Bridger Underground Coal Mine — Accidents

Total: 241 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/26/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 47d lost, 15d restricted Employee was installing panels for an overcast and in the process a panel collapsed allowing the employee to fall. EE has been placed on restricted duty.
10/04/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting bolts off of a Sandvik scoop, he was using a Saw-all to perform the task. As he was cutting the bolts, a piece of metal fell behind his safety glasses and lodged in his eye. He re...
09/09/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost Employee was using a scaling bar to push on the longwall monorail system. As he was prying, he slipped and hit his head on the rib causing him to become unconscious momentarily.
08/11/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the crosscut #16, between entries #1 and #2 of the Main West section. Dimensions of fall are approximately 17 feet x 18 feet by 8 feet high.
08/08/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee was using a roof bolt to pry a cable tray with. As he was prying, the roof bolt slipped and struck employee on the side of the head. Late reporting due to further medical evaluation (8-14-201...
08/05/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee was cutting keepers off the connectors that hold longwall pan section together. As he was cutting the keepers, a piece of coal fell and struck him, this resulted in a fractured leg.
06/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was helping in moving longwall's power train, including pump car. Employee was placing cribs along rib line to steer train away from the rib. In the process, he slipped causing his foot to be...
06/21/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 204d lost Employee was loading dust pipe onto a trailer from the beltline. As employee was loading the pipe, he slipped on the wet surface and twisted his back.
04/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 62d restricted Employee was climbing on to a D10 bulldozer to unplug a heater extension cord. As he was reaching for the extension cord plug, he slipped and fell to the ground. Employee was unable to return to work...
04/03/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employees were in the process of installing supplemental roof beams along the beltline. As they were cleaning the walkway a piece of rock fell and struck the employee.
03/29/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee in the process of modifying a beltline roller hanger. Employee began to measure for the proper dimensions for the hanger, he had placed the hanger on the belt structure. As he was measuring t...
03/19/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 23d restricted Employee was carrying two bags of rock dust on his shoulder. As he was carrying the dust, his foot became caught in some mud resulting in pain in his back. Late reporting due to further medical evalua...
01/03/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the #3 entry, crosscut #13, 13th Right Section. Roof fall was in the intersection, dimensions were approximately 42 x 27 x 17 feet high. MSHA Hotline was called.
01/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was loading a piece of belt structure onto a trailer. As he was loading the piece of structure, the piece moved side ways, he tried to catch the piece of structure. His finger was pinched betwee...
12/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Injured miner was packing 6"" water line with another employee, when a piece of wire, that was hanging down from the mine roof, went under the miner's safety glasses and struck his eye lid.
11/09/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As employee was removing pin from bucket of scoop, the work was being performed on the surface. The wind blew some dust into the employee's eye. He received a prescription for the eye.
11/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were working on the emulsion line, one employee turned the line off and opened the relief valve to the line. The opened the line up and some emulsion splashed into his eye. He received a pre...
11/07/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 5d restricted Stepping from upper brace on structure to lower brace and foot slipped twisting ankle.
10/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost Employee was installing a resin tube into a roof bolt hole on the longwall face. He asked another employee to open the drill guide of the pan bolter for him. The injured miner had his hand between the...
10/07/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting and just finished drilling a hole. As he was inserting a tube of resin his foot slipped and he fell. His back hit the foot of the ATRS. As he tired to stand up he lost consci...
10/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 28d restricted Employee was pulling a conveyor roller set off of beltline structure. As he was pulling, he tripped and twisted his knee. Late reporting due to further medical evaluation, which has placed the employe...
09/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Contractor was engaged on changing out 90 degree elbow on ventilation tubing, a ""T"" would replace the 90 degree elbow. He was using the removed elbow to stand on while installing the ""T"". He stepp...
09/01/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the Main West Beltline, crosscut #33. Dimensions of roof fall are approximately 19 feet x 30 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high. Roof fall was discovered at approximately 6:15pm.
08/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 47d lost, 18d restricted Employee was opening a mandoor located within the airlock equipment doors. The outer set of doors were open. As he opened the door he fell on his knee caused by the air pressure. He later sought medic...
07/23/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1348d lost Initial injury occurred on 6/29/2004, when employee was operating a scraper water wagon. The employee drove through a rough spot in roadway causing pain in his neck. Employee is currently complaining...
06/18/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was engaged in repairing a hydraulic cylinder of a shield on the longwall face. As he was aligning the cylinder, the cylinder slipped and fractured his finger against toe of the shield.
05/04/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was discovered by the weekly examiner. This occurred in the 10th right entry 1 between x/c's 7 & 8. The roof strata was comprised of silt stone, carbonous material and unsolid...
04/01/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening trusses that had been installed on a previous shift. while he was pushing the truss gun onto the cable he caught his head between the roof and the truss cable and the operator...
03/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was advancing continuous miner cable, as he was performing this task he felt pain in his stomach area. Employee did not seek medical attention at the time of the incident. Recent medical eval...
02/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was lifting the cab of a skid steer loader to get filter numbers. As he was lifting the cab he felt a pain in his abdomen / stomach area. It was determined that he had a hernia. The hernia wa...
02/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 44d lost, 44d restricted Employee was performing fireboss duties, as he was walking past a belt drive location he slipped and felt pain in his knee. He has been placed on restricted duty.
01/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was walking away from a shop car, as he was walking he slipped causing his knee to twisted. He has been placed on restricted duty.
01/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 45d restricted Employee was installing a piece of skirting around a seat base of Getman Tow vehicle. During the installation of the skirting the employee felt a pop in his elbow. He has been placed on restricted dut...
01/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted Employee was straightening out some 1"" hose, as he was bending down he felt a pop and then pain in his back. He was released back to regular duty following the incident but has since seek further med...
01/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor was handeling roof mesh material, a piece of the mesh hung up and the contractor attempted to free the mesh by pulling with more force. His shoulder dislocated while trying to free the roof...
01/09/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor was using a chain hoist to lift mesh up, the chain hook dislodged and hit him in the side of the face. The individual could have been knocked unconscious for a few seconds.
01/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Contractor was in the process of hanging beltline bottom rollers. As he was lifting the contractor felt pain in his back.
12/22/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Contract employee was using a cutting torch on the Main West four head roller when a hot piece of slag went into the employee's mouth. Employee was was restricted to light duty for one shift.
11/26/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall 70 feet inby crosscut #13, #1 entry, 9th Right Section. The fall was approximately 16 feet wide, 17 feet long and 8 feet high.
11/19/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at crosscut #1, 7th Right Sub-Mains, entry #5. Approximate dimensions: 18 feet wide, 19 feet long and 12 feet high.
11/18/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall at crosscut #18, Main West section, #3 entry. Approximate dimensions: 20 feet wide, 30 feet long, and 10 feet high.
10/21/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was operating a tow vehicle, as the vehicle was traveling it hit a hole in the roadway causing the employee to hit his hit on the cab of vehicle. Employee was placed on restricted duty on 10/...
10/18/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1058d lost Employee was on the longwall face where the shearer was cleaning up the tailgate area. As the shearer was leaving tailgate area towards the headgate a 4"" line was struck by shearer and the 4"" line p...
10/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Contractor was lifting a Kennedy mandoor onto a trailer, the mandoor slipped while in his grasp and the edge of the door cut his hand. His laceration required stitches to close and was placed on restr...
10/04/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Two contractors were replacing screw jacks, in the process of handling one of the jacks, it slipped from one contractor's grasp and hit him on the foot. He has been placed on restricted duty.
09/23/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Contractor was roof bolting, his top drill steel became stuck in the roof mesh, while bringing steel down, the wrench came out of the chuck, he reached to put wrench back in place and the drill steel...
09/18/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was helping in the setting of screw jacks in the beltline entry. The tube portion of the jack was set up right and they were placing the screw portion onto the tube portion. Employee's thumb...
09/16/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 68d lost, 1d restricted Employee was changing wheel unit on shuttle car, he was using an Allen wrench to remove bolts. In removing the bolts he felt pain in his shoulder and the pain increased as he removed the next bolt aft...
09/06/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was helping with miner cable, he had just pulled the cable into a crosscut. Employee had pulled on mesh and a piece of rib struck the employee. Employee was placed on restricted duty.
08/31/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Contractor was helping in the installation of water line. He was asked to get components for the water line, contractor turned around and slipped and then felt pain in his back.