Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc — Accidents

Total: 398 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/07/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Emp. was driving up the slope underground, he fell asleep and drove under the conveyor belt. Emp. was taken to the ER and received 6 total stitches and placed on restrictions until 6/11/12.
03/22/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up air impact into airline. The employee used a wrench to tap on the air line to clear out brine, stated that he was trying to get debris to come out of the fitting before hooking...
03/18/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp was working in area 8 when a ground fall in the old working annihilated the area. Crew had to travel through the salt dust to evacuate the mine. Emp. went to company Dr. on 3/28/12 given two presc...
03/18/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. was working in area 8 when a ground fall in the old working annihilated the area. Crew had to travel through the salt dust to evacuate the mine. Emp. taken to company dr. on 3/28/12 and given a p...
02/27/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 73d restricted Two employees were working in No. 1 Shaft. They were down approximately 400 feet washing in shaft. They heard two loud noises above them and they moved close under the bonnet when the bonnet was hit b...
02/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was tramming MBC's up to miner. Man on back MBC was almost dollied out and was on bad floor causing MBC to lean. He heard a noise from behind him and used his left arm to raise up and look back w...
01/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Emp had installed a rubber strip.The employee was making a final adjustment to the rubber skirt to extended down onto screen because metal lip was worn. The employees left hand moved along the feed li...
01/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 359d restricted Emp.was hanging up miner cable another emp. was helping out with the miner cable. Emp. stepped away and took one step and felt pain in his lower back and also felt a sharp pain down left leg and a twi...
01/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 77d restricted Emp. slipped or tripped while pulling an underground cable. He fell into a trough on his right side hitting his head, hip, and knee and said he felt like he twisted his ankle. Emp. taken to Dr. placed...
12/03/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. operating front end loader when he felt a sting on his left shoulder. Emp. taken to ER because he was feeling sick. Emp. given an antibiotic and Tetanus injection. No restrictions.
11/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Emp. parked ram car and exited vehicle. He stepped off the car onto some loose muck, his right foot twisted and he rolled his right ankle. He fell to the ground. He was taken to ER and placed on restr...
10/31/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. was spooling off new hoist rope on cable reel. Hoist rope socket got caught on axle of reel machine. Emp. lifted spool to get cable unhung. Emp. reached to grab rope with hand and rope sprung out...
10/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Emp. working with 6 other employees taking down cable from J-hooks and dropping the cable on the ground. The weight of the cable bent the employees wrist back as it fell to the ground. She did have a...
10/05/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Emp. welding when he felt a piece of hot slag fly into his welding glove on his left hand. Emp. removed glove and said he saw a small red spot on his finger where he had been burned. Emp. continued to...
09/29/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While using a pipe threading machine employee got his hand caught between the pipe and the machine, causing lacerations to right hand between thumb and forefinger.
09/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 196d restricted Emp. was assisting 2 other emp. lifting a hand rail when he felt a crunch in his lower back. He had pain/discomfort and was taken to the company Dr. Emp. was given 2 prescription medications and place...
09/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Emp. was changing out a gearbox on a drive belt. Emp. smashed finger between gearbox and metal table. Right hand thumb was smashed. Emp. taken to ER and received 3 stitches to open area. Emp. is curre...
08/26/2011 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. was changing a battery on a battery car. Emp. was nipping in car cable to #2 battery to put in use and emp. was shocked. Emp. went to ER and was given prescription medication, no restrictions.
08/20/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Emp. was using a 24"" pipe wrench to turn motor sheave to move output shaft of reducer. Emp. got his rihgt hand index finger caught between the wrench and bottom half of the guard. Emp. finger was sma...
08/04/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. noticed red, swollen, red irritation on the left side of his navel on his stomach. He stated he was welding on ventilation fans the day before 8/4/11 and during the process a chip of slag or a ""...
07/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted 3 emp. were replacing a broken cable. All emp. were on their knees on the deck in front of spring box assembly. One emp. was using a 3' bar to hold the cable bolt in place. Another emp. place the wren...
07/21/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was prying a bent return roller hanger. Since the belt was up against the ribs he had to stand next to the structure to get the hanger off. The scaling bar slipped, causing the employee to fa...
07/03/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Emp. was riding down the shaft and felt a pinch on his right leg. He later had swelling, irritation, itching and burning. Emp. went to ER related to bug bite. Emp. instructed to take 2 days off work a...
07/01/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. cut back of his hand between the knuckle on the ring and middle fingers (left hand) while blowing the grinder table area off. Emp. cut his hand on a duct opening behind the grinder, the flashing...
06/09/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 5 Hoist electrical fault causing hoist to not operate. PLC control enclosure had a temperature of over 120 Degrees. Cabinet was cooled down and hoist was operational at 9:00 PM. Two other hoists wer...
05/13/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 206d restricted Emp. was walking with a fluorescent bulb. She set the bulb down and walked down one step she attempted to pick up the bulb and finish the next two stairs; however fell and stated she could not remembe...
05/11/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Emp. cleaning trash out of compactor. Emp. started noticing pinching and itching to right upper inner leg. When he looked there were 2 red hard areas. Appeared to be bug bites. Emp. taken to Industria...
05/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 81d restricted Emp. was raising the lid on the battery to let it cool, the latch to hold the lid was not secured and fell and crushed middle finger on his right hand. Emp. taken to ER.
05/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 264d restricted Emp. was taking off metal cover off the granulator feed drag with three other employees. Cover fell and crushed emp. thumb in between the cover and a metal beam. Emp. taken to ER.
04/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 206d restricted Employee walking down steps. When she stepped on the last step, she stepped on a water hose, which rolled out from under her, causing her to fall.
04/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Six employees removing a falk coupling. The broken hub in the falk coupling was loose inside of the coupling hat. Employees had a plan to stay out of the line of fire. Emp. that was injured got in the...
02/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. stripping away PVC coating from electrical conduit with a pocket knife in his right hand when it slipped and he cut his left thumb on his left hand.
02/08/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Emp. riding in a mantrip as a passenger. Driver of mantrip hit the side of the rib. Vehicle turned slightly sideways and emp. hard hat and safety glasses flew off his head. Emp. denied need for medica...
02/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 139d restricted Emp. was coming off ladder, stepped off last rung and twisted his right knee. He was taken to the dr. and placed on restrictions. He did state he had injured this knee in the past.
01/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Emp. and another emp. were cutting portions of the skip hung up in #1 shaft around the 900 foot level, when the skip suddenly came free and jumped upward approx. 4 feet, pinching emp. left foot betwee...
01/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Emp. was working on West Tails Screen applying silicone on a crack between the poly decks and discharge lip on screen. When he finished he turned around to climb out and twisted his right knee in the...
01/23/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted Emp. was swinging a 2 lb pin hammer to remove a link froman MBC conveyor chain when he felt a pain in his right elbow. Emp. requested medical attention. He was taken to ER and given restrictions and p...
01/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Emp. was positioning valve cover lid. Emp. and contractor were rotating the plate back into position. Contractor thought the emp. head movement was a signal to let go. The lid fell into position crush...
01/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Emp. eye was wet from perspiration. When he was wiping the sweat from his eye, he inadvertently wiped sylvite ladened grease from his cotton glove into his eye. Emp. stated that his eye felt irritated...
01/07/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Emp. was driving CU106 Boom Rig around a rib at main shop. He hit a pothole which caused the air ride seat to hit bottom and jar his lower back. He said he felt no immediate pain. Later in the day the...
12/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Emp. was adjusting gate in storage tunnel when the clean up crew was moving the suction hose from the vacuum truck and knocked his feet from under him and he fell on his knee and shoulder. Emp. stated...
12/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 141d restricted A custom made guard was made for a pit. The emp. kicked the 15lb guard to knock in place. The heal of his boot caught the guard. The emp. felt some pain to his right knee. Emp. continued working howe...
11/28/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 147d restricted Operator car stalled, emp. got out of the car to check breaker. When returning to car emp. stepped on a rock and lost his balance, his left knee shifted and popped. Emp. did not fall. Later when tryi...
11/22/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Emp. was unloading air boat off trailer into the water. To get the boat to start turning away from the bank emp. had to push the boat using the back of her legs to get the boat to start turning. Emp....
11/20/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted Emp. walking to the belt controller & tripped on a turnbuckle & anchor. He fell face down on the floor. Emp. denied pain at the time of injury. He contin. to work & his left knee started hurting. Emp....
10/31/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Emp. was working in #1 Shaft scaling. He was 708'deep. He was struck on the left shoulder with a piece of re-bar. The re-bar was 2 1/2"" long by 1"". The Constructors crew was cutting the re-bar and a...
10/19/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emp. felt discomfort to right ankle, got home and found ankle swollen and red area noted. Emp. went to ER and was given an antibiotic and pain prescription for possible spider bite.
10/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 183d restricted Emp. going through a set of manual airlock doors. He left the first door propped open, opened the small door, then pushed the drive-through door open. As he pushed the drive-through door open the smal...
09/30/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Emp. was cutting vacuum hose with a utility knife. He was cutting with his right hand rotating from right to left around the top of the hose. Knife slipped resulting in a laceration on his left forear...
09/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Emp. cutting a hole in ventilation tubing to regulate the air, he cut the top of the first finger on his right hand just behind the finger nail. He was using his personal knife. Emp. taken to ER where...