Bridger Underground Coal Mine — Accidents

Total: 241 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/31/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was walking from the tailgate towards the head-gate when employee was stepping from shield 105 to shield 104 a rock fell from in-between the shields and landed on employee's foot. This caused...
08/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Piece of coal hit employee on hand while pulling shield.
03/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was removing the tin off of a portable building. When EE went to move EE's lanyard to a different place the tin EE was standing on gave way. The employee fell approximately 12.5ft.
02/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stocking the trays on the roof bolter, when EE's hand was pinched between the mesh rack and the bolt pod. The mesh rack had been set down on an open bundle of bolts. When the plates were...
02/02/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee was walking down the belt line when EE stepped into a water hole and twisted EE's knee
06/17/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None D-rings left on hoses got tangled up while pulling down road, Employee went to untangle, lack of communication between driver of vehicle and employee watching cable. Employee got tangled up and drug d...
06/11/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Injured employee was working on the longwall face, pulling in shields. As the shearer passed near EE's location the tailgate side drum picked up a large piece of coal, the piece of coal hit the pan an...
04/15/2020 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost Employee had re-set electrical breaker on a belt winder. After re-setting the electrical breaker, employee reached across the control box to turn the pump on when they received an electrical shock. Em...
04/05/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Contractor was trying to lift a bolter cable in order for a skid-steer to place a pallet of plates. In doing so,the skid-steer ran over the contractors foot. Contractor was placed on restricted duty a...
02/28/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured miner was giving directions to another miner as they were using shield #3 to free pan blockage. Injured miner was standing under shield #4 when a piece of rock fell and hit foot. The wound req...
01/31/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying old scraper parts, another miner was cutting a lid from a bucket using a knife. The knife slipped as employee walked by, cutting employee's leg. Stitches were required to close t...
10/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While building crib, employee got hand caught between 2 crib blocks.
09/04/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was using an index bar to pry with while removing a stab jack from a piece of equipment & felt burning sensation in both arms. Later, medical examination was sought & showed that employee nee...
04/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing wedges into fiberglass rib pins. While performing this task they felt their eye becoming irritated and red. Medical personnel removed a piece of fiberglass and prescribed medic...
11/10/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Contractor employee was loading belt structure onto a trailer. As ee stepped off of the back of the trailer onto some uneven floor, ee rolled ankle. Contractor employee is placed on restricted duty.
09/29/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall in the #3 entry, crosscut #10,from crosscut going inby, of the 5th Left longwall section. Approximate dimensions of the roof fall: 60 ft (length) 8 to 15 ft. (high) and 18 ft (wide). Exact t...
09/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employee was lifting a belt roller, the roller slipped and while catching the roller they felt pain in the shoulder and arm. Employee was referred to an orthopedic doctor and following an MRI review (...
06/14/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing wires from a communication box, the box was sitting on a table. The employee used a razor knife to cut a couple of wires, the knife slipped and cut employees wrist area. The woun...
11/27/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered during weekly examination on November 27, 2017. The fall is located in the Main North section, crosscut #14 between entries #3 and #4. Approximate dimensions are 12 to 22 fe...
10/13/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contract employee was pulling feeder cable slack to the feeder breaker. As employee was pulling employee fell towards the rib and land on employee's SCSR unit. The fall resulted in a fractured rib.
09/28/2017 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL FATALITY Fatal On September 28, 2017, employee was helping in the roof bolting activities on the longwall face. During this activity, coal came from the longwall face fatally injuring the employee.
09/19/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was crossing pan line and employee's foot slipped causing an injury to employee's penis when groin area hit pan line.
06/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was working at a surface PC room. While working on the PC they decided to open a garage door, as they attempted to open the door they bent over to grab the middle of the door, as they bent ov...
05/24/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the intersection of Main West #4, crosscut #27. Fall was approximately 23.5' x 23' and 11 feet high. Exact time of roof fall is unknown.
05/09/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 17th Right Section, entry #3, outby crosscut #5. Approximate dimensions of fall are: 18.5 feet long, 7.7 feet high and 15 feet wide.
04/18/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee dropped a beltline down to splice the belt. Employee pushed the belt slack with left hand, while pushing employee stepped backwards onto a 4"" lip in the mine floor. Employee lost balance and...
04/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was removing a Kennedy stopping, the stopping had a mandoor in it. After removing the majority of the stopping, the mandoor rolled off of the remaining few panels and struck the employee on t...
03/02/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 26d restricted Employee had been performing several tasks during working shift, tasks included carrying belt rollers, picking up/carrying crib blocks and rolling cable. During the shift employee felt pain in groin a...
02/27/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted The roof bolting machine was moving to another entry, there was approximately 15 feet of cable slack behind the machine. The cable reel retracted the slack and the machine began to tram forward, the m...
12/16/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee exited a vehicle they were operating to open a garage door, the vehicle started to roll and employee tried to re-enter the vehicle and slipped on the ice/snow surface and a tire pinned a leg....
11/17/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was discovered on 11/17/2016 in the Main West section, #4 entry, crosscut #12. Approximate dimension of the roof fall are: 20ft wide, 20ft long and 10.5 feet high. Bolting pattern was 5ft by...
11/02/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing approximately 600 feet of 4"" plastic pipe. They came to an area where the pipe crossed some cables and decided to break a coupler using a hammer. While striking the coupler, the...
10/10/2016 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Uncontrollable Inundation of roof and face material flushed into the panline and shield location around shield 55 on the longwall face. This unsolidified material has blocked passage of persons down t...
09/19/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a duke to raise shields, the duke slipped off of safety chain and hit employee's right ankle against pan sigma. At time of injury no medical attention was sought. Recent medical ev...
08/31/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to straighten a cable hanger clamp using a pair of channel lock pliers. As EE was performing this task, the channel lock pliers slipped and struck EE in the mouth breaking a to...
08/05/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in shield #36 on the longwall face. A support (Duke) had been placed from the pan to the shield canopy, the Duke bled off and struck employee on the head. Employee momentarily los...
07/29/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 8d restricted Employee was helping in the installation of Rok-Props in the 14th Right Section. A Rok-Prop was stood up and was being pressurized when a rock slipped from behind the rib mesh and struck the device th...
07/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was hanging high voltage cable in the intake of Main West #4 Section. During the process the employee's fingers were pinched between the tub and mine rib line. Employee received stitches to c...
07/21/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was discovered in the #3 entry of the 17th Right section, crosscut #4. The exact time of roof fall is unknown. Dimensions are approximately 18 feet long, 14 feet wide and 10 feet high.
07/20/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the Main West #4 section, between crosscuts #10 & #11, #2 entry. The roof fall was approximately 17 feet wide, 17 feet in length and approximately 8 feet high.
06/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was going to put tire back onto a mantrip vehicle. Went to roll the tire onto foot to aid in lifting, while rolling the tire felt pain in abdomen/groin area. *Recent medical examination revea...
06/06/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was filling a rock dust hopper on a roof bolting machine. As employee was filling the bopper, the machine trammed on uneven mine floor and pinched employee's foot between machine frame and mi...
04/20/2016 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was standing in a mining section when a roof bolter cable fell from the miner roof and struck the employee's neck and shoulder. Recent medical attention has placed employee on lost time statu...
03/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was pulling on a 1-1/4"" water hose, was walking backwards at the time. As employee was pulling the hose, twisted to the right and felt a pop and pain in knee.
02/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were carrying a hydraulic cylinder down the longwall face. They set the cylinder on the pan, the cylinder rolled and started to fall. Employee's hand was pinched causing a laceration to fing...
01/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 206d lost, 37d restricted Employee was picking up hollow core cinder blocks from a pallet of blocks, as employee was lifting, they twisted and felt pain in their back. Employee was placed on restricted duty.
01/16/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the Main West section, #4 entry, crosscut #18. Fall dimensions are approximately: 17 feet x 16 feet by 12 feet high. The roof fall occurred mostly in an intersection.
01/10/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 84d restricted Employee was walking up a rampway at overcast location. Employee had left hand on hand rail and carrying shovel with right arm. As employee was walking, slipped and fell on shoulder causing dislocatio...
12/29/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was walking in the reclaim tunnel, as he was walking he slipped on some ice and sprained his ankle.
12/04/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost Employee was pulling a piece of ventilation brattice down an entry, as he was pulling the brattice, he slipped and fell. As he fell he put his arm out to catch himself, he felt a pop in his shoulder.