Twilight Mtr Surface Mine — Accidents

Total: 219 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/04/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 34d lost, 10d restricted EE was standing on the drill deck and bent down and his knee locked up.
04/25/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had left the office going home and was traveling on the mine access road when a deer ran out in front of her personal vehicle causing her to hit the berm and flip her jeep.
01/04/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Member was using a 100 ton ram to straighten out a piece of 3/4 inch metal when the jack broke causing the metal to shift hitting him in the ankle.
12/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cutting two leads apart when the knife cut his hand between the thumb and fourfinger. This resulted in Three Stitches.
12/03/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was coming to work when vehicle he was in slid into another vehicle. EE hit the rear view mirror with his head and caused a laceration to his head. EE was taken to Raliegh General Hospital where he...
11/15/2010 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None As the 5500 excavator was pulling overburden there was an unplanned detonation of an explosive material. There were no injuries. There were no damages to the equipment.
11/10/2010 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None As the 3600 excavator was pulling some wall down there was an unplanned detonation of an explosive material. There were no injuries. The damages were only to the windshield and paint of the excavator....
06/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost EE was loading the powder truck, standing on top, when the ANFO at the top of the bin broke loose causing the bin to shift abruptly hitting him on the right shoulder. At the same time he felt pain in...
06/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 149d lost While doing his normal job position, employee started having symptoms of lower back pain. After extensive testing the results show he is suffering from the occupational illness of degenerative discs....
02/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee jumped off shovel and sprained ankle while landing on a rock.
02/26/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding while working off of scaffolding at a height of 6 feet 3 inches. He fell between two scaffold boards and landed on his knees, resulting in a back injury.
02/09/2010 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was following other employee up the ""Woods Road"" to the Twilight Mine. At the 31 curve. He stopped to let other employee go up the hill 1st, almost at the top he (other employee) spun out s...
02/03/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting the hose back on the pulley of the repump truck. After finishing he went to climb down the ladder, when he twisted he felt a burn in back. He finished the shift and decided to see...
01/06/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was walking up a snow covered bank when he slipped and fell. His head struck the ground resulting in a laceration requiring two stitches.
11/23/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 154d lost Installation of part (snubrite) on mining shovel bucket was being performed. Lifting sling failed, causing a component of the snubrite to strike the employees left finger. Employee was diagnosed with...
08/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting the 495 shovel when the ladder shifted and he fell approx. 3 feet to the ground. His left knee struck a rock and caused a small laceration. He was taken to the Boone Memorial Hos...
08/17/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was spotting for another employee that was operating a forklift. The forks on the fork lift got in a bind on the load that was being picked up. The fork came off the lift and smashed the sp...
08/11/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was removing a bolt when the wrench slipped of the bolt and his wrist, struck another bolt head causing a cut to his left wrist.
07/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 109d lost, 46d restricted Employee was assisting another employee with lifting a piece of plate (1""x6""x10'). He felt a sharp pain in his Rt. Shoulder and was sent to the doctor. The doctor released him back to work, but se...
07/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost On 7/24/09 the intial accident occured, employee was attempting to mount a D-9 Cat Dozer. As he was mounting, he heard a pop in his knee. He was taken to the hospital where he was referred to a specia...
06/29/2009 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was in the feeder tunnel removing material from the conveyor chain. A rock fell from an undetermined location striking him on the right side of his head.
06/17/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost Employee was walking off of the catwalk at the truckwash when the bottom of walk broke. He stepped off of the side of the walk and onto a rock in turn, causing him to twist his ankle.
06/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Muscle strain to lower back and groin resulting in restricted duty for employee.
06/03/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was cutting a zip tie for wires with a knife. The knife slipped and cut his palm of his left hand. he was putting wires in a piece of conduit.
05/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 106d restricted Employee was walking on job site with welding equipment in hand and fell on a loose rock. When he fell, he hit his head & neck on a welded support on a service truck. Initially medical evaluation ca...
04/25/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pocket knife to remove a name tag from a uniform and cut her left middle finger requiring 5 stitches.
09/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading truck when he struck his right elbow on a part of the bin structure. Caused laceration believed to require stitches.
09/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the fabrication yard and some rust blew into his eye.
08/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing his preshift exam on his 930E haul Truck, where he found glass in the cab of his truck, due to a window installation. He then began to clean it up when he felt a slight burn in his...
07/24/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning up & putting tools away in muddy conditions. EE lost footing & fell off truck landing on right hip and elbow.
07/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was stacking crib blocks on truck, when a block fell down and smashed his finger.
07/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was using a steel bar trying to knock off a bearing on a swing motor shaft. The steel bar slipped from the employee's hands; as he went to bend down and catch the bar he felt a pain in his l...
07/03/2008 FIRE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was cutting out a steel donut to weld onto the dump ropes that attach to the dragline bucket. While cutting he noticed the oxygen hose on the torch had a pin hole. He attempted to taped the...
06/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Working on D11R installing sheet metal over transmission dipstick. Door on sheet metal fell and struck left index finger at nail bed.
05/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted An employee was attempting to change out a compressed gas cylinder on the Boom Service Truck. As the employee was attempting to manually lift the bottle he lost his footing in the mud and strained hi...
05/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states that he was climbing into the ex200 excavator, when his right foot slipped off of the first step(approx 18 inches from the ground) and landed on his knee.
05/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out Oxygen bottles on the Service Truck and felt a sharp pain in his abdomen area.
04/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 79d lost, 36d restricted Injured employee was replacing dump ropes on the 8050 dragline bucket. The rope had formed a kink in it and the employee overexerted himself while trying to pull the kink out, resulting in a sprain/...
03/22/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were grinding on the center pin of the 495 BI shovel. The injured employee walked 2 to 3 feet away from the work area to plug in another grinder. He removed his safety glasses while pl...
03/11/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing the Emergency Brake bracket on one of our service trucks. He was using a 3/8"" electric drill with a 1/2"" drill bit to bore out the bracket mount, when the bit got jammed. Th...
01/24/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated that he was sitting in his truck waiting on the road to get cleared of snow. He then took out his pocket knife and cut off some zip ties that was holding his radio antenna. His knife slipped...
01/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee slipped while exiting truck and injured back on the 22nd. He did NOT seek medical attention or miss work. On the 24th, his vehicle slid into berm in snow, reaggravating injury from the 22nd....
01/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states that the lights went out on his dml 50 drill, he got out to check the alternator, cut his right hand on a metal band that holds the exhaust insulation in place.
01/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was removing a jack stand from under the machine and as he tilted it to where the jack could be removed his hand slipped from the stand. The jack stand fell over and caught the employee's ha...
01/14/2008 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee was assisting with extinguishing a fire that had occurred around the collector rings on the 495 Bucyrus shovel and as a result was burned.
01/14/2008 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was assisting with extinguishing a fire that had occurred around the collector rings on the 495 Bucyrus shovel and as a result inhaled smoke.
10/21/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EE HAD A 1/4"" X 6FT FACTORY WIRE PULL ROPE ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD CRANE HOIST. IT WAS ATTACHED TO A NEW WEAR PLATE. WHEN THE PLATE WAS HOISTED TO THE BUCKET, THE CRIMPED END OF THE CABLE GOT STUCK IN T...
09/30/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost EE stated that he had made a push with the rd630 -d10 rock dozer and was backing up and backed over a rock and felt pain to his back. EE refused medical treatment. He did not cease work. On Oct 7,2007...
09/24/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost WE WILL CONFERENCE THIS INCIDENT: Employee twisted ankle jumping out of pickup truck bed while in process of unloading 4-wheeler during a personal trade before shift started.
09/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost Following a fuel delivery to customer tanks, EE was returning his 3"" x 20' hose to the storage tube when he slipped on the large stone drive surface. In a attempt to break his fall, he stuck out his...