RAY MINE — Accidents

Total: 770 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/22/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted On 11/22/2012 employee was climbing stairs slipped 2 steps. In the process of trying to regain his balance his right arm was holding the handrail slipped and pushed his right shoulder upward. Patient...
10/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee's left ankle gave out from under her causing her to fall forward using her hands to brake the fall. Employee has a foot sprain.
09/27/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost HT operator was injured when the truck he was operating skidded into and struck the rear of a haul truck stopped on a ramp.
09/25/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was turning around and started to walk forward. He missed the step and twisted his left ankle.
08/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Operator was walking across the deck of a haul truck and tripped on a bolt falling on her right knee and hand.
08/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working under HT458 wearing his safety glasses when dirt and debris fell onto his face. Employee rinsed face off and was fine. On 8/31/2012 employee reported to work that he had something...
08/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had a foreign object in his left eye that he thought was flash burn. object was unable to be removed.
07/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While lowering cathodes into the press a sheet got stuck. Employee raised the cathodes and grabbed the stuck sheet with his left hand. The sheet fell and caught employees hand cutting him between the...
07/17/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was trying to knock a piece of core out of the shoe with a rawhide mallet and sustained laceration on front side of L thumb requiring 4 sutures.
06/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was removing the heel band with air arcing on the ES18 dipper. The crew antisipated the heel band was one piece but was worn and the heel band gave way before they expected. The heel band fel...
05/17/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 5/17/2012 employee was using a slide hammer when he repositioned at 40 degree angle to get a better position he felt a pop & burn in Right shoulder, treatment as first aid. 4 weeks later employee r...
05/16/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was injured on 5/16/2012 did not become reportable until 5/31/2012. Employee was dismounting drill, she was on the second step and lost her footing and fell to the ground. Was evaluated for b...
05/16/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was using a bostitch air nailer to put together a frame. He placed one nail in the frame and was using his left hand to pull frame into place in order to put in second nail. Nail grazed the t...
05/07/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 90d restricted Employee was at the 9D2420 when he came down off of dozer he placed his left foot onto the ground onto a 6""-8"" rock causing his left ankle to roll out. he felt pain and came in for evaluation. Left...
04/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was checking HT for power problems. Employee proceeded under truck to check engine while under truck he scraped some dirt off the underside causing dirt to fall onto his head and clothes. Emp...
02/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was doing work consisting of moving 10' H rods from the rack to the pipe truck and moving mud buckets and bags to the mixing tank. On 2/21 he complained that left bicep was sore and swollen....
02/16/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 2/16/2012 Dr. diagnosed Employee with a standard threshold shift on audiogram performed on 01/10/2012. The hearing loss has not been ruled as industrial at this time.
02/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was using the press at the tank house, pressing section B-10. Employee fell off the east side of the press and hit his head on the concrete causing a cut to the back of his head and right kne...
02/06/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 02/06/2012 Dr. diagnosed employee with a standard threshold shift on audiogram performed 01/10/2012. The hearing loss has not been ruled as industrial at this time.
01/20/2012 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None Haul truck 450 drove up a berm causing the truck to flip on its right side. The operator was unhurt. Accident is still under investigation.
01/18/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Contractor (ID#LUO) was performing work by changing out clogged pipe lines that fed the Raconite holding tank. A cutting torch was used that set off vapors within the pipe that let to overpressurizin...
01/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 251d lost Employee was attempting to unload an acid car. He turned around to turn off the air valve, when an air hose fell from the support rail and struck him on the back side of his head. This knocked him dow...
01/08/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was driving haul truck, and he began the dumping process. When the bed reached 4' raise, the hoist cylinder failed causing the bed to lower abruptly. This caused a jarring motion to the emplo...
12/14/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 12/14/2011 Dr. diagnosed employee with a standard threshold shift on audiogram performed on 12/06/2011. This hearing loss has NOT been ruled as industrial at this time.
12/14/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 12/14/2011 Dr. diagnosed employee with a standard threshold shift on audio gram performed on 12/6/2011. This hearing loss has NOT been ruled as industrial at this time.
12/14/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 12/14/2011 Dr. Diagnosed This employee with a standard threshold sift for the audiogram performed on 11/10/11. This STS hearing loss has not been ruled as industrial.
12/14/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 12/14/2011 Dr. has diagnosed employee with a standard threshold shift. Audiogram was performed on 11/10/11. This hearing loss has NOT been ruled as industrial at this time.
12/07/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 12/7/2011 Dr.determined that Employee has had a standard threshold shift in his hearing in the left ear. At this time the hearing loss has not been determined as industrial.
11/30/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was air arcing on the bed of HT437 for repairs. When a spark came in on the left side of his welding hood and over safety glasses into left eye. Employee was treated at the emergency departme...
11/30/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 11/30/2011 Dr. diagnosed Employee with a STS of the left ear. This hearing loss has not yet been determined as industrial.
11/16/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 11/16/2011 Dr. has determined that the employee EE has a standard threshold shift on his audiogram. This is not determined as industrial at this time.
11/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was transferring reagent from tote tank, while walking around the containment area she tripped on a rock. This caused her to fall hitting her left knee on the concrete. This caused a lacerati...
11/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee from the SX-EW was leaving the top of the cell 7 section. When he stepped down he lost his balance due to uneven ground, and fell onto left knee. 10 minuets later he felt pain in his left kne...
08/29/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on patio before his shift started. He was stung by a bee on his back and had an allergic reaction. He was transported and treated for allergic reaction to the bee sting and releas...
08/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Tech was getting out of the service truck and was using the 3 points of contact and slipped and fell onto the ground on 2 separate occasions during the work shift. Nothing was reported because he felt...
08/12/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was driving a wedge into the idler cap on side of the frame of Dozer 521 with a 4lb sledge hammer. He was holding the wedge with his gloved hand when the wedge slipped and he struck his left...
08/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While pulling pipe, employee's hand got caught in between pipe wrench and mast.
08/02/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was in the change-house getting dressed to start shift. He bent over to pick up his cloths when he felt a pain in his left hip, and ran down his leg. He was treated as first aid. He became re...
07/30/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost The Employee was climbing down the flex ladder on HT490. He stepped down off ladder and planted his left foot on the ground. He then placed his right foot on the ground; uneven ground which resulted i...
07/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE was lifting wear caps onto a pallet. A wear cap slipped and he caught it with his left hand hyperextending his thumb. Resulting in a sprain to left thumb. Was treated as first aid, and was sent for...
07/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was rehabbing hair pin insulator and bent down to take off a broken insulator. The insulator broke splashing electrolyte under his safety glasses and into his eyes. Reulting in Chemical b...
07/02/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was driving a haul truck being loaded by the ES17 shovel. When the material was placed in the bed of the haul truck it jarred the truck and employee, resulting in a back sprain.
06/23/2011 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Whip hose on air greaser burst and hot grease cut operators chin and face. Also injected grease into left leg of operator.
06/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Shovel operator was getting off the 16 shovel on the manlift and as she got close to the ground to step off she accidentally may have bumped the switch causing the lift to move in which she fell to th...
06/19/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost At the end of the shift the employee was coming down from the haul truck stairs when she lost her footing. This resulted in her sliding down the stairs injuring her right knee (laceration) also her lo...
06/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was walking down the stairs getting off the equipment, when she slipped. Employee landed on her feet and felt pain in right thigh. This resulted in a Thigh contusion
05/31/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 93d restricted When getting ready to operate haul truck 419 employee tripped on loose deck panel, fell to her knees. Most of the weight went to her right knee and right hand.
05/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted While removing the lock ring on a haul truck tire rim on #4 tire the pry bar slipped smashing his left hand ring finger against the wheel motor.
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 12d restricted Employee was moving a truck jack. His right hand slipped off the handle, catching his hand between the jack and the bumper of a Liebherr truck. Employee received a cut to the right ring finger that re...
05/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 32d restricted While getting off the #16 drill, when he was going down the boarding steps, the bracket came loose from the catwalk, he caught himself with his right arm. During this process he twisted his left knee...