Vernal Pit & Mill — Accidents

Total: 84 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was running MgO and soluble iron assays on mill samples in the lab at the AA machine when a sample bottle he was holding in his left hand slipped loose. As he attempted to catch it, the sample and...
10/03/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost Employee was pulling on forks of a forklift when he stepped backwards onto an uneven surface & twisted his right knee. He did not report any problems until 11/6/05. At that time he had an infection th...
05/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were getting a 4"" steel pipe from a storage rack. There were several sizes of pipe mixed together on the same rack. One employee lifted the pipe with the forklift. When the other employ...
04/18/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 60d lost, 43d restricted EE COMPLAINED OF WEAKNESS/PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM & WRIST. MEDICAL EVALUATION DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE PINCHED NERVE IN THE R. ELBOW AREA, RELATED TO REPETITIVE MOTION OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS - RELA...
04/12/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TRACK PINS ON A CAT D-11 DOZER. A PIN WAS PRESSED OUT OF THE LINK. THE RAIL HALVES WERE STUCK TOGETHER BY A SMALL LIP ON THE INSIDE BORE OF THE RAILS. EE WAS HOLDING A SMALL HYDR...
04/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted after ee had completed changing worn picks int he feeder breaker he positioned himself on top of the breaker and was in the process of removing the 12' extension ladder. while pulling the ladder out o...
11/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SOME LAUNDERS. SOME OF THE FLOOR GRATED HAD BEEN REMOVED TO FACILITATE CLEANING. AFTER THE LAUNDER WAS CLEANED HE BENT DOWN TO REPLACE A FLOOR GRATE. AS HE BEGAN TO MOVE THE GRAT...
11/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE SUPERVISOR WENT TO TALK WITH EE AT 1030 AND NOTICED THAT EE WAS LIMPING. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LIMP EE STATED THAT EE TWISTED KNEE WHEN EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A D-11 DOZER. EE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR AND...
11/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to separate two pieces of channel iron that were stuck together. As he shook the iron, it suddenly separated and one of the pieces struck him on the right thumb. As a result of...
10/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 54d restricted EE WAS REMOVING A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER FROM CONVEYOR BELT. HE CONNECTED 1 OF A CABLE HOIST-PULLER TO THE CONVEYOR FRAME THE OTHER END TO THE ROLLER. AS HE BEGAN TO LOWER ROLLER, CABLE SLIPPED EE REACH...
06/28/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost BELLY DUMP GATES DIDN'T OPEN. TOLD DRIVER TO GO TO YARD. HE DID NOT GO TO YARD BUT TRIED TO OPEN GATES HIMSELF BY BUMPING THEM. DRIVER PUT TRUCK ON UNLEVEL GROUND, TIPPED TRUCK ON IT'S SIDE. POOR ACTI...
06/19/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A DRILL BIT. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOCK THE PIPE WRENCH TEETH ON THE DRILL BIT. AS HE WAS SWINGING THE HAMMER THE HAMMER HIT THE SIDE OF THE DRILL CAB, THIS CAUSED THE HAMMER...
03/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 103d restricted EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT PART OF A BLDG. STRUCTURE FOR REMOVAL PURPOSES. AS HE CUT THE FIRST END OF A BEAM, THE BEAM MOVED, WHICH CAUSED EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL & STRIKE HIS...
07/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF OIL WITH A BARREL CART. THE BARREL SLID OFF THE FEET OF THE CART & PARTLY TIPPED OVER SO AS TO BE LEANING ON AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES. HE TOOK HOLD OF THE BARREL & STOOD...
04/17/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE MAST A FRAME SUPPORT FROM A DRILL. HE HOOKED A DOUBLE CHAIN SLING TO THE MAST A FRAME SUPPORT AND THE OTHER END TO THE SHOP CRANE. HE WAS HOLDING THE CHAIN WITH HIS L EFT HAN...
01/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED AND OTHER EE WERE REPLACING TROUGH ROLLERS ON THE SAG MILL FEED BELT. EE WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BELT. THEY WERE REMOVING A WORN ROLLER ASSENBLY, THE BELT HAD LIFTED WITH COME-A-LO NG. WHE...
08/30/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WENT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO START HIS DAILY CLEAN UP, WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A WATER HOSE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. ON 8-30-02 THE EE WENT TO A DR, THE DR TOLD EE TO RETURN TO WORK, T...
08/24/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BALL CHIP DRUM, THE MOTOR ON THE TROLLY WAS NOT WORKING, THIS MADE IT NECCESSARY TO PUSH THE DRUM TO THE END OF THE BOOM BY HAND. AFTER THE DRUM WAS CHANGED SHE STARTED T O WASH...
08/19/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPAIRING THE CHUTE ON 4896 BELT LINE. WELDING A PLATE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF CHUTE. HE WELDED ONE END OF PLATE TO THE CHUTE, THEN USED A WELD ON CLAMP TO PULL THE GAP OUT OF THE OTHER END . THE W...
02/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted DURING SWING SHIFT, EE OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF FOR SEVERAL DAYS BY SHOVELING ROCK & CONCRETE. EE ALSO HAS DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE, WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HIS BACK PROBLEMS.
02/08/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOTICE OF POSSIBLE HEARING STS. A RETEST IS REQUIRED BUT NOT POSSABLE IN THIS CASE. THIS EE HAS DECEASED SINCE THE TIME OF THE TEST AND THE NOTIFICATION.
01/05/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost 0N 1/5/02 EE WAS WORKING IN FEEDER BREAKER. APPOROX 10:30AM HE BREATHED IN SOME SMOKE THAT CAME FROM HIS SHOE AFTER HE HAD STEPPED ON A HOT PIECE OF METAL. THE HOT METAL WAS SLAG/SCRAP FROM AN OXYGEN/...
12/31/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE, A MINE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A USED RIPPER TOOTH FROM A DOZER RIPPER SHANK BY HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. A SMALL SLIVER CAME OFF OF THE RIPPER TOOTH AND HIT THE EE IN THE LT. SHIN...
10/02/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS HELPING THE ELECTRICAL DEPT. PULL WIRES THRU A CONDUIT ALONG THE SIDE OF #4894 CONVEYOR BELT. THE WIRES HUNG UP THEN CAME LOOSE. AS THE WIRES CAME LOOSE EE STEPPED BACK TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE....
09/15/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING OUT SOME DIRT FROM UNDER ONE THE METAL PURLIN. AS HE WAS CLEANING, HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT BY THE METAL. HE WRAPPED HIS FINGER WITH A RAG AND SOME TAPE AND CONTINUED TO WORK. HI...
07/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A FEEDER BREAKER WHEN HIS KNEE GAVE AWAY CAUSING PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS KNEE.
07/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT EE BEGAN TO CLEAN THE DIRT & SWEAT OFF OF HIS FACE WITH A RAG HE HAD PICKED UP IN THE RAG BOX. THERE MUST HAVE BEENSOMETHING ON THE RAG BECAUSE HE SCRATCHED HIS LE FT EYE....
06/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AS EE WAS WASHING A PHILLIPS BEAKER LIP CRACKED AND CUT TOP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE SHE WAS WEARING A LATEX GLOVE. EE RMSED CUT WITH WATER, DRIED WITH PAPER TOWEL AND SUPER VISOR A...
06/14/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE WAS WASHING DOWN THE DRAIN/SIDEWALK ON THE SLOUTH SIDE OF THE MILL BUILDING. BUILDUP WAS HEAVY AND NEEDED LOTS OF WATER. EE WAS GOING TO SET THE HOSE ON THE GROUND AND LET IT FLOW. AS HE BE NT OVER...
04/13/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE WAS HELPING START EQUIPMENT FOR THE MINE OPERATION. HE HAD STARTED UNIT AND AS HE WAS EXITING THE CAB HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE HOOD HANDRAIL AND STEPPING DOWN FROM FENDER ONTO THE TRACK S. THE...
03/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted E IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT A 55 GAL OF USED GRINDING BALLS AT THE SAG MILL. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE DRUM TAG LINE TO MOVE THE BALLS(THE DRUM WAS SUSPENDED BY AN OVERHEAD CRANE), HE FELT A POP I...
02/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INJURED WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL RICOCHETED OFF OF THE BUSHING HE WAS REMOVING AND STRUCK YHIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK.
11/02/2000 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE HAD TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND RIGHT SHOULDER, AND HAD TINGLING SENSSATION IN BOTH OF HIS HANDS AND FINGERS. EE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THE TIN...
03/01/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE AND COWRKER WERE WORKING ON THE D50K DRILLINSTALLING THE MAST RAISE CYLINDERS. EE HAD WELDED TWO PIN BOSSES IN PLACE FOR THE LET LOWER CYLINDER PINHOLE. WHEN THEY TRIED TO INSTALL THE CYLIN DER THE...