Cooper Ridge Deep Mine — Accidents

Total: 26 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/14/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None No Accident. - Clinical pneumoconiosis established on the former employee. Company notified on 4/14/2022. Note: The mine permanently closed on 3/27/2020.
02/07/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was helping move roof bolter when the operator started the roof bolter EE turned on the cable reel it caught the employee's feet causing EE to fall down. As EE was falling, EE tried to catch...
11/22/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting. While starting a new hole, EE stuck head out from the canopy to see if the steel was straight when a piece of rock fell and hit EE in the face cutting EE's upper lip which r...
11/13/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was hanging roof bolter cable when a piece of rock fell striking them in the mouth, cutting upper lip on the inside.
10/30/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Non-injury Roof Fall was found During a Weekly Exam on 10/30/2019 on the 1st East Mains Return at Break #17. The Fall is approximately 20 feet Long and 20 feet Wide, High has not been determined. Th...
10/07/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was roof bolting, while putting resin glue cartridge in the bolt hole. it burst and some of the glue got in their right eye.
09/30/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury unintentional roof fall occurred at Crosscut 59 in the #4 entry face area of the 002MMU. The fall is approximately 18 feet wide and 18 feet long and 8 feet high. There were no injuries as...
08/28/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8/28/2019 a Non-Injury Roof Fall occurred at this mine. The roof fall is located in the No. 6 entry at x-cut No. 24 on the 1-South Mains. The MSHA Hotline was notified and MSHA has conducted an inv...
06/17/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading roof support material on the roof bolter. EE bent over to pick up roof bolts and a small piece of rock fell from the roof and struck EE in the back of head causing a small cut to...
01/08/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall was found in the No. 6 intersection and the No. 6 right crosscut at crosscut No. 7 on the MMU No. 002-0 section on the 1-South Mains. The roof fall is approximately 20 feet wide...
12/17/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee and co-working were removing a metal canopy from a roof bolting machine. As the employees began to lift the canopy with a chain and ratchet to re-position the canopy, the chain an...
11/19/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was plastering a concrete brattice. While moving the bucket of plaster, the employee dropped the bucket and the plaster splashed into the employee's right eye. The employee worked the rem...
09/25/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional non-injury roof fall was discovered while doing weekly exam, in the #1 entry of the #1 east mains return, approximately 130 feet in-by the mine portal. The fall was reported to MSHA H...
09/17/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall at the #3 mine portal, the fall is approximately 16 feet wide, 5 feet long, and 4'-6' high. The fall was reported to MSHA hotline the fall will be cleaned up and re-supported.
09/05/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost The employee was in the belt entry using a roof bolting machine to install belt hangers. As the employee was installing the belt hanger ee reached to activate the fast feed lever when ee twisted lower...
06/21/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost The (contractor) roof bolter employee was in the No. 1 entry. The roof bolter operator started to drill the hole and a piece of draw rock fell out mashing the contractor employee's ring finger and thi...
06/17/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-Injury roof fall was found during a Pre-Shift examination. The roof fall was reported to the MSHA hotline. The roof fall is located in the No. 4 entry at x-cut #19 on the 2 south mains. The roof...
05/27/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non injury roof fall was found during a pre-shift exam. The roof fall was in the No. 3 entry (Roadway) at crosscut No. 19 on the 2 South Mains. The roof fall is approx. 20'-30' long x 15'-20' ft. wi...
11/03/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non injury roof fall occurred at approx. 9:25pm on 11/3/17. The roof fall is located in the No.4 entry intersection at x-cut No.8 on the 1 east mains. The roof fall is approx. 20' feet long x 20' fe...
10/03/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall was discovered in the No. 2 entry at X-cut #18 on 2 South Mains on 10/3/2017. Upon discovery of the roof fall the MSHA Hotline was immediately notified.
08/31/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the #6 intake entry approximately 200 feet inby the main mine fan. The fall measured approximately 18 feet wide, 20 feet long, and 10 feet high.
02/10/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor EE & co-worker were on the surface working on a rock dusting machine. After the repairs were completed, the IE was standing in front of the machine when the operator started the machine for...
09/30/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred in the No.3 entry roadway at crosscut No.26 of the mains. Roof fall is approx 35'-40'long x 30'wide x 6'-10'thick. Roof fall was reported to the MSHA hotline. Call confirmation numb...
03/21/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a rock bar to pry on a bundle of metal straps to get to a bolt on the back of the roof bolting machine, when the bar slipped causing the employees right arm to come in contact w...
02/02/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Non-Injury Roof Fall occurred in the No.5 entry just inby the main ventilation fan. The roof fall is approximately 60' feet long x 16'-17' feet wide x 8'-10' thick. The roof fall was reported to the...
12/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost Contractor employee was performing service work on a continuous mining machine. The contractor was attempting to unpin the short side of the rub rail to clean the demister on the machine. When the rub...