MSHA record for BRUSH CREEK MINE (mine ID 0403309). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK SPASM 2 WEEKS PRIOR, HAD DONE BACK STRETCHING EXERCISES, HAD BEGAN TO RIDE DIRT BIKE "OFF ROAD" AT SAME TIME, ON DAY OF INCIDENT EE PICKED UP G/D83 DRILL (MINUS LEGS) AND FELT BACK "GO."
HELPER WAS COLLARING DRILL BIT INTO SLABS FROM ROUND, LAST ROCK SPLIT PREMATURELY, HELPER LOST FOOTING & BANGED ELBOW INTO RIB. WORK AREA WAS STREWN WITH BOULDERS FROM SHOT.
BACK GAVE WAY WHEN EE REMOVED LAGGING TO REPLACE IT WITH SHORTER LENGTH AT TOP OF 30' RAISE. EE CLIMBED DOWN RAISE & WAS TURNING CORNER AT SUBLEVEL WHEN 1' X 2' ROCK STRUCK HIM. BRUISED RIGHT SIDE & LEG, ABRASIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTITNG TRAP DOOR JUST ABOVE TUGGER WHEN A SMALL ROCK CAME DOWN AND STRUCK RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE. MANWAY HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN OPENED TO FACE BY REMOVAL OF BULKHEAD IN RAISE RELEASING ROCK DEBRIS. NOT ENOUGH CLEANING HAD BEEN DONE BECAUSE ONLY APPARENT SOARCE OF ROCK WAS BEHIND SETS IN MANWAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING LARGE ROCK OFF OF BULKHEAD OVER MANWAY IN EXPLOR. RAISE WHEN CORNER OF ROCKBROKE OFF & STRUCK RIGHT CALF JUST ABOVE THE MINE BOOT. POINT OF ROCK BROKE BLOOD VESSEL BELOW S URFACE, BLOOD DRAINED INTERNALLY BELOW TO FOOT AND CAUSED SWELLING.
EE HAD JUST RECEIVED WARNING & FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS OF CHUTE BARRING SAFETY. EE BARRED LARGE ROCK STUCK IN CHUTE WITH BAR TOO CLOSE TO BODY. EE FAILED TO HEED WARNING & ROCK SHIFTED & HIT BAR WHICH HIT HIM IN SID OF NECK/EAR. BRUISED NECK MUSCLES & EAR. INVESTIGATION SHOWS PATTERN OF FAILURE TO HEED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.
EE & HELPER WERE DRILLING FACT IN RAISE WHEN THEY STOPPED TO SCALE LOOSE QUARTZ. EE ROLLED 1ST ROCK BETWEEN LEGS WHEN 2ND ROCK ROLLED INTO RIGHT KNEE WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF 1ST ROCK. BRUISED MUSCLE IN RIGHT KNEE, LIMITED DUTY 3 DAYS
EE WAS PACKING DRILL STEEL UP 45% RAISE WHEN HE JAMMED HEAD AND NECK ONTO LOW TIMBER.
BOSS WAS WALKING IN MAIN DRIFT TO CHECK OUT WORK AREAS AND LINE OUT CREWS, WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED KNEE. ACCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN LOST TIME OR MEDICAL CARE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. M EDICAL OPERATION WAS REPORTED TO ME IN PHONE CONVERSATION OF 2-1-98. SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNED ON 9-10-97. SURGERY ON KNEE WAS PERFORMED AFTER RETIREMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SHORT 4X6 FOR SILL ON RAISE (45 DEGREE). ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN WAY SO HE STEPPED OFF ONTO MUCK PILE, FOOTING GAVE WAY AND HE SLID 4-6" STRIKING LEFT ELBOW & KNEE ON RIB .
ORE CARS USED IN REHABILITATION WORK ARE CUT DOWN TO FIT DRIFT. TWO EE'S WERE DUMPING CAR WITH BARS, WHEN ONE SHIFTED HIS BAR TO GET TUB THE REST OF THE WAY, THE TUB KICKED BACK ENOUGH TO CAUS E A SEVERE SPRAIN TO THE INJURED EE'S WRIST.
SUBJECT WAS CLE5RING AWAY LOOSE ROCKS AND DIRT WITH HAND TOOLS LOST FOOTING AND FELL DOWN CHUTE INJURED BY FALLING ROCKS AND DIRT AFTER HIS FALL
WHILE TIMBERING3IN THE MINE ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE
HE WAS DRILLING3IN A RAISE WHICH WAS SCALED DOWN AND FAULT GAUGE FELL OUT
HE WAS LIFTING 9OCKS INTO ORE CAR AND FELT PAIN
WAS BREAKING LA9GE ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A CHIP FROM THE ROCK HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH
DROPPED LAGGING3ON RT ARM 2 X 12 FELL ON A SIDE PATH STRIKING THE MID RT FOREARM
ROCK FELL OUT O0 HANGING WHILE TIMBERING ROCKS FELL ON UPPER PART OF HIS BACK HE DID NOT LOOSE CONCIOUSNESS BUT COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND TENDERNESS OVER HIS RT UPPER BACK
WHILE REMOVING 6ULKHEAD IN RAISE ROCK ROLLED ACROSS RT HAND
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