Blue Knob Surface Mine — Accidents
Total: 5 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/06/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Victim was assisting with the replacement of a tooth on a loader bucket. Apparently EE's glove froze to the tooth and EE couldn't get EE's hand out of the way in time and EE's finger was caught betwe... |
| 06/05/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Victim was operating assigned loader. It had been raining a substantial amount. A rock fell from the highwall and struck the windshield of the loader causing dust, dirt & glass to get in EE's eyes.... |
| 12/16/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 25d restricted | The 2nd shift foreman, victim and another person were unhooking and draining the lines from the 8' water pump which had frozen. The water which came out of the water lines froze due to the -5 degree... |
| 06/06/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 214d lost | Victim was parking assigned dozer at the end of shift. EE stated to mine superintendent that EE was dismounting the dozer facing forward instead of backward and foot slipped off the push arm and went... |
| 04/13/2016 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | We were notified on 04/13/2016 that employee had been ruled compensable for a black lung claim. Employee's employment at this mine ended due to a lack of work on 05/05/2015. |