Tata Chemicals Mine — Accidents

Total: 666 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/27/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on vibration trip-west motor. Electrician had to come out of the mine to reset the hoist. The hoist was reset at 2:10 am. There were still two operable hoists during this incident.
03/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 96d lost, 147d restricted Employee was walking beside his jeep when he tripped over a rock hitting his left elbow and jamming his left shoulder. Employee is having surgery on 5/11/09 making this injury recordable.
03/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 35d restricted EE was operating miner. He then stepped back and tripped on miner cable and broke his right wrist.
02/12/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 3 production hoist tripped on a drive converter A fault. Electrician cleaned the auxiliary contacts on the drive converter and then reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 10:05am. There were...
01/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 22d restricted Installing head roller at SB-36. Employee was on ladder aligning chewey, dog bolts, when he went to move step ladder, he felt his right knee pop.
12/28/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 Hoist Kicked out on ""Air Brake Pressure"" fault. One of the four air brakes was losing pressure so the brake needed to be replaced. There were still two operable hoists at the time of the incide...
12/22/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was working in panel. He reached up with his arm. A piece of the roof came loose and smashed his fingers on right hand.
12/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing bit on bore miner. Bit wrench slipped off bit and struck employee in mouth breaking a tooth and chipping another.
12/02/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was drilling hole with fewer bolter when rotation stopped, and steel was stuck. He let go of trigger and bulter dropped and swung toward the rib. He then attempted to grab the bolter at which...
11/20/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning up the notch area. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a piece of the notch peel & fall. He turned around and apparently ran into the rib or the bore miner but he didn't know wh...
10/31/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 45d lost Employee developed carpal tunnel syndrome over years. Employee went in for surgery on 10/31/08.
10/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Employee was climbing up the step on a scoop to check the fire extinguisher at the start of the shift and slipped injuring his shoulder.
10/13/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 hoist tripped due to a computer issue. The hoist could have been run in manual or evacuation mode if needed
10/06/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist (production hoist) lost power and tripped due to a transformer malfunction. There were still two operable hoist for the duration of the hoist power issue.
09/11/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee felt pain in his back while bending to get around the boom on a beaver bolter. Employee restricted to ""no overtime.
09/10/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""vibration - South Skip, South Spearpoint"". Maintenance supervisor & shaft hands inspected the bearings and reset the monitor. The hoist was back in operation at 8:15 AM. There w...
08/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 89d restricted Employee was replacing the inside hub on a continuous miner and sprained his shoulder while lifting the hub into place. Employee worked with no restrictions until October 31st when he went to the doct...
08/18/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 54d lost Employee developed carpal tunnel syndrome over the years due to unknown causes. He went in for surgical repair on 8/18/08.
08/12/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on ""vibration trip"" on the south motor, west bearing. Electrician was called out of the mine to adjust and reset the hoist and it was back in service at 3:45 a.m. There were still tw...
08/09/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on ""vibration trip"" and while working on it a sensor in the shaft came loose and had to be remounted. Electrician reinstalled the sensor and hoist was back in service at 5:45 a.m. Th...
08/07/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Drive Converter A"" fault. Electrician was called out to the mine to check and reset the hoist. The electrician checked for a ground fault and reset the hoist and it was back in...
07/31/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist kicked due to a ""Drive Converter A"" fault. The hoist was reset but had to be re-synced before it was put back into service. Hoist was back in service at 1:35pm. There were still 2 operable hoi...
07/31/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist kicked due to ""West brake"" fault. Mechanic was called out of the mine to check the brakes. Electrician reset the hoist and was back in service at 4:45 pm. There were still 2 operable hoists.
07/30/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped due to a spear point monitor fault. An electrician & maintenance co-ordinator had to come out of the mine to reset the hoist. Hoist was back in service at 4:45 a.m. There were still t...
07/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted While stepping off of the miner, employee twisted his right ankle. Employee is restricted to ""no overtime.
07/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While bolting, employee was struck by a slab on his right forearm. Employee was restricted to ""no overtime"" on 7/21/08 which made this reportable on this date.
07/01/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 15d restricted While drilling a gas hole, employee caught his thumb between drill chuck and the centralizer arm on the bolter resulting in a laceration to employees right thumb.
07/01/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was moving an empty trailer by hand to hook it up to a forklift. He pinched his finger between tongue of tailer and hitch on the forklift.
06/25/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While doing an inspection at #6 shaft, shaft hands discovered that the service brake was not adequately functioning. The brake shoes and caliper were changed and hoist was back into service @ 230 pm,...
06/19/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""Loading Pocket Fault"". An electrician was called out of the mine to get the hoist reset. This was a nuisance trip, so the fault was cleared @ 1:45 am. There were still two opera...
06/19/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""watchdog UHM"" fault. Electrician was called out of the mine and the hoist was reset and adjusted and back into service at 12:45 PM. There were still tow operable hoists at the t...
06/17/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""east motor overtemp"" due to heat off of the steam heaters. The area was cooled down and the hoist was reset at 5:40 pm. There were still two operable hoists at time of incident.
06/07/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 6:55 pm, #2 hoist kicked. The hoist was reset but it continued to kick on uhm error. Electrician trouble shot the hoist and changed out a card in the uhm. There were still two hoists avaiable for u...
06/05/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 90d restricted EE was hanging magnet on beltline and fell injuring his right shoulder. EE has a two week no overtime restriction.
05/25/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked out on loading pocket fault then on east motor over temp. Vibration trip south skip spear point - reset vib trip - east motor over temp at 17:10 hours. Still had two operable hoists.
05/20/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on east motor overtemp. Maint coord and electrician came out of the mine and turned on blower fans and opened the doors to cool the area down. The hoist was reset and back in service @...
05/19/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on east motor overtemp. The maint coordinator and electrician came up and turned on blower fans to cool the motor and reset the hoist. Hoist back in service @ 4:20 pm. Still had two op...
05/07/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 3 hoist kicked on ""motor E overtemp"". Electrician was called to surface to reset the hoist. There were still 2 hoists operable at the time.
05/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 69d restricted EE complained that his shoulder was hurting prior to beginning to move cables. EE has a pre-existing shoulder condition. Accident was reported on 5/8/08.
05/02/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None # 2 hoist kicked due to a grounded trailing cable. The hoist was put in manual mode and back in service at 2:30pm. The trailing cable was then repaired and back in auto mode @ 6:30pm
05/01/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""spear point fault"" south srip, south spearpoint. Electrician reset hoist and it was back on service @ 0155.
05/01/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist ricked on loading pocket fault. It was determined that the hoist could be run in evacuation mode. Upon investgation it was determined that a fiber optic cable was damaged causing a communica...
04/27/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist tripped on ""PM Vibration trip"" error code. It was determined that a switch was bad. THe switch was replaced and the hoist was running at 1740, there were still two operable hoists available...
04/14/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked out on E overtemp. Electricians were called out to the mine to reset the hoist. The hoist was back in service ay 650pm.
04/11/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 hoist kicked out due to the 250 volt power supply. The 250 volt DC coil shorted out. Electricians were called out of the mine to replace the coil. The hoist was back in service at 1205am.
04/10/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 77d lost, 56d restricted EE was climbing down a 12' step ladder, when the ladder twisted causing EE to fall approximately 8' landing on concrete floor on his right knee. The fall caused a fracture to his right knee cap.
04/03/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 hoist kicked on ""drive converter a"" faults (overtemp). Electrician had to be brought out of the mine to reset the hoist. Hoist was bakc in service at 4 am.
03/16/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 Hoist kicked out on ""Drive converter A"" code. An electrician had to be called out of the mine to reset the hoist. #3 hoist was reset and back into service at 11:50 pm.
03/05/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The north skip tripped on ""Track Limit Switch."" The hoist was accidentally tripped by a subcontractor painter.
02/27/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist tripped due to a dead UPS battery.