWN AREA. HE FELT A STRANGE SENSTAION IN HIS LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. AFTER SOME TIME & SEVERAL Dr. VISITS, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH...
10/15/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TRAVELING INTO THE MINE WHEN A ROCK APPROX 6' X 6' X 8' ROLLED DOWN AN ANGLE OF REPOSE, JUMPED A SAFETY BERM AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS 992 LOADER. EE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB AND RECEIVED A C...
08/29/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS PARTIALLY BOLTED INTO A 992 LOADER. THE PICKING EYES BROKE CAUSING THE CRANE BLOCK TO JUMP SEVERAL FEET IN THE AIR AND ONE OF THE CABLES TO COME P...
07/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE WAS CLIMBING ON TO A TRACK MOUNTED ROCK BREAKER FOR THE FUELING/LUBE PROCESS AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER RUNG. X-RAY AT THE TIME SHOWED NOTHING BROKEN AND ALL OK...
07/22/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ON 7/24/05 FROM THE SEAT IN HIS HAUL TRUCK BOTTOMING SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SHIFT. HE CALLED OFF FOLLOWING SHIFT BUT GAVE NO REASON. INJURY DATE 7/22/05. THIS SEAT WAS IN...
04/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EMPLOYEE & HIS PARTNER WERE LIFTING A WOODEN TIMBER, ONE MAN ON EACH END OF THE TIMBER. THE TIMBER WAS 12""X 12""X 6'LONG, WEIGHING APPROX. 175 LBS. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEGS TO PICK THE TIMBER BUT THEN...
04/01/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was walking from one pickup truck to another. The ground was frozen and rutted. She rolled her ankle and felt a sharp pain. She was seen at the emergency room and diagnosed with a small fract...
03/30/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted THE EE WAS CARRYING A SET OF WELDING LEADS AND STEPPED FROM ONE LEVEL OF GRATED DECKING DOWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL - APPROX. 10 INCHES DOWN. EE STEPPED ONTO A 2.5""-DIAMETER STONE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN I...
03/15/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CROSSING UNDER A 5'6"" STEEL FRAMEWORK AND BUMPED HIS HARD HAT, JAMMING HIS NECK. ON 3/28/05 EE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SEEN A CHIROPRACTOR FOR AN ""ADJUSTMENT.
03/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE AND TWO OTHER MILL EMPLOYEES WERE DRAGGING A 70'X2"" RUBBER WATER WASH DOWN HOSE INTO POSITION TO WASH THE MILL FLOOT. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT CALF. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED ACHILLES T...
02/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted TWO MAINTENANCE EE WERE REMOVING 992 LOADER BUCKET HEEL PLATE. ONE EE WAS KNOCKING OUT A BOLT THAT HAD BEEN TORCHED OFF. OTHER EE WAS TORCHING THE ONLY OTHER BOLT HOLDING THE PLATE. THE PLATE FELL APP...
02/15/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT 8"" PLASTIC PIPE INTO THE PIPE FUSER. AS THE PIPE SLID FORWARD, EE GOT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE FUSER. FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES AT THE EM...
01/05/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE FEED WELDER WHEN THE STRINGER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RT.HAND. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB IT W/HIS LEFT HAND & THE WIRE PIERCED HIS GLOVE & HAND. THE WIRE STABBED HIS INDEX FINGER TENDO...
10/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 176d lost TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DISLODGING A JACK PAD FROM THE MUD ON A DRILL PATTERN. THE IR DRILL HAD LOST ITS PAD EARLIER THAT MORNING. THE SUPERVISOR HAD ADVISED THEM TO USE AN EXCAVATOR TO DO THE JOB IF NECES...
09/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Ee was drilling a horizontal well, working alone. He changed many drill steels during the shift and at the end of the shift, his left lower leg was very sore. He filed an injury report with the compan...
04/24/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MINE MECHANIC WAS USING A HAND HELD PNEUMATIC DIE GRINDER TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL ON A HAUL TRUCK ENGINE. THE 3 INCH GRINDING WHEEL BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LOWER LIP. THREE STITCHES...
04/23/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS THUMB AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ""TRIGGER FINGER"". THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE SIMILAR TO CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
02/05/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF 8"" DIA PLASTIC PIPE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT. FURTHER MEDICAL REVIEW FOUND THAT THE BIG TOE WAS BROKEN. EE IS NORMALLY A TRUCK DRIVER BUT WORKED AN OVERTIME SHIFT IN PIT...
01/15/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE BEGAN HAVING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND RT ARM AND RT HAND. HE SAW A DR ON 1-15-04 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROBLEMS FROM HOLDING A TELEPHONE TO HIS EAR. NO MISSED WORK.
01/10/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 198d lost Employee began to feel pain in his rt. knee as he was operating the cat loader. The pain did not subside and he went to the Dr., was diagnosed with torn cartilage. No accident occurred, he is schedule...
11/15/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE EXPERIENCED A PAIN BETWEEN HER SHOULDER BLADES AS SHE WAS DRIVING HER LOADED HAUL TRUCK TO THE WASTE STOCKPILE. HER FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BEGAN TO TINGLE. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR DIAGNOSED STR AINED M...
10/16/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A MILL LIFTER (200#) ONTO A LIFTING SLING AND ROLLED IT ONTO HIS FINGER, SMASHING THE FINGER TIP BETWEEN THE LIFTER AND THE DECK. STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WO UND.
06/13/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A 12# SLEDGE HAMMER AS A BACKING PLATE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING A PIN INTO THE PAN FEEDER DRIVE CHAIN. A SMALL SHARD OF METAL SPLINTERED OFF THE PIN AND STRUCK EE IN THE CHIN REQUIRI...
06/04/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost IMPROPER RIGGING OF 70# BEARING CAPS; FAILURE TO WAIT FOR SIGNALS; MISJUDGEMENT OF PROPER CLEARANCE; FAILURE TO CLEAR PERSONNEL BELOW. VICTIM FELT HE WAS IN A SECURE POSITION AND FAILED TO CON NECT TO...
05/22/2003 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT BUT MR. SATRE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN AND RT LEG & RT HIP PAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST MONTH. HE BEGAN CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS ON 5-22-03 WO...
05/21/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A SMALL CABINET THAT WAS MOUNTED ON THE DECK OF A FLATBED SERVICE TRUCK. THE LATCH WAS JAMMED SO HE BENT DOWN TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AND JERKED ON THE DOOR. THE 12"" X 24"" DOO...