Fort Knox Mine safety activity

While prying bar slipped and chipped tooth

Pulley bearing failed and caught fire leading to drive tower/belt #1 fire.

Until the fire investigation is complete, we are unable to determine the cause of the fire to the truck.

Fueler lost grip of hose while retracting, allowing end of hose to strike their face.

An employee was in the process of re-inserting HQ split tube into a core tube. During the task, the split encountered ice inside of the tube and the employees hand slipped while applying pressure to the split tube. the sharp edge of the frozen split tube sliced through the employee's glove, resulting in a laceration to the employees left thumb.

While a Hitachi EX 5600 hydraulic shovel was digging in a shot pattern it is suspected it contacted an undetonated booster.

Driver statement: The tarp was in a bind, driver climbed up on the front of the trailer to help work the tarp over whatever it was hung up on. Where the tarp pole connected to the motor, it broke loose, and struck my finger.

Grinder slipped while in use, causing laceration to leg.

While IP was lifting drill rod to string, the rod slipped. IP reached down to grab rod and placed finger under pin end of rod pinching between box end and pin end of rod.

Employee was cutting sheathing from wires when tool slipped and cut EE's hand through EE's gloves.

Removing GET from lip of bucket. Was using a pry bar and soft face hammer to work the old tooth off with the crane attached. The tooth was moving and I was using the hammer to walk the adapter forward. When hitting the adapter a piece of the corner of the adapter splintered off and hit my left inner thigh.

Placing wheel chocks into pickup truck, swinging a bit too much and feeling pain in lower back.