South Area — Accidents

Total: 564 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/21/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Operator stepping out of an 18 inch trench indicated he felt his hamstring muscle pull but without pain. Did not report the injury that day. Came to work on the 22nd and indicated after working four h...
07/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted While helping two other employees load a steel pipe that was on a pipe stand onto the back of a flatbed truck, the employee felt a sharp pain in his right upper arm which resulted in the tendon pullin...
06/16/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding when he felt a pop in his back. The original accident date was 06/16/13 he sought medical treatment 07/22/13 when the Dr. prescribed physical therapy making this reportable.
06/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted The employee picked up the metal rolling pin to begin rolling samples when it slipped out of her hand falling and landing on the top of her left foot.
05/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was repairing a torque tube crack on a Haul Truck, after air arcing the crack out he was hooking up his scaler to his air hoses when compressed air hit the employee's right forearm causing ai...
05/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 136d restricted EE was struck by a scaffold tube when the tube being passed was mishandled & fell striking the EE in the lower lumber of his back. The EE suffered a contusion & was seen by a medical doctor which pres...
05/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were removing bulk head sections from the fine side of #6 mill. Employee's hand was caught in between the bulk head section and the side of the mill causing a laceration to his left hand and...
05/10/2013 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck by a mill ball that became dislodged on his upper middle back. The employee was given a full duty release from NNRH ER Dr. the day of the injury. At a follow up visit employee was...
04/13/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two mechanics where tightening a loose cutting edge,when one mechanic using a 4lb hammer hit the cutting edge a piece of metal came off and embedded in to the right leg of the co/worker. The Mechanic...
03/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While lifting a jack pad on to the bed of his field truck the employee felt tightness in his back. The Employee did not report the accident until 3/25/13. The employee did not seek medical treatment u...
02/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While trying to install a torque converter in a haul truck the employee noticed a hard line in the way not allowing the torque converter to move forward. The employee grabbed the hard line to move it....
01/23/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost An employee was using a hand held drill when the drill bit broke and jarred his arm. This became reportable 02/06/2014 when the employee went in for surgery.
01/11/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was placing ore control visual targets,when he slipped and fell backwards,landing on his backside and hitting his head. The employee was taken to the hospital where he was given a full du...
12/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While shoveling Snow the employee reported back pain. The employee did not reported the injury to his supervisor until 12/27/12 he received medical treatment 12/28/12 in which it became a lost time.
11/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unhooking a light plant off the pintle hitch of a pick up and in the process lifting the light plant the employee pinched the tip of the right thumb between the pintle hitch of the pick u...
10/24/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was tightening bolts on dozer heel plates the employee pinched his right thumb. The employee became dizzy and stumble in too a ladder striking his tooth on a step causing it to chip.
09/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While stepping down off of the crane the employee missed a step and started to fall striking the tracks and then fell to the ground.
08/07/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was cutting round holes on the liner he slipped with his right hand cutting his left thumb.
07/30/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was pounding in a wheel stud when head of hammer came off handle while swinging down allowing his hand to contact wheel assembly.
07/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was torque turning final drive mounting bolts on a 793D with a rad gun. Pulled trigger on gun and got finger pinched between reactionary arm and bolt.
07/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was positioning a porta power and pinched his fingers between the tooling and a haul truck frame resulting in lacerations to two fingers.
06/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was placing a drill bit in a bit basket when his hand came in contact with the casing causing a laceration on his finger.
06/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning bolts in the shop with a rag and noticed irritation in his eye. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation an a piece of metal was found in his eye.
06/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a hose from a loader when his hand slipped and struck against the loader frame, resulting in a cut to his thumb that required 4 sutures.
05/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking when he slipped falling to the ground causing injury to his shin which required 5 stitches.
05/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Leach pad Employee was moving to get out of way of reversing ATV (Drip Line installer on leach pad) and fell onto pad skid lacerating his left shin requiring 5 stitches.
04/28/2012 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted The employee was cleaning the release handles on a CAT Uni-loader (Skidsteer) with the bucket hanging down and elevated approximately 1 foot off the ground. When the handles released, the bucket rota...
04/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was on the converter taking samples. He went to move to the side and his left leg went through a gap between the converter and the grating, and he hit his left side ribs (back area) on a ledg...
03/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling ore off the ground outside of mill 5. He was near the building and as he was shoveling he hit the side of the building with his hand and received a cut to his left index finger....
03/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing some clean up in his area at the assay lab. As he was cleaning he lost his footing and slipped. As a result, he hit the corner of the waste vibrator slide, hitting the top left of h...
03/02/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a Sawzall and some of the shavings got in his right eye. Employee sought treatment 03/06/12.
01/10/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the relining of the mill and taking out bolts. His right hand came in contact with the impact drill, which resulted in stitches to the right thumb.
01/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee put his hand in a pinch point when trying to release slack in chain rigging. This resulted in 7 sutures.
12/11/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck in the cheek with a punch causing a laceration to the cheek that required 7 stitches.
11/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was accessing the first rung on the ladder of a grader when he felt a pop in his knee.
11/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician has unwiring 630PP04 Pump motor so pump could be removed from service while cutting the electrical tape from the power supply wire the razor knife stabbed through the tape cutting through...
10/28/2011 OTHER FATALITY Fatal While performing a section repair in sidewall of a large earthmover tire the associate was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside the tire by a mining company worker.
10/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While employee was disconnecting slings from a bin a forklift bumped the bin causing the employee's left index finger to be pinched between the shackle and the bin.
10/04/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While in the field welding and grinding on a shovel bucket a piece of foreign material went in to the right eye. The employee was wearing a face shield and safety glasses.
08/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee bumped elbow when wrench slipped off drain plug for front differential causing employee to hit elbow on the inside of tire rim.
08/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While removing the rotation barrier from the table the employee reached over the work deck and was fully extended when he tried to lift the 25lb barrier. He experienced lower back pain.
08/16/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted EE accessing pond with a rope for balance, slipped twisting ankle. The pond is slopped properly for access/egress but lined with a plastic liner.
08/04/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was adjusting the packing on a pump when the wrench kicked back and lacerated his hand requiring 10 sutures.
07/22/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After medical investigation it was determined that the injury diagnosis is a low back strain, primarily caused by the employee bending and working in an awkward position.
06/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was moving 3/16"" plate off of a forklift and strained his lower back. Employee was on light restricted duty on 6/28 and 6/29, with a full duty release on 6/30.
06/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was mixing bentonite and got dust in his eye. He was wearing contacts with safety glasses. One hour into the next shift he complained about an eye irritation. He was taken to the hospital...
06/20/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loosening the chuck on the pipe threader with a pipe wrench and hammer. the employee got assistance from a helper. as he held the pipe, the helper used the hammer to help loosen the chuck...
05/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None while removing worn out barrel sleeve, employee received a mild cut left palm, and received stitches.
05/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was stepping on to a ladder, missed the bottom rung on ladder causing him to fall backward. He reached out to grab the ladder with his right arm and injured his right arm.
05/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was de-scaling a deariator tank and a piece of scale broke off and hit the ladder slightly and moved it. employees reacted and grabbed onto the baffle, moving his body in the opposite way and...