North Antelope Rochelle Mine — Accidents

Total: 638 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/16/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While being loaded, the shovel came in contact with haul truck bed, jarring the truck. EE was seen in ER initially, then saw Dr. on 2/21 with diagnosis of neck strain.
02/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Rebuilding hydraulic valve for rubber tire dozer. While repositioning a valve body on a workbench, the employee's finger was pinched, resulting in laceration (15 stitches).
01/31/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing wear bars. Pry bar slipped and struck employee's left eyebrow, resulting in 3 cm laceration.
01/25/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 12d restricted Employee was operating a scraper, ran over a rock and began experiencing back pain. The employee was seen by an orthopedic doctor on 02/02/06 and was diagnosed with extensive lumbar degenerative dise...
01/20/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Knife slipped cutting thumb, no other contributing factors
01/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the incident EE was installing a torque converter into a CAT 793 off-highway truck. While He was guiding the torque converter, as it was being lowered into position, his finger was pin...
12/20/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost THE CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS OF THIS ACCIDENT WERE: (1) AN EMPTY MACHINE DID NOT YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO A LOADED MACHINE, (2) THE EMPTY MACHINE WAS RUNNING TOO FAST FOR THE CONDITIONS.
12/15/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Loader with a cable spool struck the dump truck on drivers side.
12/04/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR POWERED DIE GRINDER TO GRIND OUT A RACK IN A TORQUE TUBE. THE BIT PIERCED THE INNER WALL OF THE TUBE CAUSING BACK PRESSURE. THE PRESSURE BLEW THE DEBRIS UP UNDER THE EE'S HOO...
11/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A plant employee was assisting with a drive belt change out in the west (old) crusher. While attempting to pull the belt on, his left index finger was pinched between the belt and the sheave resulti...
11/14/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost DUMPING A LOAD, THE CAB WENT UP IN THE AIR WHEN THE LOAD WAS DUMPED, THE CAB THEN CAME DOWN HARD & JARRED HIS BACK.
10/20/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 6d restricted At the time of the incident EE was making repairs to an air compressor on a CAT 793 off-highway truck. As he was pulling on a wrench, to loosen an air line going to the compressor, he experienced pai...
10/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Stepping down off ladder from a drill he sprained his ankle.
10/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee, working in the plant, was assisting with replacement of return idlers in the west tube. The return idler slipped and struck the employee on the left ankle and knocked him down. The employe...
09/15/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At the east grizzley heat was generated from warm coal in old duct work left from a de-commissioned bag house. To allow water to drain, a 6?? hole was cut into a cover plate where a pipe was once con...
09/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 15d restricted Employee was dismounting from a bulk truck when he experienced pain in his left shoulder. Doctor diagnosed torn rotator cuff and bicep muscle due to the build up of bone spurs. He was diagnosed on 1...
09/06/2005 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The coal face in the middle pit was smoldering due to spontaneous combustion, high winds enlarged the smoker and ultimately into a fire. The fire was covered with overburden. No damage or injuries.
08/19/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employees were pulling a 250'-14"" PVC Water pipe. They were pulling the pipe between a stationary pipe and another length of pipe using the rear bucket of a backhoe. As the pipe compressed between t...
08/15/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost A plant technician was walking down a stair case. He was on the 4th step (from the bottom), missed the 3rd step, and fell to the floor and ruptured a quadricep tendon.
08/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee felt pain in groin area after moving blocking for a counterweight. Was seen by physician on 08/15/05 and was diagnosed with a hernia. The incident occurred on 08/11/05, we did not receive a...
07/24/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost A technician experienced discomfort in his abdomen over a several month period. A congenital weakness of the navel area required surgery to repair.
07/20/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was descending a ladder when it slipped out from under her causing her to fall to ground.
07/18/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the incident, employee was removing a drain plug to take an oil sample. When he initially tried to remove the plug using a wrench, he found that he could not get it to turn. He then b...
07/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While placing a chock block on the truck landing, the employee caught her left index finger under the chock block requiring 10 stitches.
07/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 16d restricted Employee was turning a bull wheel by pulling the powerbands to troubleshoot a zero speed switch problem on the crusher rolls and caught his right fingers between the belt and bushing. Three fingers w...
06/23/2005 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire was started by spontaneous combustion on top of shot coal in the east oilwell pit. The wind spread the fire preventing it from being extinguished immediately. The fire was cooled by applyin...
06/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost While attempting to check the walking mechanism on a dragline the employee was caught between the walking mechanism cover and the shoe of the dragline resulting in a fractured hip.
05/15/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost As employee was driving a service truck along a haul road the truck encountered a large bump that caused him to bounce upwards out of his seat and strike his head on the roof of the cab. As a result...
05/11/2005 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 279d lost Man was working on elevator when metal object fell from overhead striking his head. Man was tied off and had hard hat which took the blow.
03/24/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Off duty employees traveling in private vehicle collided with another vehicle on mine access road. Two employees sustained injuries including multiple contusions, abrasions, brusing and fractures to l...
03/24/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Off duty employees traveling in private vehicle collided with another vehicle on mine access road. Two employees sustained injuries including multiple contusions,abrasions, brusing and fractures to le...
03/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 27d restricted Employee began to experience pain in right knee when taking a step to enter a lube truck. Employee underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on 03/30/05 due to a degenerative knee condition/illness. (Obta...
03/18/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK. SHOVEL BUCKET CONTACTED HAUL TRUCK, JARRING EE'S NECK.
02/15/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was checking fire extinguishers. She was using the three point holding system while climbing the ladder on the 283 haul truck. Her foot slipped on one of the steps of the ladder because the bottoms...
01/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost At the time of the incident, EE was changing out the transmission cooler lines on a CAT off-highway truck. As EE was moving along the frame rail of the truck, slipped and struck left knee on the fram...
01/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the incident EE was using a mechanical filter crusher. As the filter crusher was cycling back to its starting position the crushed filter became wedged between the crushing ram and the...
12/19/2004 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Bending over to lift wheel chocks. Experienced pain in lower right back. He was not yet lifting - just bent over.
12/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing an inspection plate to access a hoist gear on a shovel, the breather fell off and hit the employee in the upper lip resulting in 6 sutures.
11/22/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON CAB WINDOW AND STRUCK SOMETHING SHARP.
11/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At the time of the incident, EE was installing a steering control valve on a 793 off-highway truck. While lifting the valve into place he strained the muscles in his lower back.
10/20/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 162d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A CAT 773B BEING TRAINED AND BANGED HER HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW.
10/12/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost At the time of the incident, employee was loosening bolts that held a transmission cooler in place. As he was applying pressure to a ratchet wrench, in order to loosen a very tight and rusted bolt, he...
10/04/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SOLID WASTE DUMP. THE FIRE REQUIRED APPROX. 1 HR.& 6 MIN. TO EXTINGUISH. THE EXACT IGNITION SOURCE WAS NOT DETERMINED. SUSPECTED SOURCES ARE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OR A CI...
07/26/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was sitting at desk in first aid office performing daily duties. When employee turned her chair to get a number from the telephone directory so she could place a call, she hit the corner of t...
07/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a dragline bucket, the employee was struck by a wire rope above the left eye causing a laceration requiring sutures.
07/09/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While riding in a pickup, hit rough terrain the pickup was jarred causing neck pain to the employee. The employee was prescribed physical therapy.
06/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted When attempting to free the wire rope trip cable, the left hand was pulled into the door roller pinching / avulsing the left thumb.
06/14/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the incident ee was preparing to remove a roller frame from a CAT D11 dozer. As he was driving the pin, that attaches the equalizer bar to the roller frame, from its bore, a chisel that...
06/10/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE walking behind shovel when electrical panel blew off machinery deck of shovel landing on employee.
06/08/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost At the time of the incident employee was removing the engine from a CAT 797 off-highway truck. As the engine was being removed EE was using a pry bar to reposition the engine. As he applied force to...