Rio Tinto Kennecott CopperMining Incidents in 2020

Employee slipped striking face on the handrail causing injuries.

Employee's foot was stuck in mud / material, EE started to fall and let off the blaster hose that EE was spraying causing EE's momentum to go forward causing EE to fall.

Miner was performing an engine repair on a CAT 794 haul truck. EE was coming out of the compartment to a shop ladder that was placed between the haul truck tire and the permanent ladder on the haul truck. EE lost footing and fell landing in a way that dislocated and fractured the ankle.

An employee was performing the routine task of installing a cross-arm on a power pole. While positioned in a vehicle lift bucket, the employee lifted the cross-arm and felt pain in their left shoulder. Possible rotator cuff injury.

Two Employees were working to remove a broken spreader beam from the body screen deck to install a new spreader. EE 1 was on the screen deck cutting the spreader to remove. EE asked EE 2 to come up on the crane after the spreader. When EE 2 came up on the crane the button on the controller got stuck on the up position, crane continued to go up breaking the beam free striking EE 1.

During the pre-shift inspection, an operator stepped between the tires of the haul truck & the berm. When they placed their left foot on the berm it made contact with mud causing the operator to fall on their shoulder. At 2:30pm, the operator reported the injury. The operator was seen by a physician & given restricted duty for 5 calendar days. Employee has returned to full duty.

Employee removed cut resistant gloves to apply a clean label to a wire. Employee states they forgot to put gloves back on before moving to next task. While using a linemen's tool to score the outer jacket of the new cable the linemen's tool slipped and caught the tip of the left middle finger by the fingernail causing a laceration.

While unloading a pump the employee's hand slid across an exposed sharp edge on the tailgate of the truck resulting in a laceration to a finger which required sutures to close.

While operating a front end loader the operator rolled over a rock causing EE to jar back. The employee received physical therapy and was given a full release to work with no restrictions.

The employee's hand slipped while repositioning a pipe fusing machine. EE's hand was caught between the clamp and the pipe fuser causing a laceration to EE's right finger.

Employee was stripping a large cable with a razor blade. While stripping the cable, the razor slipped and struck EE's left hand resulting in a minor injury requiring two sutures. A commercial stripper was onsite but was missing a blade so the employee decided to use the razor blade instead and didn't exercise EE's stop work authority.

IE was looking for printer paper while bent at the waist felt a sharp pain in lower back. IE contacted health services company for advice, due to symptoms described OC meds were prescribed. After experiencing discomfort while at rest the IE setup a clinic visit and received prescription medication seven days after initial injury.

Untangling wire rope.

A mechanic was using a Porta Power to push a bearing on a drive pulley to achieve the final alignment. A bolt was used to extend the length of the porta power cylinder. The bolt ejected during the process and struck the mechanic in the chin.

Employee tripped over edge of a piece of fire blanket that had been dislodged by another contractor and fell onto EE's knee. EE has been diagnosed with a hematoma and potential strain. No medical or work restrictions.

An employee was moving lifters to a cart with a forklift. EE did not lift the forks high enough which caused the lifter to fly up and hit another employee in the lip.

Employee was working inside the building on a sloped concrete floor. EE had tied the ladder to the structure and was in the process of welding a flange when the ladder slightly shifted startling the welder. EE then jumped down from the third rung of the ladder and landed on the concrete floor hurting EE's right heel.