Blair East — Accidents

Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/15/2023 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted IP works a rail load out operator. IP stated while walking EE's SRL stopped EE causing pain in EE's right shoulder.
06/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was helping other employees place portable conveyor onto rail track to unload railcar. Employee's finger was caught between portable conveyor and rail track causing injury.
08/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was moving a garbage can and as ee was pulling/sliding it right knee popped. Garbage can was full and the employee stated it was sore and hard to walk on. The supervisor then contacted manage...
02/15/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted They unbolted the rotex and changed the bottom 6 screens on both sides of the rotex. Employee then bolted up the rotex and then came down to the control room. When employee got out of the chair they c...
10/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 143d restricted Employee had pain in lower back after completing a screen change in the dry plant Rotex screeners. Employee was diagnosed with a slipped disc.
12/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner smashed right middle finger while changing tail pulley on belt Conveyor.
07/30/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee grinding weld using 4.5"" grinder, he stated it kicked-back he stopped to inspect disc, noticed a small ""nick"" & stated he thought he should change it but he decided to try to finish the 1"...
06/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted After getting out of loader, operator turned and twisted right knee.
05/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bent over to move a bucket and strained back.
01/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While clearing walkways of snow and ice; slipped and fell.
08/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While placing a pipe onto a pump, the pipe rolled and pinched left middle finger between two flanges, broken finger
05/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was shoveling Sand off of a concrete Pad turned wrong and pulled a muscle in their lateral side of back.
09/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 93d restricted EE and another employee were trying to flip the undercarriage, when it slipped and fell on his arm. Employee cut wrist, needed sutures.
08/27/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee bypassed guard on belt conveyor to clear sand built up around the tail pulley. Employee failed to de-energize equipment and perform Lockout/Tagout procedures. The shovel made contact with t...
06/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing rocks from the rock crusher. One of the rocks shifted and smashed his finger.
06/18/2012 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Over a two day period the mine received a significant amount of rain creating erosion around a temporary impoundment.
05/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was climbing out of skid steer and slipped, scraping his leg on the bucket and injuring his shoulder.
03/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was breaking up rocks with a pry bar when the pry bar got stuck. As the employee removed the pry bar with the assistance of a supervisor, the bar flew up and struck the employee in the m...
02/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The operator was climbing the ladder into a haul truck when he bumped his knee on one of the steps. He decided to work through the injury, but his knee started swelling up. He reported the incident...
02/27/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was adjusting the guard on an angle grinder and finger was cut by spinning blade.