Portable Crushing Dept 420 — Accidents
Total: 16 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/03/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 91d restricted | Employee was stemming a blast hole. When they were finished they were using their foot to level it off when their knee gave out. |
| 08/23/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 59d restricted | Miner was coming down the surge bin ladder and fell landing on the ground. |
| 10/25/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EE was using a scrapper to remove material from the side of the surge bin. EE's right hand came into contact with the roller guard during this process resulting in a broken right pinkie finger. |
| 05/12/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | This incident became reportable when the miner finally agreed to go to the doctor and an MRI revealed a torn meniscus on 7-18-22. On the date of the incident the miner said miner was fine and no medi... |
| 05/13/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 59d lost | THE MINER GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER OF THE TAIL PULLEY ON THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR ON THE SCREEN BELT. LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM HAVE BROKEN BONES. RIGHT ARM HAS CUTS AND FRICTION BURNS. THE TIP OF RIGHT I... |
| 06/11/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | OPERATING SKID LOADER WHEN THE WIND PICKED UP AND BLEW A PARTICLE INTO MINER'S RIGHT EYE. |
| 12/05/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | REPLACING IMPACT HAMMERS. NUT WAS STUCK IN SOCKET. MINER PUT BOLT BACK IN THE NUT AND WAS HITTING THE NUT WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED AND HIT MINER'S LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| 11/17/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | Doing Maintenance changing screens and tweaked back |
| 08/28/2014 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | Truck Driver for Manatts suffered a heart attack while on property |
| 04/14/2014 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Plant man was working on the piggy back conveyor for the surge bin, he had the guard propped up, a gust of wind came knocking the guard down hitting him on the helmet and causing a laceration in his f... |
| 09/20/2012 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was changing a screen on a screen plant and the wrench he was using slipped off the nut causing him to bump his elbow. |
| 02/21/2012 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Hearing loss due to plant and equipment operations. |
| 08/16/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | CHANGING HAMMERS IN THE IMPACT. NEXT MORNING WOKE WITH MUSCLE SPASMS IN BACK. DR SENT HIM TO PHYSICAL THERAPY |
| 07/26/2005 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Using a pry bar to lock router to turn hammers on mill. Missed hole on spinner with pry bar and pry bar hit hand. |
| 07/28/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was checking to see if a wire was loose on the fan in the air conditioning unit in his loader. EE did not turn the motor off on the loader and stuck his fingers too far into the unit. EE had partia... |
| 10/02/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER, GUIDING A LOADER INT HE ATTEMPT TO CLEAR A JAMMED BOULDER. IN THE ATTEMPT, THE ROCKS SHIFTED IN AN UNATICIPATED MANNER, CAUS ING ONE... |