MSHA record for GLENBROOK NICKEL CO (mine ID 3500391). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 5,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
MIXING CALCINED CATALYST WITH SPENT CATALYST- CREATED VOLATILE DUST MIXTURE- LIGHT FIXTURE SHATTERED IGNITING DUST WITH FIRE "FLASH" RESULTING.
THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT SUPPLIES AIR TO THE BRAKES FAILED THE BOOM TRUCK ROLLED OVER AT A CORNER 1 1/2 TIMES.
THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT SUPPLIES AIR TO THE BRAKES FAILED.THE BOOM TRUCK ROLLED OVER AT A CORNER 1 1/2 TIMES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A HOSE FROM A WORK DECK.THE HAND RAIL WAS NOT SECURED ADEQUATELY EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO THE RAIL-RAIL BROKE LOOSE AND EMPLOYEE FELL 18 FEET TO THE SURFACE.
EE WAS BLASTING HARD PACKED ORE IN A SURGE BIN. 1/2 STICK OF DYNAMITE WITH A FUSE PRIMER WAS LOWERED INTO THE TOP OF THE BIN AND PLACED ON THE HARD PACKED ORE. A PREMATURE DETONATION OCCURRED CAUSING SMALL PARTICLES OF ROCK TO BE BLOWN INTO THE EE FACE AND RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BLASTING HARD PACKED ORE IN A SURGE BIN 1/2 STICK OF DYNAMITE WITH A FUSE PRIMER WAS LOWERED INTO THE TOP OF THE BIN & PLACED ON THE HARD PACKED ORE A PREMATURE DETONATION OCCURED CAUSING SMALL PARTICLES OF ROCK TO BE BLOWN INTO THE EMPLOYEES FACE & LEFT EYE
EMPL WALKED INT2 CENTRIFUGE BLDG AND FOOT SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND HE FELL.WRENCHED HIS BACK WHEN HE FELL DOWN ON LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE TRIED 7O FREE A WINCH LINE CABLE ON A BOOM TRUCK. WHEN IT CAME FREE, THE WEIGHT OF THE HOOK AND COUNTERWEIGHT BALL TOOK UP THE SLACK MASHING HIS FINGER IN THE SHEAVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING RUBBER LAGGING PLATES ON A CONVEYOR HEAD PULLY AND APPARENTLY BREATHED TOO MUCH RUBBER SMOKE.
EMP STOPPED AND3PARKED HIS PICK-UP ON A STEEP SECTION OF ROAD AND THEN NOTICED IT STARTED TO MOVE SO RAN BACK TO STOP IT AND AS HE ROUNDED THE FRONT FENDER HE HIT HIS ARM AND SHOULDER ON THE F ENDER, STRAININ1 HIS SHOULDER HE CLAIMS HE HAD IT IN GEAR AND PARK BRAKE SET. INVESTIGATION SHOUXX SHOWED PARK BRAKE WILL HOLD IF SET HARD ENOUGH BUT IT IS HARD TO SET
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3WHILE HE WAS CLEANING THE FEED CHUTE ON #4 DRYER WITH A WATER HOSE HE STUCK HIS HEAD IN TO SEE BETTER AND A CHUNK OF MUD HIT HIM ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF.HE HAD NO PAIN OR PROBLEM3THEM BUT TWO WEEKS LATER HE GOT OUT OF BED WITH A SORE NECK WHICH WORSENED.WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DOCTORS OPINION OF WEATHER THIS PROBLEM IS JOB RELATED OR NOT.
EMPL SHOVELLING3BALLAST ROCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND DR DIAGNOSE DEVELOPED TENDONITIS IN LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM.
CREW WAS HOISTI3G CONVEYOR BELT HOPPER INTO PLACE AND THIS EMPL WAS GUIDING IT INTO PLACE.THEY HAD HOOKED TO THE LINER PLATES WHICH WERE WELDED INSIDE.WELDS BROKE AND HOPPER DROPPED-IT KNOCKED EMPL BACKWARD 5ND HE FELL OVER CRIBBING TIMBER AND BRUISED HIS BACK.
EE WAS HELPING 4ILLWRIGHT INSTALL A SCREW CONVEYOR INT HE CRUSHER BUILDING. HE WENT OUT ONTO A NEW CATWALK WHICH THE MILLWRIGHTS HAD BUILT BUT HAD NOT YET PUT HANDRAILS ON. WHILE WORKING HE F ORGOT ABOUT WHE9E HE WAS & STEPPED BACK & FELL TO T HE DECK BELOW. THE FALL INJURED HIS BACK RIBS & CUT HIS SCALP.
EE WAS WORKING 0ORM A LADDER ABOUT 5' FORM THE FLOOR TIGHTENING A PIPE FITTING WITH A PIPE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED HE FELL FROM THE LADDER CRACKING A RIB ON AN ANGLE IRON GUARD.
EE WAS DRIVING 5 WEDGE BETWEEN 2 I BEAMS HIS FOOT SLIPPED WHILE MAKING A SWING WITH THE HAMMER & HE HIT HIS RT THUMB WITH THE HAMMER MASHING IT BADLY.
EE CLAIMS HE WA8 PURING OUT OF A 5 GAL CAN INTO A TRUCK & BACK WAS STRAINED. NO SLIPS-FALLS-OR UNUSUAL MOVEMENT.
EE STOOPED TO P3CK UP APIECE OF STEEL PLATE 3/8X16X60 WEIGHT 100# & STRAINED HIS BACK.
FOREMAN AND TWO3LABORS WERE PUMPING THE THICKNESS TANK AND HAD TO CORRECT A WATER PUMP LINE THEYI NAME HAD CLIMED ON TO THE TOP OF TANK WALL TO PRY THE PIPE OVER.HE HAD LOST HIS BALLANCE WHEN THE PRY SLIPPED3AND HE HAD JUMPED TO THE FLOOR ABOUT 8'HE LANDED ON BOTH FEET FRACTURING HIS HEEL BONES.
EMP CLAIMS HE S7EPPED ON THE FIRST RUNG OF A LADDER WHICH WAS LEANING AGAINST THE CONVEYOR LOADING HOPPER THE RUNG BROKE AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS STILL ON THE GROUND HE WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE AND ROLLED DOWN3A 45 DEGREE BANK FILL WHICH WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE LADDER HE CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS NECK AND HIT HIS HEAD WHILE ROLLING THE 25 FT DOWN THE INCLINE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS WASHING IN THE NONVEYOR TUNNEL WITH A FIRE HOSE AND WHEN HE SHUT THE NOZZLE OFF HIS ARM STARTED HURTING HE HAD NO ACCIDENT,JUST STARTED HURTING.
EMPL GOT WELDIN1 FLASH BURN IN EYES WHILE WORKING WITH ANOTHER WELDER -DONT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED JUST WOKE UP IN NIGHT WITH EYE BURN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITH A BOOM TRUCK SETTING CULVERT IN THE DITCH AND THE PIPE SLID END WAYS A LITTLE PINCHING HIS RT FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BOOM TRUCK NEAR THE REAR INSTRUCTIONG MILLW RIGHT WHO WAS ON BACK OF TRUCK. THE OPERATOR OF THE BOOM TRUCK LOWERED HIS OUTRIGGERS AND THE RIGHT REAR OUTRIGGER PINNED AND CRUSHED THE EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT RESULTING IN THE AMPUTATION OF THREE TOES.
EMP CUT A PIECE3OF 10" PIPE OFF AND THE PIECE ROLLED WHEN IT DROPPED OFF AND BRUISE HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER PIPE
EMPL CHECK OUT SMOKE COMING FROM HOG FUEL PILE AND WHEN HE STUCK SHOVEL INTO PILE,FIRE FLARED UP IN HIS FACE.HIS REFLEX WAS TO JUMP BACK AND HE RAN INTO HANDRAIL WHICH BRUISED HIS RIBS.X-RAY S HOWED CRACK IN ONE RIB.NO BURNS.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WANTED TO VOVE THE DRILL AND STEPPED OUT OF THE REMOTE CAB TO CHECK THAT ALL WAS CLEAR, HE HEARD A NOISE AND SAW THE TRUCK MOUNT DRILL WAS MOVING SO HE JUMPED B ACK IN AND TRIED TO STOP IT, BUT IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BANK SO HE JUMPED OUT AND LANDED ON THE ROCKS ON THE EDGE OF THE BANK. BRUISED HIS HEAD, SHOULDER, AND NECK. DOCTOR FOUND NO INJURY.
EMP WAS STRIPPING PLASTIC COVER OFF TRAM HAUL ROPE, AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB KNUCKLE, THE FOREMAN ON DUTY BANDAGED IT AND I.NAME WENT BACK TO WORK. THE CUT HEALED IN A FE W WEEKS BUT THE THUMB WAS STIFF AND AFTER NEAR 3 MONTH I.NAME BECAME CONCERNED SO WE SENT HIM TO THE DR FOR TREATMENT MAYBE SURGERY
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WENT TO LOAD A 6\ PIECE 12"X12" ON THE TRUCK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING SOME PORTO-POWER CYLINDERS UP TO THE CATWALK OF THE TRAM TOWES WITH A ROPE HAND LINE AND CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS BACK. DI NOT REPORT IT TILL 8-20-84 APPARENTLY HE HAS A WE AK BACK IN THAT HE HAS REPORTED SEVERAL BACK STRAINS. SAYS HE HURT IT 6-14-84 BUT DIDN\T REPORT IT.
EMP SAW A ROCK CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAIL PULLEY AND THE FRAME
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A D-9 CAT FAN ROTATING THE BLADES TO REVERSE THE AIR FLOW WHEN HE TURNED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE DID NOT SLIP FALL AT PICK UP ANY THING HEAVY SO DON\T KNOW WH WHAT CAUSED IT DOCTOR SAYS IT A BACK STRAIN.
EMP STEPPED OUT OF CAB OF HYD SHOVEL ON TO A DAMAGED STEP WHICH HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY A FALLING ROCK A MILLWRIGHT HAD BEEN CALLED TO R EPAIR THE DAMAGED STEP AND CATWALK BUT HAD NOT FINISHED THI STEP THE OPERATOR FORGOT THE DAMAGE STEP AND SLIPPED OFF AND FELL ON TO GROUND SPRAINED WRIST BRUISED SHOULDER CUT KNEE
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN MOVING SOME BAGS OF BLASTING POWDER AND STOPPED FOR COFFEE BREAK. WHEN HE GOT UP TO GO BACK TO WORK, HIS BACK WOULDN\T WORK RIGHT. HE KNOWS OF NOTHING, HE DID TO INJURE IT, N O SLIPS OF FALLS JUST THE USUAL HANDLING OF THE BAGS OF POWDER BAGS OF BLASTING POWDER.
EMP WAS MOVING A TRACK ROPE CABLE TO GUIDE IT THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE TOWER STRONG BACK WHEN THE CABLE SNAPPED THROUGH THE HOLE IT CAUGHT EMP FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE JACKING BRACE
EMP WAS GUIDING A 2 IN TRACK ROPE THROUGH THE RTRAM ANCHOR TOWER WHEN THE YARDER LINE CLAMPS ON THE TRACK ROPE SLIPPED ALLOWING THE TRACK ROPE TO LASH VIOLENTLY AS IT SLIPPED BACK THROUGH THE TOWER EMP WAS HIT IN THE BACK BY THE TRACK ROPE HE WAS KNOCKED FROM HIS FEET TO THE CHANEL CROSS BEAM ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING
ACCIDENT HAPPENED BACK IN APRIL BUT EMPL DIDNT REPORT IT.INSPECTION ACCESS DOOR ON POWER SHOVEL STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION AND 2 EMPL WERE WORKING ON IT,ONE MAN JERKED DOOR OPEN AND CORNER HIT I NAME IN MOUTH.DENTIST DISCOVERED BROKEN TOOTH ROOTS 12-4-84 AND FELT THIS WAS THE CAUSE.
COME DOWN LADDER ON FRONT OF HAULAGE TRUCK FACING OUT AWAY FROM STEPS & WHEN HE GOT TO THE LAST STEP HE JUMPED BUT CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON THE STEP AND FELL OUT ON THE SHOP FLOOR.
DRIVER WAS BRINGING A LOADED HAULAGE TRUCK DOWN THE EAST HAULAGE ROAD WHEN HE HIT THE BANK AND FLIPPED THE TRUCK OVER ON ITS SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DRIVER CLAIMS THE RETARDER FAILED DRIVER SAID HE DID NOT USE THE SERVICE BRAKES ROAD WAS GOOD TRUCK WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST
WHILE CLEANING UP AROUND #14 CONVEYOR BLET EMP GOT THE HANDLE OF HIS RAKE CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR WHICH JERKED HIS HAND BETWEEN AN IDLER ROLL AND THE BELT WHICH FRACTURED THE LAST DIGIT OF H HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER
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