EAST BOULDER MINE — Accidents

Total: 533 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/06/2026 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 1/6/2026 the employee was issued restrictions following an appointment to provider for arm pain. Employee was issued restriction and schedule for MRI. Initial information arm pain is caused by rep...
12/16/2025 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Third party Audiologists confirmed a reportable hearing shift of the right ear on 12/16/2025. This is a MSHA reportable STS shift if 25 dBA or more.
12/04/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was holding a truck part while another employee used Sawzall to cut the mounting bolts. The sawblade slipped and cut employee across back of Left hand, through gloves. The employee...
10/20/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a Club Car the employee reached out to push some vent line out of the way. In the process they received a laceration to the forearm. The laceration required 5 sutures to close. Empl...
08/27/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Miner was assisting partner in loading a pallet with a power cable on it. While guiding the 2yd operator up to the pallet, the bucket of the loader contacted the Miner's ankle, resulting in a fractur...
08/03/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was attempting to move a unit of wire panels by hand. Afterwards felt discomfort in back.
07/19/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Upon performing a post blast inspection at the start of night shift, a miner identified material that had fallen approximately 50' from blast area. Miner notified supervisor, incident was confirmed t...
07/14/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reports EE was drilling a reamer hole when the steel shanked. EE was contacted by an object in the shoulder but thought nothing of it. Upon changing out EE noticed a small laceration that r...
06/22/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee inspecting shotcrete coverage on new air door install, & as EE grabbed the west de-energized air door, while pulling it open to inspect behind it, in doing so the the direction of air flow wa...
05/08/2025 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None A miner was mucking a recently blasted round. While mucking, the mucker bucket contact and initiated a primer (blasting cap). The miner was uninjuried and barricaded the area to prevent injury.
04/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee reports was changing steering valve assembly (approx 50 lbs). Set unit on mucker hood to continue work. It fell off the hood contacting employee's right pointer finger resting on mucker fra...
04/11/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FOG occurred in the 72 740 +280 west panel heading. The miner was remote mucking at the time when the back fell in. There was no injury.
04/10/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While stepping out of pick-up employee slipped on small frozen puddle. Employee fell congtacting pick-up causing fracture to left forearm. Employee was given light duty restrictions and returned to...
04/01/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The employee reports EE contacted EE's head while entering the rail mantrip. The contact jarred EE's neck causing pain. The employee was seen by a doctor and issued restrictions.
03/02/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states EE was using a safety knife to cut suction hose to length. The hose and knife slipped and contacted the miner in the leg. The contact resulted in a ~2 inch laceration requiring sutur...
02/10/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The employee reports was traveling down the 75 fwl in a haul truck on good roads. The parking brake set up on the truck while in motion causing the employee to twist lower back. The employee was wea...
10/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee reports that EE pinched their finger between a 4"" steel pipe and a rock while EE was setting the pipe on the ground.
10/07/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 20d lost The employee reports that while using a scaling bar in a chute area, EE's finger was pinched between the scaling bar and a handrail. A rock moved contacting the scaling bar and pushed the bar back ca...
08/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee reported that while assisting to re-position a steel wedge EE was contacted on the leg by the wedge. The contact caused a laceration to EE's thigh requiring sutures to close.
07/12/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reports they were using a scaling bar to clear debris from the surface crusher when they pinched their thumb between the handrail and scaling bar. The contact resulted in a fracture to their...
07/08/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None 7/8/24 n/s miners identified HW rib concerns. They used a mucker to scrape off rock and ground support to aid in rehab bolting rib. Info was not adequately passed onto d/s. D/s miners reported heading...
07/06/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 242d lost While pinning screen the miner was contacted by rocks falling from the back. EE was contacted by the rock causing fractures to EE's left leg, right ankle, and spine. The ankle injury required surger...
07/01/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee reported EE was sitting in a mantrip, the train jerked forward and stopped unexpectedly causing neck pain. Employee was seen by site medic and referred to Occ Health. On 7/3/2024 EE was iss...
05/31/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost Employee reports hand slipped while repairing a break in pvc pipe that resulted in elbow strain. Employee was seen by site medic and referred to Occ Health and was issued restrictions.
05/27/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 237d lost Employee reports a piece of collar pipe contacted EE's eye while EE was installing the pipe in a lifter-hole. The contact required surgery to repair the damage caused to the eye. Employee reports wa...
05/17/2024 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 50d restricted The company was made aware of the mercury exposure diagnosis on 7/18/24. The release form provided to work comp and the company on 5/21/24 did not have a diagnosis. The treating physicians have also...
04/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost A tech. expert on site to advise during mill re-line was injured when EE operated a liner trolley with a liner on the cart. The cart stopped causing the liner to rock and fall. The injured reached to...
03/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee reports utilizing a ""micky"" bolt to bend hog wire in preparation to hang in the back. Employee reports pushing down on the bolt to bend the wire when the bolt slipped backwards contacting t...
03/22/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 27d lost While holding a metal punch, 6lbs hammer glanced off and contacted left middle finger resulting in crush injury. Employee was holding punch with wrench in an attempt to keep hands free of hazard but...
03/19/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee reports stepping of CMAC and rolling ankle. Employee did not immediately report in an attempt to walk it off. Employee reported it at the end of shift and was seen by site medic, referred t...
03/07/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The exhaust hose on the Drifter started to come apart and the Driller used a safety knife to cut the remaining hose in order to replace it. The blade of the knife did not retract back in completely af...
12/18/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 33d lost The employee reports slipped and reached to catch self on the mucker bucket. In the process EE's fingers were caught between bucket and roll back cylinder of a 2 yard mucker pinching two fingers.
12/17/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was prepping the engine compartment head of LHD for removal. While removing the last bolt, the hood accidentally fell striking the employee on the finger causing injury.
12/05/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 368d lost Employee reports ongoing back pain from a pinched nerve. Employee reports this condition has steadily worsened through the years and has sought care to correct nerve condition.
12/01/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee reports ongoing back issues. Stated on 12/1 it has progressed to the point EE no longer can take the pain. Employee referred to levels of care and MRI revealed a herniated disk at Doctors a...
11/18/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Initial report was employee was contacted by a small rock that fell through hog wire on left shoulder. Employee worked EE's way through levels of care and was finally diagnosed with a partial tear of...
11/09/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a review of audiograms by our audiologist on November 9, 2023, it was determined that the employee sustained a reportable threshold shift in the left ear. The employee is being retrained in ac...
11/09/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a review of audiograms by our audiologist on November 9, 2023, it was determined that the employee sustained a reportable threshold shift in the right ear. The employee is being retrained in a...
11/09/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a review of audiograms by our audiologist on November 9, 2023, it was determined that the employee sustained a reportable threshold shift in the right ear. The employee is being retrained in a...
10/23/2023 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None An over the road truck driver suffered a fatal personal medical incident while on property. Emergency medical care was rendered but resuscitation was not successful. MSHA was notified via 1-800 numb...
10/23/2023 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d lost, 162d restricted Employee went out on work comp to have back surgery. The repeated lifting of core boxes for 15+ years has caused degeneration in their back requiring surgery to correct.
10/05/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Laborer was walking on screen at MSE wall and caught EE's left boot on the metal screen and tripped and fell. The employee hit EE's left knee on the ground causing a laceration.
09/29/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While manually removing a 6"" Reamer and Hex Rod due to completion of the drill hole, the injured employee's left pointer finger was smashed between the Hex Rod and a guard in place over the jack cont...
09/16/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 183d lost Employee states: was removing cable hanging on the rib approximately 6' above the sill. With hands over head, lifting the cable EE's foot slipped causing a ""pop"" in right shoulder. The employee re...
06/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 59d lost, 13d restricted Employee was attempting to lift a wire spool onto the jack stand without help. When EE lifted the spool, EE saw their right bicep move up the arm. EE felt discomfort but no pain. EE stopped and report...
06/01/2023 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was handling an airline (hose) for a jack leg and was attempting to clear air out of the line. While handling the hose, EE felt pain in EE's bicep.
05/30/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 83d lost The employee was tasked with performing maint on a compressor. Upon completion of routine maint, the employee replaced the door. The employee reported they felt pain in bicep. The task has been rep...
05/17/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a review of audiograms by our audiologist, it was determined that our employee sustained a reportable threshold shift in the left ear on May 17, 2023. Employee is being retrained in accordance...
05/12/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During a review of audiograms by our audiologist, it was determined that our employee sustained a reportable threshold shift in the Left ear on May 12, 2023. Employee is being retrained in accordance...
04/30/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Utilizing a forklift around rail flat, one fork was inadvertently under a 1"" lip of the flat. The uninjured employee applied lift to the forklift at the same time the injured employee reached across...