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EE received a hand laceration when a dozer belly pan slipped and pinched EE's hand
While a miner and EE's partner were building a sand wall, the center cap came down coming in contact with the miner's leg. Resulting in a hairline fracture to the tibia.
EE suffered a shoulder injury while lifting a fire extinguisher.
Employee was removing plastic wrapping from a pallet of bentonite bags using a utility knife and cut EE's left thumb.
The mine experienced a weather event that created a power outage which took the hoists down.
58yr. old female miner has been diagnosed with a degenerative condition.
Employee was hand mucking the south end plate in the 2 shaft when a rock rolled pinching left hand resulting in a tuft fracture and a laceration to left middle finger.
EE was stepping down the steps of a shuttle bus and missed a step resulting in an ankle fracture.
Miner got a foot caught between a push plate and stop block resulting in a fractured first and second toe on left foot.
EE felt pain in shoulder and has been diagnopsed with a degenerative condition.
EE stepped on the wheel of a creeper that was leanded against a piece of mobile equipment causing a trip/fall.
Miner was scaling with a scaling bar and a rock fell onto the scaling bar and the weight of the rock resulted in downward momentum of the bar and the employee pinched their right hand between the scaling bar and the mine floor resulting in a fractured pinky finger and metacarpal.
While performing start of shift hoist checks, the weight brake would not release once it was set.
Miner was sealing a new airlock door and the door came into contact with left ring finger causing a tuft fracture to the fingertip.
EE was removing a loader bucket pin when it slipped and fell on their finger.
EE was removing a bucket pin which slipped and fell on their finger
EE was conducting maintenance on the engine of an Epiroc haul truck when the strut that held the engine cover open broke, causing the engine cover (weighing approximately 100 to 200 pounds) to fall and impact the EEs hand between the engine cover and the chassis, resulting in the EE breaking their left hand.
While performing the daily safety checks on the hoist, the hoist operator pushed the emergency stop button to test the weight brake and the hoist tripped on an E-stop fault. Electricians assisted the operator in resetting the hoist. Hoist was back online at 5:53 pm.
Miner was attempting to get a socket seated onto a corroded nut on a vic coupling by hitting the socket with a pipe wrench. EE missed the socket and struck EE's left thumb with the pipe wrench.
At 4:15am the hoistmen was attempting to clutch in when the weight brake set and EE could get it to release. Maintenance was called and found that a safety was tripped causing the hoist to dump air pressure setting the weight brake. maintenance reset the safety bringing the hoist back into operation.
EE was sepping down from equipment and lost traction causing a fall to the ground.
Employee was operating an open cab haul truck and while turning a strand of wire from the wire mesh ground support on the rib caused a puncture wound to the back of the employee's left shoulder requiring two sutures.
Silver Shaft hoist operator heard noise coming from the drum while the hoist was in operation. The hoist operator called maintenance to come inspect the hoist and they found that a saddle and both nuts on a Crosby clamp had come loose. The clamp that came loose was one of 4 extra clamps that were added to hold the tail of the rope on the inside of the drum.
EE felt pop and pain in right knee while climbing stairs and diagnosed with chronic degenerative condition
EE was kneeling on left knee. When EE stood up and put weight on right knee, EE felt pain.
EE was shoveling material with a #2 shovel and felt groin pain.
Employee was trimming the front wallplate with a battery powered saw and while making a cut, the saw slipped causing a laceration to employee's thigh. Employee received 8 sutures.
Silver Shaft hoist was down due to east pinion brake trip fault that would not reset.
EE lifted right arm preparing to lower a ladder and felt pain in right arm/elbow.
The hoist tripped due to the gap on the right brake stand-2 upper caliper was detected on the hoist control system to be outside of tolerance at 2mm. The gap was checked and adjusted to 0mm at which time the hoist was reset and back operational. The Silver Shaft Hoist (primary) and 2 Shaft hoist (secondary) were operational throughout.
EE was removing wheel chock from fender holder and felt pain in right arm.
Lost incoming power to the mine site for a short period of time due to a weather event which caused the hoists to trip. The hoists and compressors needed to be reset and started back up. Hoists were back operational by 7:04 PM.
Employee was transporting a tote of diesel fuel and got a flat tire on the 1-yard forklift they was using to transport the fuel. Employee was pulling into a cutout to get it out of the roadway and as they were pulling in they hit a bump and reached their arm out toward the rib and strained left shoulder. Employee ended up having to get surgery for a rotator cuff injury.
EE felt pain in back and was diagosed with chronic degenerative condition.
Miner was mucking into a muck bay with a 2-Yard LHD. They had a full bucket and when attempting to dump it they got on uneven ground and as they raised the bucket the loader tipped over onto the right side. After it tipped, oil and fuel began to leak onto hot components of the exhaust and possibly the turbo which caused the fluids to ignite, resulting in the loader catching fire.
EE was moving a jumbo drill steel and pinched left ring finger between the steel and the metal box on the loader fender.
EE was opertating a MT436 and felt pain in low back when driving.
EE was pulling a ratchet strap over a load of ground support wire. Whan it came over the edge, the employee looked up resulting in a broken tooth.
At 12:37 AM the hoist tripped due to a communication fault.
EE was diagnosed with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome after 40 plus years of mining.
Employee-operated Kubota was struck by 40T haul truck operated by mine owner at a travel way intersection of the underground mine. The employee suffered fractures in employee's legs and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
EE was removing right boot using a boot jack. As they pulled their leg up, they felt low back and hip pain.
Upon exiting the mine portal, employee recognized fresh snow on the ground and rotated down the ice cleats on their work boots. As they were walking from the portal to the dry, they slipped and fell on the snow/ice causing a fracture to their right ankle.
EE felt pain in groin after lifting chain rigging to crane hook.
EE lost 3 points of contact when entering EE's haul truck and fell backward landing on a concrete slab.
EE tripped on a seat belt while exiting the transport bus.
After 2 weather related power bumps, the hoist tripped and was not able to be reset due to "Brake Pump #2" and "Safety Circuit Fault" codes.
When the hoistmen tried to reset the Service Hoist it would not reset and gave a YA1 fault. The hoistmen called electricians and while diagnosing they found a bad fuse. Electricians replaced fuse and got the hoist operational.
EE was hanging trailing cable for a bolter and felt pain in right shoulder
EE felt a pop in their right shoulder when aligning a belly pan on a dozer.