Smoky Canyon Mine — Accidents

Total: 115 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/05/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE HIT A LARGE ROCK BURIED IN MUD WHILE BLADING HAUL ROAD. WHEN HE HIT THE ROCK, HE SUFFERED AN INJURY TO THE LOWER BACK.
03/22/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost INDIVIDUAL STOOD UP FROM DESK, TURNED AND TWISTED HER KNEE, PRE-EXISTING INJURY, INDIVIDUAL WENT TO DOCTOR 6-12-01 AND HAD SURGERY 6-13-01.
02/27/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO FILL A GENERATOR GAS TANK. WHILE LIFTING A 5-GALLON GAS CAN,SHE TURNED WRONG & PULLED A BACK MUSCLE. SHE REPORTED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY BUT COULD NOT PERFORM HER DUT...
02/16/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CHANGING OUT A SHOVEL BUCKET, EE WAS KNOCKING WEDGE WITH A 12LB HAMMER. THE EE LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING THE EE TO FALL ON THE HAMMER HANDLE & HIT HIS SAFETY GLASSES SMASHING THE BRIDGE INTO HIS...
01/31/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost AIR COMPRESSOR WAS BEING CHECKED FOR FUEL LEAKS.EE HAD LEFT HAND ON ENGINE FRAME WHILE CLIMBING.HE SLIPPED & LEFT HAND WENT INTO FAN CUTTING RING FINGER. SURGERY REQUIRED TO REPAIR TENDON.
01/04/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WENT TO TURN ON STEAM CLEANER IN WAY BAY TO CLEAN HIS BOOTS. HE FELL THROUGH THE SUMP GRATING AND SKINNED HIS LEFT LEG SHIN. SUFFERED AN ABRASION. MEDICAL TREATMENT INCLUDED PRESCRIPTION AN TIBIOTI...
11/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OFF A BERM. A ROCK ROLLED UNDERFOOT CAUSING THE EE'S KNEE TO TWIST. THE EE WENT TO THE DR ON 12/18/00 AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY. EE ALSO HAD A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION F ROM AN...
10/23/2000 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted AFTER WELDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, INDIVBIDUAL WENT TO HAVE LUNCH AND NOTICED SOMETHING IN EYE. A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM EE'S RIGHT EYE AT HOSPITAL.
09/28/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost INDIVIDUAL WASPUTTING AWAY A SHIPMENT OF DRILL BITS. DRILL BITS WEIGH APPROX 120 LBS. BITS HAD TO BE STOOD UP AND PUSHED UNDER A SHELF. DURING THIS PROCESS, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HER MIDDLE BACK.
06/20/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON CAT DOZER, WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR, GIVEN MEDICATION AND RESTRICTED FROM WORK FOR FOUR DAYS.
06/20/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted HE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH CAT-DOZER, TIGHTENING BOLTS. WHEN HE GOT OUT FROM UNDER EQUIPMENT, S PLACED ON TWO WEEKS RESTRICTED DUTY.
05/01/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d lost EE CHOSE TO GO TO THE DR. ON 5-10. AT THAT TIME HE WAS TOLD THAT HE HAS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH WRISTS AND PLACED ON ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICINE.
04/12/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost EE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM SCRUBBER WITH A PRYBAR. HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK. THIS LEFT SIDE WENT NUMB DOWN TO HIS WAIST.
02/17/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EXITING CAB OF 2593 AND MISSED LOWER STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, BRUISING HIS HIP.
02/07/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WALKING PAST BALL MILL-WHICH WAS BEING WASHED-A DROP OF WATER WAS ABLE TO PASS AROUND HIS SAFETYR GLASSES LEAVING PARTICLES IN HIS EYE.