South Area — Accidents

Total: 564 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a hammer and a brass punch driving a king pin in a steering knuckle on a forklift a small piece of the pin chipped off and went inside of employee's forearm. The small piece of metal was extract...
04/27/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 46d lost, 14d restricted Employees were emptying a waste flow bin. The gate stuck on the chute and had to use a come along. The bin shifted, and the employee released the tension on the come along and lifted the bin up slight...
04/16/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding and grinding all shift. Employee could not pin point a specific time of injury. Employee awoke the next day with irritation to eye.
04/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was descaling screen with a sledge hammer, the employee swung the hammer missing the intended object, and hit his right index finger against the structure. Causing a fracture and lacera...
03/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 29d restricted Employee was boarding haul truck and felt a pop in right wrist. This was a questionable case and it was determined by our Occ. Doctor on 7/12/10 to be work related.
03/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had been holding angle iron aloft using his forearms, he reported soreness the next day. Employee did not seek medical attention immediately, this was determined to be an illness after Dr vis...
02/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing drill bit on blast hole drill, employee's finger was pinched between drill bit and hand rail. Employee received 6 stitches on left pinky finger. Employee returned to work on the...
01/24/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was walking on a lowboy loading ramp and slipped, falling onto the ramp. Employee put his arm out to stop his fall and strained his shoulder. Placed on restricted duty 1-25-11 per Dr.
01/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted Employee was shoveling out sump pump area in the basement of the secondary crusher building. The shovel hit a harder section of mud. The employees hand slipped from the back of the shovel jarring th...
01/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 15d restricted Employee was walking and fell to the ground injuring her back. This event became reportable 06/07/11.
01/04/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was machining a part on a lathe. The chuck flipped a metal chip around which cut the employees left pinky finger, requiring 4 sutures.
12/12/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck in the lip with a tool while reassembling a brake. He required 5 stitches.
12/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was struck in the head and neck with a piece of falling mud while changing a tire.
12/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 8d restricted Employee was struck in the calf by the pin of a shackle resulting in a bruise to the leg. Originally diagnosed as a non occupationial due to personal medical condition on 12/15/10 it was determined to...
12/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee felt a pop in his wrist while trying to straighten a step bracket.
11/26/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 16d restricted Employee was removing frozen ore from semi bed, chunk of ore released from bed and struck employee on left foot pinning foot and causing employee to fall backwards resulting in fracture to left ankle.
11/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Employee was pulling electrical wire, the wire flipped over pinching the right wrist of the employee between a motor and the wire he was pulling, causing a contusion of the right wrist.
11/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost The employee was replacing the liners in the Mill. The employee went to replace a loose liner when the liner fell striking his right shin and foot area. Causing a fractured metatarsal bone in the righ...
10/20/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While accessing engine compartment of haul truck to perform repairs, mechanic slipped. He felt pain in his arm after he caught himself from falling.
10/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was returning from taking his belongings to the crew bus when he tripped over his feet. The area he was walking in had no holes or rocks, it was flat. He fell down hitting his hand and face o...
09/13/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While setting casing the employee's hand was pinched between the driver sub and hammer bit.
08/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was welding on a bucket a clamp that was used fell striking the employee in the lt. forearm causing injury
06/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 260d lost, 10d restricted Employee was cutting existing fill from inside Cell 1 of the Maggie Creek cooling tower. Fill media 3-4' behind employee collapsed pulling the vertical column post which employee was using as a tie of...
06/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 270d lost Employee was cutting existing fill from inside Cell 1 of the Maggie Creek cooling tower. Fill media 3-4' behind employee collapsed pulling the vertical column post which employee was using as a tie of...
05/30/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was cleaning up his work area after welding. dirt and dust was blowing around and something got into his eye. he was taken for treatment and debris was removed. he returned to work.
05/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were removing a light and conduit,one employee was cutting the conduit,the other employee was pushing the light away when it gave way pining his hand and fingers against the existing con...
04/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was moving a hose hanger when he dropped the hanger. One of the hooks on the hanger punctured his right lower forearm.
04/11/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding bed liners and at some point during the day, strong winds blew something in his right eye, behind his safety glasses. A metal sliver was removed the next day by the doctor.
04/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading bucket tooth onto service truck when right ring finger was pinched between tooth and tail gate of service truck.
04/01/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drill crew was removing water swivel for survey, drill pipe with swivel was laid down on top of head for disassembly, the driller had placed a 36"" pipe wrench on the swivel for removal, the wrench s...
03/16/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee had a sore thumb for some time and was originally checked at the health clinic in march (non-reportable at that time). On 6-25-10 the doctor reclassified him as a Reportable Illness and he ha...
03/03/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was carrying a computer, and while walking to the building, she stepped onto grating with her left foot and with her right foot, stepped into a small ditch at the end of the grating.
02/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a part on the shape cutter. He had finished the cut and the part did not drop. He used a hammer to knock the part out of the plate; the hammer bounced off the plate, hit the side...
02/15/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a pin driver with a pair of channel lock pliers so another employee could drive out a pin from a pin boss. The hammer glanced off of the frame and hit the other employee driving h...
02/14/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was doing some grinding work, when he felt some debris and dust hit his chest and bounce up under his face shield and safety glasses.
02/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was climbing down from a haul truck and felt a pop in her wrist. she was examined and sent for a follow up to see if it was sprained. she was placed in a splint for immobilization.
01/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A pulley fell out of it's holder and pinched employee's finger. He received 3 sutures to his right middle finger.
01/14/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking across the parking lot outside the main gate to the mine, the employee was struck in the right arm by a light vehicle. Employee required medical attention and was diagnosed with fracture...
01/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a belt on a pump and got his right ring finger pinched between the belt and the sheave.
11/22/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported on 11/23/2009 that he had pain in his left eye. He had welded in maintenance shop on 11/22/2009. Medical attention was sought and a small piece of metal was removed from eye.
11/15/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was exiting locker room onto temporary stairs that were being used while cement work was done and lost her balance falling forward onto the ground, striking her knee.
10/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While moving a chlorine bottle from the storage rack, the employee was rolling it down the ramp when the bottle got away from him and rolled into his left foot, pinning his foot against the fence.
10/16/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was walking uphill with a hose and his knee started to hurt. Was seen in ER and was taken off work for a knee injury.
10/12/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was pulling on a breaker bar to loosen a plug. When it broke free he felt pain in his upper left arm. Employee was treated and returned to work. He was classified as a lost time as of 10-26-0...
10/01/2009 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was found on the ground and was unresponsive.
09/10/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was welding all day (9-10-09). he noticed an irritation in his eye on the way home and the next morning. reported irritation to supervisor on 9-11-09 and went to eye Dr. the Dr removed a fore...
08/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tracing a line, the employee stepped into an open hole in the deck and scraped his right arm on the grating, resulting in 36 stitches.
07/23/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder when it caught and kicked back. The grinder struck the employee just under the face shield, pushing it up and cutting his face. He was taken for treatment and received sut...
07/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 77d lost, 2d restricted Employee was holding a lock ring on a wheel when it slipped. While trying to catch it, he strained his shoulder muscle and was placed on restricted duty by the doctor.
06/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost while dismounting a dozer the employee slipped and fell, straddling the dozer arm to the blade