Morton Salt Fairport Mine — Accidents

Total: 312 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/13/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None South Skip Over traveled colliding with Bull Wheel. Mine Evacuated until further notice. Repairs and analysis ongoing. Replacement of bull wheel, cables and skip underway.
07/20/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contract shaft miner was putting a new chain on an CS Unitec air chainsaw. The miner did not de-energize the airline connected to the air saw. The miner pulled the throttle lever and right hand was st...
05/09/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee stated that ee lost footing and fell backwards and struck head on the conveyor structure in the 123 Tunnel Underground. EE was cleaning up build-up on the tunnel floor when the incident occur...
01/16/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist was unavailable due to the bottom gate being stuck in the open position. All miners were evacuated to the surface and did not re-enter as the shift had ended. There were no injuries or other...
12/29/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A wind storm caused the CEI transformers on the site to lose power. The mine was evacuated via the Koepe conveyance. All employees were evacuated with no injuries or other issues. The power company (C...
12/08/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None North loading gate was caught on structure in the loading pocket. The mine was evacuated with no injuries or other issues. The issue was corrected and the hoist was returned to service.
09/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee incurred a chest contusion and neck strain. Employee was struck by a heavy object in the chest causing the contusion and strain.
08/15/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power Outage - Lost power to the mine there by shutting down the secondary escape way. No injuries of other issues. Power was restored at 2:25 AM and the mine was reentered at 3:00 AM.
07/21/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee took the skip up into the scrolls damaging the skip and jamming it up into the headframe. All employees evacuated with no injuries or other issues. Repairs complete and mine back in service a...
06/29/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine lost power due to electrical storm causing an outage. All power was lost underground and employees evacuated via the Koepe on Emergency Generator power. All employees evaucated the mine with no i...
05/27/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The production hoist would not move out of the loading pocket due to an indicator switch indicating the gate was unlatched. Power to the switch was removed and allowed the hoist to operate. All miners...
05/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee fractured his right elbow. The employee was trouble shooting a piece of equipment that whould not start. He was using a 4' ladder to diagnose the issue. He decending the ladder and missed a s...
05/06/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 614d lost Employee struck his head on the top of the canopy of the small LHD. Employee was cleaning up faces and the rear tires came off of the ground and slammed down. The employee stated that he lost his hard...
04/28/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee incurred an Abrasion to his left forearm. Employee was loading the L-3 Center Face and the Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) hose blew out of the hole due to the ANFO running low/empty in the...
04/27/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An electrical fuse blew and dropped power to the Koepe operating system. The system was evaluated and put back into service at 10:45 PM. All employees underground at the time of the event evacuated vi...
04/07/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist was unavailable due to a faulty electrical contactor on the production hoist. All employees were evacuated via the Access Shaft (Koepe) with no injuries or other issues. The electrical conta...
04/02/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The lower production hoist contactor in the MCC room failed and needed to be replaced. This shut down the power to the hoist and in was unavailable for emergency use. All miners evacuated with no inju...
03/12/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Koepe was not available due to a motor needing replaced on the hoist. All employees underground evacuated via the production hoist. There were no injuries or other issues. The hoist was back in se...
03/10/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost CEI power to the mine. One of the three transformers needed to be replaced. This shut down power to the hoist. All employees evacuated via the Koepe Hoist with no injuries or issues. Power was re...
03/03/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The resolver motor on the Koepe failed and needed to be replaced. All employees underground at the time of the incident evacuated via the production shaft. There were no injuries or other issues.
02/17/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Production Hoist would not move due to bad bearing temperature sensor. All employees evacuated to surface with no injuries or other issues. Employees reentered mine at 8:35 PM.
09/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 875d lost Employee alleges that he strained his shoulder/upper arm/abdomen and ribs while mounting a Getman A-64 Rig. The employees stated that he slipped on the front step and lost 3-point contact causing the...
08/21/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Four Contractor employees were performing a shaft inspection in the access shaft (Koepe) when the cage got stuck 1929 below the surface collar. The contractor employees returned to the surface shortly...
08/20/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Four employees were performing a shaft inspection in the access shaft (Koepe) when the cage got stuck 1929' below the surface collar. The employees returned to the surface shortly after. There were no...
07/28/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A portion of a rib fell at 12N 4 Block travelway impeding passage by vehicle. The Mine was evacuated and the area was made safe and reopened for travel. No injuries or safety concerns resulted from th...
06/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 216d lost Employee tripped and fell to the ground and fractured left hip. Employee was working in the Oil Hole and tripped on a oil supply hose in the area.
06/23/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An electrical breaker tripped on the Koepe hoist and was not properly set causing the hoist to be down. Miners Underground evacuated the mine. The issue was diagnosed and corrected miners returned und...
05/28/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned ignition occurred in the Koepe (Intake) Shaft. Two employee were welding on an I-Beam at the shaft collar when the ignition took place. No employees were injured as a result of the incide...
05/23/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee incurred a finger (pinky) laceration requiring sutures. Employee alleges he was walking past the metal fabrication table in the underground shop and struck it on a drill bit that was lying on...
05/21/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine lost power due to outages in the area of the mine. The Production Hoist is powered by the power feed. All employee evacuated via the Koepe with no injuries or other issues. Power was restored...
04/24/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #10 Contactor in the Hoist House (Surface) was faulty and needed to be replaced. This exceeded the time limit and the mine was evacuated due to only one escapeway available. All miners evacuated w...
04/15/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a loose wire in the Production Hoist controls and not all lights were available to run hoist. All employees evacuated with no injuries or other issues.
03/25/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Electrical Breaker for the Koepe air compressor tripped out multiple times and eventually needed to be replaced. Mine evacuated with no injuries and no issues. Returned to regular schedule at 6:20 AM.
03/08/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power Outage caused many power surges in the affected area and at the mine. All employees were evacuated with no issues or injuries.
03/08/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power Outage in area of mine. Both power feed supplying power to the mine were affected causing both hoist to go down. All miners evacuated via auxiliary power via the man-trip (Koepe) No issues or in...
03/04/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An electrical contactor failed on the Production Hoist. Employees evacuated with no issues. Problem diagnosed and repaired. Hoist back in service at 10:00PM
01/11/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A power outage to the mine tripped a breaker on the koepe compressor for the koepe brakes. It took longer than expected to troubleshoot and find the issue. The breaker was reset and the koepe was put...
01/09/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Ice fell down the intake (koepe) shaft and struck the H beam causing damage. The H-beam allows the balance rope to rub so that it does not tangle up. Employees worked to repair the H-beam and the koep...
12/26/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Limit switch at the tipple on the production hoist failed. Hoist would not work in automatic or manual. There were not two ways in an out of the mine. All underground miners evacuated with no issues o...
11/30/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Main Power Outage. All miners evacuated with no injuries or issues. Power was restored by 8:30 AM.
11/05/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire ignited 36"" below the production shaft collar. Two employees were cutting a 2' X 2' hole in the grating around the shaft collar to insert a tugger rope to lower material. Hot slag dropped down...
10/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 90d restricted Employee alleges he incurred an umbilical hernia while coiling up fan cable. This cable weighs approximately 12.6 oz per foot. While in the act of coiling up cable the employee was bent over at the wa...
08/27/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost control power to PLC for automatics. Disconnected automatic control cable allowing hot to operate in manual mode. All miners evacuated safely with no injuries or other issues. All employees retur...
07/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost Employee allegedly incurred a right shoulder strain while installing a fork lift seat. The employee was attempting to flip the seat over the parking brake and he stated the seat slipped from his grasp...
05/10/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee incurred laceration to left thumb on steering wheel cap of Electrical Gator UTV. Employee struck lump in roadway of 12N 57 Block (North Panel) which caused steering wheel to forcefully jerk t...
01/25/2013 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee strained a muscle in his right upper leg. Two Employees were walking back to the surface shop to warm up from working outside. They were headed towards the Overhead Storeroom Door, the employ...
01/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee allegedly incurred tennis elbow while moving two pieces of steel. (1 angle 3X3 X 1/4 in thick x 8 ft and 1 flat bar 4 in wide x 3/4 in x 8ft. The employee claims that he hurt himself 10 minut...
01/11/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to an unknown electrical outage we lost power to the production hoist. All employees evacuated via the Koepe hoist with no injuries or other issues.
12/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Employee fractured patella after slipping and falling on ice in the main yard. Employee was in the process of warming up Front End Loader and was heading back to the Surface Mill Department when the f...
12/27/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power was lost to the mine due to an automobile accident on US 44 South (main road to mine. Apparently a Garbage Truck struck a power pole and took out both power feeds powering the mine. The Koepe wa...