Rosebud Mine & Crusher/Conveyor — Accidents

Total: 300 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was moving plywood and Iron wear bar to top of transfer house. 90 minutes after task completed, employee experienced pain in neck muscles. Sought medical treatment after shift. Diagnosed...
02/01/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped from service truck to hard frozen ground and experienced pain in arch of right foot. Neither first aid nor medical treatment was sought at the time. On February 06, 2009 he was exam...
01/16/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hoisting a tool bucket with a winch line and put his right hand into a pinchpoint between the pulley and the clamp on the wire rope. Transported to the medical center and stitches were u...
01/05/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This is a repetitive motion injury that the employee experienced from data entry on the computer. She went to the doctor on 1/5/09 and was diagnosed with right medial epicondylitis of the right elbow...
10/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost The employee was cutting a steel plate that was 1""x48.75""x7.75"" in dimension when the steel plate fell approximately 4 feet onto the employee's foot. The employee was taken to the Colstrip Medical...
10/07/2008 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None In January 2008 the employee began to have back pains that he relates to his time running scrapers at the mine. On October 07, 2008 he began physical therapy to help alleviate the pain. Neither time...
09/26/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a dozer engine. He stepped down from the dozer onto a step and twisted his left knee. Neither first aid nor medical treatment was sought. On 10/16/2008 the employee was worki...
09/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost The employee was getting on his haul truck. He had his hand on the handrail and was pulling himself on the machine when he felt his left bicep muscle tear. It was a Loss Time Accident as he had to mis...
09/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the air brake system of a swing motor and mashed middle and ring finger tips of left hand.
09/09/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was exercising in the Company provided lumbar extension machine. On about the 10th repetition he developed a back spasm and was unable to finish. He sought treatment with a chiropractor.
08/21/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was torch cutting rods in a slab of concrete when a slab piece flew back, burnt through his bibs and jeans causing a 10cm x 4cm 2nd degree burn to his lower right leg.
08/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying a computer monitor out of a room. The door was held open with a door stop. The employee's hand hit the door handle and pinched her left pinky finger between the monitor base and...
08/08/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was running a loader and decided to clean the mirrors and lights. When he stepped down to clean the lights, his hard hat slipped off his head. He retrieved the hat and when he stood up, he st...
08/01/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Years of working as a maintenance laborer has caused the shoulders to become progressively worse and the employee experiences continuous pain in the shoulders. The employee has not been able to allevi...
06/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying a welding rod can and cut left index finger.
05/31/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Working in steam bay the employee rolled a creeper under a D10 dozer to gain access to clean the underside of the machine with a pressure washer. While removing the creeper from under the machine, th...
05/14/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was attempting to rotate the shaft, using the overhead crane, he was controlling the overhead, pressed the control button passed detent and the hoist raised too fast. The shaft came up and r...
05/06/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was exiting out of a tractor. As he stepped down onto the ground he stepped onto a rock that was embedded in the ground. This caused him to sprain his right knee. He was taken to the doct...
05/02/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost The employee was climbing down off a blade, when he slipped on mud on the step. He tried to catch himself on a handrail and stetched and strained his left shoulder. The pain persisted and on 10/20/08...
04/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost The employee removed a battery from a piece of equipment and while turning to set it down, he experienced pain in his lower back. He reported to work his next shift, but ended up leaving after the sh...
03/24/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 127d lost The employee reported ever increasing shoulder pain and numbness in his shoulders which he attributes to his years of repetitive motion, swinging hammers and twisting wrenches in his job as a mechanic...
03/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost The employee was removing wear plates from the dozer blade face. The plate relieved itself of stress and the top of the plate popped off the face of the blade, hitting the employee, which knocked him...
03/18/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee is experiencing pain in both of his shoulders. He previously reported the same condition in 2006, and he attributes the pain to 34 years of work as a welder and doing heavy repetitive wo...
03/05/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee drives a 240 ton coal hauler and while being loaded, when the first bucket of coal was dropped into the truck, the employee experienced pain in neck and back. EE was examined by a Medical Dr...
01/17/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a coal hauler and drove off the right side of the road, traveled over a small pile of dirt, back up the side of the road and over a large berm. As a result the employee receive...
12/29/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee just got off work and was walking to his pickup truck and slipped on the ice. As a result, he felt pain in his back. He was unable to work his next scheduled shift. This was not reported t...
11/27/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 8d lost, 11d restricted Employee experienced pain in his left shoulder, arm, neck and which he attributes to years of repetitive motion operating equipment. The employee first reported this pain May 16, 2006. At that time...
10/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was filling a water tank and stepped back through a hole in a grate. He fell backward and felt pain in his back. Employee sought chiropractic treatment on the 25th of October. This was not...
08/28/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d lost On August 28, 2007 employee had carpal tunnel surgery and was away from work until October 15, 2007.
08/26/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On Sunday August 26, 2007 a fire started near the county road close to the crusher/conveyor entrance and burned onto the mine property. Three to Four acres burned and the fire was extinguished in jus...
07/09/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing duties cleaning offices and crew change buildings. She was moving five gallon water bottles and mop buckets. The employee felt pain in her back and sought treatment from a ph...
06/09/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was getting out of a man basket and he stepped onto a clod of dirt. As he did this he twisted his right knee. He was taken to a physician for treatment at the Colstrip Medical center. He c...
05/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was doing a preshift inspection of his equipment. He slipped and felt pain in his right knee. He was taken to a physician for treatment and referred to an orthopedic surgeon for further tre...
05/12/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting metal banding around a pile of cutting edges. The banding contacted his right thumb. He was examined at the medical center and received 3 stitches in his right thumb. He return...
04/17/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee was assigned duties operating a tractor trailor for coal hauling. He first reported pain in his lower back on April 19, 2004. His back has since became more aggravated. He went to a physic...
04/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 12d lost, 3d restricted Employee was placing a suction floater on the tongue of the pump trailer. The floater was upside down and he attempted to flip it over. As he did this the floater slipped and when he attempted to gra...
03/02/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was splitting the plastic retainer tabs of a five gallon bucket lid with a utility knife so he could remove the lid. While doing this his hand slipped and he cut his right index finger. He...
02/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to get space between a bull gear and a snap ring on a 120 ton coal hauler differential. The ring flew off and struck him in the mouth breaking his tooth. He was taken to a Dentis...
02/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking over to a coal hauler when he slipped on some ice and landed on his left hip. He also felt discomfort in his left knee. He went to a physician on 2-17-07 and was diagnosed with...
01/27/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking across a scoria lot and slipped on some snow covered ice and landed on his back. He has since gone to a chiropractor for treatment. To date there has been no lost time or wages.
01/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted The employee was part of a welding crew assigned to re-socket the drag ropes on an 8200 Marion dragline. As the wedge portion of the assembly was being guided into the becket, the chain attached to i...
01/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 216d lost Employee was unloading an old highwall drill auger point off the back of a pickup bed. New auger point weighs approx. 225 pounds. While doing this he experienced pain in his left neck, shoulder, and...
01/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was reeling up the fuel house on the service truck when the fuel nozzle caught his left middle finger and twisted it outward. Employee was taken to a physician and released. On 1/16/07 he w...
01/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was was doing his general house keeping duties and experienced that his left middle finger would lock up while holding on to any object for a long period of time. He reported to us on 2/5/07...
12/27/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hauling coal and he drove the hauler over uneven terrain, causing jarring in his lower back. He continued working, however the pain continued and he sought chiropractic treatment to help...
12/18/2006 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning equipment when he noticed a fire had started on top of the machine behind the cab. He got an extinguisher and started to put out the fire. He inhaled some smoke and extinguishi...
12/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was placing power cable on the tub hooks of the dragline. The ground had been watered and was frozen. When he went to pull on the cable to get it to the hooks, his feet slipped out from unde...
11/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving chunks of iron one day and the next day he shoveled some coal and experienced pain in his left shoulder. Employee went to a physician and was referred for physical therapy. Incid...
11/17/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a front end loader, the seat bottomed out when he hit a bump. He experienced pain in his hip, ribs, and lower back. The employee sought chiropractic treatment to alleviate the pain....
11/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was laying topsoil with a scraper and ran over a rock with the front tire. He experienced pain in his neck and upper back. He sought chiropractic treatment to help relieve the pain. He con...