Weeping Water Mine — Accidents

Total: 72 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Employee was loading a box of stick powder weighing 55 lbs onto the powder truck. EE used his right elbow to push open the door. Later on in the day he began to feel pain. Diagnosis was tennis elbow,...
06/10/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using chop saw to cut all-thread, blade bound kicking material back and pinching right thumb in between all-thread and more material to be cut. Resulting in a broken right thumb with two fractures and...
04/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping set a 10"" pump hose, he slipped and fell backwards and the hose strainer landed on his left hand breaking the tips of fingers 3&4.
01/27/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 258d lost On the night of 1-27-06 we had our mine evacuation drill. I went to pick up 2 co-workers to take them out of the mine. One of them went to get out of the drill and stumbled and fell to the ground. He...
11/08/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE SECONDARY RETURN CHUTE WAS PLUGGED WITH A BIG ROCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3 LB HAMMER TO BREAK THE ROCK OUTSIDE OF CHUTE. HE QUIT AND WAS DIGGING OUT WITH HIS HAND AND I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE O...
10/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE rolling up fuel nozzle on fuel truck when nozzle got hung up on the hook, reeled it up and it shot off hook slammed his finger in door causing 7 stitches to left middle finger.
08/01/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost SHOULDER SPRAIN AS A RESULT OF USING GREASE GUN ON EQUIPMENT. SURGERY EXPECTED ON 1/21/05
06/21/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 38d lost CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/21/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EMPLOYEE'S BACK WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF OPERATING A LOADER. REPORTED LATE DUE TO EMPLOYEE'S QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS WORK-RELATED.
11/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE INJURED KNEE WHILE ENTERING MAN CARRIER.
11/07/2002 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING ON WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND THETRAVEL ARM WAS ON DELAY AND THE ARM CAME AROUND AND CUT HIS HAND
07/17/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE RAN INTO PILLAR WITH HAUL TRUCK HIT HIS HEAD ON CAB CAUSING LACERATION TO FOREHEAD RESULTIN G IN STITCHES.
04/17/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE EE WAS PUTTING A BOLT IN THE BACK HE NEEDED TO PULL THE PLATE OUT OF THE CLAM SHELL, IN DOING SO HE MOVED THE LEVER THE WRONG WAY & PINCHED HIS FINGER IN THE CLAM SHELL, LACERATION TO FI NGER RE...
03/27/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PUTTING SHIMS IN ACCESSORY DRIVE ON NEW TRANSMISSION OF HAUL TRUCK WHEN THE LOOSE END OF DRIVE SHAFT FELL AND STRUCK EE IN FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION.
12/07/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT ANOTHERBOLT, BREAKING HIS RIGHT THUMB.
10/01/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE PULLED HYDRAULIC HOSE OFF OF MACHINE, HOSE FLIPPED OVER AND FITTING CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HOSE AND MACHINE, BREAKING THE TIP OF SECOND FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
06/19/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SCALER DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON EE'S FINGERS, BREAKING THE TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
03/13/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE EE WAS REPLACING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON THE GRADALL SCALER, HE WAS PULLING ON THE HOSE AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND INTO LOOSE ROCK AND CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND REQUIRI...
01/03/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE HANGING SITE STRINGS UNDERGROUND EE WENT TO CUT A TAB OFF OF A STRING AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES.
10/03/2000 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE REPORTED TO FOREMAN HAD AN IRRITATION IN HIS EYE, HE WENT TO DR AND THEY FLUSHED METAL FLAKES OUT OF HIS EYE AND HAD HIM STAY HOME FOR ONE DAY.
07/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROCK OFF OF HAUL ROAD; HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER THAT REQUIRED PHYSICAL THERAPY.
05/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE WAS GETTING OUT OF WATER TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON HAND RAIL WITH HIS RIGHT ARE AND HURT HIS SHOULDER. THIS IS BEING REPORTED LATE BECAUSE HE WAS TAKEN TO DR AND T HEY FOU...