RAY MINE — Accidents

Total: 770 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was on his 3rd day MSHA tour (walk around) of new miner training. I and another new miner trainee were walking back to vehicle and I saw EE start walking down a hill. I noticed he was having a sie...
08/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost Walking to east side of tank house (EW) to turn on water to clean out slime outs, on return of same path, tripped on uneven surface and fell forward catching himself with both hands, but twisted his l...
08/19/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured hand while using a socket.
08/15/2008 ELECTRICAL FATALITY Fatal Employee (electrician apprentice) and a co-worker (journeyman electrician) were working on a light fixture of the SX upper tailings booster when he came in contact with energized wire.
08/13/2008 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out just after starting haul truck 416. She was using a fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire and breathed some of the smoke. She started to have problems b...
08/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to loosen fittings on a line that was leaking. He used two cresent wrenches to break the fitting loose. He used his body weight to pull on both wrenches when he felt a strain...
08/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While stripping cable for a splice, employee was cutting around cable with a knife in his right hand--the knife sliced through and came off cable hitting his left hand palm.
07/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was removing front tire from LT600 when he bent to pull a tire off and he felt pain in his right lower shoulder. ** EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 07-29-2008.
07/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE went to check amount of product left in tank. While closing lid to product bin he caught his middle finger on left hand between lid (door) and lip of compartment.
07/19/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was on haul truck backing into ES-17 when the bucket came down and hit the back end of the bed jarring employee. **EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 07-26-2008
06/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 91d restricted Employee was moving a 6"" x 20"" channel when he felt pain in his lower back. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 07-02-2008
06/25/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was moving 4 x012 fusing machine when on of the wheels ran into his left ankle
06/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 98d lost, 31d restricted Employee was moving cable at the ES 02. As she was hooking the cable to her rubber tire rig with the hemp rope, the rope broke and she fell to the ground. In falling she tried to catch herself with he...
05/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CENTER RIPPER TIP ONTO THE SHANK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THIS GROIN AREA.
05/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITING A PALLET OF STARTER SHEETS ON THE WENMAC USING A PIPE. THE PIPE MOVED MAKING HER FALL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HER WRIST
04/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 195d lost Employee went to pick up a ceramic cone when she felt pain in her back
04/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 29d restricted Employee was walking down the stairs when he twisted his ankle on the last step.
04/10/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 10d restricted Employee was stepping off a crane, down to the last step, when he felt a pull in his back.
03/26/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 1d restricted While cleaning an area, two floors above middle floor where bolts come through from the rim liners, employee was walking and struck his head against one of the bolts jamming his neck. Employee was we...
03/18/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 4d restricted A track dozer was building an access road next to ES02 in the Dripping Springs area. The dozer was near the edge when it gave way, causing the dozer to roll down the bank landing on its tracks (360?)...
03/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was cleaning transfer chute of belt when pulling bar out--the magnet force pulled bar and the bar hit employee on the arm.
03/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 29d restricted Employee was removing the grids from haul truck 410, when he picked up the grid and put it to the side he felt a pain in his right knee and groin.
03/05/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was cleaning with rubber tire dozer 552 in the CR1 area when the blade hit an old piece of steel pipe that was no longer in use and could not be seen. This caused a jarring motion/whiplash e...
03/03/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 68d restricted A contractor was idling the 7 drill attempting to lower the mast. Our employee was attempting to board the drill. When our employee reached the top of the ladder, the contractor inadvertently hoiste...
02/22/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was loosening a drain plug on rubber tire dozer #551 when he felt pain in his right shoulder.
02/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Tripped on top of cell at tank house and fell. (Cell B). Got up and asked a co-worker for assistance. Supervisor showed up and she was transported to first aid station.
01/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee had hoisted a brake drum into the solvent tank for clean up. When he began to hoist it out with the crane, the drum shifted in the solvent tank and began to knock it over. The employee grab...
01/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Unloading a 4'x8' sheet of plywood from boom truck when a 2""x4"" board flipped up, pinning employees right arm under the board.
01/26/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 95d restricted Employee was hauling to dump down a long ramp. Light rainfall during the shift had caused the ramp to become slick and employee slid into berm. Employee noted pain in left shoulder.
01/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 119d restricted Employee was helping move the 17 drill onto a new pattern. She was pulling up cable when she felt some pain in her left shoulder.
01/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 265d restricted Employee had a rope tied to the power cable of the 17 shovel. As she was trying to get the rope around the horn on the rubber tire rig to pull the cable, she felt a pain in her left shoulder.
01/11/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While traveling on the bus at shift change, operator was bounced several times in the seat when the bus went over potholes in the road.
12/18/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted While operating haul truck, haul truck canopy was struck by electric shovel dipper bucket causing employee to sustain whiplash-type movement in cab while wearing seatbelt.
12/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While removing last bar in the cathode set, employee was using another bar to dislodge stuck bar and struck her finger with it. Causing contusion to middle finger of the left hand.
12/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While using hand to strike plunger of onboard fire suppression system employee felt pain in hand and wrist.
12/03/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was inspecting flotation cells. When finished, jumped down 30? to catwalk injuring left knee.
11/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 17d restricted Employee was walking down stairs and on the last step to floor twisted right ankle.
11/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was breaking down medium duty size tires by hand when he felt a strain in his lower back.
11/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Driver lost control of haul truck and the truck slid. The employee felt a popping noise to her left shoulder and felt pain.
10/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was picking up a pallet and received a splinter in his left hand.
10/19/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 6d restricted While engaging hydraulic drive on rope puller, the reel moved pinning hand between reel and frame of unit.
09/25/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was getting off bus at water stand and stepped on a rock and twisted her ankle.
09/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was stepping up from the number three crane man deck, up on to the trolley deck; he felt some tearing in his right knee.
09/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Finger was pinched between 2-beams
09/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was climbing up the ladder to the 16 Drill carrying his backpack, water jug and hot gloves. When he reached up he felt a strain under his right rib cage.
08/27/2007 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost, 1d restricted Employee was replacing crowd motor on #17 shovel, Employee got overheated and had to be sent to the medical center for dehydration.
08/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was changing points on the 16 shovel. When he bent over and picked up the point he felt a pull on the right side of groin area.
08/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 162d restricted Employee picked up a four foot step ladder and turned, starting to walk when he tripped over a fork of the forklift. He fell and hit his head on the opposite fork.
08/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was climbing into the back of a pick-up when his foot slipped hitting his left leg on the bumper.
08/02/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was sitting in the bus when she felt her knee pop.