Smoky Valley Common Operations — Accidents

Total: 290 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was flipping over a cutting edge, the cutting edge slipped causing the employee's fingers to be smashed between the floor and the cutting edge. The employee was transported to Nye Regio...
10/15/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was using a spring attached to a hand held drill to clean out the valve stem on a haul truck tire, the spring broke. The spring contracted and became embedded in the employee's left han...
09/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was setting down the lid of a screw feeder, they smashed their left hand ring finger and little finger causing a laceration on both fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital...
09/18/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was cutting a piece of steel out of a crusher, the steel shifted and contacted their right leg causing a laceration. He was transported to the hospital where they received eight stitche...
07/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a lock ring on a haul truck, the employees finger was pinched between the lock ring and wheel.
05/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted On 5-25-2009 an employee was installing a lock ring on a tire. The employee felt a pop in their right shoulder. The employee was transported to the hospital and returned to work. The employee continue...
03/16/2009 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a Fluke T5-1000 meter to check for stray current/static electricity in the housing of a filter resistor bank. The employee placed one lead on the ground wire. When they placed th...
02/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was installing a wheel group on a haul truck, the pry bar they were using slipped and contacted the employee in the face, causing a laceration. The employee was transported to Nye Regio...
02/05/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was bending down to adjust the collector feed pump, the discharge line broke at the union. When the line broke, MX-6205 was sprayed into the employee's eyes. The employee was wearing sa...
01/07/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting through a 12"" SDR 11 pipe that was being supported with a backhoe bucket. When the employee had cut apprx. 3/4 of the way through the pipe it broke and struck the employee in the...
12/04/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 52d lost, 20d restricted Employee was walking down the face of a heap that was actively leached when he tripped over a large piece of rock and fell. As he fell, he attempted to catch himself entirely with his left hand. His l...
12/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting away the knives in the sample prep room when one slipped and lacerated her left hand. Employee was seen at Nye Regional Medical Center where she received stitches to close the the...
10/02/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 45d restricted As the employee was operating a rubber tire dozer, they began feeling pain in their neck and back. The employee was seen at the hospital and released to full duty. At a follow up appointment on 11/26/...
09/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee jumped from deck of truck and fell causing a shoulder separation.
08/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was closing the lid of a pulverizer, the lid slipped out of her left hand and smashed her right hand little finger causing a fracture to the finger.
07/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost While working on the work platform of a boom truck the employee tripped and fell backwards striking his head, neck and back on the ground.
07/06/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was walking down the stairs of a rubber tire dozer and slipped landing on his right hand. Employee received a hair line fracture to his right hand.
06/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost Employee was climbing a ladder to hand another employee a 55 drum lid. He was approx 3 to 4 rungs up on the ladder when he reached to hand up the lid, the ladder then kicked out, causing him to fall...
06/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted As an employee was responding to a code blue, they lost their footing while going down the stairs. When the employee grabbed the handrails, the backpack that they had over their right shoulder, swung...
06/04/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing the ladder on a RTD, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
04/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee climbed to the top of a berm to look at marking stakes at the toe of the dump. When employee turned to come down from the berm, a rock rolled under his foot, causing him to fall. When employe...
03/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator lacerated his right little finger while pulling on a rope used to hoist his lunch box from ground level to the cab of his haul truck.
03/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee claims that while lifting a sample tray when experienced discomfort in her lower back. This employee had recently been released from short term disability with a lifting restriction due to an...
10/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading boxes the employee caught his hand between a package and the door jam.
09/22/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was attempting to ignite a propane heater in a lunch room when the heater flashed.
09/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost The employee was exiting the mine bus to begin shift and lost her footing falling and striking her right side (The date of incident was 09/01/07 but this individual has been working with a full releas...
08/28/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was attempting to replace a return roller when the roller slipped from his grip and pinched his finger between the roller and bracket.
08/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was moving a mold bar off the table and a piece of slag that was on the table went through her leather glove and into her finger.
07/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted The employee was picking up a roll of paper towels that had been dropped during a pre-use inspection and slipped and fell. Attempting to catch himself, the employee landed on his wrist and fractured...
05/01/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a Drisco fusing machine, the operator caught his gloved hand on a sharp section of pipe.
03/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was tightening a drill bit when the mag drill fell causing a laceration to his right hand.
03/09/2007 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was demobilizing from site when the employee sufered a heart attack. At the time of the event the employee had been assisting the forklift operator by guiding him into place. Employee died of...
01/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Employee was exiting a Haul Truck and hit her wrist on the steering wheel. She was taken to the Dr. and given a full duty release. Later a growth was removed that was determinded to be from the...
01/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 133d lost, 54d restricted The employee is a blast-hole driller. He reached down to retrieve a blast-hole sample bag and felt a pop in his left shoulder. He was seen by a Dr. & received a full duty release the next day. Duri...
01/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted While moving a power cable for an electric shovel , the cable got hooked on a rock. When it came undone it stuck an Employee in the legs, knocking the individual to the ground. The Employee reporte...
11/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unhooking a drain hose from a carbon truck, an employee felt what he thought was an eye lash in his eye. The employee rubbed his eye with his hand. The object did not move and had become embed...
04/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An ore process employee was cleaning a discharge chute with a spader. The spader caught his hand in a pinch point.
03/03/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wind was blowing extremely hard - when employee got out of haul truck at fuel island & felt something hit her eye.
02/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 198d lost Operator was helping load a utility truck with 4x12 sheets of sheet rock. (Operator continued to work until 2/13/06) (2007100030-the operator was off again on 10/31/06 Short term Diability. Negotiatio...
10/18/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was detaching liner from liner handler, balancing himself by placing his hand on handler boom. The handler's operator retracted the boom before employee could remove his hand, catching employ...
09/01/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Attempting to replace by idler wheel on a D-10 dozer, the mechanic got his finger in a pinch point between the idler wheel and a hydrautic jack.
09/01/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF A BEARING INTO A CYLINDER BORE, THE BEARING BECAME LODGED. A 2X4 & HAMMER WERE BEING USED TO DISLODGE IT. THE 2X4 SPLIT CATCHING THE MECHANICS HAND IN A PINCH POINT.
08/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CLEANING UP GARBAGE A BARB ON AN AIR FILTER CUT THROUGH THE MECHANICS GLOVE AND LACERATED HIS FINGER
07/31/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Improper use of equipment. Personnel riding on equipment when they should not have been. Lack of proper guarding.
07/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic changing cutting edges on a loader rubbed his hand over a sharp metal burr causing a small laceration on left hand.
07/14/2005 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to connect small equipment trailer to pickup when his thumb was caught in pinch point between trailer hitch and ball.
06/14/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted The operator was transversing a side slope when she lost her footing and fell backward landing with her weight on her hands.
05/16/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 150d restricted Operator was doing pre-operational check then stepped in a hole. Though the incident occurred on May 16th, the fracture was not discovered until June 16th.
04/07/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Strong wind gusts blew dust through the duct system which ended in an employee's eyes.
01/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A DRILLER LOAD A NEW DRILL SUB INTO A PICK-UP & HE GOT HIS HAND IN A PINCH-POINT UNDER THE SUB.