Northshore Mining Company — Accidents

Total: 106 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/29/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Technician has lower left side back pain that radiates to the hip that started after the 993K engine tune-up technician was trying to install the engine turn tool. the technician's body is in a awkwar...
02/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted An employee attempted to throw a 3 pound rail anchor into the back of a grapple truck, but the rail anchor ricocheted off the sideboard of the truck instead of landing in the back and struck another e...
11/12/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 17d restricted While an employee was digging for large chunks in a rock bank with a loader, a large chunk came down the rock bank and landed on the loader's full bucket, jarring the loader and the employee. The empl...
11/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted While lifting a hoist and chains up and out of the way of a rail car truck side frame on the floor, the chains caught the frame, causing it to fall to the side and land on the employees left foot. The...
07/29/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost While transferring fuel from a mobile fuel tank on a tractor trailer to a grader, an employee on the ground conducting the fueling was struck by the grader tire and injured (torn muscles in right shou...
07/16/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While a summer student was sweeping, a 20-pound tire knife oven no longer in service on a shelf on a wall approximately 4 feet above the floor fell on EE's right hand, fracturing two bones in the hand...
03/13/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 63d restricted While adjusting a coupler on a locomotive, the employee felt discomfort in their right bicep. This was originally a report only, as there was not a reportable injury at the time. This discomfort led t...
02/29/2024 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 29d restricted While attempting to remove damaged railroad ties from underneath a rail frog, an excavator bucket was used to lift one end of the frog, so an angle bar could be put underneath in order to remove the d...
12/25/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 8d restricted While checking the oil on the 529 Haul Truck, the employee missed EE's hand placement and footing while on the engine bay stairs, causing EE to fall against the truck frame/tire. EE's lower back and l...
10/11/2023 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A railroad employee was travelling down a section of rail in a piece of equipment. The piece of equipment derailed and the equipment turned onto it's side. The employee suffered a small laceration to...
09/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a window on a locomotive, microscopic pieces of glass chipped off the window and landed somewhere on the employee. Some of the glass made its way into the employee's eyes at some poin...
07/20/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While chipping slag after a weld job, a railroad employee got debris in their eye, which had to be extracted at a local medical facility. Safety glasses were worn at the time of the incident. After th...
04/29/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee pinched left pinky finger between a worn shovel tooth and the lip of a service truck bed while transferring the tooth from a shovel bucket to the bed of a truck. The pinch caused a cut to...
02/14/2022 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 25d restricted A drill operator was hit by the drill's power cable and knocked to the ground while remotely moving the drill to the next drilling site. The power cable was buried in snow and was not seen moving towa...
11/30/2021 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d lost Employee alleges they contracted COVID-19 after working with another employee that had tested positive. Both employees were previously vaccinated.
11/22/2021 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 388d lost Employee alleges EE contracted COVID-19 after working with another employee that had tested positive. Both employees were previously vaccinated.
10/28/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee felt dizzy while getting out of 916 water truck. Grabbed steering wheel as lost balance and felt a pain in the right arm/shoulder.
07/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 85d restricted Employee states that while stepping off a shovel bucket, they rolled their left ankle. Employee felt immediate pain in left ankle.
05/10/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN BETWEEN 30"" WALL LINERS HOOKING UP TO THE CRANE. ONCE THE CABLES WERE HOOKED UP THE CRANE, OPERATOR STARTED TO LIFT THE PLATES. ONE OF THE PLATES DRIFTED INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT...
02/28/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The number two crusher elevator stopped working with an employee inside. The sixth floor man-door closed door contact switch failed, stopping the elevator. The switch was repaired and the elevator bec...
02/09/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While Northshore Mining & Cummins employees were investigating the engine faults on 530 Haul truck, a loud popping noise was heard and smoke was seen rolling out of the grid box. The fire department w...
02/02/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was using a steel wedge to remove the 5th row key on a concave. While using a sledge hammer to pound on the wedge a piece of metal shrapnel came off the edge of the key and lodged into th...
10/22/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was using a crane to move a welder. The welder hit a eyebeam which was propped up on a ledge causing it fall on employee's foot. Injuring foot.
02/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was helping to lift and position a 42x73 vulcanizing platen on a conveyor belt system with three fellow employees. The system was shoulder high. The employee twisted and felt a pop in groin...
12/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was rotating an injector on the shop table to work on other side, as rotating one edge slipped off of table pinching pinky finger. This pinch required stitches.
10/07/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding on the point of a railroad track frog at a switch. The 9"" grinding wheel contacted EE's left wrist causing a laceration that needed stitches to close.
09/16/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Erecting a section of rolling scaffold for abatement of a furnace hood and EE said they bumped their knee below the knee cap. EE said it was like they hit their funny bone and thought nothing of it. N...
08/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 125d lost, 1d restricted Employee was climbing onto the 344 CAT drill to check water level and felt a pop in their right elbow.
08/02/2019 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee got finger pinched between anvil plate and housing a pile driver. Was helping crane operator get the pile driver position on concave for removal from 30"" crusher.
07/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was taking a metal lid off of 5 gallon spike keg when the lid tore in half and slicing EE's palm through the glove. Cut required 4 stitches.
07/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning steel shavings from around a wheel lathe with a pitch fork. A piece of shavings slid up the handle, employee didn't see it and when repositioning EE's hand the shaving cut throug...
06/28/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut left thumb and needed 2 stitches, EE was cutting a zip-tie to remove wire harness using a utility knife.
06/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was getting into pickup at beginning of shift to head out to loader the employee was assigned to operate. As employee went to sit in the driver's seat employee felt pain in left knee.
04/02/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Truck shop maintenance employee was removing a retainer pin for bit on a rock breaker. As employee pulled the retainer pin out of the hole, employee lost control of it dropping it on finger. The impac...
03/03/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Dayshift crusher employees were cutting bolts to remove racking from a non-operation bins chute deck. They filled out burn permit, quit working 2.5 hrs before end of shift, ask night shift to inspect....
12/15/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dropped seal ring for haul truck wheel onto left hand 5th finger. Causing slight fracture of finger.
06/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was welding on blower motor shroud. Employee finished welding as was stepping from blower motor platform to cable reel. Employee had welding helmet on but raised. Hit helmet as stepping and l...
06/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Crusher maintenance employee fractured/lacerated #3 finger left hand. Course Crusher employees were changing pan feeder wear liners. Employee pinched EE's finger between the worn liner and a pan feede...
02/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 34d restricted Mine RR ops employee was changing oxygen cylinder within a cabinet. Upon removing the cap ee noted ee needed to rotate the cylinder to line up the nozzle with the regulator. While turning the cylinder...
09/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 181d restricted EE incurred neck and back pain when lifting a portable hydraulic ram tool overhead and trying to wedge it between the truck frame and the tire.
05/31/2017 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crusher employee was opening overhead door. Wind blew dust and debris into the shop area. Employee got dust in eyes. Flushed eyes with eye wash solution. Left eye still felt sore, safety rep brought e...
04/18/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dark rainy conditions with poor visibility road way was bumpy due to recent rain events. Employee was in haul truck when EE hit a bump in the road the bump bounced EE in the seat which EE had aired up...
06/09/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Mine RR ops tech was unloading scrap in the yard off of a grapple truck from the elevated loader operators seat. While picking a piece of RR track up with the grapple, EE inadvertently swung the wrong...
09/28/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None While loading the 520 haul truck, the 102 shovel operator suffered an apparent heart attack. First responders were dispatched to the scene and EMT's began to administer CPR. The operation technician w...
08/27/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Technician was loosening bolts to remove a hydraulic cylinder on a loader. In doing so, he pulled his ratchet very hard with his right shoulder resulting in pain and a tear.
05/18/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Course crusher employee was putting in a shell liner into a 30"" crusher. Employee was lifting the liner into place with the crane and was going up and his foot got caught between the liner and shell...
05/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost A mine ops employee was performing a pre-op inspection Grader. The employee was finished with his inspection and was climbing off the grader. He went to turn and was adjusting is hand grip. he trippe...
03/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 41d restricted Crusher employee was getting out of boom truck and slipped on ice and fell. The result of the fall was a Fibula Fracture to his left ankle.
01/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was on the bottom step, on the back of the water truck, stepping down approximately 1.5 feet. As the employee's right foot contacted the ground, the employee felt his right knee give out. The...
11/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mine ops employee was helping pick up a drill cable using the bailer. Employee was on deck and assuring the cable went into the real straight. He had one hand guiding the cable and the other hand on t...