Shamrock Mine — Accidents

Total: 78 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/08/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing a bolt from a belly pan on a D10T dozer. He was cutting the bolt with a torch he had a face shield on and a piece of slag got under the shield and into his eye. EE didn't know it till...
10/06/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hitting the end of a carrier roller shaft that had worked out of the trackframe of the dozer. When he hit it the second time a piece of metal chipped off of the roller and pierced his leg aroun...
10/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 1d restricted Employee was putting plastic pipe on the forks of the IT14 Loader. One of the forks fell off and landed on his left foot. (contusion left foot)
09/09/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None Employee was digging tracks on dozers, when he was finished he said his shoulder was hurting. He went to Imed for medical treatment. Strained right shoulder.
08/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost EE was fueling equipment. He was pulling out the hose on the fuel truck and his back started to hurt. He went to the emergency room and Imed clinic. Back strain.
07/23/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee could not get side door open on 988B loader unit 1040. Employee was pulling on side door. Had trouble getting door open. Lost his grip and hit himself in mouth. Broke one tooth off and chippe...
06/02/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 12d restricted Employee was getting out of his mechanic truck and twisted his right ankle, sprained ankle.
05/16/2010 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking in washplant, he walked under the spirals and when he looked up, some fines fell off of a pipe and got in his right eye.
05/10/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was putting new hydraulic pipe under the body of the Hitachi shovel. He was standing on a short ladder and slipped. He grabbed a hydraulic pipe to keep from falling and hyperextended his left...
05/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on dozer placing nuts on the bolts when a piece of dirt got into his eye. EE rubbed his eye and got a piece of metal in his eye. EE didn't know if the metal was in the dirt or on his ha...
04/05/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in parts room getting parts and when he came out he felt something in his right eye. EE did not know when he would have got something in his eye. Dirt in eye, it was windy that day.
03/10/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 329d lost EE was building up a lift with rock and soil bounced in dozer, back stain. On 3/10/2010, EE said his back was hurting, never missed any work till 10/29/10.
02/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 9d restricted Employee was helping replace a pipe on the second floor of the wash plant. He strained and injured his right shoulder. He has pain in shoulder and intense burning. He went to the doctor on the twenty...
02/02/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee told his foreman at the end of his shift that he might not be in the next day because his back was hurting. Employee called the office the next day and said he had been to the doctor because...
01/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 2d restricted EE had a problem with his hitachi shovel and was trying to get the ladder down, he jerked on the latch to lower the ladder and injured his back. Frozen mud was keeping the latch from releasing, the mu...
12/04/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 11d restricted Employee and mechanic were thawing out an air line when it ruptured. Alcohol in the line flashed and employee was burned on his hand.
10/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on #2 belt press. He was using a ratchet chain fall to move a roller back. His hand slipped off the chain fall handle hitting his right hand on the belt press cutting his hand req...
10/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was under a dozer. He was trying to put a pin back in an equalizer bar which the pin had come out, on the track frame side the equalizer bar dropped about 2 "". EE moved out of the way and hit his...
08/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was climbing up the ladder on the water truck his foot slipped and he fell injuring his right wrist.
06/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was helping remove a large rock that was stuck on the feeder belt. When trying to get the rock in position on the belt it rolled and employee had his hand on belt and rock rolled on his hand...
06/18/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was changing a hydro senser in the hydraulic system of a end dump. Employee had bed raised and secured. He had released the pressure from the tank. When he removed the sensor, hot oil sprayed...
02/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Emplloyee was picking up water hose. He was rolling up hose and jerked on the hose and pulled a muscle in his back.
01/24/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE had a scratch on his hand and noticed that it had a sore on it. He broke the sore open and thought it was fine. The next day his hand was swollen when he got up. Does not know when he scratched his...
01/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 9d restricted EE was getting off of his dozer and did not see the frozen dirt on the push arm and slipped off the arm, striking his left shoulder on blade stabelizer.
01/08/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was digging tracks on shovel and a rock fell off of the track frame and landed on his foot above the steel toe fracturing his left foot.
07/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 11d restricted Employee was standing on a portable ladder when it slipped and he fell to the ground bruising his shoulder and right leg. Fell about six feet. Employee was taken to ER and released to go back to work...
03/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE and another EE were stringing out discharge water hose, EE was trying to untangle the hose, it was twisted. When the other EE pulled on the hose bending his right thumb back (causing sprain).
08/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was watering roads with 769 Cat water truck. When he had finished and was climbing down the ladder, his foot missed the last step on the ladder and he fell to the ground bruising his back.