Fort Dodge Mine: 487 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee fell into the frame of a conveyor while removing tail pulley guard.

Employee was changing return rollers when the employee felt lower back pain. Physical Therapy and restrictions were prescribed by the clinic. Injury became reportable on 07/23/2024.

Employee was using a utility knife while performing patch work on a conveyor belt. While cutting, the utility knife slipped, and cut the employees left thumb just below the nail. The employee received 3 stitches.

Employee was dragging an ANFO hose along the front of the heading and stumbled. As they regained balance, they strained lower back. Employee began physical therapy on 8/20/21 making this a reportable injury.

On the evening of Thursday, March 25th, 2021, the night shift was changing drive belts on the (secondary) crusher. As they were spinning the sheave putting the last belts on, the employee's hand got pinched between the sheave spoke and the motion sensor.

Mine operator was notified approximately 4 hours later of a customer truck driver that slipped and fell on the ground.

At 4:35 AM on 8/26/20 EE arrived on site prior to shift start to retrieve items from 769D Cat haul truck. EE was at 2nd rung from top of ladder, lost grip w/left hand on grab bar located below windshield. EE swung out towards the right & fell off of haul truck, landed on ground. Compression fracture to T12 vertebra.

Employee was installing a hood on a 336F excavator. The hood shifted when employee was installing it and it bumped employee and knocked employee into the truck. Employee braced self with R. hand which jammed shoulder. Employee has not gone to the doctor yet, but will be soon.

Employees working to install new backstop and speed reducer for underground conveyor. While lifting machine out of shipping crate with hoist, the component rotated, causing a bolt to catch an employee's right hand against the shipping crate, lacerating the skin under the glove.

Employee slipped and fell to the ground landing on knee injuring the knee cap. Employee required physical therapy effective 11/21/2016 making this a reportable.

Employee was changing screens and using a hammer. EE missed the target with the hammer and hit right ring finger on a screen wire causing a fracture in finger.

EE stepped on uneven ground and fell back onto right elbow. EE was issued a sling to stabilize arm.

Employee veered into the face with haul truck causing the steering wheel to jerk back and forth. This caused a hairline fracture in EE's wrist.

Employee was swinging a 4# sledgehammer and came into contact with his left middle finger causing a small fracture under his nail.

Employee was climbing down off of his haul truck and lost his three points of contact and missed the last rung of his ladder. He fell into the side of the truck injuring his left shoulder.

EE was loading holes at an underground bench and slitting sticks of powder. The utility knife slipped penetrating a kevlar glove causing a laceration at the base of his left thumb. The injury required 8 stitches to close.

EE was cleaning mud on the decline to the portal. Some of the mud spilled on the road and ee was cleaning it up with a skid loader. Bucket was too low and it hit the steel grate over the road. EE was jerked to a complete stop and dislocated his right shoulder. This incident was a first aid only incident until 5/1/2009 at which time he was sent to see a physical therapist.

EE was holding a hydraulic hose that had a pin hole in it. When the hose pressurized it shot oil into the employee's right thumb.

EE was cleaning a catwalk and became overheated and began to feel sick to his stomach.

Injured employee was helping install a guard and a coworker dropped the guard hitting him on the top of his left forearm causing a three corner laceration requiring thirty two stitches to close.

Injured employee suffered a pinched finger. His finger was xrayed and no bone fracture was found. He was released to full duty with a follow up visit scheduled for two weeks. After repeated follow up visits to the doctor with no medical treatment, he was then scheduled for physical therapy. At this time we feel his condition became reportable.

Employee was helping coworkers manhandle a section of screen into a screen box. Injured employee lost his balance and cut his left hand with the hook on the sceen section. He was not wearing gloves at the time of his injury.

EE WAS WORKING ON DRILL THAT HE RUNS IN THE SHOP. HE HAD BEEN BENT OVER & WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HIS PANT LEG CAUGHT & HE LOOKED & THEN LOOKED BACK. WHEN HE LOOKED BACK HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO THE BOOM OF THE DRILL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EYEBROW THAT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS REPLACING A PLATE THAT CLOSES THE SECOND SCREEN DECK WHEN HE SUFFERED A GROIN PULL. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION RESULTING FROM PROLONGED DIS COMFORT THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A INGUINAL HERNIA. THE EE RECEIVED SURGERY TO REPAIR HIS CONDITION 8-6-03.

EE WAS GETTING OFF OF HIS STOCKPILE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND & HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE FUEL TANK STEP. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION. ORIGINALLY THIS INCIDENT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A FIRST AID ONLY BUT HE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO MEDICAL/RESTRICTED DUTY. 20 DAYS INTO THE RESTRICTION THIS EE WAS LAID OFF.

EE WAS LOADING THE BOTTOM HOLES OF A FACE SHOT WHEN HE ALMOST TRIPPED WHILE MOVING BACKWARD. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO KEEP FROM FALLING THE EE STRAINED HIS RIGHT HIP AND SURROUNDING TISSUE.

STEPPED ON SIDE OF ROCK. TWISTED ANKLE.

BEING RAISED IN MAN BASKET TO INSPECT CONVEYOR. FORKLIFT MAST CAUGHT CONVEYOR FRAME. CONVEYOR SLIPPED, PINCHING FINGER AND THUMB. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY SUFFERED BACK STRAIN FROM REPETIVE LIFTING OF EXPLOSIVES BAGS AND BOXES. EMPLOYEE DID NOT INITIALLY REPORT HIS INJURY TO MANAGEMENT. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM HIS PE RSONAL DOCTOR WHO PLACED HIM ON WORK RESTRICTION. HE THEN REPORTED HIS INJURY, WAS TAKEN TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR WHO TOOK OVER TREATMENT.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE HUNG UP MATERIAL FROM THE PRIMARY IMPACT CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK CAUSING A WOUND THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.

HAND SCALING OUT OF MANLIFT. LARGE LOOSE FELL ONTO MANLIFT BOOM. BOOM & GASKET WERE PUSHED DOWNBY THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK & THEN CATAPULTED EE INOT THE BACK. EE HIT BACK WITH HEAD (HARD HAT HAD FALLEN OFF) CAUSING 3 LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS SKULL

MECHANIC WAS MOVING OIL DRUMS BY HAND AND STRAINED GROIN.

2 EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW. 1 EE WAS PUSHING ON THE TREE WHILE THE OTHER EE WITH THE CHAIN SAW TRIED TO FREE IT FROM TREE. WHEN THE TREE BEGAN TO FALL THE EMPLOYEE PUSHING ON THE TREE TURNED AWAY FROM THE TREE AND DROPPED HIS GLOVED HAND INTO THE PATH OF THE CHAIN SAW BLADE RESULTING IN 3 LACERATIONS TO HIS RT WRIST REQUIRING 10 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE USED POOR BODY POSITIONING AND STRAINEDHIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON AN END WRENCH.

EE WAS CLIMBING ON THE STEPS OF HIS HAUL UNITWHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK AS HE LIFTED HIS LEFT FOOT TO STEP ON THE ACCESS LADDER EE HAD A PREXISTING CONDTION WHICH WAS APPARENTLY AGGRAVA TED BY CLIMBING INTO HIS HAUL UNIT. HIS CONDITION WAS INITIALLY TREATED 1ST AID & HAS NOW BECOMEA MEDICAL REPORTABLE INCIDENT

EE HAS ALLEGED WORK RELATED CONDITION CALLED TENNIS ELBOW FROM OPERATING A DOWN HOLE DRILL. THIS CONDITION WAS ORIGINALLY TREATED AS A FIRST AID BUT IT HAS NEW BECOME A REPORTABLE INCIDENT.

EE COMPLAINED OF HAND CRAMPING AND FINGERS STICKING TO THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HE MADE A FIST. CO. DR. DIAGNOSED HIS CONDITION AS "TRIGGER FINGER." EE WAS TREATED 1-15-99 WITH FOLLOWUP TREATMENT IN TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING.

APPROX 5000 LBS OF ROCK FELL OFF THE CEILING STRIKING A FUEL TRAILER AND DOWN HOLE AIR COMPRESSOR. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS ROOF FAL THE DRILLOPERATOR WAS STANDING BY THE COMPRESSOR FELT SOM E ROCK DUST AND RAN AWAY. THIS SAVED HIM FROM INJURY BY THE FALLING MATERIAL. GREATER CARE WILL BE TAKEN IN FUTURE TO AVOID LOOSE MATERIAL BY SCALING MORE.

EMPLOYEE JAMMED LITTLE FINGER OG RIGHT HAND ON LOCK COVER WHEN UNLOCKING AN EXPLOSIVE MAGAZINE.

EMPLOYEE DROVE A LOADED 35 TON COAL HAUL UNIT INTO A PILLAR AT THE UNDERGROUND MINE. HE SUFFERED A CRACKED LEFT KNEE CAP WHICH REQUIRED A FULL LEG CAST.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A FACE SHOT WHEN A ROCK FELL 13' FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A V BELT ATEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM INTO THIER PROPER SHEAVE GROVES. HE GOT HIS HAND TO CLOSE TO THE SHEAVE AND PINCHED HIS SMALL RIGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND TH E GROVE.

EMPLOYEE RAN HIS HAND ACROSS THE TOP OF A WELD ROD CAN AND CUT HIMSELF. HE TOLD HIS LEAD PERSON HE DID NOT NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. HE WENT HOME AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND RACKED HIS YARD. H IS HAND BEGAN TO BLEED AND HE WENT OT A LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. HE RECEIVED A TETNUS SHOT AND 5 STITCHES.

EMP WAS PULLING LOOSE ROCKS OUT OF PLUGGED PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN ONE SLIPPED THROUGH HIS UNGLOVED HAND AND PINCHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE DOOR WAY.

EE PICKED A DRILL STEEL IMPROPERLY AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE'S HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE CEILING OF HIS HAUL TRUCK. EE ALLEGES THIS CAUSED HIM TO HAVE A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN REMOVING THE VIBRATOR FROM THE IMPACT FEEDER UNDER GROUND AT FT. DODGE MINE. WHEN UNIT CAME LOOSE IT CAUSED A COME-A-LONG TO JUMP AND THE HANDLE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE L EFT HAND FRACTURING A BONE IN THAT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO WORK ON HIS LOADER AND WAS GETTING DOWN TO GET TOOLS. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM HIS LOADER ONTO A STEP LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4 FEET TO THE CEM ENT FLOOR FRACTURING HIS RIGHT LEG NEAR THE HIP SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR (SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE) TO CLOSE A RAIL CAR DUMP DOOR. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL HARD ON HIS BACK SIDE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A SECOND EMPLOYEE CLOSING A RAIL CAR DUMP DOOR. INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE DOOR AS IT CLOSED CAUSING SMASHING /BROKEN BONE/ DISLOCATED KNUCKLE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS TRYING TO SLIDE A SHAFT ON A TABLE TOP TO MEET ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL HE WAS GOING TO WELD. THE SHAFT SLID PAST THE TABLE FRAME WORK, DROPPED AND PINCHED HIS TWO FINGERS BETWEEN THE SHA FT AND THE FRAMEWORK.

EE WAS LIGHTING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF STEEL. I AM PUSHING THE OXYGEN LEVER THE TORCH WENT OUT. THE EE BROUGHT THE TORCH TOWARD HIS BODY TO RELIGHT AT WHICH TIME THE TORCH PUFFED OU T A BALL OF FLAME THAT BURNED THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS DRYING A SAMPLY OF ROCK IN A PAN ON A GAS STOVE. HE PICKED UP THE PEN WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS, THE PAN SLIPPED AND HE BURNT HIS FINGERS.

EE DROVE STOCK PILE TRUCK UNDER AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR WITH THE DUMP BOX EXTENDED. THE DUMP BOX STRUCK THE CONVEYOR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO STOP SUDDENLY AND CAUSED THE EE S NECK TO BE STRAINED.

HAUL TRUCK DRIVER SERVICED HIS TRUCK AND STARTEDDRIVING. WHEN HE CONTINUED DRIVING HIS BACK BECAME SORE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AHOLE IN THE TOP OF A GREASE CAN LOCKING KNIFE CLOSED WHILE HE WAS CUTTING & STRUCK THE LITTLF FINGER ON HIS RT HAND LACERTION EQUIRED STITCHES

55023ATED THAT HE SCRATCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB ON ROCK OR PIECE OF METAL. HIS THUMB SWELLED UP AND HE WENT TO THE DR FOR TREATMENT THE DR PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC WHICH HE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTIO 50360AND MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK BECAUSE HE BECOME ILL.

EMPL TRAVELLING TO BIN TO LOAD TRUCK STRUCK AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR WITH THE RAISED BED OF STOCKPILE TRUCK.INJURIES WERE VARIOUS MINOR CONTUSIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP ELECTRICAL CORD ON A5TURBINE PUMP HE SLIPPED & GRABBED A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO CATCH HIMSELF HE CUT THE RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PRIMARY WHEN A ROCK MOVED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER. INJURY RESULTED IN A LACERATED SECOND FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE JAM IN HOPPER WITH PRY BAR. HE TRIED TO STEP BACK OUT OF WAY WHEN ONE OF ROCKS STARTED TO MOVE. HE CAUGHT FOOT ON ROCK & TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS REACHING OVER THE TIRE TO CHANGE OIL FILTER ON HIS LOADER AS HE WAS REACHING HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS TRACK DRILL ONTO A ROCK. INJURY RESULTED IN TORN CARTILAGE IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS KNEES WHEN HE WOULD KNEEL UNDER EQUIPMENT TO DO MECHANICAL WORK. HE STATED IT HAD BOTHERED HIM FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS SEPTIC BURSITIS IN BOTH KNEES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND SCALING BAR TO REMOVE LOOSE MATERIAL FROM THE BACK,THE SCALING BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK WITH HIS AHND AND THE BAR THIS CAUSED A CUT ON HIS HAND AND THE BAR.THIS CAUSED A CUT ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SYNTRON CONTROL BOX INTO THE TRUNK OF A LOADER VEHICLE.THIS CAUSED HIM TO OVEREXTEND HIS REACH RESULTING IN APULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER ABCK.

4 EMPLOYEES HAD3EXTENDED 6 IN AIRLINE FOR DRILL THEY ADDED 4 SECTIONS I NAME STAYED WITH THE JOB, TURNED ON AIR COMPRESSOR TO CHECK LINES FOR LEAKS STARTED TO BLEED AIR LINE WHEN LAST SECT SECTION OF PIPE3BLEW LOOSE THIS RESULTED IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO RIGHT THIGH

I NAME WAS GIVI3G TASK TRAINING TO AN EMPLOYEE ON HOW TO RUN THE 560 HOUGH HE WENT UP THE LADDER AND PULLED ON THE DOOR WHICH WAS WEDGED ONTO BACK END OF LOADER ALL OF A SUDDEN DOOR SWUNG LOOS HITTING I NAME 3N THE HEAD THIS REQUIRED 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND

TRUCK WAS PULLI3G UP TO THE SCALE HAD TO CROS RAILROAD TRACKS REAR OF TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN

EMP HAD FINISHE8 FILLING STOCKPILE TRUCK AND JUMPED OFF CATCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON THE TRUCK BOX WITH HIS RING. IT CUT HIS FINGER AND TORE TENDON