Northmet — Accidents
Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/18/2025 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Worker was mounting the MuddOx and felt a back spasm when sitting down. Location was lower left backpain. Initial spasm was very painful and got a little better after walking for a little while. |
| 10/01/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 39d lost, 21d restricted | Battery was in machine, putting ballast boxes back in. Picked up Box and move into position, felt sharp pain in lower back |
| 05/08/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was walking while performing geologic mapping in a wooded area west of the Concentrator. While walking ee tripped over some brush and downed branches, fell onto a rock, striking left knee, w... |
| 09/25/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 59d lost, 126d restricted | Employee was assisting in repairs to 2 1/2"" overhead piping with a 24"" pipe wrench. Employee reported soreness in left shoulder and neck after reaching for a short length of pipe, that was being use... |
| 07/26/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured was assisting in removing a pipe flange bolt. Injured reached for a combination wrench that was falling off the bolt head to put it back on the head. As EE reached for the wrench the co-work... |
| 08/31/2016 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Contract employee was using a handheld electric grinder to cut bolts off of a plastic pipe flange. The pipe was positioned on the ground at the operation's tailings basin. The grinding wheel contact... |
| 10/24/2012 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Fire in the bus bar raceway above the ""West 10x8 Slurry Pump..."" cabinet in the MCC in the unoccupied, idle Fine Crusher. Spare parts that were stored nearby were ignited. The raceway, bus bars, bus... |
| 07/10/2009 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was descending stairs from the second floor to the first floor, in the Administration Office Building, stumbled at the landing that was located halfway between the second and first floors. E... |