TAFT PRODUCTION COMPANY & MINES — Accidents

Total: 56 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/18/2025 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 31d lost Over the past 3 weeks operator developed pain in right shoulder, the pain became worse over time
01/08/2024 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 50d restricted Operator stated that their arm had been hurting for a couple of months. at first this was a first aid only, but the doctor has changed to no longer first aid, and assigned occupational therapy.
07/20/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was cleaning line 107 while waiting for ore. EE picked up a bag and when EE stood up EE hit EE's head on the stand for the cooler.
03/29/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A packaging line operator slipped on wet surface and landed on back and left elbow
05/28/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 14d restricted EE has been operating line 107 for a while and feels pain in shoulder back and neck
03/23/2021 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Teammate was unplugging a water treatment pump and built up pressure caused it to release mud unexpectedly with a lot of pressure and it hit EE full force in the face causing corneal abrasion in both...
03/23/2021 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Teammate was unplugging a water treatment pump and built up pressure caused it to release mud unexpectedly with a lot of pressure and it hit EE full force in the face causing corneal abrasion in both...
02/08/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Cumulative injury and neck strain running an automatize packaging line over time.
02/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 106d restricted Employee improperly lifted a 3 pack box of 15 pound jugs (total 45 lbs) to place them on the case sealer and injured forearm.
11/07/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Using a hammer and not wearing the proper hand protection, employee struck thumb which needed stitches while the employee was performing a maintenance task.
05/15/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 280d lost While working at Mill 1 SH Conveyor 5, Injured Employee climbed to the second level to pulley a piece of steel to employee on next level up stepped into uncovered manhole at ladder
04/16/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 301d lost Miner was walking towards equipment and tripped on a guard on floor and fell to their knees injuring the right knee.
04/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 101d restricted Teammate was pushing/pulling a conveyor to repair and hurt elbow.
01/15/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was using a utility knife and was not wearing cut resistant gloves. He sliced his left hand right above the thumb requiring sutures.
11/14/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 980d lost, 251d restricted Fell out of the truck on buttocks
09/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Temp worker was flipping stacks of boxes and his finger got caught in the strapping, fracturing it when in landed in the pile. He reported it later in the shift not knowing it was hurt until his glove...
04/02/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee was driving a golf cart in the dark without using the headlights (which worked) and hit a cement wall. he injured his lip, chest and chin.
03/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Miner got off forklift by sliding down off it and landed on her right leg. She felt a pop in her knee and could not walk.
12/12/2013 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While working on an air line that was locked out another air line that was next to it with air flow broke and caused a large amount of air to escape at one time causing an employee to be injured by th...
06/17/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Operator was backing down onto the location in a dump truck to be loaded by an excavator. The truck ran over a high point in the road which turned out to be a piece of ore and the truck bounced and je...
04/15/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 48d restricted While using a hand drill on a line the drill caught on a piece of metal and popped back stiking his right pinky finger causing a fracture. The employee is still being evaluated.
12/17/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Miner drove off the road into a ditch going over a berm in a haul truck landing on the side. Miner has a severe contusion on right inner thigh and contusion on right calf and is restricted from climbi...
05/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted EE was placing pipe on clamp. Pipe slipped and pinched his left thumb. EE finished work that day (Friday) without reporting. He was fine all weekend, and RTW Monday and worked again all day with no pr...
01/06/2011 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None The incident is a hearing loss over time and was found during the bi annual health assessment given to all employees during the 2010 year.
06/15/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Two employees driving forklift trucks collided head on in the warehouse
06/15/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Two Forklifts collided head on in the warehouse.
04/21/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee stated that the pain started around January 2010, he monitored it to see if it was an injury or if pain got better. He reported it 4/21 but chose not to go to the DR. He asked to go on 4/27 a...
04/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted While working on the gas valve in the dryer the ee's were unthreading the pipe he was holding on to the pipe so when it finally came unthreaded it wouldn't fall to the ground. The pipe has a manual sh...
10/12/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was part of a group installing a hammer mill hood at the mine, the hood had hung up on a conveyor belt when replacing the hood. A crane was used to relieve the pressure of the hood on the con...
06/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was dumping ore from a hopper. The hopper was the larger one. It is considered too heavy for one person to dump she went ahead and tried it on her own, then asked a coworker to help. She did...
03/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was backing up on a forklift going about 2 to 3 MPH, employee seen another forklift and stopped suddenly, he felt a pop in his neck.
03/18/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was adjusting a photo eye when the pusher was activated and grabbed his hand.
03/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 169d lost, 30d restricted Employee was walking between lines (normal walkway) and tripped on a bolt in the cement. She fell on her left shoulder.
02/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee walked through muddy area and slipped but did not fall. Felt pain in back.
02/05/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was operating a valve pack line and strained her back.
01/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee states she was running a machine and the first day her hands and fingers were sore. She continued to run the machine and her fingers started tingling. She complains of soreness now that radia...
09/29/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Temporary employee did not shut off conveyor before clearing buildup on conveyor and her arm was pulled into conveyor
08/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 208d lost Employee was struck by a large piece of ore on the hard hat which caused neck and shoulder pain
06/19/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE was changing from bags on line 109 EE turned away from the machine and her thumb got caught in the clamp. When she hit the clmp foot pedal the delay was about 5 seconds before it released this caus...
06/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Maintence personnel were working on a belt driven machine and did not loosen the motor mounts; when they tried to roll the drive belts on the sheaves an employee's fingers got caught between the belt...
12/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost At truck wash area there was standing water. After washing a golfcart, the employee turned to shut off the water and his feet slipped out from under him. He fell on his right elbow. Diagnosis is contu...
10/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going up the stairs at the Mill and his boot slipped off the step. He thought he was going down so he spun around to stop himself by grabbing the rail and in doing so twisted his back.
04/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While diagnosing a noise coming from the air conditioning system of a running company-owned pick-up, EEeached around the air conditioner's belt to touch a part near the vehicle?s air conditioner. The...
02/06/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the front office. He used his company-issued Buck knife to remove strings from the front of his coat that he was wearing. The employee cut his r-index finger.
01/28/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At approx 11:15a on Jan 31, a temp emp reptd to our HR Mgr that after his shift on Fri, Jan 28 he stepped off the stairs & felt a ?pop? in his neck. He didn't report it to supervisor as there was no p...
01/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was placarding a pallet of product on Line 305. The placard slipped from her fingers and fell upon the line's exit conveyor. As the employee reached for the placard, gravity moved the p...
10/18/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was retrieving a propane tank from the propane tank rack behind Warehouse #1. As the employee began to pull the tank toward him, he experienced a ""pop"" in his lower back. He did not conti...
07/19/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 119d lost Employee dismounted her forklift. She was aware of a second forklift backing out of the warehouse and the driver was also aware of the employee dismounting her forklift. The employee began walking tow...
11/18/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost EE WAS LOADING A DUST TRUCK. AS HE BEGAN TO WALK DOWN THE CATWALK, THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT CAUGHT ON THE NON-STICK SURFACE. THE EE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND IN THE PROCESS, T WISTED HI...
06/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE REPORTED PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS LEFT FOREARM AND WRIST. EE WAS SENT TO OUR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHO DETERMINED IT WAS A FIRST AID ONLY CASE. ON EE'S FOLLOWUP VISIT TO THE OCC UPATIONA...