Thomasville Mine — Accidents

Total: 74 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted No accident occurred. Employee reported back and hip soreness while operating our hand bagging machines. This involves filling 50 lb bags and hand-stacking the bags onto a wooden pallet. This requires...
07/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee is experiencing pain in right hand & wrist. This is during normal working conditions. The employee has been hand bagging lime and stacking the bags on a pallet. He noticed the pain approximat...
06/19/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pry bar to re-postition a mill cradle. The pry bar slipped out of cradle, thus causing the opposite end to slide through the employee's right hand. This punctured the skin between...
06/19/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted EE ws using an air hose w/wand extension to do a clean-out process in the pin mixer chute. The employee's hand slipped off the wand. The wand thrusted upward towards his face/body. He raised his right...
03/31/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using oxy/acet torch to cut a piece of steel. When steel was almost cut through, pieces of slag were blown into his face. Some slag became embedded in right eye.
03/09/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted OPERATING THE TRACK LOADER OVER A BERM 3'HIGH INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHEN LOADER WENT OVER BERM. THE FRONT END HAD A SUDDEN DROP WHICH THREW THE OPERATOR FORWARD INTO THE CAB. OPERATOR HIT FOREHEAD ON...
02/13/2006 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None 600 KW - transformer failure causing fire. Damage to transformer only. *Timeline of incident attached.
02/07/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 43d restricted EE was jumping/climbing over a 4' chain link fence. His left foot landed awkwardly, twisting the foot and breaking a bone just behind the small toes.
02/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 94d restricted Climbing into the water truck cab, and felt pain in left shoulder.
09/15/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Constant pulling & pushing on the emulsion eventually caused shoulder & elbow discomfort.
06/24/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Attempting to scale down a large piece of rock. She reached out with bar to pry down a piece of roof and felt a pop in her back.
06/07/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted Twisted left foot while turning on a muck pile.
03/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE LIFTED A SNOW COVERED PIECE OF PLYWOOD FROM A DOUBLE STACKED FALLETS OF BAGGED LIME. APPROX. HEIGHT 6 FT. WHILE LIFTING THE PLYWOOD TWISTED HIS RIGHT WRIST. HAS HAD SLIGHT PAIN UNTIL 3/20. PAIN INC...
12/07/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted CONSTANT LOWER RIGHT BACK PAIN. EE WAS RUNNING GRADALL DUE TO BUMPING & ROUGH NATURE OF TASK BACK HURTS.
10/31/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CLEANING GOBBED OR CHOKED UP ON SHUTTLE BELT WITH SCALING BAR - PRYING BELT TO REMOVE STONE - BELT MOVED PUSHING SCALING BAR INTO SHUTTLE BELT - CONVEYOR STEEL.
10/17/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS MOVING A ROLL OF V-SHEETING BAYS AND SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER - FRACTURE.
09/04/2003 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 88d lost EMPLOYEE REMOVED SIDE COVER PLATE (8"" X 10"") FROM THE FULLER KINYON PUMP & REACHED INSIDE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. PUMP WAS IN OPERATION & HOUSED A 6"" AUGER. HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE RIY MONS...
04/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING UP GARBAGE LEFT BY OTHER EMPLOYEES AND SLICED FINGER ON A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCHES - NO RESTRICTIONS.
01/06/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING VOLVO L-330C LOADER AND SLIPPED ON SNOW AND FELL TO GROUND FROM STANDING POSITION CAUSED A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT HIP, NO LOST TIME BUT HAS RESTRICTIONS.
08/22/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING AND A SMALL ROCK SPALLED FROM THE BACK AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND 4TH FINGER CAUSING A LACERTION. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES ON FINGER.
12/28/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ASSISTING THE CRUSHER MAN AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. IT WAS CHOKED WITH OVERSIZED ROCK AND AS EE TRIED TO LOOSEN THE CHOKE WITH A PRY BAR, ASMALL ROCK SLID DOWN THE BAR AND STRUCK HIS RIGH T PINKY...
04/25/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER SCALING AN AREA OF 9 EAST/K SOUTH WHEN A ROCK OR ROCKS FELL FROM AN AREA THAT WAS JUST CHECKED MOMENTS BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THEY WERE WORKING THE RIB AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING...
06/01/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE HAD JUST STARTED HIS SHIFT WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT OR HOW IT GOT IN HIS EYE. HE WAS SENT FOR EVALUATION AT HANOVERWORKS.
05/10/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS LODGED BETWEEN THE DUAL WHEELS ON THE MACK WATER TRUCK. HE FIRST USED A PRY BAR TO TRY TO REMOVE THE ROCK AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE THEN TRIED TO BRE AK THE...