No 2 Surface — Accidents

Total: 35 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing roller on D11 dozer, the roller slipped and caught employee's finger.
09/12/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears on September 12, 2013. Company was not notified of this until February 6, 2014.
07/02/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Claim of occupational noise exposure. Testing shows a degree of hearing loss.
11/17/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was terminated on November 17, 2012 and filed a hearing loss claim. He was diagnosed on 2/26/14 with work related noise exposure. Company Safety Department was not notified until April 10,...
06/05/2012 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was operating a 785 rock truck when he became disorientated in the fog. He then drove out of the road, across a drill bench, through a berm and over a highwall landing in a shot. The truck then cau...
02/24/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Stepped on rock covered with mud and slipped.
07/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of checking anitfreeze in a 992G Loader. He began to remove the radiator cap and hot anitfreeze came out, striking EE on the chest, stomach and left hand, resulting in a burn to...
04/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 308d lost 777 Cat truck was loaded in pit, ground was soft and when truck started to pull out, front of truck raised up then came down hard and jarred operator, hurting neck and back.
10/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had installed a bearing and it was crooked. Was trying to remove it, and while hitting it, he missed the bearing. He was in the process of trying to get his hand out of the way, when his fi...
07/27/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was granted 10% award by the Occupational Pneumonconiosis Board.
05/31/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was repairing a rear spring on a F250 pick up truck when the spring fell & struck his left index finger causing a laceration. He rec'd 8 stitches.
01/30/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost Employee was cutting out a blade liner on a D-11R dozer. The liner broke loose pushing him to the ground. His foot was under the blade and his foot was fouled when he began to move causing a break to...
10/18/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was pushing in a shot. When he started to back up a rock came from the spoil and he backed up on it. When he started to tram off, the dozer slipped off causing a jolting action resulting in l...
01/31/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was starting to climb down the ladder of the 785B rock truck when he slipped and fell to the ground.
11/04/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was pushing in shot rock. Dozer D-11R he was operating kicked rock from under track causing machine to drop suddenly & resulting in back injury.
04/07/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 298d lost Truck driver backed under end loader with bucket raised and rock fell from bucket and hit in empty bed of truck.
09/05/2003 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO VALUE FOUND None EE'S WERE CUTTING TOP OUT OF A 55 GALLON DRUM & AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE LOADER BUCKET.
09/05/2003 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO VALUE FOUND None JOB MECHANIC WAS CUTTING BARREL WITH CUTTING TORCH & IT EXPLODED.
09/05/2003 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO VALUE FOUND None EE'S WERE CUTTING TOP OUT OF A 55 GALLON DRUM. AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE OF A LOADER BUCKET.
09/05/2003 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE FATALITY Fatal EMPLOYEE'S WERE CUTTING THE TOP OUT OF A 55 GAL.DRUM. AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE OF A LOADER BUCKET.
08/08/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost EE WAS GOING UP A GRADE TO DRILL IN A FORD SERVICE TRUCK. THE MOTOR QUIT LETTING TRUCK ROLL BACK AGAINST BERM AND LAID OVER.
02/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS WAITING ON GETTING LOADED BY A LOADER OPERATOR. THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS GOING TOWARDS THETRUCK WITH A BIG ROCK WHEN LOADER BUCKET DUMPED ON IT'S OWN AND THE ROCK HIT THE EDGE OF THE TRU CK CAUS...
12/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE DRILL LADDER AND FELL BACK.
11/21/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE INDICATES WHILE GETTING OFF LOADER HIS FOOT \SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEG TO BEND BEHIND HIM. EE CONTINUED TO WORK. ONCE SWELLING STARTED HE CONTACTED HIS DR. AND SCHED. SURGERY. EE STARTED MIS SING TIM...
10/30/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost EE NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT DUE TO HIS EXPERIENCE ON 10/30/02.HE EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT ROTATED TO HIS BACK. EE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 11/25/02, HE WAS TO R...
07/25/2002 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CYLINDER ROLLED OVER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.
05/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING ON COMPANY TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE TRUCK. HE FELLONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
06/12/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 229d lost EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A PICK UP TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK RAN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THROWING EE INTO TOP OF TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD.
12/18/2000 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY TERMINAL AND IT EXPLODED.
12/01/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE TRAMMED DRILL TO BENCH & STARTED DRILLING AFER SEVERAL HRS OF DRILLING EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN Y
04/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EE WAS GETTING IN GREASE TRUCK & PULLED SHOULDERRIGHT SIDE
04/12/2000 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost OPERATOR WAS OUTSIDE AND WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYE.
01/25/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost BACKED ONTO ROCK IN DOZER. HARD JAR TO RIGHT SIDE.
01/14/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None PRE-EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS EMPLOYER NOTIFIED OF COMPENSABILITY ON 9/22/00.
01/10/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None PROGRESSIVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, ASSOCIATED WITH A DRY NONPRODUCTIVE COUGH.