Orange Strip — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/23/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Operating a grader when a hydraulic hose blew, causing the operator to lose control of the machine. Operator jumped from the machine, fracturing their right leg/ankle.
07/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was running out shot wire from a metal spool when the lip of the spool sliced the bottom of EE's right, middle finger.
04/26/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Operator was operating a D11N tractor and stopped machine for lunch break. Operator stated was attempting to exit the machine when EE lost balance and fell from the operator's platform to the ground b...
10/17/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 58d restricted Running oil through a wire wheel and a piece of the wire came out and went into my right eye. The wire was sticking out of the eye. Miner was transported to a local hospital where surgery was perfor...
11/02/2017 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None Loading rock with a 992G loader when the loader apparently struck an undetonated primer. The concussion caused an air blast that shattered two windows in the loader and the back window of a 777F truc...
09/11/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was walking from the parts trailer with the Ohio CAT mechanic when he suffered a possible stroke and fell to the ground. Originally it was believed to be related to diabetes but the medical...
10/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost Miner was tossing 30 pound bags on the blast site when he felt a pain in left shoulder. Did not have any further pain so he did not report the incident until 11/5/2013 to Hilltop Energy. He said he aw...
04/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 89d lost, 24d restricted Installing a front belly pan on a Caterpillar D11N bulldozer when the chain attached to the truck mounted crane holding the belly pan in position broke, allowing the belly pan to fall.
11/26/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Victim was closing the door on the moxy truck when he caught his right thumb in the door.
02/13/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost THE VICTIM WAS DRIVING HIS TRUCK FROM THE PARKING AREA DOWNSLOPE ONT HE HAULROAD TO WORK AREA. VICTIM WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER TRUCK WHEN THE VICTIMS TRUCK HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND HE SLID EVENTUAL LY STRI...
11/15/2000 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost THE EE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON A DOZER VERY COLD DAY. HE TOOK A BREAK & WARMED HIS HAND & THEN TURNED TO WARM HIS BACK AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS ON FIRE. EE WAS BURNT ON THE BACK...