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...