Bay City Mine — Accidents

Total: 19 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Associate was sitting in the loader and leaned over to close the door. He placed his right hand on door frame for leverage and pulled door closed with left hand. He did not move right hand and sever...
06/26/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Associate was on one side of the anfo truck prepping the primers when another associate on the other side of the anfo truck let down the outriggers onto the first associate's foot breaking 3 bones.
05/24/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Associate was using the scaler to remove loose material from the rib in the 235N/106E intersection. The associate moved the scaler into 106 heading to watch the intersection shortly afterward, a 25X50...
05/24/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall of roof occurred at intersection 235 and 106 in the primary escapeway of the mine. The fall occurred while the scalar operator was in the area scaling when a large amount fell from the back hitti...
12/18/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Associate was helping out at the washplant, raking fines at the dewatering screen when the rake got caught and yanked out of the associates hand.
12/14/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Associate was walking to his car and slipped on some ice.
04/23/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Associate was operating a loader in the wet sand storage tunnels when he hit a bump in the road. He was jostled and felt a pain in his neck. Associate was sent to the hospital for an examination with...
06/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Associate was putting a side shield on the back of the loader when he tripped on a rock and the shield bounced off the rear tire striking the associate in the nose lacerating the nose requiring 9 stit...
02/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On February 8th, associate was walking into porthole, tripped on rock and twisted right ankle. Associate refused medical attention and incident was treated as a first aid case. On July 11th, associate...
10/22/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Injured 2nd toe while walking over rocks.
08/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Associate was unloading sheet metal off of a pick-up truck with two other associates. Steel hit ground and cut left hand.
08/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in primary 300ft inside porthole #1 on 90N at first intersection. Pile is approximatly 20'x20'x3'to5' deep. MSHA called with in 5 minutes. There were 5 miners and 1 contractor in mine at tim...
05/24/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None No injuries. Roof fall on the west side of the mine and the primary escape, at 90 E impeded travel. 10 miners were in the mine, zero contractors.
05/20/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 278d restricted The associate was working on a haul truck in section 102 east of the mine when a section of the rib arch sloughed off striking the associate's right leg between the rib material and fender of the haul...
04/16/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was loading trucks in wet sand area noticed smoke, tried to get #7 loader out of mine and made it as far as 90 and #1 portal and loader started on fire. Put out with extinguisher. No injuries, ju...
01/15/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in tunnel 86E of primary escapeway impeding travel. No injury and no equipment damage. The roof fall happened under normal mining conditions. The area was immediately barricaded and employee...
10/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was struck by loose material falling from roof. He sustained a lumbar strain/sprain and right hand pain and finger abrasion. He returned to work with restrictions and has a follow up app...
07/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 28d restricted Loose material fell from the back striking employee, knocking him down. Diagnosis is Sprain and Strain of knee and leg, left shoulder.
06/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was shoveling under a mine conveyer belt when he was caught by an overhead roof fall. The individual was working in an area with an overhead canopy which protected him from the majority of...