Stockton Mine — Accidents

Total: 65 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/03/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost While operating the Caterpillar 785B haul truck, the Miner injured their back when the seat bottomed out when a dip in the road was encountered.
08/22/2024 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While helping to repair/splice the fuel line on the International 4900 Fuel Truck, the repair blew out from the hose clamps under pressure. The Miner was struck in the groin with the hose causing tiss...
06/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost While positioning the D65 Drill breakout table on the hydraulic press, the table slipped between the two support beams of the press. The Miner's gloved left ring finger was caught between the table a...
10/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While repairing the support brackets for the utility body underneath a service truck, the employee attempted to remove the bolts from the bracket. Dirt and rust fell from underneath the truck and str...
07/17/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost After a day of welding on Monday, July 17, 2017, the employee awoke at approximately 2:00 am the following morning with a burning sensation in their eyes. The employee reported to work on Tuesday, Ju...
06/13/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While grinding a weld, a piece of ground metal entered the eye from below and underneath employee's safety glasses. EE was taken to an eye Specialist where the foreign material was removed.
05/22/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing the outlet fitting on a trailer mounted pump, the wrench slipped off the bolt and struck employee in the head above the left eye at about the eyebrow level. Employee was treated on site...
04/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE assisting in removing a cable from a 4600 drag line. The cable came loose from the drum and struck EE on the bridge of the nose. The nose area was swollen and bleeding. EE was taken to the local...
03/17/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost EE was pressure washing a service truck when EE experienced severe pain in EE's right shoulder area. EE stopped what EE was doing, notified EE's supervisor and went home. The following day EE advise...
07/10/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost A 777b haul truck ran into the back of a D10N dozer causing the dozer operator to be jarred forward subsequently he was sent for evaluation at the ER for neck and back pain
05/20/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 3d restricted Burning out steel plates in a CAT 777B haul truck. He was preparing the truck bed for relining when a shard of metal landed on his boot and melted through contacting foot. Treated at home for 2days wi...
01/21/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Operator jarred his lower back while driving a Euclid R90c off-road haul truck. The bracketing for the seats suspension appears to have broken allowing the seat to shift forward
06/01/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Mechanic was working on DML track drill when he stepped on a rock while exiting via the tracks. When he stepped on the rock he lost his balance and twisted his left ankle.
04/24/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Operator was changing drill steel bit when the chain wrench broke and a piece of the bar hit the back/side of the operators left knee. No initial treatment was sought. Area around the impact began to...
01/24/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 55d restricted Employee claims to have slipped off ladder coming down from a 777 truck. States he landed on his back. He did not notify his foreman of accident and states no witnesses. He did not report anything un...
11/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Mechanic was working on a truck in the garage. He had positioned a ladder against the side of the truck and was coming down off the ladder with a part he removed when he lost his balance on the second...
08/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee went to foreman on 8/23 and stated he had hurt his back on Sat. 8/20 lifting a 5g pail of oil while doing a service. The employee left on the morning of 8/23 after telling the foreman of the...
06/07/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost While driving a Euclid haul truck over a bumpy haul road the driver jarred his back.
01/25/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While welding on a bucket adjacent to another welder the employee was affected by the arc of the other welder. The employee's eye was scarred.
01/24/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost At the beginning of the shift the employee tried to climb into his haul truck but slipped on the ladder falling, and hurting his back.
01/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a torch to cut off an old wear strip, the wear strip broke loose striking the employee in the face.
01/13/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While dragging a fuel hose the employee slipped and fell.
11/03/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted On the date above a Volvo BM L150 was dressing and pushing off a dump. A CAT 777 Haul truck was backing to the dump to drop a load. The loader operator didn't see the truck and backed into his path....
09/03/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A rebar t-handle was being used to pull out a grease follow plate out of an old grease drum. When suction was relieved the handle came up and struck the employee in the eye.
08/28/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost While cleaning a Demag H185 excavator with a high pressure heated washer the employee accidentally waved the wand over his foot. The heated, pressurized water went through his rubber, steel tip boot...
08/19/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 191d lost Employee strained his right shoulder while steering an R90 Euclid haul truck
06/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 261d lost A CAT D9L dozer struck a loaded CAT 777 haul truck after traveling back in reverse. The dozer operator claimed to not see or hear the truck that was stopped and blowing the horn. The truck driver su...
06/08/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using hand tools to disconnect a hydraulic coupling on a Demag H185. There was residual pressure in the hydraulic system and he was sprayed in the eyes with hydraulic fluid when he loose...
07/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Mechanic was loading drill on lowboy to leave mine. He jumped off the lowboy and landed on a loose rock. He fractured his heel of his left foot and sprained his left ankle.
04/30/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 171d restricted Employee was walking into the bed of a service truck to start a compressor and stepped on a piece of wood and twisted his knee. This was originally not a reportable injury but the employee has now go...
01/10/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 257d lost While grinding metal using a handheld electric grinder the employee got a fragment of metal in his eye. He originally thought it may have been just dirt until the eye continued to bother him for a fe...
01/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost Employee was trying to turn over a very heavy chain, when he felt a ""pop"" in his back. This was dismissed as a minor pulled muscle. When trying to walk up a ladder to the dragline, his legs gave o...
08/05/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was operating a Komatsu 155 Dozer. Employee backed up over large rock and upon decent from rock jarred his back.
03/03/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding and lifted his face shield, when a piece of metal popped and went into his left eye.
07/20/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing routine maintenance, the wrench the employee was using slipped off the bolt head, causing the employee to lose his balance. The employee cut his hand on a sharp piece of coal when he...
04/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 4d lost While placing a sheet of steel to be welded as a bed liner into the R90 rock truck, the employee felt a strain in the groin area. After several days a bulge developed. Upon examination by his family...
12/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading a down the hole drill hammer and drill bit form a pickup truck, the employee caught his thumb between the the two. This resulted in a cut on his left hand that required stitches
11/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost After A vigorous morning of activity of up and down movement, employee reported a feeling of discomfort in his feet. Employee later reported that he saw his family doctor, but felt relief when he ""cr...
03/03/2006 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost WHILE THE FOREMAN WAS OPERATING A CAT DOZER, HE WAS WORKING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN. DUE TO THE MEDICATION HE WAS TAKING HE WAS SUSEPTABLE TO THE SUN & HIS EYES WERE BURNED.
08/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost While reeling in the hose of the fuel truck, a kink in the hose uncoiled and the nozzle struck the employee's finger.
08/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost WHILE INSPECTING THE GOULDS 3 X 3 PUMP FOR CONDITION, THE EMPLOYUEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE TRIED TO ROLL THE PUMP ON ITS SIDE.
06/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When replacing an air conditioning line on the H-241 backhoe, dirt fell from a higher level and struck employee in the head. The dirt went behind his safety glasses and into his eye. Later the eye bec...
04/22/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While grinding on the 777B truck box, a piece of metal struck the welder's cheek & bounced under his safety glasses. The metal embedded in the eyelid & later became infected.
02/18/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE TOP PIN OF A REAR STRUT THAT ALREADY HAD THE BOTTOM PIN INSTALLED. HE WAS FORCED TO JUMP CLEAR WHEN THE STRUT BECAME UNHOOKED FROM THE SERVICE TRUCKS CRANE.
11/04/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost While operating this cat d9h over rought terrain, the operator experienced a pain in his back that intensified over the next several days.
10/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost wHILE PULLING ON THE LEVER TO ENGAGE THE POWER TAKE OFF PTO, THE EE SPRAINED HIS WRIST.
07/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost After fueling the 16g grader, the ee was dismounting the 16g with associated fuel hose. Due to stiffness of the hose, it twisted causing the ee to fall. EE landed on his right hand jamming his elbow.
03/16/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost WHILE CHANGING THE FILTERS ON THE DEMAG H-95 BACKHOE, DIRT WAS BLOWN IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE BY THE RADIATOR FAN.
02/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE DIS-MOUNTING ROCK TRUCK.
01/15/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON A EUCLID R90 TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE GROUND ON HIS BACK.