Young MineMetal/Nonmetal

An employee was loading a face with explosives when a rock fell from the face and caused a laceration to the employee's leg. The employee received 7 stitches to the leg laceration at the Hospital.

The employee was walking across the roadway underground to a power center to turn off a fan when EE rolled EE's ankle and felt a pop.

A rock fell down the shaft and struck the employee working in the shaft on the back of the neck. A contusion was incurred to the impact site at the back of the neck.

Employee was cutting the metal band on a bundle of wire when the band came back from stored energy and slapped the back of the employee's hand causing a laceration on left hand.

Employee was bending over to pick up an extension cord when EE felt a pop in their knee. EE was placed on restrictions until further evaluations.

Employee was replacing the grizzly bars at 1448 when a rock fell from the apron feeder striking right hand.

The employee was making repairs to #33010 Sandvik TH540 Haul Truck Air Conditioning system. During live testing, the employee's thumb came into contact with the condenser fan resulting in a fracture/laceration.

Around 7:00 am employee was dressed in street clothes and getting ready to walk to parking lot to go home after the night shift rotation had ended. As employee was walking out of change house and up the steps they felt a pop in their left knee. Could not bear any weight on left leg.

Employee was walking from service bay after parking haul truck and slipped and rolled an ankle.

Employees were leaving work area in 2250, when the driver of the tractor was getting out of the way for the 460 TH to pass. When re-entering the road, the tractor was in loose material. Upon breaking free, the tractor swung to the right contacting the rib. The employee seated on the same side, hit hard hat on the railing of the man carrier upon hitting the rib.

At approximately 8:30AM on 8/28/23, a mechanic was attempting to repair a blown turbo boot on the engine of the 37605 supply hauler truck. EE stood up on the offside fender stepping backwards and tripped over the exhaust guard bracket causing EE to fall backwards into the oscillating section of the supply hauler hitting face and ribs on the truck.

Crusher operator fell after EE's feet became entangled in crusher wash down hose. Employee felt a sharp pain and heard a pop in EE's ankle when EE fell.

Employee was riding the man cage and dropped lunch box. When the employee went to pick it up, the handle was at an angle on the cage floor. As the employee went to grab the handle, EE's finger got cut from a sharp piece of metal from the cage floor.

Employee states while cleaning the mill hole off, the loader hit a large rock and came to a sudden stop jarring EE's back. Employee complaining of lower back pain.

Employee was moving jackleg when the leg collapsed pinching hand.

Employee was cleaning safety glasses. When the employee went to put them back on their face they accidently scratched the left eye with the earpiece on the safety glasses.

At 8:30 am a mechanic was removing old pressure washer in wash bay to install new unit. During removal the wash unit tipped from the telehandler forks and guard on washer unit caught the mechanics glove cutting EE's right middle finger and scraping stomach. Mechanic was taken to the hospital and received 4 stitches in EE's right middle finger.

Employee was moving lumber outside the training room. They bent down to move a 2x4, as employee was getting up said they felt sudden pain in lower back.

Employee was working on the air conditioning unit on a loader when EE's little finger on EE's right hand came into contact with the fan causing an open distal fracture to the last digit.

An employee was helping offside and was moving bolts to the bolter and dropped the bundle on their left foot.

The Utility supervisor stated that while operating the Telehandler it felt like a piece of dust went into the eye.

Employee was stacking screen on rib, when EE stepped back EE didn't realize EE's footing was on a piece of screen. The screen slid out from underneath EE, causing the employee to slip and fall.

Employee was assisting with a pump when a rock fell from the rib striking the employee in the hard hat. As a result, the employee sustained soreness and a neck strain. Incident classified as MTI.

Employee was loading powder and pulling up on a anfo hose when EE felt a pop in their shoulder.

At approximately 11:50am at Young Mine a miner had entered the 7690 heading after mucking activities, checking the area, when an approximately 100 pound rock fell striking EE on the head and arm. The rock fall occurred on the left-hand rib, where the rib meets the face, about 10 feet up the rib line.

Employee was changing a lift cylinder on top of a loader when the incident occurred. The employee was trying to move the crane in a better position with a strap when the employee lost balance falling approx. 5ft to the ground below.

At 1:25 AM the blasting crew had finished hand scaling the back in 9664 and were in the process of loading first couple holes when a rock fell from the back and struck one of the blasters in the left forearm and wrist causing a laceration that required stitches.

Employee was marking up the face in preparation for drilling when a rock fell from the face striking the employee in the head, then brushing down the right side of the employee's body. The heading and face was checked prior to work beginning in the area.

Employee mounted a tractor on the surface prior to going underground to start shift. After mounting the tractor, employee thought that the safety latch/gate was closed on the rear of the tractor and went to lean back against it when employee fell out approx. 3ft landing on left side.

A blaster was using a box cutter to cut the debt cord on a round loaded in 9664 and lacerated left hand below the thumb area. Safety was notified and transported the employee to the local ER for evaluation and had 14 stitches put in the laceration.

Operator operating a telehandler on a decline when machine rolled down decline hitting a parked pickup truck. Operator was complaining of lower back pain and soreness.

Employee reported that employee had a Allergic reaction to the muck boots. Employee knew employee was allergic to neoprene and wore the muck boots

Rock fell from back hitting hard hat. Received lacerations to lt eye and rt forearm. Required 9 stitches in each laceration.

Stepping out of truck bed when lost footing resulting in a fall and a twisted knee. Placed on light duty for 1 week

Employee stepped on flexible step to climb on haul truck and step swung. This startled the employee and EE tensed up straining right hamstring muscle. Employee is still mobile and is on work restrictions.

finger caught between lifting strap and equipment causing an avulsion on lt index finer

Using jack to rerail train car when handle kicked out and hit ee in throat causing a fx to the hyoid bone with possible vocal cord involvement and also a broken tooth.

Right forearm caught between loading rig basket and face, causing 2 lacerations. Taken to ER and received stitches and returned to full duty

hit in face with scaling bar. no med treatment until 2/26. Jaw began to hurt after violent sneeze. Went to dr and was dx with a jaw fracture. saw specialist on 2-29. No treatment needed as it is healing on its own. l

The blaster cut his pinky and ring finger on his left hand from a rock sticking up on the ground while tamping the hole

While traveling down towards 70 mill hole, the driver lost control and turned over a Kubota rtv900 on the driver side resulting in amputation of lt ring finger and multiple lacerations to middle finger, pinky

ee fainted and lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds

Employee was exiting the genie lift man basket. The genie lift man basket was on the ground. While exiting the basket, the employee's right heel of their boot got caught on the toe board causing the employee to trip and fall to the ground.

Rock fell hitting ee in mouth causing 2 chipped and cracked teeth. Had no treatment until 3/6/15.

Riding in tractor, hit pot hole, knocked miner off seat and full body weight pulled on left arm

scaling bar was forced down on lt forearm when ee was prying a rock loose when it broke free striking the bar- arm pinned between bar and metal railing

Employee was trying to get a piece of steel out of striking bar when a piece flew off and struck him in the arm. Employee initially declined medical treatment. Employee later went to the dr. and had the metal removed and was prescribed antibiotics.

Employee placed left hand on machine to brace himself while walking around equipment on the right side of engine compartment. He did not see the broken piece of mirror under the gasket laying on the cowl of the cab. When employee placed hand on gasket, the piece of mirror punctured his left hand between his two middle fingers.

Hearing loss. Did not return for 30 day retest. Had a 10 dB avg shift with threshold above 25 dB

Employee was stepping off of his bolter rig and slipped on the bottom step. As a result of the slip, he hit the ground landing on a rock. The force of breaking his fall resulted in an anterior dislocation on his left side shoulder. At the time of the injury, the employee had 3 points of contact established. The step of the bolter was wet, as is common in underground mining.

slipped and twisted knee

was doing work site inspection and twisted knee

High scaling and when rock gave way, employee lunged forward, straining his rt shoulder

Climbing onto rig and foot slipped resulting in a twisted knee

At 12:35p.m. a fire was reported on the 34014 Oldenburg Drill hdg. in the 95-17 Hdg. in the 85-15 stope.Foreman called for an evac. of the mine. MSHA,mine rescue,911,G.M. was contacted at 12:50 p.m. At 1:35p.m. all accounted for except 3 util. EE's.They could not evac. w/o passing thru smoke, they comm. to the surf. by phone, rescue arrived and trans.men to the srf.at 3:50 p.m.

At 12:35p.m. a fire was reported on the 34014 Oldenburg Drill hdg. in the 95-17 Hdg. in the 85-15 stope.Foreman called for an evac. of the mine. MSHA,mine rescue,911,G.M. was contacted at 12:50 p.m. At 1:35p.m. all accounted for except 3 util. EE's which were later evac'd. by mine rescue. 5 were sent to hosp.for eval.1 EE kept in the hosp.o.n.for high CO(9)normal is 1.

A haulage truck inadvertantly raised the bed into dump position in a low back area mashing the high voltage cable, thus causing a power loss to the 85-15 area of the mine and ths resulted in loss of power to the man cage. MSHA was notified and the mine was evacuated until power was restored to the man cage approximatley two hours later.

EE was rolling a tractor tire out from machine with another EE and the IE was walking back and tripped over a rock pile and landed on the rock pile. This was an underground mine and the only light was the light on the helmets.

using jacks to slew a 15 ton rail car back onto the tracks when one jack became stuck beneath the car. Miner stood on jack handle trying to get it to release when the handle released and struck him in the rt leg and pinned him against the coupling. Placed on restricted duty until MRI completed

Doing pre shift inspection of loader. When dismounting, slipped and fell on his wrist

Electrical Contact burnt out making the hoist inoperable, the mine was evacuated and MSHA was contacted. The hoist was down for a total of 27 hours. Repairs were made and the mine was examined prior to reentering the mine.

Employee was in the process of servicing his equipment in the 412 shop area, he was using a grease hose to service his truck and as he kneeled down he felt a pop in his right knee.

The injured was tossing a rock the size of a football into the car he was pulling, he tripped about the time he done this action and caught his hand between the rock and car causing a fracture to the meta carpal.

The employee was walking up the belt line tracking the belt. As he was walking behind the pillar at the midsection. The employee's right knee buckled and the employee fell to the ground as he fell he struck his Thigh on a metal bar to the belt line causing him to bruise his right thigh.

While boosting a truck at the 71 Mill Hole injured fell from the truck causing a fracture to his right fore arm, and right hip.

While opening a box injured hand slipped causing him to cut his left fore arm. He recieved five stiches.

Employee states that while removing core from inner barrel he received a laceration to his left middle finger.

While re- railing a wrecked ore car the injured was using a bar 5 feet long to pry the car. The car slewed over to set down on the track pushing the bar in a downward motion, striking the injured on the left leg, he also held on to the bar causing strain to his right shoulder. Injured was placed on (restricted duty on 7-7-10 and is estimated to be on light duty for 4 days.)

While scaling a rib, injured stated he felt sharp pain in his left arm. The injured worked two more shifts then went to the Dr. on 6/28/10. Was examined and released to return to work with no restrictions. On 7/2/10 injured had follow up and was placed on restricted duty.

While installing a new hoist rope for the new man hoist, injured was observing the rope being pulled through the sheive wheel. When the Crosby clamp fouled on the hand rail, it broke the metal loose causing the metal to strike injured on the left side of the knee.

Injured was walking and stepped on a rock causing him to slip resulting in a sprained ankle.

While high scaling, a piece of rock undetermined in size fell approximately two feet from the roof, striking injured in the back, left shoulder, and left leg. Causing contusions.

While high scaling, a piece of rock undetermined in size fell approximately two feet from the roof, striking injured on right side of face and right hand.

Employee had allergic reaction to OTC medication.

Employee driving tractor down the decline hit the rib, fracturing the foot that was on the brake.

While high scaling, employee was hit in the forehead with a small rock.

Routine inspection by an outside contractor found the bull gear on the Young mine service hoist to be out of tolerance with respect to its fit onto the main shaft of the service hoist.

Power to the main shaft and hoisting equipment was lost due to an area wide power outage. The secondary shaft and adit were still usable. Power was restored around 12:00 PM.

EE was hanging pipe back up when the chain slipped off the pipe. The pipe struck the EE and bent him backwards causing pain in his stomach and shoulder. EE has a hernia and a strained shoulder.

Due to a power failure on the property, the secondary hoist was out of commission for more than 30 minutes. The main shaft and adit were still usable. Full power was restored after 4 PM.

EE had grease on boots and slipped while walking down stairs. EE bruised/strained back and hip. EE will receive physical therapy.

EE was driving a truck when he ran over a hump in the road and a pot hole on the other side. This caused his back to start hurting. He went to the doctor and was put on restrictions.

EE stopped to roll a rock out of the way of drilling a lifter hole. While rolling the rock he felt a pain in his back. Pain worsened over next 24 hours. He is now on restricted duty.

EE was helping bolt a hydraulic hose manifold on a boom. While EE has handing manifold up, the other EE slipped off drill and landed on first EE. EE recieved a shoulder strain and lumbar strain. EE received restrictions in which he could not do his job fully on 4/8/08.

Broken guide in shaft caused east skip to stop. Shaft is shut down until repairs are made. Shaft was being used for production only, it is not the primary or secondary escapeway from the mine.

Employee was walking up a back stope and slipped on the muck. Employee fell to the ground and struck his forehead.

Employee was removing a rock jam from the crusher chute. The ground bar being used slipped and the employees arm struck the edge of the opening.

The employee was driving Haul Truck #302 a Toro 40D. He had pulled over and stopped to allow another truck to pass coming the opposite direction. The other truck passed and he pulled out crossing to the other side of the roadway and struck the pipelines on the opposite side.

Cleaning tail gate of dump truck, his right thumb caught in tail gate. Reportable fracture, right thumb; lost time.

Employee stepped off of powder truck, twisted knee and fell. Treated for pulled muscle. Given prescription medicine.

Employee was cleaning up around the tracks. He was lifting a rock to place it back on the car when another rock rolled off and crushed the tip of his left thumb. The injury was a fracture of the distal phalanx of the left thumb. Thumb was placed in a splint and medications were given.

While lifting a case of powder, twisted the wrong way, pulled groin.

Employee was working on transmission. He had his foot propped up on the frame of the equipment. His foot slipped off and hit a piece of metal attached to the frame.The incident was reported three days later after it was infected. Employee was taken to doctor, given antibiotics and cleaned the scrape.

Employee was unloading a powder truck. Apparently, he was twisting while picking up boxes of powder. When employee complained of back pain, we took him to the doctor for evaluation. Doctors evaluation was Lumbar Strain. Placed on temporary restriction to not lift over 10 lbs. given Presctiption Medication.

Employee was working in the shop. Turned to pick up bolt and felt a pain in his back. Refused medical treatment at the time but came in the next day with catch in his back. Referred to doctor and diagnosed as back strain. No lost time, placed or limited duty not to pick up over 10 lbs.

EE was leaving the mine office by the back steps. There were three employees standing on the steps talking. Rather than disturbing their discussion he decided to walk down the grass area and hold the handrail.When he got to the bottom he stepped on the sidewalk and turned his left ankle.

Employee sprained ankle stepping from locomotive. Lost time injury. Returned to work 12-28-06.

Employee slipped while servicing loader - hairline fracture. Reportable injury, restricted duty.

EE WAS LIFTING THE HOIST ROPE COVER, LOCATED ABOVE HIS HEAD AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

SUPERVISOR WAS REPLACING WHEEL STUD ON MOBILE EQUIPMENT HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER. STITCHES REQUIRED. REPORTABLE.

EE TRIPPED ON ROCK, FELL AND CUT HAND ON ROCK-REPORTABLE DUE TO STICHES.

SPRAINED BACK HOLDING ANFO BAGS, RESTRICTED DUTY FOR TWO DAYS.

EE WAS OPERATING TRK. HE STATES HE RAN OVER ROCKIN THE ROADWAY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOINGEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY AS OF 12/18/00 UNTIL MEDICAL EVALUATION IS COMPLTED

EE HIT RIB WITH FORKLIFT-SPRAINED NECK AND LEG. EE MISSED ONE WORKDAY 10-21-00.

EE WAS BARRING IN CRUSHER BEGAN LOSING TIME 10-24-00.

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER/ELBOW WHILE LOADING ANFO. BEGAN RESTRICTED WORKING 10-9-00.

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD PUMP ONTO SUPPLY TRUCK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-4-00. TWO DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY PRESENTLY.

EE STATES HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ARM WHILE SCALING ON 9-3-00. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 12-20-00. EE BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK ON 12-22-00.

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED SHOULDER WHILE BARRING ROCK. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT ON THE DATE OF OCCURRENCE. HE LATER RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND UTILIZED TWO DAYS OF RESTRICTED DUTY.

SPRAINED BACK - HUNG LIGHT CORD ON BASKET CONTROL OF ANFO RIG. BEGAN RESTRICTED WORK 7/8/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY BASKET OF ANFO RIG AND LATER SPRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHIOLE HANDLING BAGS OF ANFO.

EE WAS LOOSENING BOLT ON JUMBO, SPRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE STRUCK AIRLINE WITH EQUIPMENT. THE EE WAS STRUCK BY AN OBJECT DURING THE ESCAPE OF AIR. STITCHES REQUIRED.

SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE WALKING DOWN STEPS. EE WAS ON RESTRICTED JUTY 1 DAY (3/18/00)

EMPLOYEE STATES HIS ARMS HURT FROM USING HAMMER ON STRIP LOADOUT DOORS. A MEDICAL ASSESSMENT IS STILL ONGOING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS OFF THE JOB BEGINING 2-23-00.