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Employee was walking into the maintenance office when EE tripped, fell and land on the maintenance lunchroom glass door. Employees elbow/arm broke the glass on the door resulting in laceration of the tricep area.
B crew switching T15. IE directed operator over radio to shove 4 cars to a joint. Operator stoppedshort;couplers misaligned.IE entered red zone without protection, violating CS-4(Red Zone) and CS-27 (Adjusting mismatched coupler with or without a device(SafeTRAX) to line couplers. Used their foot to align couplers. Operator continued shoving; IE foot was caught and pinched between.
Employee cut middle finger on Left hand while picking up trash.
Disconnecting a hose to stop a leak in the connection between the hose and customer's plumbing to a sulfuric acid storage tank. Back pressure from the customer's plumbing caused residue in the hose to spray the driver.
While relocating the old stacker belt using a loader and an extended boom, the boom operator lost control, causing it to tip onto its side. The boom operator jumped from the cab and sustained an injury to the left wrist. Employee went to a specialist for further evaluation. Specialist documentation from 7-7-2025 confirmed limitations and brace to left wrist.
Cat Operator was fueling Cat D9 Dozer at the Heavy Equipment Yard. Operator fell from the dozer and landed on the driver's side blade tilt cylinder. As a result, operator broke three left ribs and bruising to the left side of body.
One of the electrical systems failed on our primary escapeway shaft. There are redundant systems in place, the shaft was never out of operation. The hotline was called as a courtesy.
#2 hoist (Primary) went down due to electrical problem, Maintenance Coordinator and electrician used #3 hoist to reach surface. Maintenance conducted troubleshooting and found a bad coil on the main brake. Maintenance replaced the bad coil on the main brake and #2 hoist was up and operating at 9:50 pm. #3 & #6 hoist were still operable during this time.
In an attempt to close a liquor feed valve with a valve wrench, the valve broke the process, resulting in the wrench slipping and smashing the employee's right pinky finger.
Employee was isolating a steam leak to get repaired on #3 flash tank in GR2. Steam change directions when employee was isolating leak contacting employee's right-side forehead and cheek. Employee received first and second degree burn to right forehead and cheek.
while pulling on a come-a-long chain, the chain slipped and pinched the left middle finger.
This week we had a scheduled outage planned for the mine to do maintenance and upkeep. During this outage our main man hoist was scheduled for an upgrade taking it down until Friday. There are still 2 escape shafts to the surface in case of an emergency There was no accident or injury. The notification was just a courtesy call.
Employee notice product (soda ash) was not feeding adequately on to the 1410 belt. Employee began to rod out blockage. While rodding out though the gate on #2 Bin, the blockage broke free and hot soda ash overwhelmed employee trying to get out of the way of the product. Employee received burns to mid-thigh and calve areas on both legs.
Operator was washing out with hot condensate to unplug a chute going to #4 Dryer elevator. The material broke free in chute and hot condensate spilled over operator's left boot. Operator received 2nd degree burns to the top of left foot.
2 Hoist Replace Guides.
Two employees were troubleshooting pump on the new purge cyclone system in GR 3. When both employees were sprayed by hot liquor causing serve burns (1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns). One employee received 11% burns to left upper chest and arm. Other employee received 17% burn to right back and shoulder area, and neck.
Graveyard shift started on 05/05/2024 at 7:00pm. 2 Hoist tripped at 02:;40 am and could not be reset, 3 product hoist was concerted to man hoist to bring electrician and supervisor to the surface to troubleshoot the issue. Found that the battery for the universal power supply needed to be replaced.
Two employees were troubleshooting pump on the new purge cyclone system in GR 3, when both employees were sprayed by hot liquor causing serve burns (1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns). One employee received 11% burns to left upper chest and arm. Other employee received 17% burn to the right back and shoulder, and neck.
2 Hoist faulted. Waited for electrician to troubleshoot problem. It was determined that a sensor was faulty, and it was replaced.
Employee was lifting pneumatic vibrator up to install on ore bin. Employee lost EE's grip and the vibrator started slipping towards the ground, EE caught it and doing so EE felt a pop in EE's right shoulder.
While bolting a rock fell hitting employee's right thumb causing a bone break and a laceration.
Found Broken Guide in #2 shaft. Taken out of commission at 4:40PM. Repairs were made and completed at 8:11PM. #6 and #3 Hoists were operable and available during this period maintenance was being conducted.
During normal mining operations the employee got dust in their right eye. Saw an optometrist and received prescriptions for a steroid and an antibiotic.
6 Shaft was taken out of service for maintenance work. Maintenance was completed at 12:56PM and returned to service then.
#2 hoist tripped out during inspections.
Employee working in EA32 tripped over a roller. Twisted their right knee and hurt lower back.
Employee was riding down frontend manlift and fell from 5th floor to the 4th floor. Employee received injuries to head, right ribs, right and left leg.
Working in 7 shaft area when employee felt something in eye. Thought it was a small lump of dust or rock. Flushed eye out & wiped with gauze. The material that felt like a lump in the eye was gone. Employee didn't feel further treatment was needed at the time. The employee went to see an off site doctor on 08/18/23. And employee received prescription medication for eye.
Employee was riding down frontend manlift in GR 3, employee looked up, and got something in their left eye. After an hour, employee started feeling pain in left eye. Went up to guard shack to get left eye washed out. Employee went to clinic, then went to eye doctor. Eye doctor prescribed steroid eye drops due to scratch to eye.
Employee tripped on last step going up stairs which cause employee to impact floor and handrail at 5 Bin at Product Load Out. Employee strained and injured right & left shoulder, and right side of body.
3 hoist tripped on slave fault. Faults were reset and hoist is operational.
Employee slipped in wash bay while dragging pressure washer and strained left knee.
Employee was carrying a spray bar and walking in #1 shaft return tunnel. Employee hit EE's head on the top of the tunnel, knocking EE's hard hat off. EE bent down to get EE's hard hat and hit self in the mouth with the spray bar chipping EE's tooth. Employee scheduled to have repair done on May 30, EE reported to Safety Dept. that the repair was complete 6/12/23.
Employee slipped walking up stairs going into the GR 2 Control Room at the being of shift. Employee rolled right ankle on stairs and felt a pop. Employee was evaluated at Town Clinic. X-ray's showed employee broke right fibula. Employee was placed in walking boot.
Workers were hoisting scaffold equipment to the 6th level. As the load was approaching, the basket spun and would not fit through the hoist opening. The hoist was stopped and one of the workers grabbed the cable just above the block to straighten it. The other worker accidentally raised the hoist. The worker's pinky finger was crushed in the sheave of the hoist cable.
Unsecured materials in an enclosed trailer.
When reaching the bottom of 2 shaft, employee pulled the cage gate up to open and felt a pop in arm. Visible bulge in arm.
Employee was trouble shooting the spout at the top of the 108 belt at the crusher. Walking down the 108 belt, employee stepped on a frozen piece of product on the 108 belt walkway and rolled left ankle. Employee was taken to the ER and found that employee had broke lower left fibula and tibia, and a torn tendon in left ankle.
Miner was using a floor drill putting in floor pins for WA08 drive. Drilled about half way down, miner stepped back to start kneeling down and ankle twisted then right knee popped and fell down. We were notified of medical review findings on 1/30/23.
#3 Production Hoist. Hoist had an electrical fault on the drive converter, an electrician from underground had to reset the fault. #2 and #6 hoist were still operational during this time.
#2 hoist power issues, troubleshoot electrical problems. Found problem and was able to run #2 hoist in manual mode. Cage is operable.
Production crew driving out of the mine from SD19 on night shift traveling north on main south roadway to #2 hoist at the end of shift. At 68 xc main south, MTP-1901, crashed in to the rib. There were 4 employees in the mantrip and 3 of them had injuries.
Production crew driving out of the mine from SD19 section on night shift traveling North on main south roadway to #2 hoist at the end of shift. At 68xc main south, MTP-1901, crashed in to the rib. There were 4 employees in the mantrip and 3 of them had injuries.
Production crew driving out of the mine from SD19 on night shift traveling north on main south roadway to # 2 hoist at the end of shift. At 68 xc main south, MTP-1901, crashed in to the rib. There were 4 employees in the mantrip and 3 of them had injuries.
In GR 3, employee slipped in mud by the #2 flock tank and sprained right ankle.
Employee was working on forklift and removing hook from overhead crane. Employee pinched left ring finger between mast of forklift and hook on crane. The employee received a distal tuft fracture to the 4th finger on left hand.
While riding the GR2 Man Lift, a piece of debris flew into the employee's eye. Employee was wearing proper eye protection. Went to eye doctor, material was removed, and was prescribed medical eye drops.
EE was putting cover plate back on collection screw. Cover plate slipped & EE pinched rt pinky finger. EE got stitches to finger. Update: At time 7000-1 was filed, Mine understood EE had full use of finger & there was no bone involvement. On 1/3/22 MSHA issued citation, directing Mine to amend 7000-1. On 1/6/22 Mine learned EE had subsequent med treatment on or about 1/4/22.
Employee was cutting foam board with utility knife. While finishing cutting the board, knife slipped and caught employee's left ring finger. Employee received stitches in finger and returned to work.
#3 Hoist computer screens went down. Operator tried to fix issue. Management was notified and Dispatch called MSHA. Issue was fixed by resetting computer. #3 Hoist is a skip hoist. No person was entrapped or injured and no damage to hoist or shaft. Computer issue. MSHA was called back when issue was fixed.