Red Dog Operations — Accidents

Total: 515 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/04/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Operator was cleaning dirt from under 2A conveyor belt when EE noticed discomfort in left arm.
08/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost Employee was relocating a portable oil evacuation unit when ee felt a pain in right arm and shoulder.
08/14/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While hosing down a floor, worker tripped over the hose, fell forward onto the concrete floor injuring right shoulder and left forearm.
08/03/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee and another miner were removing pipe flange bolts. Tools used were 3/4 inch air impact gun and a box end wrench. When the miner engaged the air impact gun, the wrench moved pinching the emplo...
07/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While conducting preventive maintenance on a PAC Laundry clothes dryer, worker lacerated left index finger on a sharp edge of the dryer housing while reinstalling the cover to the dryer.
07/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was in the core tent working with sample core box's when EE noticed a shooting pain in lower back.
07/05/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost paint gun
06/28/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While pressure washing a filter press and an air header, the employee leaned forward and twisted to the left to get closer to the air header. Employee strained left side back muscles.
06/08/2016 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 80d lost A Contract Driller had finished changing the foot clamp jaws & prepared to change the top chuck jaws with the Driller Helper standing on the off side with EE's hand on the tower bracket on the back of...
03/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While carrying a support beam out the main door of the fabrication shop with a co-worker, employee lost footing while transitioning from inside to outside of the shop causing the employee to fall and...
03/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Moil Guide handler was removing a cap that was stuck on the mill with left hand while holding the moil guide with right hand. EE slid the moil guide off the moil toward the mill pinching left index fi...
02/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The Operator was driving away from the Prill silos. Back cramped up. Operator was able to minimize the cramping by adjusting body position in the seat.
01/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was disposing of waste pulp samples from the Haul Road Dust study. EE had been prepping samples all day and was disposing of the unused sample in the dumpster outside the Bucking Room. EE noticed f...
01/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Mechanic had removed a flat tire from a Western Star tractor and while rolling it to the repair rack lost control and dropped flat on the floor. EE then asked another mechanic to help stand the tire b...
12/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt something enter eye while working on 12/10/2015. Employee immediately flushed eye and felt no discomfort and did not report incident. Employee began feeling discomfort on the evening of...
12/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While using a pipe wrench an employee slipped and fell into the end of the wrench injuring his rib. Initially when seen at the clinic he required no medical treatment and was released to go back to w...
12/01/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The driver was heading from the Anarraaq met station site back to RDM when the snowmachine broke through thin ice atop overflow. The snowmobile began to zig-zag, he lost control of the machine and it...
11/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down stairs when he lost balance and extended left arm to regain balance. Employee complained of left arm discomfort.
10/28/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee rolled his ankle while walking up stairs.
10/25/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got his finger caught between the reaction arm of a torque gun and a bolt
10/20/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Night shift Maintenance Millwright was prepping a piece of flat bar steel 1/4""x4""x27"", using a bench disc sander. The steel was ""grabbed"" by the sanding disk and struck and punctured the hardhat...
10/09/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a drill to bore a hole. Due to torque the drill kicked back striking employee in lip. The employee received a minor laceration which was closed with three sutures by the operator's...
10/03/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using a cutting torch on a stud that would not come off a wheel. A piece of slag went into his coveralls through a hole and went down into his right boot which resulted in some burns to h...
08/08/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee tipped the barrel to move it. Upon reaching the new location the barrel was tipped back up pinching his left middle finger between two barrels. When x-rayed the finger tip was fractured.
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was clearing the transfer tower chute, while placing a long pry bar back in the staging rack, he struck his head on an angle iron support bracket for staging the long pry bar.
07/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee injured their back when lifting 5-gallon buckets of soil samples for density test. Employee felt fine at first but later started to develop soreness and was stiff. Employee later felt serio...
07/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working in wet/muddy area worker had to wear rubber steel-toe boots. After full shift of working in these conditions the rubber caused abrasions to right ankle. Abrasions became infected and required...
07/01/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was working from a 10' ladder swinging a 20lb sledge hammer (standard handle) to install the bed pins on a 777 Haul Truck while installing the second of 2 pins he felt a pain in his lower bac...
06/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost The reagent operator was staging copper sulphate when he got pinned against the hand rail by a copper bag that was suspended in the air and tilted on the top side of the box. Initial classification of...
06/04/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A 777 haul truck driver complained of neck soreness at the end of his shift. The operator was unable to attribute the soreness to any one event, however did not have soreness at the beginning of the...
05/10/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Mechanic felt discomfort in lower back when he was working in a awkward position six days prior and didn't think that it was a problem at the time, but six days later the discomfort came back as he wo...
05/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling snow to clear out new purlins waiting to be installed. Employee's shovel slipped causing his hand to strike the purlin, which cut through the employee's glove causing a lacerati...
02/27/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was walking to office when he slipped on ice and obtained an ankle fracture.
02/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During fire training, the task of moving an inoperable ATV track vehicle approximately 6' to one side of the bay was assigned to several employees. As one employee pulled on the luggage rack, the bolt...
12/15/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut another employee on the right hand while cutting a cloth top insert to remove the top bar from the filter cloth. Employee was not aware of the other employee's hand being in the line of f...
12/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slammed truck door shut on his index finger (left hand) suffering two small lacerations that required stitches.
11/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The mechanic was checking the rolling resistance of the ring gear assembly during the overhaul of a grader differential. The gear rotated further than he expected and caught his left finger between th...
11/19/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was walking back to the job site after lunch, he was walking up a flight of stairs and felt a pain in his knee.
10/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was working from scaffolding with two other employees. While working, a pneumatic 2' cell sample port valve broke free. The valve swung down connected by an air hose and made contact with emp...
10/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost The employee was moving a door closer from one arctic (cooler style) door to another door. He placed the closer on the floor of the Sewage Treatment Plant and then stood on the ends of the closer with...
09/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING A MAIN BEARING HYDRAULIC JACK. HE WAS HOLDING THE JACK BODY WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND HITTING THE CYLINDER WITH A HAMMER IN HIS LEFT HAND. THE CYLINDER UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED. HIS...
09/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Core technician was moving core boxes from one pallet to another in preparation for sawing/sampling of the drill core. While lifting a box he turned his torso without getting his feet turned and felt...
08/06/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing an overhead weld on a 993K loader bucket that was inverted in the weld shop, after finishing a weld he leaned to the side to inspect the new weld and a small piece of slag popp...
06/24/2014 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 4:00 pm a loaded drill blast hole was noticed emitting orange smoke. The lead blaster was the person that witnessed the blast hole smoking and made the decision to evacuate the pit. P...
06/08/2014 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Millwright was exposed to vapors from a wearing compound that we use called NORDBAK. Although not harmful to most we suspect he had an allergic reaction.
05/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was removing reflectors from the shoulder of the port road. While trying to pull out a reflector, which is done by manual labor physically pulling them out of the ground, a worker felt a...
03/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted As the employee was exiting out of the top of a culvert he slipped. He caught himself on the top of the culvert where there was a sharp edge. The employee was not wearing cut resistant gloves. Emplo...
03/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost The employee was lifting a 20 pound part from a cart to a hand truck.
03/05/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee bent over to pick up a pen on the floor and hit her head on a cup sitting on a desk resulting in small laceration above the left eye.
02/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Surveyor received a splinter of wood in his right hand middle finger. He pulled the visible splinter from his hand and continued to work. during his next work shift he notices soreness and reported th...