All MSHA-reportable accidents at Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
All we know is a call came 10/29/08 about 8:00 a.m. that we had a fatal accident at Kennecott; our driver was killed by a pipe falling off the top of load on trailer. All Bob Orton Trucking does is haul the load (this load from WL Plastics Corp, Cedar City, Utah). We do not load or unload product.
Employee was placing roller in between frame and belt. Roller hit belt and bounced back, pinching employee's finger in between roller and frame.
Employee was stepping off platform on flat ground; he shifted his weight to right ankle and it rolled undearneath him. Right ankle strain.
Moving a fabricated unit with a hinge. When trying to upright the pole, it shifted and caused fingers to be pinched resulting in the injury to the index, middle and ring fingers.
EE stated that on the 8th or 9th of April he was working in the shop when an unknown event strained his left elbow. He reported injury on 4/10/08, took EE to DR and could not find any damage, but gave EE restricted duty.
Employee was removing the engine oil pump suction bell & tubes from the underside of the engine. It was loose and came out shifting the load in his hands & the mounting bracket was very sharp causing a cut between the thumb and fore finger requiring 5 stitches to repair. He was wearing blue nitrile gloves.
Injured slipped on ice in yard area fracturing fibula of left leg. Sub-freezing temperature, recent snow and ice.
Employee was bonding bare copper ground grid cable to the inside web of a structural steel beam. The contents inside the cadweld mold exited the bottom of the mold, and onto the employee's left forearm. The employee was wearing leather gloves, faceshield, hard hat, long sleeved cctton shirt. Winter weather were the environmental conditions.
A tech was installing a pin into a bore on an earthmoving piece of equipment. The pin weighs 205 lbs. and was located on the ground when the tech hooked the crane using chains onto the pin. He raised the pin approx. 5 ft to align the pin with the bore.He held onto the back portion of the pin to stabilize movement when the slipped and crushed the tip of his right pinky finger.
Employee's finger got caught between the top side of a saw guard and the bottom of the quick release knob.
PVC pipe broke and fell out of drilled hole striking EE arm. Laceration to arm requiring stitches.
Employee was attempting to remove lug nuts on a haul truck tire rim when the socket gun slipped pinching the palm of his right hand. The employee received sutures and was returned to work without restrictions.
Employee was attempting to disconnect equipment from a motor grader, when the hitch shifted causing the tool bar pin to drop, pinching his left index finger. The employee sustained a contusion injury, received four sutures and was returned to work without restrictions.
A Miner was blowing out a hole drilled, when drill cuttings passed beneath his safety glasses and entered his left eye. His eye was irrigated in the shaft. 1-hour later it was washed out again, and 2-hours later washed out a third time. At 11:00AM he was taken to hospital and it was washed out again. The doctor gave him a prescription for eye drops.
Employee was breaking pipe joint. He was holding the hook end of a 36 inch steel pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped out of employee's hand causing a laceration to palm of left hand.
Employee sustained a 2nd degree burn to the palm of his right hand, in the attempt to heat an engine manifold, using an alcohol solution. The small burn area on the palm of the hand required debridement.