Mining Incidents

ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability CompanyMining Incidents in 2017

All MSHA-reportable accidents at ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2017
1
Total incidents
24
Year
2017

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON7 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
  3. 03DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)5 incidents
  4. 04POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents

All incidents in 2017

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee in flatbed service truck was parked on a waste dump at the Mission Mine. A 320 ton haul truck ran over flatbed service truck resulting in fatal accident.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped off the forklift and rolled ankle.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was lifting a heavy cast iron junction box. The box slipped in employee's grasp and the door smashed 2 middle fingers of right hand.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a 190 float machine. The machine was suspended from the float deck crane, employee was adjusting the machine with a come a long to facilitate removal from the cell. While adjusting the come a long the eye-bolt failed causing the barrel assembly and mounting plate to swing and hit employee's lower left leg.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was pulling shovel cable from cable reeler, when cable snapped at splice and hit employee knocking ee to ground. Employee dislocated right knee and had surgery on 04/21/2017. EE began losing time on 4/21/17.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to attach hose to acid tankers for unloading. As soon as they bent forward using normal body mechanics they felt a pull in lower back muscles.

Struck by falling object

Was removing worn liners and placing them in a scrap boat, co-worker tilting the liner with a six foot bar to help remove the cable and pacman, EE reached under the liner to remove the pacman from the cable when the bar slipped from the liner allowing the liner to fall on employee's right hand smashing EE's middle finger under the cable causing lacerated to EE's middle finger.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee tripped and fell on left knee.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a new motor on the ditch 154. The motor was hooked to the extended fork lift. As they were lowering it into position, the motor slipped off the mounting plate and caught employees right thumb.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a 20"" ball mill feed elbow. One threaded studs fell out because the weld broke. Employee went to the repair bay to clean up this 1"" threaded stud and to grind off the weld left over on the bolt. Employee was holding the bolt in one hand and the grinder in the other. The grinder bucked and blade made contact with thumb

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee strained left knee when dismounting ladder. When ee stepped down ee skipped the last rung and stepped down onto left knee and felt pain.

Struck by falling object

Employee was prepping to remove left front wheel on HT425. They attached the Ram-Holder to the A-Frame, and bent over to pick up extension. The Ram-Holder came off the A-frame and struck employee in the back of the head. Causing a 3/4"" soft tissue laceration. Employee was treated at the ED and received 3 staples.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking down ramp when employee slipped and fell injuring left shoulder and wrist. On 12/7/2017 PT was ordered for Physical therapy due to shoulder strain.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While employee was washing lime off of light vehicle #165, tripped and fell over a piece of wood causing a laceration to right ring finger that required stitches.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee lost grip as climbed out of the engine compartment and fell against the deck of the truck.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to move a light plant. EE fingers were between the hitch and truck when the jack failed the trailer fell pinching ee fingers.

Struck by falling object

Employee grabbed at a pair of tongs as they fell cutting their right middle finger requiring 4 stiches.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

This injury initially was a F/A from 1/26/2017 until the thumb was x-rayed and a fracture was seen on 1/31/2017 at which time it became reportable. The employee was placing a guard on the west side of 7 belt on the short head crusher. EE put one side down and while placing other side the guard pinched thumb between the guard and support beam.

Struck by falling object

Employee caught finger between a lead anode when it fell onto a anode storage rack. EE received a finger tip fracture and several stitches.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is diagnosed with a standard threshold shift in hearing by Dr. in both ears. This has not been determined as work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is diagnosed with a Standard Threshold Shift in hearing by Dr. in the Left ear. This has not been determined as work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was diagnosed with a standard threshold shift in hearing per Dr. in the Right ear. This has not been determined as work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is diagnosed with a standard threshold shift in hearing by Dr. in the right ear. This has not been determined as work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was diagnosed with a Standard Threshold Shift in hearing per Doctor in the Left ear. This has not been determined as work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.