Questa Mine & Mill — Accidents

Total: 168 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/26/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMC employee diagnosed with an RSI by an authorized physician. Surgery will be necessary and employee was taken off of work due to seriousness of condition. An investigation has already been complet...
08/17/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using impact gun to remove cutting edges from dozer. The nut got hung-up on the bolt and the bolt head became unseated from the recessed hole of cutting edge. The spinning head contacted...
08/05/2015 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 1d lost This was a medical emergency due to the employee collapsing without losing consciousness. The employee was dizzy and experiencing a headache. The employee collapsed when he attempted to get up from hi...
06/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was on break and eating when injury occurred.
05/20/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee suffered hearing loss during his work time underground, caused EE to have a reportable hearing shift and require hearing aids. EE was diagnosed by a audiologist on 5/20/15, no days away from...
03/25/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing excess silt from a truck tailgate skirt when a gust of wind blew through the work area causing dust to enter employee's right eye through an opening around his safety glasses.
02/03/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a magnetic drill. Power failed causing the drill to fall and smash the right index finger. Drill was not secured to the beam.
04/25/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE was tasked with removing and replacing the corner edge of the 565 loader bucket; while removing the cutting edge, using the impact to remove the bolts, the mechanic's hand was cut.
02/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was assisting mechanics lift Pantograph onto Trolley Motor and caught his left pinkie finger between trolley and base of pantograph. Medical treatment only, no days away from work.
12/09/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was walking from the back garage door on the decline slope and step on the edge of a 2"" hole and rolled his ankle resulting in a sprain. No days missed, restricted work only.
12/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted An equipment operator slipped after putting his chock block on a loader. Employee dislocated his right shoulder. No days missed, Restricted work only.
08/07/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee stopped work and reported to supervisor, employee was taken to clinic for evaluation and treatment. Employee was given stitches; RWC opened on 8-8-13.
07/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted When employee stepped off of D-ring on jackleg, he twisted his ankle. No days away from work, restricted work only.
06/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee twisted right knee upon exiting DUX concrete truck. No Days away from work, RWC only for Knee Sprain.
05/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Pushing a bolt into a hole when control of the rock bolt was lost and the bolt slid out of the hole and stuck EE on the left side of face causing a laceration.
05/17/2013 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Around 1:30 in the morning a miner was found pinned between two rail cars on the haulage level.
04/17/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was assisting a miner installing split-set bolts. The miner turned on the feed pressure to the pneumatic stopper leg to drive in a bolt. The bolt driver and the split-set were out of alignmen...
03/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stepped back to observe ground conditions while assisting another miner who was bolting the roof with a jackleg drill. He tripped on the one inch jackleg air supply hose and fell backwards re...
01/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After unloading concrete on to the maxi crete, employee was lifting up chute on concrete truck, and chute fell catching employee's thumb. No days away. Medical treatment only.
12/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted As employee was leaving the haulage trolley shop, he stopped to close the fire doors, as he shut the doors the metal latch closed and smashed employee's left thumb.
09/03/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 72d restricted Fall of ground from left rib while bolting and scaling. A slab tipped out from upper left rib and landed on right ankle of employee while he was scaling from under supported ground. Lower right tibia...
08/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was stepping off buggy and twisted his knee, employee felt pain immediately. Further medical evaluation determined surgery was needed. Became recordable on day of surgery, 9-9-12 DAFW.
08/12/2012 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Descending into mine on the skip hoist, there was an emergency stop of the cage. EE experienced pain, discomfort and soreness. Employee was taken off of work effective 8-13-2012 DAFW.
06/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a tracker underground and eye became irritated. All PPE was worn as required. No DAFW; no RWC.
06/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Electrician was in the process of pushing a fish tape (tool used to pull conductors) into a raceway where it became difficult to push through the raceway and used his needle nose pliers to assist...
06/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee tried to start a generator and generator caused him to pull his arm and injure his hand. 30 minutes later he reported pain in his shoulder.
05/23/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Three employees were walking on a decked walkway when the injured employee stepped and the edge of a below deck access plate pivoted allowing the left leg to fall through to the hip level. Revised to...
04/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Miner was cutting split-set bolts using a reciprocating saw, wearing goggles - got metal particles around the eyebrows. Washing face at end of shift a metal particle transferred from eyebrows into lef...
03/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was walking down a short decline about 10% grade when he stepped on loose gravel and slipped landing on his left side on top of his self rescuer that was attached to his belt. RTW on restric...
03/26/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a six ton bottle jack to lift concrete form in place, when employee tried jacking up the jack, it came apart at the base and sprayed out hydraulic oil into the employees face. No R...
02/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was releasing water from hopper for slick line wash out by pulling on plunger, when he felt a pain in his abdomen area. No days away from work, five pre-scheduled days off then RTW light duty...
02/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was reconnecting the fitting on a suction hose and wrench slipped. Employee jammed his right finger. No Days away from work; xray positive for splinter fracture.
01/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The electrician was stripping conductor in preparation of pulling the conductor and making terminations at the control panel. The electrical moved backwards while stripping the conductor and bumped in...
01/17/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted Employee was struck with a jackleg on upper back. Employee was seen at urgent care with follow up appts. done through urgent care. Employee was referred for further evaluation and it was determined...
12/09/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Original Hearing Test and Retest confirms a shift in hearing. Requested review from Chevron Medical to determine if work related, review complete on 1-11-12. No noise exposure data available for equi...
12/09/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Original Hearing Test and Retest confirms a shift in hearing. Requested review from Chevron Medical to determine if work related, review was complete on 1/11/12. No noise exposure data available for...
11/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was moving a jackleg from a draw point to another draw point while lifting the jackleg he felt a slight pain to his neck/shoulder area. Employee was evaluated by doctor on 12-20-11 (MRI negat...
11/09/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist had been chaired to load a flatcar to be brought to the surface. When the hoist man went to un-chair, the system would not respond. Subsequent troubleshooting found the service hoist hydraul...
10/20/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Service hoist cage was chaired at shaft collar, when hoist man attempted to move cage upward, DC breaker tripped and would not reset. Initial evaluation indicated hoist would be down more than 30 min...
10/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was holding the lowboy hitch while loci operator positioned the loci for hook-up. The loci jumped when the motion was engaged. The loci struck the end of the hitch which then popped upward st...
08/01/2011 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost While employee was on Chippy hoist, an E-Stop occurred somewhere around mid point causing the employee's legs to buckle and falling to the bottom of the chippy hoist floor landing on his right side....
07/20/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to remove concrete forms. The chisel end between the form and concrete slipped and employee's right hand struck the rib. The point end of the bar drove through his glove a...
07/19/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting bands off bundle of wire mesh, when one of the bands sprung up and struck employee in the face. Medical treatment necessary, no days missed, no restricted work.
07/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While holding end of pipe, employee attempted to swing his end over into reject bin pinching his pinky finger between the handrail and pipe. No days missed, no restricted duty. RTW regular duty 7-1-...
06/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was standing on a chair in the office trying to dust a computer.
05/20/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After completing a sanding job on a piece of equipment, employee removed facial PPE, and felt irritation to his right eye. No days missed, no restricted work. Final diagnosis given during follow up...
05/10/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was spot bolting when the drill steel was approximately three feet in the hole, and it struck another bolt causing the machine to rotate jerking the employee's right arm. The employee was...
03/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using ""floor dry"" material to absorb oil on floor-when he felt something in his eye. He was sweating and wiped his (L) eye w/ paper towel and his eye became irritated. Employee was d...
01/25/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While employee was drilling, the jackleg sunk into the mud getting stuck. While responding to this situation, employee hurt his lower back. Employee did not experience pain immediately. No days mis...
01/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost During the drilling for ground support, while holding steel with left hand and the jackleg in an upright position with his right hand, employee pushed drill steel up, and immediately felt pain on his...