Wingate Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 66 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/24/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted EE was walking down the steps and slipped and fell. Xray of the left foot/ankle, there is a displaced, unstable fracture of the lateral malleolus with soft tissue swelling. Further care of the fractur...
09/24/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning up some build up in between the 403 pumps, Employee slipped and fell due to the slimy conditions landing on EE's left shoulder causing loss of mobility of EE's arm. Restrictions...
06/03/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE tripped on a cable hitting L shoulder, L wrist, R knee. EE did not request med attention at this time. 6/12 EE complained L shoulder still sore. 6/13/24 EE was seen and diagnosed L should sprain, c...
11/04/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted EE turn on pressure hose causing EE to lose footing. EE stepped on to slab base of staircase felt as EE was going to fall. EE stepped back awkwardly with LT foot causing toes to bend backward EE heard...
10/04/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was kneeling underneath ladder of the dredge removing bolts on the lower flange and placed EE's fingers through the grating above EE's head to balance self. Another EE working removing the U bolt d...
03/16/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE states was working on repair day at Wingate hanging a box and using tools. EE states that later that evening EE felt pain in their right elbow.
09/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Section of handrail traveling down the stairway towards group of EEs. The ee nearest the landing heard the noise and saw the handrail coming down the stairwell at ee. In an attempt to protect self a...
09/08/2021 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost It was determined on 9/28/21 that EE contracted COVID 19 due to close working conditions
08/31/2021 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 11d lost It been determined on 9/22/21 that the employee has contracted Covid-19 due to close working conditions.
08/31/2021 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 11d lost It has been determined on 9/22/21 that the employee has contracted Covid-19 through close contact in the work environment.
09/05/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was discarding used cutter teeth into the scrap bin when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder. A short time later while changing teeth on the Liberator dredge EE felt a throbbing pain and numbness....
12/05/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee tripped on uneven ground and fell forward. Employee attempted to brace for the fall using right hand. The right hand then made contact with a truck door causing the pinky finger to be jammed...
11/04/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 142d restricted Employee was struck by cable reel machine when cable became tight due to not clearing the starboard winch during unspooling. On 11/19/19 employee was placed on restrictions after the MRI results revea...
06/24/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 40d restricted On 6/24/18 EE was Cleaning up clay when the shovel came in contact with grating and jolted shoulder. EE was still having pain and was sent for testing on 7/24/18 as a result of tests EE was placed on...
05/24/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted On May 24 EE stepped forward to inspect a water box and stepped into a hole in the grating caused by the bearing unit coupling they were working on. EE was still having pain in right shoulder. On Jun...
12/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted During an ERT Drill conducted with Myakka City Fire Department, a responding ERT member cut hand on a breakaway tamper evident tag used to secure the zippers on the medical bag. The employee was tran...
02/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was leaving the cab of the dredge when employee realized employee had forgotten a paper when employee went inside employee held the door open with employee's left hand when employee's hand sl...
09/27/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of turning pump shaft with chain wrench to tighten impeller when the chain wrench failed to release pinching EE thumb. EE was wearing gloves.
07/25/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Due to the cumulative nature of carpal tunnel EE found it to be an 80% work related and 20% personal as far as a major contributing cause is concerned.
07/18/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a valve flange when wrench slipped off of the bolt and struck upper lip.
11/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted EE was moving a water cannon during clean up. EE was backing up and turning the water cannon at the same time with their right foot on concrete and left on grating. EE felt pop in their left knee whi...
08/06/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a powered hammer drill with a hole saw attachment. Employee reached down with his left hand to steady the piece being drilled on. The hole saw bit attachment became bound up and jum...
07/13/2015 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While at home on 07-13-15 at approx. 8:00pm, a Mosaic Plant Maintenance Employee began to feel discomfort in his eyes accompanied by sensitivity to light. Employee notified his Supervisor at home to r...
07/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a blind out of a discharge chute on the log washer employee struck his head on an adjacent overhead structure. This resulted in a 1.2 cm laceration to the left anterior parietal area of...
05/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee notified supervisor of a ""slight"" irritation in left eye. EE suspected it was debris from gusty winds while working on the 2nd floor of flotation plant replacing floor grating. After work e...
04/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 87d restricted Employee stepped from a pipeline pontoon onto a tugboat and slipped. His left shoulder struck the push knee of the tugboat and became dislocated.
08/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted On 8/7/14 while moving a hyd. pump, the pump slipped out of ee's hands. The other 2 ee continued to load the pump. At the time the affected ee felt no discomfort and did not report anything to super...
07/28/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 160d restricted Laborer on float crew was stepping over south matrix line with his left foot. As he applied weight to bring his right leg over, his left foot slipped in the sandy material and he felt his knee pop. H...
06/12/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 95d lost On Monday, May 5, 2014, a heavy equipment operator visited the Physicians Assistant at Four Corners' clinic with complaints of tingling in both hands and fingers. He was diagnosed with carpal tunnel...
06/05/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Results of 2014 hearing evaluation by independent audiologist indicates that employee has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in both ears.
03/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a wire cable sling from a crane and placing it on a pallet when taking the sling off the hook it sprung back striking him in the mouth, causing a contusion to his lower lip and c...
12/10/2013 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost While removing an isolation shutter from a spare cubicle an arc flash occurred injuring a plant electrician.
12/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 71d restricted (Previously reported as a FA on 12/05/13) Employee was re-routing a water jack discharge. While installing a 20"", 90 degree fitting, the employee twisted his knee. Injury became recordable due to su...
12/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 252d restricted Worker was using 3' pry bar to remove face plate off north washer clean up pump, when he felt a pop in his right shoulder, followed by a sharp pain.
09/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 46d restricted Employee stepped up on walkway to floating dock with right foot. Upon stepping on walkway with right foot, left leg went up to approach walkway and left quad muscle struck the left handrail post caus...
08/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Injured pulled guard of G1 Tails pump, turned and placed guard on ground. The Employee felt pain in lower back. After 1st visit, the nurse practitioner released employee to return to work with no res...
07/24/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee stated that while exiting the cab of the dozer he lost his grip falling.
01/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 125d restricted Employee was unhooking spare floating pipe that was tied to the main line of pipe. While taking rope off of pontoon bit the pipe shifted, tightening rope and both hands were pinned between rope and b...
05/25/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None According to hearing tests performed it has been determined that employee has sustained a hearing loss threshold shift in left ear.
05/25/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None According to hearing tests performed it has been determined that employee has sustained a hearing loss threshold shift in both ears.
06/26/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 105d restricted In an attempt to drive pin out of spreader bar employee was in the process of swinging an 8lb sledge hammer when he felt pop in the upper right shoulder blade.
02/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was walking along the curb of the reagent yard containment area when she slipped down off the curb and rolled an ankle.
01/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Injured first complained of pain on 1/28/09 after several hours using a three pound sledge hammer to install poly deck screens. Pain subsided after shift but returned worsened three weeks later. Emplo...
01/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 30d restricted During movement of 10' Drisco pipe, the employee was struck in the legs by pipe, throwing him approximately 10 feet in the air. Employee landed on his right shoulder.
10/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Person was sorting 75 pound parts using 'driver' gloves, lifted one by the middle, part fell onto foot.
05/16/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was welding overhead, the wind was gusting and blew a piece of hot weld/slag between his hard hat and welding hood and stuck in his right eye.
04/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted Employee twisted her ankle when stepping off the walkway in front of winch drum of Gulf 1 Dredge.
10/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a canopy, it got caught in a bind, he went to move it and a piece of angle iron jumped up and his just above his right eye lid. Went to hospital, just got it glued and was release...
10/09/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was changing out a gasket in pipeline. Employee had loader to pick up the pipe. Employee put the head of a bolt in between the flanges to wedge the pipe open. Employee was still holding bolt...
09/29/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While walking down stairway, employee reached bottom step and turned, then felt pain in left knee.