Mining Incidents

BRC Chinook LLCCoal

BRC Chinook LLC · Surface
Controlled by Steve Rickmeier
Riley, Clay County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202397
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Heavy rain and deep mud, the employee was going up and down on the track hoe, when he slipped on the steps of the track hoe and caught himself with right hand and straining his right shoulder.

2010 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was tightening the bolts on the pipe line for the dredge and pulled his shoulder and bicep of his left arm.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10dB STS on right ear from annual evaluation on 9/16/09 and a 25dB reportable loss since baseline evaluation on 12/10/07.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drilling 4.5"" hole in siding @ plant overhead. Once drill went thru it grabbed and turned bit into 3rd & 4th finger on left hand.

2007 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bending down to pick up plastic pipe. Employee stated that he was not doing anything out of his routine duties. Nothing strenuous or unsafe. He said he felt the pain when he bent over.

Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding steel with a hand held grinder throughout the day. Wearing a faceshield and glasses, when he got home he felt an irritation in his right eye.