Scott Pit — Accidents
Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/07/2025 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee walked down to service truck to get some magnets off back and when EE did EE dropped one and reached down to pick up when EE raised back up EE hit a piece of metal that was hanging from truck... |
| 03/25/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was stripping with trac hoe and wall caved in on trac hoe, busting window out, employee's knee was busted along with chin and broken glass cut up employee's hand |
| 08/22/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 15d lost | Employee filled the water truck up and started back across the street to the hopper to blow it out, EE heard a noise sounding like a tire blew out and the truck started to tilt over to the right and t... |
| 05/10/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 75d restricted | Cleaning build up at conveyor, wet muddy conditions. Stepped in soft material twisting, employee sought treatment for knee sprain. |
| 03/23/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Driving metal pin with sledge hammer. Metal shard broke free lacerating left leg behind knee, stitches required. |
| 09/08/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 26d restricted | Failed to maintain 3 points of contact dismounting excavator on to uneven ground, twisting ankle resulting in minor soft tissue damage. |
| 04/15/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | The miner as installing a belly pan on the D-6 dozier and inadvertently caught left hand in a pinch point. medical treatment stiches in left hand mid palm |
| 01/31/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | On 2/2/2020 the miner reported to the safety supervisor that the miner had fallen while dismounting dump truck on 1/31/2020. Miner stated miner mis-stepped one of the steps causing miner to fall to th... |
| 01/15/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | A 745 CAT articulating truck tipped over in a curve road conditions were wet. No equipment damage. Employee received medical treatment for bump on head and knee. |
| 07/20/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Defective tire hammer handle. The damage could not be seen during the pre task inspection of the tool. The miner was breaking down tires with the hammer when the handle broke and the metal end of the... |
| 07/17/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 26d restricted | Miner had right hand caught between a flight hub and the wall of the course material washer while performing maintenance on the washer flight hub assembly. The miner and an additional maintenance pers... |
| 05/25/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 61d lost, 122d restricted | Miner was injured while moving a conveyor. The tail pulley end raised off of the ground slightly picking the miner up and allowing ee to fall about 2 feet back to the ground spraining rt ankle and lef... |
| 05/22/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Operator upset equipment while dumping load. Operator failed to ensure truck was level before attempting to dump. Truck upset on passenger side. Operator was utilizing their seat belt at the time of t... |
| 10/17/2016 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Miner was attempting to turn on water to plant one when stepped on a poisonous reptile. The miner abruptly jumped away, twisting awkwardly pulling or straining lower back. |
| 08/22/2016 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Miner was conducting repair work on a piece of mobile equipment when employee ducked under the equipment, raised up too soon and struck head on the equipment. Due to the repair location the miner did... |
| 07/13/2016 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Operator stated that while operating loader loading outside contract trucks EE pulled or strained back. |
| 01/19/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee was working on a shacker and twisted to get a tool from behind EE and employee stated they felt a pull in lower back. |
| 01/14/2016 | ELECTRICAL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 307d lost | A panel box door was not properly secured in the closed position allowing water to enter into the electrical panel. The EE opened the panel box to turn on the breaker & the panel face shocked the EE.... |
| 07/20/2015 | EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Miner stepped on compressed airline while attempting to cut off a water line he had used to clean the windows of his equipment. The compressed air line ruptured spraying debris into the miners face an... |
| 09/18/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | Employee was attempting to assist a driver with closing his tailgate. Employee used his hands and attempted to pull out on the tailgate so the driver could release the latches and allow the gate to fu... |
| 08/07/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 16d lost | Miner was lifting a tail pulley and strained his back. It was sunny and dry out. |
| 06/03/2013 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 39d restricted | A mechanic was standing behind his pickup truck outside the office when another employee pulled up behind him in another vehicle. When the other employee shifted his vehicle into park, the vehicle ro... |
| 12/20/2003 | POWERED HAULAGE | FATALITY | Fatal | TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT PUT SAFETY BAR UP OR BLOCK OFF DUMP BODY FROM COMING DOWN ON HIM. HE THEN GOT UP ON TRUCK UNDERNEATH BODY WHERE HE HAD NO BUSINESS. BEING WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. HE WAS TOLD... |