Sugar Creek Ug Mine — Accidents

Total: 111 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/20/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None As employee was poking bar in to silo to free up material EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder.
06/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee strained shoulder muscle while trying to remove a motor from the top of an air receiver tank
06/13/2024 HOISTING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 60d lost, 23d restricted A Mobile Mechanic boarded the underground mine service cage to leave the mine at the end of the shift. As the man/material hoist started to raise the employee from the mine level, the hoist went into...
03/08/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's were installing the manhead (door) in a mill with the use of an overhead crane. As the door was raised in to position it got hung up overloading the rigging breaking the come along, striking and...
10/12/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Skip bucket over loaded and went in to fault at the collar. When this happened the hoist rope bounced and set the safety dogs. The hoist controls had to be reset and the skip dogs had to be released....
10/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the preheater tower. During cleaning activities dust got on employees personal protective equipment. The employee opened EE's face shield to investigate issues with EE's tower cl...
06/15/2023 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 7d lost Mtce Supvr found in office chair breathing & unresponsive by office mate. Safety Mgnr & Miners rep arrived and began check compressions/AED applied as per dispatch(no shock). EMT and fire department a...
04/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting loose temporary frame. In an attempt to safely lower a piece, a partial cut was made. Upon making final cut, piece was heavier than expected; causing a piece of metal to fall, striking EE in t...
09/05/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None West end of raw fuel storage pile caught on fire. Unknown cause of fire. No one working in the area and no one affected by the fire. Heat warped tin roof and burned paint from support columns.
02/15/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking on ground level to get a lab sample, employee tripped on a wheel chock that was sticking into the walkway. Injured employee fell to the ground landing on right knee, left hand, and left...
02/10/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 322d lost Employee was getting down from SV-26 scaler and rolled EE's right ankle on a used bolt that was laying on the ground where EE had parked.
04/23/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Worker was attempting to unplug a dust collector hopper when material flushed out door. Material from collector got in employees eyes
07/30/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bench testing a radiator cooling fan. The fan became unstable and the employee went to catch the fan. The employees hand came in contact with the rotating blades and lacerated 4 fingers.
05/22/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE rolled ankle as EE stepped off north access ramp to pump room. EE stepping off a concrete ramp to the ground & rolled ankle. On 5/26/20 EE went to urgent care, x-ray showed sprained ankle. Follow u...
03/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee opened up a cement silo port to clear material that was not flowing. The material let loose and dusted employee in face and eyes. The gate isolating the product was not fully closed which all...
02/03/2020 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician was working inside an electrical box above a cement loading scale. A gust of wind blew across the scale moving particles of dust through the grating up into the electricians left eye. The...
01/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was pulling a scaffold pole from bottom of pile of 10 or so poles when a pole above the one EE pulled on slid down and pinched EE's left hand middle finger near the end.
07/18/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee drove the 730 with the bed up.
04/11/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Descaling in 3rd Stage with Jack Hammer when 2 pieces fell from roof. Hit headache deck busting through and hitting scaffolding before striking employee at bottom of cone. EE climbed out of unit on E...
04/08/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Descaling Kiln Shell w/Air Hammer. Reported Rt hand hurting which brick had fell on earlier, wanted to quit for the day, Sat. am, 4/08. We received call noon Tues. 4/11. ""fractures to Rt Hand"". gett...
06/21/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee stepped wrong exiting a fork lift, went to the Doctor on 06/24/2016 and was diagnosed with a sprained knee.
04/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was rotating a fan and caught hand in a pinch point between the rotor and fan housing.
01/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Employee twisted left knee removing a door on the ground floor level.
08/01/2015 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working to clear a blockage of a bin. Employee sat down to cool off. As he got up he became disoriented and needed assistance from his co-worker to stand. As a precaution the employee was...
07/13/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Employee was cleaning on the preheat tower, when a large chunk from above fell and struck the lance the employee was using to clean. The lance inadvertently struck the employee on the right side of hi...
04/29/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 295d lost Employee placed his hand on the mask of a forklift unknown to the forklift operator, the forklift operator inadvertently moved the forks and pinched the employee's fingers on his right hand.
09/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was exiting a contract hauler trailer when he tripped and fell. The Ee caught his boot at the end of the trailer.
05/05/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost Employee was removing a guard when he slipped and fell. As a result the employee has a strained hip/thigh strain.
02/12/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None falling object hit jackhammer causing jackhammer to hit employee in the mouth. Sutures used to close wound.
02/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None icy pavement
01/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lost footing slipped and fell on ice covered step.
11/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving an I beam approximately 10 feet long 8 inches high when it rolled over it caught his long finger on his right hand between it and the fork of the forklift. Lacerating the last join...
10/08/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was driving haul truck hit a bump and heard his back pop.
02/01/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was stepping down off of a piece of equipment and felt a pop in his left knee. Employee stated he did not slip, twist, or trip on anything and maintained three points of contact as he descen...
11/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 29d restricted EE was repositioning right fork on Terex forklift. Standing between two forks, left hand holding up weight of fork, right hand on back for pushing. Left hand slipped moving fork into position and fork...
02/23/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee detected roof fall that exceeded the bolt length anchor points. Mine Manager, phoned the Rolla office with no response. He then notified the One Call line to report this incident. MSHA inv...
08/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and contractor using jack stand to work on 988 loader tire chains. Stand was slick, covered in grease. Contractor was holding top of rod on jack, employee was lining up holes on rod so he cou...
11/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was working on a trenching project on surface. He slipped on debris from the trench twisting his ankle resulting in a sprain. He is on modified duty and PT.
06/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was working in man basket. He was hanging netting in the underground mine, work was above his head. He tried to straighten the netting out so that there was no slack and one side fell. Materi...
07/04/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee welding on Fletcher scaler pick rotation standing on bottom rung of ladder. He was wearing rubber boots with pant legs tucked inside. Spark fell into boot and burned top of left foot. Employe...
06/20/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Employee was changing hydraulic hose on single boom drill and stepped off ladder. His right knee gave way as he stepped on floor, but didn't slip or fall. He did not seek treatment at that time. He...
02/05/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted While trying to remove a piece of metal from the magnet while magnet was still on the metal was pulled back up to magnet crushing finger between magnet surface and metal, resulting in fractured bone.
08/23/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine lost power 8/23-9:35 AM. Compromises two ways out. Employees stopped work, assembled in lunch room. Problem with KCPL-no info on duration of outage. Evacuation ordered 9:40 using backup power su...
07/13/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist Brake accumulator failed on the production shaft at 11:25 AM. The mine was evacuated at 11:55 AM. Repairs were completed at 1:00 PM.
06/23/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 194d restricted Employee was working on piece of mobile equipment when he felt his knee pop. Employee reported injury to supervisor on 6/24/04, but did not seek treatment at that time. Employee was off on long week...
12/11/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO VALUE FOUND None 46""X 14""X 3/4"" PIECE OF METAL WAS WEDGED AGAINST RESTRICTOR PLATE ON THE REVERSING FEEDER BELT. AFTER LOCKING OUT, EE HIT THE PLATE TWICE WITH HIS HAND. THE PLATE THEN FELL DOWN ON HIS HAND ON THE...
07/11/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 150d restricted EE WAS WALKING NEAR THE BACK DOOR OF THE SHOP AT THE UNDERGROUND MINE. HE WAS AT THE DITCH AREA WALKING ABOVE THE DRAIN PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE MUD AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.
03/13/2003 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO VALUE FOUND None WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES IN THE 8R4N HEADING, A WALNUT-SIZE PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE ABOVE.
03/04/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 129d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCK FROM THE FACE HEADINGBY USING HIS FOOT. HE TWISTED AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
01/31/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT A BARREL ON A PALLET. HE TILTED THE BARREL ON EDGE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.