Phoenix Mine — Accidents

Total: 205 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/23/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using a pry bar to remove old screen panel parts from a banana gravity screen. He had the bar underneath a piece of rubber and was prying when the bar slipped from his hand and struck him...
05/15/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted While on a transducer well the small casing (2 1/2"") got hung in the hole. A pipe wrench was placed above the driller's hand to help turn the casing past the hang-up and when the casing fell through...
03/21/2011 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 26d restricted While placing a bushing into the table on an angle hole the bushing slipped down and the employee's middle and ring fingers went between the bushing and the table. The driller activated the hydraulic...
03/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was removing sample bags from sample bin and felt a pop in right shoulder.
01/25/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While using a burning bar to remove the first liner in the last row of the concave, slag fell through to the surge pocket. Lube lines below the concave and pinion were covered with belting for protect...
01/24/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 77d lost, 236d restricted Crew was tripping out pipe when the jib boom arm broke and fell fracturing employee's left femur and ribs.
12/09/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator completed a walk-around inspection on the dozer then moved crew van to parking area. While walking back to the dozer the operator tripped and fell to the ground and on his right hand palm cau...
08/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was removing bolts from a panel, the panel sprung open and struck the employee in the nose, resulting in a minor laceration on the bridge of the nose which required two stitches.
06/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 27d lost, 13d restricted Employee was assisting in the removal of a grader scrapping edge. Employee was picking up bolts after they had been knocked out by co-worker. When the last bolt was knocked out the employee went to pi...
03/16/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a different methodology to install rubber liners in ball mill due to the fact that the liners would not fit using usual methods. A porta power was utilized to spread the liners on t...
01/31/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was installing pin on strut and was using short 4' step ladder. While descending ladder and standing sideways on lower step, he spun to left and with his right foot stepped off ladder and ont...
11/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Maintenance tech had a piece of metal 1/2"" X 6"" X 72"" clamped to the side of the low boy trailer. The metal was hanging over about 4"" and was clamped at each end. He was grinding a 45 degree angle...
11/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Supervisor was draining the contact cell con transfer tank. While he was pulling, closing the drain valve, he felt a pop in his right shoulder and then noticed an abnormal bulge in his right bicep.
10/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted Employee was threading casing onto sub and put fingers in end of casing to guide it. As casing rotated, three of his fingers on right hand were cut.
10/08/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder with a wire wheel cleaning rust off of a lube truck. A wire broke off and lodged in the left knee. Employee was taken to a medical facility to have the metal removed and r...
06/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While stripping the jacket from an electrical cable, knife slipped and cut thumb, requiring four sutures.
06/26/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welder was Air-arcing on a 793D Haul Truck bed standing on the ground outside the bed when he noticed his shirt was on fire. Another welder in the area was alerted by the shouting and helped put the f...
05/17/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt a burning sensation in his left eye when he got on the bus to go home at the end of shift and thought he might have gotten something in it.
04/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Operator was closing the right side cab window on LD249 (994F). Operator pulled window by the handle but didn't ensure that his fingers were clear of hinge area. Operator closed the window on right pi...
04/20/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While operating HT 959, employee was being loaded by SH102 in the F-1 6260 bench. During the loading process, a large rock fell from the hydraulic shovel bucket, striking the inside of the haul truck...
03/16/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While welder was using a soft hammer to loosen an upper adaptor cover from the tree lock on a shovel bucket, a piece of iron splintered off of the cover and lodged in his leg.
02/25/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator of SH017 was holding pin removong tool for mechanic, pin was struck with soft faced hammer, metal sliver came off pin removal tool and embedded into left hand of operator. Employee was taken...
02/09/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee while exiting the pit van slipped on the snow and fell on his back, resulting in contusion of sacrum and coccyx.
02/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stopped to get samples at the grind sample area , she entered through the walk-through door, it was dark to her as her eyes & glasses hadn't adjusted to the lighting difference. There was a 3...
09/19/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE crested ramp from stockpile in 777 haul truck and saw water truck watering ramp. Began catching up to water truck, tried to slow down, lost control and spun out striking base of stockpile with 777.
07/15/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE attempted to tighten a loose radiator cap with his left foot. Cap came off spraying hot coolant onto lower leg causing 2nd degree burns. Burn later became infected requiring reporting to MSHA.
06/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing steering cylinder pin and pin popped out of boss. Employee moved to avoid pin but was struck in the head. He was taken to a medical facility and received stitches.
06/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling up the hoist ladder for shovel 112. While pulling the ladder into the raised position, he placed his right thumb between the top of the ladder and the ladder stop smashing his thu...
05/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 14d restricted Employee dumped a load at the tailings dam. When he pushed the dump handle down and sat up straight, pain shot down from his lower back into his left leg.
04/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 20d restricted EE was walking to pickup @ night tripped in ditch & fell.He did not want medical attention @ time.Days later he complained of continuing pain and was taken for medical eval and released to work.@ next...
03/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While training Employee stepped into a grader ladder being used for a scenerio. When he placed his left foot into the ladder rung and shifted his weight he heard a pop and felt pain in his foot.
03/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was exiting ER 4 when his right leg cramped up and his left leg gave out causing him to fall on the stairs. He was carrying tools in both hands while descending the stairs.
02/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The Employee was removing shoring for concrete and smashed his Right Thumb between the shoring.
02/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The Employee was putting up scaffolding and caught his thumb between the scaffolding smashing the Left Thumb.
02/04/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee walked out of the process shop area to start a pick up. He slipped on some snow covered ice falling to the ground and injuring his leg. He was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.
01/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 18d restricted Employee was getting ready to remove and replace packing on the #1 reclaim pump at tails when he slipped on some ice in the work area and fell onto a bolt for the pipe banding and bruised his torso on...
01/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee states he was mixing mud next to the hopper, when the other helper jumped into the water truck and began to drive away with a hose still attached (helper forgot to unhook hose) to the pump....
12/05/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a pilot hose under the cab of shovel, the wrench that he was using slipped off the hose fitting of the hose he was changing allowing his index finger on his right hand to come in contac...
10/29/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee states he tried to free up a drill spindle with a wrench and as soon as he tried, the rod dropped due to slack in the mainline smashing his finger between the pipe wrench and the foot clamp h...
10/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee felt his knee pop while trying to position a Duff Norton Jack under a loader.
10/04/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using a pocket knife to remove a zip tie from a mirror bracket. While kneeling down the mechanic pulled the knife towards himself and the knife slipped causing a small laceration to the r...
09/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted An air hose on an air gun was pulled tight when JLG that air gun was on moved. Employee tried to knock the air hose loose when the air gun attached to the air hose moved catching his finger in a pinch...
08/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While attempting to slide the liner to attach a lifting stap on the liner, employee felt his lower back pop. He was taken to a medical facility and placed on lift duty.
08/22/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was using a pry bar to remove a rock from in front of the wheel on a pallet jack. The load shifted on the pallet jack, which put pressure on the bar and smashed the employee's left index...
07/14/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured employee walked away from half empty coffee cup. After working for a short time employee returned to his coffee and drank a couple of ""gulps"". Employee noticed ""chemical"" taste in coffee a...
06/27/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He has been complaining that his wrist hurts. He fell while pulling liner out of ditch.-while walking tripped and fell.
06/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was opening radiator cap on equipment to check coolant level. Coolant sprayed out from under the cap and burned his fingers.
05/15/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee stepped on a rock while picking up a stake on the drill pattern causing his ankle to turn to the side.
05/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was hanging up the chock block on his haul truck and missed the hook on the bumper. The chock block fell and pulled his arm down and strain/sprained his elbow.
04/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee states while lifting bag of mud, he experienced pain in lower abdominal area. Did not desire treatment at the time. Symptoms did not improve.