Petersburg Mine — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/14/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Hauler driver of semi-dump unit dumping limestone onto ground at processing plant. Semi-dump unit rolled onto its side.
04/03/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 311d lost On road tractor trailer driver was dumping the limestone from the quarry at the processing plant and the tractor trailer rolled 90 deg. on its side.
10/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning and lubricating brake pedal on IT24 Cat Loader when a piece of rust became lodged in his right eye.
11/14/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None No obvious cause as to the roof fall. When roof fell it impeded our primary escapeway.
07/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Our company mechanic was doing some repairs on our Mechanical Scaler when he turned to dismount machine and lost his footing, falling 4 feet to the mine floor. The accident resulted in an emergency r...
04/08/2008 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None The double boom drill was drilling a crosscut from 1E13 to 2E1, when the left drill steel came in contact with some undetected explosives in a bootleg. The charge detonated and damaged the stinger cy...
10/27/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost THE SLINGER TRUCK WAS STUCK ON A RAMP AND WAS BEING PULLED OUT, WHEN THE MATERIAL SLID UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEELS CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER AND THE OPERATOR WAS TOSSED ACROSS THE CAB. THE O PERATOR...
11/20/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None WHEN EE LEFT FRIDAY AFTERNOON ROOF HAD NO APPARENT DAMAGE. UPON RETURNING MONDAY MORNING FOUND THAT ROOF HAD COLLAPSED.