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. |