Montana Resources, LLC safety activity

Employee was adjusting a sand gate on the float cells. To adjust the gate, you pull on a handle. EE leaned over the handle and pulled the handle hitting self in the forehead. Resulted in two stitches.

Removing motor in float cell, motor shifted and struck back of hand resulting in laceration requiring 4 stitches.

INSTALLING A VITRIOLIC COUPLING ON A PIPE. WHILE HOLDING THE COUPLING A CO-WORKER WAS SWINGING A HAMMER TO SET THE COUPLING. CO-WORKER MISSED THE COUPLING AND HIT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

Employee was adjusting forks on forklift to lift a skiff. They used a sledgehammer to help move the fork closer together. When they struck the fork, the fork slid and pinched the tip of right thumb in a pinch point. Received stitches.

Employee was climbing a fixed ladder to enter the 14 ball mill hopper to perform maintenance. The ladder has a hinge with a pin near the top. The metal hinge broke. Employee held onto top part of ladder and fell, landing on EE's feet and then falling onto EE's rear. EE has a hair line compression fracture in the L1 and is on restricted duty.

A 3 inch diameter poly water pipe located in a plugged sump shifted, causing the pipe to flex while the employee was inspecting the plugged sump, this resulted in the pipe to contact the employees chin resulting in a laceration which required stitches.

A 793 C haul truck was ascending a ramp loaded and lost traction. EE attempted to back up down the hill and contacted a berm which overturned truck. A bucket truck was used to help the EE exit the truck. The EE was entrapped in the cab more than 30 minutes. EE was suspended pending outcome of investigation.

On drill 304, drill crew was tripping out tooling and preparing to remove the drill bit. The bit had been welded to the collar and the driller was using a handheld grinder to cut through the welds. As the grinder broke thru the welds, the grinding disc failed and a fragment struck a the driller on the finger causing a laceration.