All MSHA-reportable accidents at Tilden Mining Company L C operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.
Employee became stuck in basket of pole line truck while servicing light fixture shortly after 1PM. A second basket truck was brought in to remove employee from the basket of the inoperable truck. Employee was safely brought down from stranded basket shortly before 2 PM.
An electrician was walking down the stairsteps from the #3 pump house and felt pain in their right ankle. The stairway was clear and safe for travel.
An employee was removing a rock from the top of a grader blade when the operator experienced pain in their shoulder.
Worker fell from scaffolding ladder and sustained an injury to EE's left leg
Employee was cleaning inside t-1 #4 vacuum header line, when a plug of iron ore concentrate and water released from the pipe, forcing the material and the employee out of the pipe. The employee was ejected about 15' out of the pipe, while falling 6' vertically to the concrete floor below, resulting in fractures to the left arm, right femur, and pelvis.
While grinding the grinder wheel broke apart and struck the employee in the leg. All proper PPE was being utilized.
While moving an attachment with a chain it slipped on the pin, trapping the employees right thumb between the chain and attachment.
While employee was delivering parts to the mine warehouse, the employee slipped on the snow when returning to EE's vehicle and fell on EE's right side.
While walking on a grate to return a torch EE was using, EE's feet slipped out from under and EE fell and landed on their buttocks.
Employee was positioning a large clevis to perform a lift when the clevis slipped, causing the employee's left middle finger to be pinched between the clevis and the lifting tray.
A pellet plant utility operator was walking behind a forklift being operated when the forklift inadvertently went in reverse, contacting the utility operator's left leg resulting in a sprained ankle.
Technicians were removing rollers from drill undercarriage. One of the rollers start to roll off support, tech tried stopping it and was unable. When the roller fell off the weight of the other rollers on the other side of the support caused it to raise pinching EE's hand between the support block and machine frame.
An employee operating a loader was performing normal work duties maintaining a mining floor. During this activity, the employee stated that the loader bucket contacted a toe, jostling the loader resulting in the employee chipping a tooth. Dental treatment was made known on 2/2/2023.
The employee was removing a bolt from a liner on the #1 Crushed Product Feeder when they received a cut from the bolt on their left index finger resulting in 3 stitches.
The employee was removing a lifting jig from a liner with a pry bar in line 6 primary mill when they received a cut on the tip of their left pinky finger resulting in 3 stitches.
Employee was grinding rust off the wall of a filtrate tank to prep for a patch and a foreign body entered eye.
An employee pinched the pad of their right finger when installing a clamp for the for 4B Filter.
Descending stairs to retrieve tools. Both hands were on the handrails and EE slipped, caught self but EE's left hand got caught on the handrail upright. EE's left ring finger was fractured right at the top of the hand.
Our open cab scraper #16 developed an exhaust leak and exposed our miner to carbon monoxide. This exposure throughout the day led to the miner feeling unwell but declined medical evaluation. The miner still felt unwell the next day and it was determined they needed to be evaluated for carbon monoxide exposure.