Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyMining Incidents in 2018

The individual was attempting to clear a dust chute and mistakenly made contact with a rotary feeder. The end digits on the index and middle fingers on the left hand where crushed.

2 employees were installing a new conveyor stand. They were attempting to line up the bolt holes to secure the new stand to the conveyor. 1 ee thought that the other ee said push (ee had not) EE pushed the bottom of the conveyor stand at the same time the top shifted and came down on ee finger tips, that were between the conveyor and new stand.

Individual was walking across outside work area and it was snowing. EE slip and fell on right knee. Strain right knee.

Employee was walking out of maintenance restroom, looked up at the hills, and missed the step and fell, hitting their knees, elbows, and ribs.

Employee was working on excavator tightening bolts while on a ladder. The wrench slipped and employee fell to ground and fractured EE's left ulna and hurt EE's left hip. Employee went to walk in clinic and has restrictions.

Rotex operator was performing a screen change on #3 rotex with department helper. While carrying a screen to 3 rotex, rotex operator dropped the screen & hit/ twisted leg.

Employee was performing a clean up on the Coloring tank chutes to move granule from production tanks to shipping tanks. Operator pulled chain and felt strain in their neck.

Pinched Finger in tool requiring 7 stitches.

Maintenance employee was trying to break loose a bearing from the shaft by pounding with a hammer. A piece of the metal chipped off and imbedded in arm. Employee was taken to ER for medical attention. Object removed and 3 stitches.

Employee was using a walk behind Dingo to clean up an area near the crusher building. EE got right index finger caught between a support beam and the Dingo handle. Finger laceration and 9 stiches. No lost time.

Employee was holding a piece of angle that was being removed from the ceiling. The piece to be removed was in the process of being cut by a coworker. As the cut was being completed, the piece dropped down several inches and caught the individual in the arm causing a laceration.

Employee was placing gyra disc torch ring on shelve when it slid and pinched right long finger in between parts on the pallet causing a laceration to the tip of finger. Employee was taken to the ER where ee received stitches and was discharged.