Black Thunder — Accidents

Total: 569 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the accident the tech was replacing the air compressor mounting bolts on a CAT 793 truck. To access the compressor the tech was standing on the truck's belly pan. As he was working his...
04/07/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the lube truck, hit a bump and hit head on the inside roof of the cab. He was not wearing a seat belt.
03/24/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was power washing a vehicle when she stepped backwards and stepped on the edge of the wash pad and sprained her right ankle. The employee was in compliance with company and mine rules and reg...
03/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Slipped coming down the stairs at the South Black Thunder Loadout. The building had just been washed down and the stairs were wet. Employee fell down the last 3 stairs, landing on her elbow. Employ...
01/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 10d restricted Employee lost her footing on an icy roadway, landing with her right knee under her.
01/22/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE operating electric drill-bit became stuck-drill was wrenched from EE, causing fracture to back of right hand.
01/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Putting a tow pin into the back of the loader and smashed the ends of two fingers on the right hand between the pin and the eye. As a result of the incident the right ring finger was fractured on the...
12/24/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost At the start of the shift the employee started up an abandoned ramp near a shovel dig face. Part way up he stopped and began to retreat. The dozer rolled over once and landed on it's tracks at the bas...
12/10/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Belt 612 feeds belt 614 through a steel chute. Fire was confined to the inside of the chute but burned both belts in two. Origin was spon-com of coal on teflon dribble chute at head of 612 which the...
12/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 62d restricted Employee got off of haul truck and was walking to bathroom. Slipped on ice and fractured left ankle.
11/29/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a Caterpillar 777 Haul Truck employee reached under the seat to see if he could feel air coming from the heater. Stuck his finger throught the guard and contacted fan blade. Laceration...
10/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 240 ton haul truck driver was done hauling and decided to help the mechanics change oil on the haul truck. In the process, he cut his right 2nd finger on a piece of metal requiring a few stitches.
10/25/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost At the time of the incident ee was standing next to a truck conversing with a TBCC mechanic about a job. As they were standing there a van driven by another TBCC employee began backing up towards the...
10/06/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the time of the incident the technician was using a grinder to cut a bracket that supported the steering suction tube on a CAT 793 truck. As the technician was cutting the bracket a metal fragment...
10/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 36d restricted Employee was walking between two rail road tracks and he stated that he tripped and fell, injuring his left ankle. He wasn't sure what he had tripped on and mine shift supervisor and Savage crew lead...
10/03/2007 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None On 10/3/07, an EE with Express Shuttle, who is contracted by Burlington Northern Railroad, passed away due to an apparent heart attack on the Black Thunder Mine site. The cause of death has not yet be...
10/01/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire erupted on the walls of a coal slot storage barn. Open flames persisted for about 2 hours, suppression of smoldering coal and localized flare-ups continued for 45 hours. Two belts suffered fi...
09/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost At the time of the incident the tech was working on the front slack adjuster on a CAT 793 haul truck. To access the slack adjuster the tech removed the two front bolts and loosened the two back bolts...
09/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost At the time of the incident EE was exiting a service truck. As he stepped down on to the rough ground his right foot buckled under his weight.
09/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a piece of iron from a dozer side frame and it fell on his left ring finger, causing a tuff fracture to the tip.
09/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was carrying a box of tools and trash when he tripped on a mounting bolt. He fell against a machine housing and drove a welding rod tip into his cheek, just left of his nose. The rod pun...
08/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator was pulling on the engine cover on 073 dozer and caught his fingernail on the cover tearing it off.
08/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing teeth on a loader bucket. One wouldn't come loose so he hit it with a hammer. A chip of steel came off the tooth and embedded in his left thigh. There was no initial treatment as...
08/10/2007 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost While trimming a steel door underneath the shovel with an oxy-acetylene torch, his Tyvek coveralls caught fire burning him on the face, neck and arm. When he was seen by a medical professional, about...
08/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 13d restricted After employee fueled his truck he started to pull himself up the ladder and felt a pop in his right arm. This occurred on 8/4/07. The operator worked his regular shift and overtime until August 20th,...
08/04/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 213d lost An SOS Staffing employee working at Thunder Basin Mine, Black Thunder site lost control of his haul truck, running it through the berm & tumbled 330 feet pinning the operator and causing burn injuries...
07/07/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 7d restricted HT257 pre spotted on the left side of the shovel when the dig face came down striking the back of the truck. The front of the truck came off the ground and went back down to the ground jarring the ope...
05/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee stepped up onto the back bumper of a welding truck to shut off the machine. His foot slipped and he struck his right knee on the bumper. He was diagnosed with a contusion and given a br...
05/15/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loosening nuts with a rad gun, got his hand caught between the action arm and the rim of the wheel. Right index finger open fracture.
04/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE bumped his head while working on a haul truck. He didn`t have any problems at the time but awoke the next day with pain in his arm. He has a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease and bone spurs.
04/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the bus was moving EE stood up to move her lunch box, she had one hand on the partition behind the driver and holding a cup in the other hand. The driver of the bus was making a stop when the br...
04/06/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 34d restricted While running 316 scraper, the operator was turning off the main haul road into Thunder Cloud and hit a pothole causing the seat to hit hard while seat belted resulting in a back injury.
03/07/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was a passenger in a light-duty vehicle that overturned when the driver lost control when he encountered a slick section of roadway.The employee fractured her 7th rib on her left side. The em...
03/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welder was in P&H lunchroom, removed PPE headgear; he felt something in his eye. He flushed with eyewash. Approx. 2 hours later, TBCC EMT flushed eye again, examined & found nothing. Welder felt OK. A...
02/21/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Twisted ankle on rock coal and sprained ankle.
02/04/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Operator of HT 416 was told on the radio by another haul truck driver to check his wheel motors, as the covers were glowing. The operator got off the truck to check his wheel motors, but failed to sh...
02/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee was climbing up the ladder on a haul truck and slipped and fell to the ground. This resulted in a compression fracture of the L3 vertebrae in his back.
01/26/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During washing down a conveyor tube, EE slipped and fell, hitting his elbow on side of conveyor tube. EE had an X-ray taken that showed a small bone chip on the point of his elbow. EE is to wear splin...
01/17/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost HT was coming down the ramp from the dump hit a patch of ice and slid into EE's truck on the right hand side. EE's truck was stopped at the time of impact moving the truck a couple of feet. Operator...
12/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The blaster was helping change a sheer pin that held the drill steel on 832 drill. The blaster was holding the guide with his left hand trying to aline the auger with his right hand, the auger slipped...
12/24/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 25d restricted As she was descending the HT ladder, the wind blew her hard hat off. She reached for it and slipped, her left arm catching all her body weight. She strained her arm and back, but continued to work....
12/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 7d restricted The employee tripped over a large rock and fell, straining his right shoulder. The employee continued to work at his normal job until 1/22/07. He then went in for shoulder surgery and began missing...
12/15/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted The operator stepped down from his equipment and stepped directly on small rock. Employee immediately rolled his ankle and felt pain.
11/16/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck finger with sledge hammer while installing anchor bolts into concrete.
11/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was descending from an iron structure and twisted ankle.
11/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was using a hammer to uncrate fan, over extended arm causing partial thickness tear to tendon.
11/06/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 2d restricted While tying down a rail car with a brake stick it became hard to tie and employee then pulled down hard 4 times to get the brake tied. Afterwards she began to feel pain in her lower back.
10/31/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 24d restricted As employee put his foot on the first step of HT ladder, his knee went out. He reported the incident & continued to work. On 12/12/06 he elected to have an arthroscopic procedure to diagnose and/or tr...
10/29/2006 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire was discovered in the Primary Crusher stilling shed at 5:05 AM. The fire was extinguished at 6:30 AM. There were no injuries resulting from the fire. The ignition source of the fire could not...
10/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While exchanging gas cylinder, EE slipped and fell, allowing cylinder to fall on his right hand causing a laceration.