Pattison Company, LLC — Accidents

Total: 238 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Rock fell from back into basket of JLG, hitting ee's left leg and pushed knee into machine. The heading had been scaled prior to ee entering the area.
01/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Loading holes with Anfo Pot, hose came out of the hole striking ee in head and neck.
01/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While moving items into the new parts room he felt a pain and burning in his groin area.
07/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE opened a can of pneu wear and inhaled vapors
06/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was cutting rebar and threw a piece,the bolt cutters gave way and the EE hit his elbow on the man-lift injuring the nerve in his right elbow.
05/14/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was grinding counterweight for the loader when a piece of metal deflected off it and flew under ee face shield and safety glasses. Had to go to Elkader Hospital to have it dug out.
03/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost EE was assisting in changing out screen decks. They were placing this deck into the upper slot when the ee injured left shoulder.
03/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE strained back lifting a seal roller from filter cloth
02/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ee was fueling the bulk tank on a piece of equipment, when he was removing the nozzle from the equipment some diesel fuel splashed up on his forehead and ran down his forehead behind his safety glasse...
02/24/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was spitting sand samples and got hand caught in sand spitter causing bruising to all 4 fingers on her right hand. Possible Fracture on 3rd finger.
02/07/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 2d restricted The ee was operating the loader on 2/7/10, he reported to the company on 2/11/10 that he had hit a bump in the road when operating on 2/7/10 causing him to have pain in his back. He states that he has...
01/19/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EEs were installing pipe on the bluff. All ees were tied off by 2 means, the pipe broke and the rope from the tie off was caught on the pipe. When the pipe broke it pulled an ee about 200 yards down t...
12/16/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 5d restricted EE was helping to switch railcars for positioning. EE was riding on ladder of railcar when he lost his footing, causing him to hit dumpster with left side of body.(MM.traveling by dumpster he hit dump...
10/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Filed Under Protest - Mine Operator disagrees that a roof fall occured.
08/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in JLG starting to exit, his safety harness caught on something causing him to fall back in to JLG. He then put his hand down to break his fall and his hand landed on a HDP Pipe clamp on the fl...
07/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 25d restricted Two employees were moving material, one employee dropped his end of the load, causing the other employee to have his legs injured.
07/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was checking inventory of screens at the rotex level when he lost grip of the screens and in the processes of regaining a good hold on the screens ee strained neck, shoulder and upper back.
06/29/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was looking back as he was walking and walked into a piece of steel about 14 inches off of ground, causing a laceration on EE lower right leg requiring sutures.
06/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was fixing a gap between culvert and duct work. Other EE threw rachet straps up to EE. EE did not catch them and they struck his safety glasses. His safety glasses pushed into his face causing a cu...
03/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 17d restricted Employee had been jacklegging on 3/26/09, shoulders were sore in the following days. On 3/31/09 ee was climbing ladder, heard a pop in R Shoulder, causing extreme pain and limited mobility followed.
03/09/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee stepped off of a piece of equipment and turned left ankle, causing a sprain to the left ankle.
02/19/2009 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Crew realized that water was coming into the mine in two different areas.
09/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was disconnecting and relocating electrical conduit. When disconnecting one of the conduits, it flipped back and hit EE in mouth causing a laceration to upper lip and chipping tooth.
08/22/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tightening bolts and the socket slipped hitting employee in upper lip causing a cut that required three stitches
08/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Replacing steel plate under tank to stop sand from leaking onto belt. Got hand caught between plate and belt cover and received cut on top of left hand.
07/07/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was jacklegging bolts into overhead ceiling, he dropped drill on left forearm and wrist causing pain and sprain to left wrist.
06/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 17d restricted EE was exiting the dryer because he was getting hot. There was sand in front of the dryer door. EE not realizing how hot the sand was put hand down on sand in order to slide out of the dryer. EE susta...
05/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee stepped onto a pallet to go to another area and slipped in the mud and employees left knee gave out, causing strain and sprain.
04/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Employee was backed over by the 988H loader, when the loader operator was backing the machine to turn around.
03/26/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using an impact wrench to drive a rock bolt, a piece of debris from the exhaust entered employees right eye.
03/24/2008 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While drilling 4' hole drill steel broke when the hole was almost finished, causing drill steel to fall out of hole striking employee in the hand.
02/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Did not wear PPE - face shield and/or eye shields while cutting steel with a torch, causing flashburn to eyes.
01/10/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Pulled tendon by big toe when climbing stairs of locomotive which was wet and icy. Did not slip just stepped down wrong on foot.
12/26/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 12d restricted Employee was running a jack leg when he realized that the ventilation bag would be in his way, he went to move the vent out of his way. The bag caught on the jack leg causing him to have a strain in h...
12/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee slipped exiting lift and tried to catch himself on the safety railing of the lift. This caused his left shoulder to overextend. He has either strained his shoulder or torn his rotator cuff.
11/20/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 49d restricted Employee was rock bolting the ceiling. The ceiling let loose and rock fell from the ceiling, striking the employee on the shoulder and in the chest.
06/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was loading steel channel onto a forklift when the employee strained his back. He is working restricted duty. He was prescribed medication and physical therapy.
04/07/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 97d lost, 100d restricted Employee wash mucking fly ash from 45 location. Overtime the fly ash had drawn mixture and become very hard. After getting a bucket load he was backing out and the face collasped and material came th...