Weeping Water Mine — Accidents

Total: 72 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/23/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was injured when they fell walking to the troop carrier. Injury became reportable on 11-18-25 when an orthopedic specialist diagnosed a left shoulder partial rotator cuff tear and left should...
02/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration from a screwdriver while reaching into a toolbox, The laceration required stitches.
12/02/2024 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was reeling up a hose on a reel when employee felt a pop in elbow. After seeing an Orthopedic Specialist, physical therapy and restrictions were prescribed on 02/05/2025 which made it report...
11/26/2024 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A break in a slurry line caused an inundation of water in the mine. This condition was discovered on a regular workplace exam before the beginning of the shift. Only two miners were in the mine perfor...
11/05/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing panels using a clip gun. When the clip gun misfired while employee had their hand in the wrong place.
10/28/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee contacted the left elbow on the windowsill of the haul truck while getting loaded by a loader. Determined to be reportable on 12/04/2024.
09/13/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 194d lost Employee fell while washing equipment.
04/29/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee strained left side trapezius while advancing carousel on Fletcher bolter.
02/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Porto power fell over and contacted right ring finger of employee.
02/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee sustained finger fractures and lacerations while hanging geo fence underground.
12/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted Employee felt pain in lower right abdomen when loading glue into bolter
09/14/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee climbed ladder to enter loader and felt pain in right knee. Injury became reportable 18 Sept 2023.
03/16/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was opening a door on a pickup, when a gust of wind caught the door. The employee held onto the door straining their left shoulder. Employee reported the injury 03-17-2023.
08/05/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee's hand was smashed by another employee closing the door to the anfo bin, the employee was not able to get EE's hand out of the way in time.
07/15/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While operating the scaler, employee stated that the wrist was injured due to jarring the machine. Following an investigation, with company management and our work comp provider, it became reportable...
03/01/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost Employee allegedly injured bicep when putting a drill steel into a recycle bin.
12/19/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During a pre-shift of the Gradall scaler, the employee was leaning against a chain handrail. The chain broke and the employee fell backwards approximately six feet to the ground.
11/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 19d restricted While lifting lunchbox up onto loader catwalk, employee felt a pop in left knee. The injury did not become reportable until 6-3-21 when the investigation and MRI showed that the injury was work relate...
09/19/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 15d restricted Employee's fingers became pinned between the bearing and tub of the log washer while doing maintenance. Weight shifted of the bearing during task and fractured the two outer fingers on the left hand.
07/30/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was operating a scaler underground. The scaler pick broke free dropping the scaler boom and jarring EE's back. Became a ""Restricted Duty"" injury 8-13-20.
12/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 44d lost, 79d restricted Employee was assisting a mechanic reattach a dust collector hose for the bolter when employee noticed pain in shoulder and stopped the task. Employee went to a physician who prescribed anti-inflammat...
08/26/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 84d lost, 68d restricted While changing screens another employee was handing a screen off to the injured, when it slipped striking injured employee in the elbow injuring the elbow. Employee sought medical treatment and was g...
07/12/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 15d restricted Employee states that on or about July 12th, 2019 employee was operating a loader with a bad left armrest that caused injury to arm. On November 21st employee saw a doctor who gave off duty restrictio...
10/10/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 17d restricted Employee threw paper in the trash and missed. EE rolled over with the chair to pick it up. When reaching down to pick it up the chair went out from underneath EE. EE fell on shoulder injuring it....
07/14/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was using a scaling bar to scale down loose material. The loose material then caught on the scaling bar causing the bar to hit the employees leg/knee requiring 6 stitches to their leg.
04/18/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted After exiting the cab of the underground drill the operator walked on uneven ground and rolled their left ankle. Ice was applied on site. The next day the operator went to the doctor and was placed...
01/24/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a 272 CAT skid loader to remove snow from customer scales and contacted hard hat on the inside of the cab, resulting in the hard hat contacting above left eye. This caused a lacerati...
09/16/2016 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At the end of employee's shift, morning of 9/16/16, of operating a loader, employee parked the loader and set wheel chocks. After placing last chock, employee took 2 steps and experienced the pain in...
12/23/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted At approximately 9:30 AM employee started the pump up and the hose was kinked, while he was getting the kinks out of the hose it fell out of the truck. Employee walked down the ramp to the pump to shu...
06/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None TECHNICIAN WAS LIFTING AN ENGINE FLYWHEEL OUT OF A FLYWHEEL HOUSING. OVERCOMPENSATED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE FLYWHEEL AND LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FLYWHEEL HOUSING, REQUIRING 3 STITCHE...
12/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking, looked up for a moment and fell down, resulting in a broken left wrist.
11/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was loading boxes of resin to roof bolter when he felt a ""pop"" in shoulder. EE was treated on site but continued to experience pain. EE was seen on 11/19/13 at Occ Med clinic diagnosis was possib...
09/06/2013 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 76d restricted EE was kneeling while making repairs to a BTI powder machine. The EE attempted to shift from his knees to a sitting position and felt something ""pop"" in his knee. Initial diagnosis was knee sprain....
04/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to throw a rock approx. 2' x 1'x 4"" behind him from the face when the rock caught on his glove causing his right hand to contact another rock on the ground breaking his right ring f...
10/24/2012 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Forklift turned over - The miner was operating a forklift, traveling on a decline toward the mine entrance, when the forklift went out of control. The forklift struck a concrete support for the belt c...
08/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was preparing to burn empty explosives boxes and was moving a cover over a small burn pit. EE caught his thumb between the cover and the pit resulting in a laceration requiring 5 stitches.
04/18/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 1:00a.m. an area of shotcrete fell from a rib at CC75 between room 24 and 25. The area is approx. 25'x50'. No EE's were present when fall occurred. The affected area was barricaded to preve...
08/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was catching a sample and reported a pain in his left elbow. EE was terminated on 9/6/11. During separation from company ee received physical therapy, ee was reinstated on 9/21/11 and made whole.
05/27/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Was operating a haul unit in mine transporting a load of rock from the face to the primary crusher. Drove over 2 dips in the road causing the seat to bounce and allowing ee to strike his head on cab....
05/12/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was working on Gradall Scalar installing cab mount bolts. EE was standing under the cab tightening bolts. Socket needed to be slip past some hoses that ran through the area were the bolt was located....
06/03/2010 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 109d restricted EE was fixing an electrical control wire for the manlift on the BTI powder truck. EE dropped an electrical connector to the ground & crouched down to retrieve it. When he stood up his knee popped. Ini...
12/16/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 20d restricted EE reported he was having problems with his wrist and wanted to have it looked at. EE was seen by doctor and received surgery on 02/12/2010. Employee returned to work on 02/15/2010 to light duty.
10/26/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lowered the manlift of the roof bolter to the mine floor. Employee stepped out of the basket and felt his knee pop. EE reported it to his supervisor aproximately 3 hours later. Diagnosed as s...
12/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping another employee work on drill and was holding the brackets up when he felt a tingling in his left arm and was diagnosed with a left shoulder strain needing physical therapy. See...
10/29/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a scaler, the employee received a hard jolt that caused the seat to bottom out resulting in a lumbar strain.
08/23/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE was descending ladder on 5110 Gradall Scaler. When his right foot stepped on the mine floor his Achilles tendon broke.
10/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was putting a spacer on the scaler. The spacer fell and struck the EE on the finger. EE reported injury to mgmt on 10/01/2007 but refused medical treatment. On 10/11/07 EE requested to see a doctor...
05/29/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was scaling using a Getman scaler. A hydraulic suction hose ruptured causing the boom to suddenly drop jarring the employee's neck.
05/27/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Subsidence that occurred in XC7, R6 of the west side of the mine. A sinkhole was found by the land owner and mine management was notified. The hole was approximately 25' x 40' and went to the mine flo...
03/26/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee fell off engine compartment of Getman scaler while servicing unit. Employee struck his leg on the catwalk and landed on the ground. Diagnosis was POSSIBLE rib fracture. Released to full duty....