Staker Parson CompaniesMining Incidents in 2025

EE was trying to clean the metal off of the magnet that leads to the VSI. They grabbed a piece of metal to pull off and strained their arm.

While operating a loader, EE was cleaning the road with the bucket flat going downhill. The loader dug into the floor causing the loader to stop abruptly. Employee hit EE's head on the front window of the loader.

Employee was cutting off excess threads on lacings to the underscreen belt. Employee was on their knees reaching up to the lacings with the grinder. When they came out from under the screen and stood up their back seized up from being in a awkward position resulting in back strain.

EE had just exited the excavator and walking down the slope to the Trommel when material gave way causing EE's knee to buckle. Conservative treatment provided up until 6/26 when EE received MRI results showing a meniscus tear. Resulting in an upcoming surgery.

While lowering the anvil into the Remco, EE was holding the anvil and a co-worker was pulling with a strap to move it into place. It wasn't lined up, so they were trying to maneuver into place. At some point the cable of the crane got some slack and then released smashing EE's left pinky finger between the anvil and the rotor.

Employee stepped off of a cone crusher onto a ladder bracket that was welded onto the catwalk with no ladder on it and rolled ankle.

EE was attempting to hang a 480 volt live cable. When EE lifted the cable, EE received a second degree thermal burn on hand, from being in proximity to an arc flash.

EE had been using a pry bar on a head pully to rotate it and it slipped when they gave it a good tug.

EE was running the loader , and when they were traveling from one end of the pit to the other to load trucks they hit a bump and the seat in the loader bottomed out.

Employee was walking down to the pump house when they felt a sharp pain on left hand. That's when they noticed a Yellow jacket was biting their left hand. Went to ER and was given an injection.

While removing rocks from side of crusher, a rock rolled down and pinched EE's left index finger against another rock.