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EE was descending stairs in the mill when knee locked up causing EE to fall down the remaining 3 to 4 stairs. EE initially felt fine, but on May 5th, 2021 was seen by a doctor because of pain in left shoulder, which was caused by the fall. EE was informed that EE had inflammation and was given a Cortisone shot to reduce it.
A maintenance laborer was grinding on a part which was secured in a vise in the shop. While grinding on the part, the grinding wheel came apart, throwing a piece of the wheel and hitting the left forearm of the employee causing a laceration to the arm. Five stitches were used to close the laceration.
Bottom south wheel assembly on the south skip, east wheel became misaligned causing contact with guide plates, timbers, and beams causing the bracket to bend. This prevented full movement of the south skip to the loading position. It was determined that tension on the wheel assembly may have been too high. Inspection and adjustment procedures are being reviewed with all shifts.
Employee was pulling a barrel of colorant off of a pallet when EE felt a pop in EE's neck and back area.
Employee was hanging power cable overhead along the back when the basket shifted a little, which jarred the employee. The day of incident they felt fine, but was feeling sore on the 14th of Sept so was taken in and was told they had some muscle spasms in lower back.
EE was exiting the hoist drum after pulling slack. When the EE stepped down EE heard a pop in EE's left knee. After several diagnostic visits it was determined there was a small tear in the left meniscus. This didn't become reportable until restrictions were given starting on 7/2/2020.
EE was descending ladder. Forgot to untie ladder from anchor, re-ascended and untied it. EE then descended again. EE thought EE was at the bottom, stepped down not realizing there was still one rung of the ladder, lost balance and braced self by grabbing the ladder with right arm. Pain in EE's right shoulder began at the time. Restrictions were given to EE on 4/21/2020.
North skip dump wheel broke off due to fatigue causing the skip to not be able to exit the dump scrolls.
EE and IE were holding a cast aluminum 5" off a power station, the box fell on IE's finger.
The miner was assisting in changing out the north hoist rope, the hoist rope was stopped in a small sheave. EE put EE's boot on the hoist rope and it moved knocking EE onto the ground striking EE's elbow and hand.
We lowered the maintenance cage for the monthly visual inspection and the cage hung up in the shaft. We lowered a remote camera into the shaft to get a visual of any bulges that were created by recent rains and saturated ground conditions. All bulges were corrected and the shaft was returned for use.
North skip dump wheel broke off due to fatigue causing the skip to not be able to exit the dump scrolls.
EE was lifting and stacking 2 top boards (3/4" plywood, 40" x 48") when ee felt a "pop" in wrist / forearm.
While pulling down on the bell signal lever during shaft inspection the bell housing came apart causing pain in employee's right shoulder.
Employees were removing a section of duct work to be replaced, when it suddenly broke free, striking the ladder that the victim was standing on. Victim fell from either the second or third rung striking the floor and fracturing hip.
The employee reported to EE's supervisor that EE was feeling a dull pain in EE's lower left back and around EE's left elbow area while EE was performing EE's regular job duties of sewing and stacking 50 lb bags of salt.
Employee torqueing a bolt with a ratchet wrench. The wrench slipped off the bolt and smashed the right pinky finger tip causing a fracture to the tip.
Electronic board in the hoist drive had a fault causing the hoist to become inoperable. Miners were on the skip in the shaft.
Divider wall in the shaft between the south skip compartment and the ventilation compartment shifted into the ventilation compartment, creating an offset in a guide splice. The south skip impacted the offset guide breaking the guide and then impacting the guide and divider timbers on a subsequent trip.
Door did not close completely on the north skip on a prior trip, contacted the shaft collar and broke the door arms. Subsequent trip, the broken door would not close at all at the dump and hung the skip in the headframe. Mgmt became aware of the skip damage at 7:22am.
Employee set skip up to return to production hoisting following a mantrip, but failed to correctly engage the latching mechanism on the south skip door. After a few production hoisting cycles, the door latch arm disengaged during a dump cycle. When the skip exited the dump point, the latch arm contacted a headframe structural member, wedging the skip and damaging the skip door