Pan Mine — Accidents
Total: 25 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20/2026 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Heavy equipment technician was removing rubber step material from a Caterpillar 992 loader with a razor knife. The knife slipped and lacerated EE's left palm and pinky finger. EE was treated at the... |
| 04/05/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | An employee was using an angle grinder to debur a socket. The socket was placed in a vice, and the employee was holding the grinder with their right hand. The stopped the task, and moved the grinder... |
| 05/04/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | A loader operator was loading haul trucks, and a large rock was placed into the bed, causing the truck to shake. This caused discomfort to the haul truck driver's neck and back. |
| 11/23/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was performing housekeeping duties in the fire assay lab when a foreign body entered the left eye while sweeping off the ovens. |
| 08/03/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was attempting to cut a piece of skirting for a feed chute. The knife slipped while cutting, struck the right leg causing a small laceration. |
| 03/24/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 171d restricted | Employee was loading trash into the bucket of the loader in the maintenance yard at 11:00 pm. They lifted the front of a pallet box over the lip of the loader bucket, then repositioned themselves to p... |
| 03/09/2023 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 61d restricted | Two Drill operators were changing the sub on a drill. At approximately 16:15, the second operator positioned the J wrench on the sub to break it loose from the drill steel. The drill operator inside C... |
| 12/11/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 94d restricted | While performing a 360-degree walk around of a haul truck, an employee slipped on ice which resulted in pain to their right knee. |
| 07/05/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured employee was cutting a plastic cable tie with a knife. As the knife cut the tie, the downward pressure caused the knife to move across the employee's leg causing a laceration. |
| 05/20/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 18d restricted | While tripping out of the hole IP (Injured Person) started slowing down, driller told IP to take a break and clean up pad. While picking up pad the helper noticed a behavioral change in IP. IP then sa... |
| 03/22/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | A mechanic was positioning a wheeled jack stand under a haul truck to make a repair when the worker's middle finger on their left hand was caught between the jack's handle and the belly pan, causing a... |
| 08/21/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was dismounting HTK 82146, 777F. On the last rung Operator stepped wrong on left foot and sprained the ankle. |
| 07/01/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee's finger was caught between the lid and dust bin after emptying. |
| 06/18/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 97d lost | Employee was performing clean-up duties with a skid steer loader and encountered rough terrain causing pain in the lower back. |
| 05/17/2021 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 260d lost | Employee was standing on a short 3:1 slope and was prepared to pull a piece of plastic up slope. When employee raised the plastic sheet above the ground, a gust of wind pulled the plastic which was be... |
| 03/11/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | Employee was fixing a lifting strap on one of the forks of the forklift when the strap on the other fork slid and caused the load to shift on the fork the employee was working with. The fork moved bac... |
| 10/27/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | 777F Haul Truck 82197 was moving material from the Dynamite Pit to the Soft Ore Stockpile using the A Road. Truck lost control, loaded, down hill. During corrective maneuver the truck overturned onto... |
| 07/03/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 93d restricted | Employee was moving a drum of dirt and felt a pain in the lower back. Employee did not want medical evaluation at the time of incident. No follow up needed. Requested medical in November, no issues fo... |
| 06/24/2020 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was staking out ore control when a gust of wind blew dirt and dust under the safety glasses and entered the right eye. The Dirt and dust caused minor scratches and abrasions to the eye. |
| 02/07/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | At 5:40am an employee was dismounting the water truck at the end of night shift. While climbing down the steps and maintaining three points of contact, EE reached for the equipment shut off master swi... |
| 12/19/2018 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Technician was using an impact driver to remove a pin from the articulation cylinder. The pin suddenly came loose, crushing the technician's left index finger between the back of the driver and the e... |
| 05/04/2017 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 5d lost | At approximately 1:45 pm, a Ledcor employee notified a coworker of the sudden onset of chest pain. The employee was operating a Caterpillar 777F Haul Truck. No violations of health and safety standar... |
| 03/18/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 28d lost, 17d restricted | While washing the cab window on a DM45 Rock Drill an employee stepped into an open deck sampling hole with his left leg. The employees right leg slid out from underneath him causing injury to the empl... |
| 07/28/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mechanic cut fingertip using razor blade. While first aid was being given he passed out due to the sight of his own blood and struck his head as he collapsed. Was revived and transported to local cli... |
| 04/19/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mechanic was repairing seal on hydraulic ram block. He disconnected hose and pushed it out of the way. The hose then slipped and struck the mechanic in the tooth. |