Colado Mine: 125 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee's right hand was crushed between the knuckle and wishbone on an A-40 haul truck when the hydraulic jack they were using released during the removal of the bearing and race, causing fractures and laceration to the right hand.

At approximately 3:00am a ground failure occurred at the HB pit on the east side access road. Ground failure was approximately 150 in length and approximately 46 feet in width, blocking access to the pit via the east access road. Extremely wet conditions, coupled with freeze/thaw episodes contributed to the failure. No persons were injured or trapped during this ground failure.

Employee (HEO) was walking backwards and tripped over the implement of EE's blade at ground level while conducting a pre-op on that equipment. Employee injured EE's neck and required possible medical treatment. The diagnosis is still outstanding due to lack of specialist care availability and a request to reclassify this injury may be made in the near future.

Employee pinched finger while using a torque wrench.

a mine mechanic had a seizure while assisting in the maintenance on the Hitachi ex600 excavator. the employee had suffered a head injury in 2013 from a motorcycle accident. this is believed to have been the contributing factor that caused this incident.

Operator was parked getting ready to be loaded when another loaded truck tried to pass, it was a narrow roadway and when he did the tire went slightly on the berm causing the bed of his truck to tip and bump the bed of the parked truck.

Employee was operating a haul truck and the wind blew dust inside of the cab, which got into the employee's left eye. The employee was diagnosed with a corneal abrasion. The doctor prescribed 2 days off work.

While exiting a 988 Caterpillar front end loader, the employee had his hand on the door frame and a gust of wind blew the door closed on the employee's left hand.

WHILE DRIVING A DOZER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN TO RIP THE SOIL, THE EE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE LOOKING OUT THE BACK WINDOW TO SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING. HE RECEIVED A STRAIN/SPASM TO HIS RIGHT MID UPPER BACK. TREATING DR. GAVE EE SOME MUSCLE RELAXERS AND PAIN MEDICATION AND REFERRED HIM TO A CHIROPRACTOR THE SAME DAY. THE CHIROPRACTOR MANIPULATED HIS BACK & RELEASED HIM TO FULL DUT

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING UP IN TO THE MOTOR GRADER (BLADE) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LOWER STEP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE GROUND. EE INJURED LOWER BACK. HE'S HAD A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS, NOT JOB RELATED. HE'S HAD FIVE PRIOR BACK SURGERIES.

EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A BIG RICK WHILE RUNNING A 631 E SCRAPER. HE WAS DUMPING ON WASTE DUMP WHEN HE HIT RICK. IT JARRED HIS BODY WHEN HE HIT THE ROCK.. WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS UNA BLE TO MOVE HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL TARP ON A SEMI PUT TRAILER WHEN TARP HANDLE BECAME DISCONNECTED & EE FELL BACKWARDS LAND ON HIS BACK. HE WAS STANDING ON HARD CONCRETE FLOOR WHEN HE FELL. HE INJ HIS LOWER BACK & HAD A SHOOTING PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG. THE HOSP HAS SCHEDULED HIM FOR AN MRI HE WILL NOT RETURN TO WORK UNTIL WE GET RESULTS OF MRI & HAS FULL DRS RELEASE.

ON MON, 3/12/01 AT APPROX 9:30 AM, EE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING A BATTERY TERMINAL WIRE ON A SEMI-TRUCK. EE WAS HOLDING ON TO WIRE WHILE CUTTING, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF WIRE AND CUT LEFT PALM OF HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED TWO STITCHES.

EE WAS GETTING IN TO THE MINE WATER TRUCK WHILE HOLDING A HAMMER IN HIS HAND. HE WAS STEPPING ON TO THE LADDER AND LOST GRIP ON THE HAMMER. HE STARTED TO GRAB FOR THE HAMMER AND LOST HIS BALAN CE AND SLIPPED WITH RIGHT FOOT. HE GRABBED FOR THE HANDLE ON WATER TRUCK AND CAUGHT HIMSELF IN MID AIR. HE SNAPPED HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

EE REMOVED SAFETY CLASSES AND THEN RUBBED HIS EYE. METAL SHAVING FROM DRILLING WERE ON SLEEVE, GOT INTO EYE EE'S EYE BECAME RED AND SWOLLEN, HAD TO GO TO DR AND HAVE METAL SHAVING REMOVED.

EE WAS WORKING ON A D9N BULLDOZER. HE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT THE WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED SOME DIRT TO BLOW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE STATES WHILE HOOKING PUP TRAILER TO SEMI SOMETHING POPPED BEHIND HIS RIGHT KNEE

LADDER SWUNG DOWN FROM SERVICE TRUCK AND PINCHED FINGERS AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK.

WHILE UNLOADING A 5TH WHEEL IT SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EE STATES HE WAS LIFTING PALLETS BY HIMSELF FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF HIS SHIFT. HE SAYS THAT HIS BACK AND SHOULDER BLADES STARTED HURTING AND IT WAS HARD TO BREATH AFTER HIS FIRST BREAK.

EE STATES THAT POUNDING FROM THE TRUCK ON ROUGH ROADS CAUSED NECK, BACK AND SHOLDER PAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A PIECE OF IRON ON A TRAILER WHEN THE HAMMER FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

HURT AND WRENCHED LOWER BACK WHEN D8L FELL OFF OF A ROCK.

EE WAS "POKING" A CHUNK OF ORE THRU THE GRIZZLEY- THE ROD SLIPPED & CUT RT. INDEX FINGER. NOTE: THE EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

THE SOCKET BROKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THE BOLT LOOSE ON 631-E CAT SCRAPER. THE EE FELL BACKWARDS, LOST BALANCE & HIT RIBS & PART OF BACK.

EE REACHED IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP TO PUT WHEEL CHOCKS BEHIND TIRE. GOT WOOD SLIVER EMBEDDED IN THE RT HAND INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM THE STEP OF A CAT 631 SCRAPER. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE AS STEAM CLEANING. EMPLOYE EWAS WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE SHIELD. EMPLOYEE MOMENTARILY LLIFTED FACE SHIELD WHEN FORIEGN OBJECT LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS WIPING DOWN TRUCK WHEN HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. PAIN WENT AWAY AFTER 15 MINUTES.

OPERATOR WAS WASHING WINDOW OF HIS D9N DOZER WHEN A SWIRL OF DUST BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING HIS TRAILER LOAD OF ORE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICY BOARD WHICH IS TARP STAND. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF IN MID-FALL. METAL ROD WHICH ROLLS UP TARP MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST TH E TRAILER.

WHILE UNTARPING TRAILER LOAD OF ORE, EE SLIPPED FROM ICY TARP STAND AND FELL BETWEEN TRAILER & TARP STAND. PULLED A TENDON IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE HEATER MOTOR IN THE CAT SCRAPER BLEW DUST IN THE RIGHT EYE.

HIT A HOLE OR ROCK WHILE WATERING THUMB JAMMED INTO STEERING WHEEL CAUSING POSSIBLE SPRAIN.

THE DRIVER STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND OR A ROCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET OFF THE LOADER. TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE DRIVING THRU THE PLANT STOCK PILE, WIND BLEW ON THE FLOOR. PIECE OF DIRT CAME THRU THE WINDOW OR THE AIR CONDITIONER AND WAS LODGED IN THE RIGHT EYE.

HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE AND SPEW FLUID ON STEPS OF EQUIPMENT. INJURED SLIPPED ON STEPS EXITING MACHINE AND TWISTED KNEE. THIS SAME KNEE HAD A PRIOR NON-JOB RELATED INJURY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE TIRE ON 631-E CAT SCRAPER. THE TIRE BAR (IRON) SLIPPED & HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS AGGRAVATED AN OLD INDUSTRIAL INJURY.

SLIPPED ON FROZEN MUD CLOT WHILE CLIMBING ON THE ST EPS OF THE D9N FELL AGAINST THE CAT & H IT RT SIDE OF RIB CAGE

A 631-E CAT SCARPER UNDER CUT A BANK A MINER CAVE IN OCCURRED THE WAS NO BODILY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE MACHINE THIS IS ONLY AN INCIENT REPORT

HE WAS DRILLING & ATTEMPTED TO DISCONNECT STILL FROM HYDRAULIC HEAD THE CUP HOLDING STEEL BROKE & HIT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND

WHILE TARPING A LOAD OF REJECT MATERIAL A RUBBER TARP STRAP BROKE & THE HOOK HIT LEFT EYE

WORKER WAS OPERATING A D8L BULLDOZER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A PORTION OF UNEVEN GROUND. JARRED NECK AND BACK.

WHILE INSTALLING 5TH WHEEL THE WHEEL FELL ON HIS HAND AND CUT IT.THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN STITCHES.

WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER, EMPLOYEE HIT POT HOLE, THE SCRAPER BOUNCED UP AND DOWN. THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK BEGAN TO HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TARP HIS TRAILER IN HIGH WIND. WHILE TURNING TARP WHEEL, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING THE D8-L CAT. WE HAD 1 1/2" OF SNOW & ICE ON THE TRACKS. WHILE CHECKING THE FLUID LEVEL ON THE RADIATOR, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY SURFACE, TRIED TO PREVENT FROM FALLING , STRAINED BACK.

THE OPERATOR JUMPED OFF THE LAST 3 STEPS OF THE LADDER WHILE GETTING OFF THE EQUIPMENT

THE OPERATOR WE3T OVER "RIPPED GROUND". THE WHEELS WERE ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING SUDDEN TWISTING OR JARRING OF THE NECK.

WHILE WALKING A5ONG AN ELEVATED TARP STAND USED TO FACILITATE TARPING DOWN TRUCK LOAD EMP SLIPPED ON RAIN SLICK BOARDS OF TARP STAND FALLING DOWN BETWEEN TARP STAND AND TRUCK TRAILER

EMPL HIT LEFT K3EE ON SCRAPER STEERING SUPPORT BRAKET WHILE TRAVELLING OVER UNEVEN GROUND.

WHEEL OF SCRAPER RAN OVER A BOULDER THROWING THE OPERATOR AROUND IN THE CAB OPERATOR RECEIVED INJURY TO BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF D9 CATERPILLAR TRACTOR. HE STEPPED ONTO SOME UNEVEN GROUND AND STRAINED OR TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

EMP WAS LIFTING CONTAINER OF GREASE FELT A BURNING IN LEFT AND RIGHT GROIN AREAS FOLLOWED BY SELLING IN GROIN AREAS EMP ADVISED BY DR THAT HE MAY REQUIRE SURGERY AT SOME LATER DATE

INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER IN A PIT. HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN THE CAB HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE ROLL CAB AND STEERING WHEEL.