Miner was cutting rubber belting material with a razor blade knife. The knife slipped and the miner lacerated left forearm with the blade of the knife. The laceration required sutures and the miner returned to work.
V R PitMetal/Nonmetal
JTL Group, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Glenrock, Converse County, WY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801670
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2012–2019
- Latest incident
- Oct 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2019 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2018 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was using a sledgehammer and a punch to drift a pin out so that the tooth on an excavator bucket could be replaced. The miner hit their thumb with the sledge hammer when it glanced off of the top of the punch. The miner's right thumb suffered a fracture on the tip of it.
2015 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Conditions contributing to the injury included snow on the ground and rocky terrain.
2014 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was getting numbers off of fuel tank trailer SB25 and stepped off and rolled ankle
2013 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Was using hand to try and hold a bolt on a cutting edge to keep into place. The air gun spun the bolt and lacerated his hand. The employee was wearing gloves.
2012 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was lifting a screen above his head and partially dislocated shoulder and tore a couple tendons and had to have surgery.