Bull Mountains Mine No 1 — Accidents

Total: 193 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/08/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost The spool holder for the leaky feeder was on the tongue of the shop car. there was Material in front of the shop car so EE was carrying the spool holder tripped on crib and the holder hit right ankle...
04/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was assisting Strata Contractors on strata chambers. Employee was squatted down pulling to secure blow up tent inside of chamber when d-ring that strap was through failed causing employee to...
03/11/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost EE was lifting belt structure, closest Section to tail piece assembly, Belt was off structure. Structure height was approx. 4' high, When lifting felt pop on out side of right knee. Area was sticky mu...
02/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Pulling on an overcast panel to align with other panels. Pulled and heard and felt a pop deep inside right elbow.
02/16/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost clocked out and heading out the front door, walked about 15 -20 feet and slip on ice in the parking lot.
11/29/2021 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Was having trouble breathing, returned to WDA, when returned to WDA not breathing, no pulse.
10/04/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None A clevis was used to extend chain from monorail to roof. The clevis was not properly secured to the chain causing it to come apart when the work station was advanced out by. The work station dropped a...
09/17/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pulled roof bolter into face a couple of rows back to check the suction and pull slider back into the tubes when a rib sluffed off and hit me.
09/08/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a horizontal pin on the pan line, prying up on the snakehead with a prybar to line up the pin, prybar came loose hitting the right eye on safety glass. Pushing the lens against the ri...
08/25/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the south portal #3 slope. Approximately 370' from base. Roof fell to a maximum of height of 8 ft (1 foot over the anchor zone). This did not cause any change of ventilation or danger to...
07/15/2021 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 67d lost Heart attack.
07/13/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 193d lost Walking thru compressor room Tripped on a grounding wire that was sticking out of the concrete about 1/2 inch.
05/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Shoveling Belt plow accumulations went to pick up a shovel full of accumulations Left foot/leg slid in the accumulations twisting knee, heard and felt a pop in the inner left knee.
01/09/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Making a wrench for bolting. Just rolled up my sleeves of my sweatshirt. I was pounding the stinger onto the socket head. A small piece of metal chipped off and went into my arm.
11/16/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Packing structure into belt line and installing. Was installing top frame on rail felt a catch in lower back. The area was silty from washing the feeder could have contributed to the incident. this in...
10/16/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost Employee was cutting on the TG side of shearer heading towards HG when a piece of face coal rolled off over the spill tray contacting the employee's left lower leg fracturing it.
10/13/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost While installing timber, ladder shifted causing employee to fall to floor. Hitting left shoulder on floor.
10/05/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost employee was walking down the LW face towards the HG, going through spotted shields a rock fell from between shields hitting the left thumb causing laceration and breaking the tip of it.
09/22/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 173d lost While putting TEK Seal bags on pump, employee went to throw an old pallet off of trailer and felt three pops in right arm resulting in partial torn bicep.
09/02/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 4:30pm on September 2, 2020 noticed smoke in the air and at that point the Bobcat Wild Fire was approx. 6 miles away from the mine property. At 6:10pm the Bobcat Wild Fire reached the mine...
08/05/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While stepping off the rear of the roof bolter, employee stepped on some loose coal causing EE's knee to twist.
07/17/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was found when investigating a water line leak in the No. 3 entry. There were no witnesses to the fall. Roof fell to the bottom of the Rehder seam approx. 10 ft. where a localized wet area d...
03/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was tending bolter cable holding it tight to the rib. EE grabbed rib mesh and when bolter pulled cable caused EE to pull out on mesh causing a small piece of coal to slide down mesh striking back o...
09/16/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 50d restricted Measuring new parts for the shear and some coal rolled off of the face striking right leg causing a fracture.
09/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was holding support for chainsaw operator. Chain broke and a piece struck the employee on EE's heel causing a laceration resulting in sutures.
07/19/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 45d restricted Employee was preparing to get mesh for the roof bolter, unchained mesh, mesh shifted catching finger and twisting/straining finger. Did not become a reportable accident until August 13, 2019.
03/21/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a rubber hose with a knife, when almost cut thru hose, the hose rolled causing knife to cut the palm of the right hand, requiring sutures.
03/14/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was washing the ROM tunnel with hot water to get frozen debris off of floor. When setting hose down the hose ruptured and scalded the right arm, resulting in a minor second degree burn.
02/26/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Prying on ice jam with pry bar, bar slipped pinching finger between pry bar and side rail of chute.
01/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing a bolter wrench chuck by striking it on a metal surface, missed catching finger between the drill steel and metal surface, requiring stitches.
12/04/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost While installing belt clamp, placed finger between hinges. Pulled clamp to tighten, causing hinges to close and smash finger, requiring stitches.
08/20/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Changing a bad hose, when hose was pulled pressure hit right hand breaking index finger and slightly injecting fluid into back of hand at finger.
01/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 3d lost After loading belt structure into the back of a flatbed pick-up, employee had to adjust the structure to fit. Employee pulled on the structure and when it came loose it pinched a little finger between...
12/08/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking in crusher room and tripped over an I-beam that is concreted into the floor, landing on right elbow fracturing right arm.
12/05/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall found in the South Portal Entries during weekly.
09/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping load Hientzman beams on a scoop, when other employee pushed the beam on scoop further causing beam to roll smashing the right pinky finger requiring stitches.
03/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing monorail components, employee began to remove a stiff arm between two trolleys. When bolt came out, the stiff arm came down smashing the left thumb requiring stitches.
03/23/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Isolated roof fall in remote South Portal entry No. 1. In this area there was a thicker lens of mudstone and a steep slope on the surface. Cover was 300' and the area was bolted with 5' bolts. Entry w...
12/07/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A localized wet area developed where the Rehder to Mammoth interburden was less than 10 ft thick. Entry width of the belt entry was 20ft. The fall concentrated in the belt line for approx. 100ft and f...
04/20/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Trainee on Roof Bolter, took eyes off of hand to run lever. Smashed finger requiring 15 sutures
02/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While placing Acetylene bottle on shoulder, placed hand on bottom of bottle and pinched left middle finger between bottle and the mine roof requiring 4 sutures.
01/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped on ice and hit knee, on January 4, 2014 and was fine at that time. On April 24, 2014 employee went to doctor because of discomfort in knee, had knee scoped removing some debris. At th...
07/30/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was assisting with installation of supplemental roof support using a cobra drill when a piece of roof rock struck him on the left pinky finger.
07/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The mine operator was notified on 7/29/2013 by an employee that a skin irritation on his leg became infected and required medical treatment. The skin irritation was reported on 7/16/2013 from handling...
05/29/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 375d lost An employee (Miner Operator) stepped behind the tail of the mining machine to check sites, the shuttle car operator pulled up behind mining machine and pinched operator between the shuttle car and the...
05/24/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 279d lost An employee was changing a coupler on a belt gear box when the metal plate he was standing on broke out. The employee fell approx 18' to 20' to the platform below. The employee received multiple fract...
05/02/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 83d lost, 34d restricted An employee was releasing a com-a-long with stored energy, the com-a-long released jerking his arm/shoulder. X-rays were taken and nothing broken. Upon the employee's follow-up visit with the doctor o...
02/08/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted An employee was shoveling accumulations off of the shield toes when the face rolled out and fell over the pan line striking the employee on the ear and shoulder.
01/11/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 56d restricted An employee received crushing injuries when he was caught between the coal rib and the conveyor boom of the remote controlled continuous miner.
09/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was climbing down ladder off of the track hoe when his finger got caught between the ladder and a shovel cutting finger.