Smoky Valley Common Operations — Accidents

Total: 290 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After removing a chain wrench from the drill, the operator stepped backwards, falling between the cab and the deck of the drill (a space approx. 4.5 inches wide). His right lower leg was cut on a bol...
07/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was unscrewing a blind flange end cover to remove it, when it fell on his thumb, smashing it.
04/22/2014 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None An employee reported lime in the cab of a haul truck. The employee was driving the truck to the shop and began feeling burning in their lungs. The employee was transported to the RMGC Clinic and was r...
04/21/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was cutting zip-ties off of PVC pipe, the knife slipped, puncturing the employee's left hand. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where they received 1 staple. T...
04/07/2014 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None An employee inhaled lime dust in the cab of a haul truck. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center and was released to full duty.
02/12/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted An employee was walking down a ramp and twisted their knee. The employee was transported to the hospital where they were released to restricted duty.
01/15/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a differential from a 789C haul truck the crane was moved off center of load to swing differential out of axle housing. Differential got hung up and when it came free the differential s...
12/16/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted As an employee was walking down liner, they slipped and fell causing pain in their right knee. The employee was transported to the hospital where it was determined that they have a sprain. The employe...
12/03/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was moving a wheel barrow full of floor dry and pinched their finger in between the handle and a metal bin causing a laceration. The employee was transported to the hospital where they rec...
08/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted As an employee was working on the S Dedicated pad, a piece of 8 inch pipe contacted her in the leg causing a laceration. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center where she received...
08/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was exiting the Admin Building, they tripped and fell. The employee felt pain in their left wrist. On 8-26-13 it was determined the the employee's wrist was fracured.
06/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 12d restricted As an employee was walking down the Gold Hill heap side-slope, she lost her footing. In an attempt to break her fall, she extended her arm and landed on her out-stretched right hand. The employee was...
05/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was on the deck of a drill and walked into a stake that was sticking out of the tool box. The stake punctured their right leg. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center w...
04/27/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was breaking fittings loose on bottom winch line on deck with a 1 1/4"" wrench to repair a hydraulic leak when wrench slipped and hit him in the face chipping two front teeth.
03/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lifting part out of crate.
01/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted An employee was preparing to install cutting edges (Ground Engagement Tools) on a motor grader, when his right-hand middle finger was caught between two cutting edges. The employee was transported to...
12/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted An employee was lifting pipe and felt a pop in his left sholder. The employee was transported to the RMGC Clinic and was released on restricted duty.
11/21/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was turning on heater valves on a dozer, their hand slipped and their glove got caught in the pulley. The employee's right thumb was smashed in the spring next to the pulley. The employ...
08/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted An employee was performing clean up at the Primary Crusher apron stairs. When they reported to work on 08-15-2012, they were complaining of back pain. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medi...
08/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 6d restricted While removing concaves (metal liners-1500 lbs each) in the primary crusher bowl, an employee was on the wall of the crusher attempting to loosen a concave. As the concave fell, it rotated out of posi...
07/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee was climbing into a rubber tire dozer and felt a pop in his left shoulder .The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center and was released with temporary restrictions.
06/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Three employees were carrying a barrel handler that weighed over 300 pounds. One employee was walking backwards & tripped over a rock. The employee fell down & the barrel handler fell on top of him. T...
05/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee pinched the tip of her finger under a material handling magnet while putting it in storage. Employee was wearing all required PPE for the task including safety glasses, gloves & hard hat.
03/20/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While changing out a belt on the drill rig, helper stepped down off the track of the rig to the ground in doing so he stepped onto the six inch discharge hose causing his ankle to roll. After being ex...
02/20/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee in a haul truck was being loaded by a loader. It is believed that the loader tire contacted the haul truck tire causing the employee to be jolted in the cab. This caused the employee to ch...
02/15/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An employee was stripping PVC wire insulation away from the inner conductor with a razor knife. The employee cut through their leather glove and lacerated their left palm and wrist. The employee was t...
12/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While attempting to break core, employee put his hand on the water swivel and lowered the drill steel and caught his right index finger between the power head and water swivel. Employee sustained a d...
09/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tripping in and as the plug was being screwed into new rod the plug slipped out of thread, as plug was falling employee grabbed plug and finger was pinched between plug and head slide.
09/09/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was holding sign when Backhoe operator went to move Backhoe and back of Backhoe swung and hit his finger
09/05/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 40d restricted While changing out an equalizer bar on a D10R Track Dozer, an employee had his hand in a pinch point between the equalizer bar and Dozer frame while he was using a wrench. The employee's left pinky a...
09/01/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was air arcing on a mantle liner, when a piece of molten slag burned through his pant leg and fell into his boot. The slag caused 2nd and 3rd Degree burns to his ankle before he could get his...
08/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee fell off of the base of a ""candlestick"" (used to bridge electrical cable over haul roads). (Base is approximately 36"" above ground level. The employee received a laceration to the lef...
08/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was installing a shank on a dozer ripper. The dozer operator which was standing nearby was struck by a piece of frag metal.
05/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On April 4, 2011, an employee was performing normal job functions and began experiencing pain in the employee's groin area. The EE was transported to the RMGC Clinic and diagnosed with a possible hern...
05/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 154d restricted Employee was tripping in pipe and hand was caught pulling up and twisting arm. Injury occurred on May 3, 2011 but employee did not see a physician or receive medical treatment until May 31, 2011.
03/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employees were lowering a full core tube at a slow speed. Employee was holding the tube about to put it on the rod rack when the wire line sped up causing the employee to lose control of the core tube...
02/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted As an employee was adjusting pipe in the fusing machine, the loader operator pushed the pipe further into the machine and pinched the employee's left hand middle finger. The EE was wearing gloves at t...
12/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee strained shoulder while lifting 20' casing from rack and placing it onto truck.
11/19/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was opening a container of drill steel coupler anti-seize with a knife and the knife slipped causing a laceration to the employee's left inner thigh. The employee was transported to Nye Re...
10/12/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was working the C-5 conveyor, replacing a return idler. A rock fell from the belt and contacted the employee on the mouth, causing one tooth to be chipped and one tooth to be cracked.
09/12/2010 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None A Cat 16H motor grader was blading the West Waste Dump area as a loaded Cat 789C haul truck approached to dump. Just prior to stopping forward motion, the haul truck contacted the motor graders front...
08/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down warehouse stairs, where he blacked out and woke up on the concrete floor. Employee suffered a 1 inch laceration that took 5 staples.
08/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using an eight foot fiberglass ladder to install coax cable above the suspended ceiling in the office area of the RMG truck stop.When the EE came down the ladder and his left foot touched the f...
08/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was loading a 12 foot section of 6 inch rubber hose onto a flat bed truck. The employee's left thumb got pinched between the flat bed and the swivel end of the hose causing a laceration to...
06/28/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling holes with a mag drill and power failed which released magnet and caused the drill to drop hyper extending the thumb.
06/28/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding on a table, grinder slipped, caught in pants, cut through his pants and underwear. Resulting in torn epidermis x 2 on shaft of penis, pinch on eccymosis across glanis and no brea...
06/17/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted An employee was removing a pump impellar by using the drive belts and a bar. The bar slipped and the employee's hand went into the sheave causing their little finger to be pinched in between the belt...
04/27/2010 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was opening a Grieve Oven, their arm contacted the metal shelf behind them and the employee received an electrical shock. The employee was transported to Nye Regional Medical Center and...
03/26/2010 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None A loader operator backed away from the dig face with a full bucket. When the operator moved forward, they articulated with bucket in the air. The loader began to rock side to side. While applying the...
02/01/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 12d restricted Employees were moving an eyewash station building with a fork lift. As the fork lift operator began lifting the building, an employee bent down to pick up an electrical cord. The building tipped over...