Thompson Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 188 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/08/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None using air to unplug line air pressure bubbled slurry with chemicals over pipe and hit operater in eyes
01/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Slipped and fell on fire suppression system. This incident did not become a lost time until 8/3/06 due to the employee did not miss any work days and was not on any work restrictions or light duty bet...
01/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Walking on slippery surface and slipped.
11/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost employee was mixing caustic and splashed some into eye
07/25/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was in T-75 and was under shovel getting loaded. A rock came off shovel and hit headache rack. Employee complained about neck pain.
06/09/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 METAL COMPONENTS.
04/18/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was gouging metal when hot piece entered glove and burned left hand.
03/18/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Was prying on waterline with prybar and tweaked back.
02/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Remoning reverse ribbon screw it rolled pinching finger sutures required
12/13/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Dismounting from dozer-fell-hurt neck muscles and upper back.
10/16/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was welding and cutting, thought irritation was a flash burn, went to the clinic and found that it was a foreign object in the right eye.
10/16/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None Was welding and cutting, thought it was a flash burn to the right eye, went to the clinic and found that it was a foreign object in the eye.
09/21/2004 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Dismounting off the cable reeler stepped on a rock and it rolled and twisted ankle spraining it.
08/18/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welding on D-12 drill. Was welding retaining straps to head and steel and flashed eyes before welding hood was lowered.
07/29/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING WATER TRUCK AROUND ON HAUL ROAD, ENGINE DIED & TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. TRUCK WENT ON DOWN GRADE & HIT BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER ON HAUL ROAD.
04/25/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WORKER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL. SWINGING SLADGEHAMMER IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CHANGE. ON THE 6TH SWING, WORKER FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BICEPS. LATER CONFIRMED BY MRI AS A TORN BICEPS TEN...
03/04/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Worker was performing regular housekeeping on the ""drill pick up"". While doing so, the worker was cleaning the tool box which was mounted in the bed of the pick up. The lid was open when a gust of w...
02/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted WAS CHECKING OUT BACKHOE FOR START UP, HAD THE HOOD UP, LEANING DOWN TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL, & THE HOOD CAME DOWN STRIKING HAND ON THE WRIST.
02/04/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None Worker was operating dozer & complained of back pain after several hours.
12/16/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost TRUCK DRIVER, WHILE SECURING LOAD PER D.O.T. REGULATIONS, SLIPPED FROM SNOW AND ICE COVERED TRAILER FALLING TO THE GROUND AND BREAKING LEFT ARM BONE ABOVE WRIST.
07/02/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted WORKING AN STEMMING HOLES. EE BENT OVR TO SHOVEL AND FELT HIS BACK GIVE UP.
06/29/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WORKER WAS TORQUEING THE INSIDE WHEEL NUTS ON A CAT 77 USING A 1"" AIR WRENCH. THE WRENCH WAS NOT ""SEATED"" PROPERLY ON THE WHEEL NUT WHEN THE AIR WAS APPLIED, RESULTING IN IT TURNING & PINCHING HIS...
05/29/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted PULLING SLACK OUT OF CABLES THAT FEED THE BARGE MOTORS IN THE PROCESS STUMBLED AND FELL CUTTING LEFT PINKY FINGER
08/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CHARGING MILLS, EMPLOYEE UNLATCHED THE CHAIN ON THE BALL BUCKET AND THE DOOR DROPPED AND SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
07/14/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS CHECKING MRT TANK STEPPED OVER CONTAINMENT WALL SLIPPED AND FELL HIT KNEE.
10/24/2001 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THAWING OUT DIESEL WATER PUMP. PUT WEED BURNER TORCH IN PUMP CHAMBER TO THAW ICE. EXCESS PORPANE FROM BURNING TORCH FILLED UPPED CHAMBER WITH GAS. WHEN PULLING TORCH OUT IT IGNITED EXCESS GAS RESULTIN...
10/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost WE WHERE PULLING A PIECE OF 18"" PLASTIC PIPE UP HILL WE HAD SMALL ONT HE HILL WATCHING TO MAKE SHUR IT DID NOT HANG UP. THE PIPE ROLLED A LARGE ROCK UNDER IT. WENT IT CAME OF THE ROCK IT JUMPE D AROU...
09/22/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost FOREMAN WAS DRILLING. REACHED UP TO TURN OFF MACHINE. RIGHT HAND WAS STRUCK BY SHARP ROCK (SOFT BALL SIZE) WHICH DISLODGED FROM ABOVE AND IMPACTED HAND RESTING ON DRILL. BARRED DOWN BEFORE DRILLING. F...
09/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WASHING DOWN FLOOR WHEN PRODUCT SPLASHED FROM OVERHEAD OR OFF THE BRIM OF HIS HARD HAT AND ENTERED LEFT EYE. ALL PROPER RPE WAS BEING WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
06/19/2001 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted WALKING BY GRIND DITCH TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB, THERE WAS A HOSE BURRIED IN THE MUD, STEPPED ON HOSE AND TWISTED ANKLE.
05/15/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A FILTER PRESS WHEN SMALL PIECE ON CONCENTRATE FLIPPED OVER THE BRIM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO THE EYE.
12/28/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted WASHING L-19 IN WASH BAY TRIPPED OVER PU WASH RACKS & LANDED ON LEFT THUMB/HAND
10/10/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE WAS WORKING ON S3 MANLIFT, WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE LATCH TO UNLOCK THE MANBASKET, IT FELL CAUSING EE TO LOSE, HIA BALANCE, HE WAS ABLE TO STAY ON THE BASKET FRO A SHORT DISTANCE, BUT THE FEL L ABOUT...
09/05/2000 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 5d restricted DURING AN EXTRICATION CLASS EMPLOYEE WAS WORKINGWITH THE JAWS OF LIFE (HYDRAULIC SPREADER) & APPARENTLY TWISTED & TURNED, STRAINING HIS BACK.
07/06/2000 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON HOLOFLITE SCRUBBER, HE WAS PUTTING SEPARATOR BAFFLE ADAPTER IN. EE BENT OVER CENTER WHILE PUSHNG AND LIFTING, STRAINING BACK.
06/14/2000 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK ON FLAT SURFACE, PULLING HIS TENDON ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EE HAS PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM WITH TENDON.
04/25/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH AN EXPLOSIVES BLEND TRUCK WHEN EE NOTICED A MIST OF HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAYING FROM A HOSE. EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER TO THE MIST TO LOCATE THE LEAK AND THE HIGH PRESSURE OF THE HYDR...
03/05/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE USING IMPACT WRENCH, DUST BLEW 8INTO EE'S EYES. EE WAS DOING RELINE ON SAG MILL II.