Tasara Strips — Accidents

Total: 7 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/22/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The operator was dismounting the dozer at the end of shift. As they were dismounting, left foot slipped from the installed foot step and they fell approximately 5' to the ground, landing on right leg....
10/04/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was operating a Cat D11N dozer doing pre-stripping work at Pit 003. During this work a fuel line apparently ruptured resulting in an inextinguishable fire that caused severe damage to the dozer
03/05/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was driving the Cat 777B rock truck to a location where it could be worked on following the antifreeze hose breaking open the previous day. The employee inhaled antifreeze vapors & became ill...
03/04/2024 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was driving a rock truck when the antifreeze line broke in the cab. Hot antifreeze sprayed onto the employee's right arm and exposed employee's lungs to a toxic agent.
12/06/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was hammering a bearing in place on the right push arm of a Cat D11N dozer when a metal fragment came off and embedded in the index finger of EE's left hand.
08/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 10d restricted Employee was lifting a bucket tooth for a Hitachi 1800 Excavator.
01/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was assisting another EE, mechanic helper, to remove the main bucket pin of the Komatsu 450 excavator. Other EE was pounding on the pin when it came loose. The pin caught IE's middle finger of hi...