Tata Chemicals Mine — Accidents

Total: 666 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was drilling a hole in the roof for a bolt when a piece of rock broke off striking his left foot causing a laceration.
02/15/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" fault. Electrician was called out of the mine to inspect and reset the hoist. There were still two remaining escape ways throughout the incident (#2 and #6...
02/06/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 production hoist tripped on ""Check Point UHM"" and ""Drive Converter A"" faults. Electrician was called out of the mine to inspect the hoist and reset the faults. The hoist was back in servi...
01/27/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None It was reported that the north hoist motor for #3 hoist was making noise. Upon investigating, it was determined that something was rubbing on the inside of the motor so the hoist was shut down for in...
01/23/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was cutting a piece of hose with a utility knife when he slipped and cut his finger.
01/17/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was taking steel out of the hole he drilled for a roof bolt when chunks of trona fell down striking him on his left hand.
01/10/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""#4 West Brake Not Applied"" fault. Maintenance foreman, electrician, and mechanic were called out of the mine. The brake was checked and adjusted and the hoist was inspected an...
01/09/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 production hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" fault. Maintenance coordinator and electrician were called out of the mine to check the hoist out and reset the hoist. There were still two remai...
01/02/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 hoist tripped on ""Supervision"" fault. Maintenance Coordinator and Electrician reset the fault and inspected the hoist. There were still two escapeways throughout the incident.
12/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was taking bottom roller out of FCT roadway, when the roller shifted and caught her thumb between roller and bracket. She received stitches on her thumb.
12/21/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" and ground fault. Electrician was called out of the mine to check the hoist and reset the faults. Electrician closed a window in the hoist penthouse to prev...
12/17/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" fault. Maintenance foreman and electrician were called out of the mine to check the hoist and reset the fault. There were still two remaining escapeways thr...
12/17/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" and ""Vibration"" faults. Maintenance foreman and electrician were called out of the mine to check the hoist and reset the faults. There were still two rema...
12/15/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoistman lost computer communication to the #2 hoist. A breaker had tripped and had to be reset and the hoist had to be re-synced. The hoist was back in service at 3:05 PM. There were still two rem...
12/15/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" and ""Vibration"" faults. Maintenance Foreman and electrician were called out of the mine to check the hoist and reset the faults. There were still two rema...
12/14/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""East Motor Bearing Overtemp"" fault. Maintenance foreman and electrician were called out of the mine to check the hoist and reset the hoist. There were still two remaining esca...
12/10/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Vibration"" fault. Electrician and maintenance foreman came out of the mine and inspected and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 11:15 PM. Hoist tripped two more ti...
12/06/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Vibration fault. Electrician and maintenance coordinator came out of the mine and inspected and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 4:50 AM. There were still two rem...
12/05/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Vibration"" fault. Electrician and maintenance coordinator came out of the mine and inspected and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 3:30 AM. There were still two r...
11/30/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" fault and ""Vibration"" fault. Maintenance Coordinator and electrician were called out of the mine to check and reset the hoist. The hoist was back in servi...
11/26/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" and ""East Motor Overtemp"" faults. Electricians and maintenance foreman were called out of the mine to check and reset the hoist. The hoist was back in servic...
11/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost Employee was hanging secondary cable when the cable came down and struck him on the head.
11/24/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Bore miner operator went to turn up the face fan and upon returning noticed a floor bleeder that had been ignited under the FCT. The FCT operator grabbed a fire extinguisher and extinguished the floo...
11/19/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 25d restricted EE stepped out of LHD and stepped on a rock, straining his RT knee. EE reinjured it on 12/3/09.
11/18/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving on roadway when she got distracted and struck the rib and lacerated her lip.
11/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 11d restricted Employee was changing bits on a miner. When he pushed hard on the wrench, he felt a rip in his left shoulder. He will have surgery on 11/30/09.
11/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 105d restricted Employee was pulling on a miner nip. Cable had a twist in it and when it came untwisted, it twisted his L shoulder.
10/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking by the fct. He put his hand on a box of the fct and a rock fell from the back striking his hand and splitting it open.
10/28/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 3 hoist tripped on low brake air pressure caused by a breaker problem on transformer. Breaker was replaced and hoist was back in service at 4:53am. There were still two escapeways throughout the inc...
10/18/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 hoist had electrical problems on the 250 volt side. Electrician was brought out of the mine to troubleshoot and repair. Hoist was back in service @5:45pm. There were still two escape ways during in...
10/04/2009 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 94d lost, 23d restricted EE was getting ready to wash out the conveyor while he was holding the water hose he asked for the water to be turned on. When the wrong hose was turned on he turned to get away from it and twisted hi...
09/30/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" and ""Vibration"" faults. Electrician inspectd teh hoist and reset the faults and hoist was back in service at 5:20 AM. There were still two escapeways during in...
08/15/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting, employee was struck with a rock causing a small laceration and contusion to his left arm.
08/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While watering the roads U/G, ee hit a rough part of the road and jarred his back.
08/05/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a storm a lightening strike caused the main power source to the plant to trip causing a total power outage tripping both the #2 & #3 hoists. The emergency backup generator was brought on line t...
07/21/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on ""East Motor #1 Bearing Overtemp"" fault. Still had two escapeways during the incident.
06/05/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped at 7:45 pm with ""Drive converter a"" fault. Electrician came out of the mine and repaired a contactor and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 9:00 pm. There were still two...
05/29/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 45d restricted Employee was stepping out of the Lotrac. In doing so employee stepped on a rock, twisting his right ankle.
05/18/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There was an issue with a breaker on the ""B drive"" on #3 hoist. Electrician changed the breaker and the hoist was back in service at 12:10 pm. There were still two escapeways throughtout the inciden...
05/16/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked out on drive converter a fault. Electrician was called out of the mine to check and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 8:30 am. there were a still two escapeways throught ou...
05/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 20d restricted Employee was stepping out of jeep when he tripped on a rock and sprained his left knee. Employee worked through the 11th and was placed on light duty on May 12th.
05/06/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None After performing regular scheduled servicing on #3 hoist, the hoist tripped on ""drive converter A"" fault upon startup. The hoist was checked out and reset and back in service at 10:35am. There were...
05/01/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Dispatcher lost computers. Upon investigation, it was determined that the line that provides power to #2 & #3 hoists had somehow lost power so #2 & #3 hoists were down. At that point a mne evacuation...
04/30/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on an ""EMS Fault"". Electrician had to be called out of the mine to check and reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 4:15 am. There were still two separate escapeways during t...
04/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling slack out of come-along when chain came unhooked causing come-along to strike employee in mouth and chipping three teeth.
04/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a piece of rock from the miner when he smashed his left pinkie between the rock and the miner.
04/24/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped when the #4 west brake did not actuate. The brake solenoid was replaced and the hoist was back in service at 10:05 AM. There were still two operable hoists/escapeways throughout the i...
04/10/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 24d restricted Employee was changing out a bit on the miner with a bit wrench when his right thumb got caught between the wrench and the bit resulting in a broken thumb.
04/01/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee turned his head to find a bolt when the drill rolled off the block, pinching his left 5th finger. He had blood drained from nailbed.
03/31/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:50pm, #3 hoist tripped on east motor #2 overtemp. After looking at hoist, it was determined that a bearing needed to be changed. The bearing was changed and hoist was back in service at 2:00 am....