BURNING SPRINGS MINE — Accidents
Total: 30 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/07/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | A rock fell from the back hitting a miner in the left shoulder, resulting in a fractured left clavicle. |
| 07/29/2021 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unknown ignition in working area. |
| 11/13/2020 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Working at the face when a small flame appeared in the muck pile. |
| 05/26/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Employee was stepping down from the equipment and rolled right ankle. |
| 02/25/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Miner was walking in decline area and slipped. His left foot slid clear and his right foot caught on a rock and buckled under him. Initially the miner felt he was ok and did not feel it necessary to... |
| 07/06/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 27d lost, 17d restricted | Employee was flipping over a piece of steel, had gloves on, and the metal slipped and pinched his ring finger on the left hand. |
| 02/14/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While preparing to load drill holes with ANFO miner grabbed a rock with his hands. The rock slipped lacerating two of the miner's fingers on his left hand. The lacerations required stitches. |
| 10/06/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Cutting out pin retaining bolt, bolt broke and struck employee in chin causing laceration requiring 4 stitches...no lost time. |
| 03/16/2011 | EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | An unintentional detonation of an undetected charge of explosive material occurred while the Gradall scaler was removing loose rock from the back and ribs of the SW-2 face heading. |
| 03/19/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was hand scaling and a rock fell striking his right hand causing a laceration on the bottom part of thumb and fore finger |
| 04/07/2009 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was installing cab protection guards. He was getting down from upper deck and slipped twisting his right knee and overextending it. The entire machine had a thin layer of ice on it, including... |
| 01/14/2009 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Dribble"" was observed in the N12 heading as a worker worked in the cross-cut V24. The ""dribbling"" continued for a period of time estimated at approximately 5 minutes. After that time a section of t... |
| 03/19/2007 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | On Monday, March 19,2007-Leadman called the surface office about 8am to inform me of a roof fall at the intersection of NE 10 @ U. This area had previously been closed off to access on 2-6-07. This ar... |
| 10/30/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 39d lost | Employee slipped and fell on his right hip and jarred his back while trying to retrieve broken drill steel from the primary hopper. |
| 09/12/2006 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall approx. 1100"" down slope from portal causing damage to steel roof supports. Roof was supported by steel sets 24' wide consisting of 12 X 65 horizontal beams and 2 ea 10 X 54 vertical legs,... |
| 08/22/2006 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | While scaling intersection of NW10-NWD, roof fell on boom causing machine to tip forward damaging right front axle housing, machine was working under bolted back, no damage to operator's cab or operat... |
| 06/26/2006 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall in N36 falling on berm and sliding out into NW-8 roadway partialy blocking access. Area was inspected and cleaned up of loose material. Area adjacent to this had been glued, bolted and strap... |
| 12/19/2005 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall in intersection of V6 & N34 - Sta. 98. Roof fall in N34 extended into and across V6 causing steel roof supports to collapse blocking access to North side of the mine. |
| 10/10/2005 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall in N22- at CV2andCV3 conveyor transfer point. Damage to #2 Conv. and support stucture. |
| 08/25/2005 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall in abandoned area of north side of the mine. Area had been previously been barricaded off due to bad roof conditions.Fall was at intersecton of 3A & S16 . Secondary escapeway was inspected a... |
| 08/16/2005 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall in A3 at station 78 .Fall area has been blocked off at both sides and alternate route has been established |
| 06/15/2005 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Roof fall at Sta. 49 damaging Ci conveyor and the steel arch covering the conveyor. |
| 02/27/2005 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was welding overhead and a hot spawl entered his left ear. |
| 08/23/2004 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | While scaling loose rock with the scaler, rock came down on the transfer of #2 & 3 belts. The area was approx. 8 ft. thick x 25 ft. in diameter. |
| 08/04/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was driving anfo truck with door open. When he went around a turn the door closed fracturing his left hand. |
| 08/03/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | Employee jumped approx. 4 ft. from man backet to ground - felt pain in left knee. |
| 07/09/2001 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 14d lost | EE WAS INSTALLING RODS IN STEEL. ROCK FELL FROM RIB HITTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW CAUSING BRUISES AND LACERATION. |
| 07/09/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | EE WAS INSTALLING RODS IN STEEL. A ROCK FELL OFFRIB HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM CAUSING SEPARATION OF SHOULDER. |
| 01/19/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | EE WAS CHECKING FLUID LEVELS ON LOADER TRANSMISSION. COVER LID CLOSED ON FINGER. |
| 01/11/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | MAN WAS RAISING LID ON ST8 LOADER TO CHECK FLUID LEVEL & DIDN'T GET LID LAYED BACK. AS HE REACH DOWN TO CHECK FLUID SAID HE MUST HAVE HIT LID WITH HAND. HE WAS PULLING HAND OUT WHEN LID FELL. STRUCK I... |