Mining Incidents

Glenharold Mine Coal

Stanton, Mercer County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200042

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
64
Years on record
1983–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 28, 1986 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by falling object

IT IS NOT POSSI6LE TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT THE ACCIDENT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM A TIRE FALLING FROM SLINGS WHICH WAS USED IN TIRE REPAIR

Reportable incidents

63 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1996 · 1 incident

January 3, 1996 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING COUNTER WEIGHT WITH SHOP OVERHEAD HOIST. LIFTING POINTS PROVIDED ON COUNTER WEIGHT WOULD NOT CENTE RLOAD. WHEN COUNTER WEIGHT CAME OFF MOUNTING STUDS, IT ROTATED AND STRUCK MECHANIC IN THE HEAD WITH THE LIFTING CHAINS.

1995 · 4 incidents

February 21, 1995 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERATING SCRAPER AND HIT A ROCK WITH THE FRONT TIRE JARRING HIS BACK.

1994 · 3 incidents

April 28, 1994 ND · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERA TING S-27 CUT ACROSS THE SUBSOIL AREA RAN OVER A ROCK

March 25, 1994 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Rubbed or abraded

EE RUBBED HIS EYE WITH HIS GLOVES ON A PIECE OF METAL MUST HAVE BEEN ADHERED TO HIS GLOVE AND HE RUBBED IT IN HIS EYE.

March 14, 1994 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REMOVING A PIN FROM TURNING LATHE HIT HIS HAND ON THE DRILL BIT AND CUT HIS HAND ABOVE THUMB AREA.

1993 · 1 incident

September 23, 1993 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACK STARTED HURTING, STEPPED OFF SCRAPER TO WALK AROUND & FOUND HE COULDN'T STRAIGTEN ALL THE WAY UP.

1992 · 3 incidents

January 27, 1992 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHILE CLIMBING LADDER OF 834 DOZER

1990 · 8 incidents

August 14, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALIGNMENT TOOL USED TO INSTALL SEAT SLIPPED & PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND

July 25, 1990 ND · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO THROW STEEL FROM GRAVEL SCREEN SUFFERED CUT ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND LOOSE TOOTH FROM STRIKING SIDE OF SCREEN

May 14, 1990 ND · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TURNING DOWN PIN IN LATHE CAUGHT FILE ON PIN. PIN THREADS CAUGHT FILE AND SPUN IT INTO FINGER.

April 23, 1990 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Basin Cooperative Services · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED HEAD FELT PAIN

March 23, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OIL COOLER INTO HAUL TRUCK TWISTED NECK AND SHOULDER.

March 15, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PARTICLE IN EYE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE.

January 8, 1990 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against stationary object

HIT HEAD WHILE ENTERING CAB OF FUEL TRUCK.

1989 · 11 incidents

August 30, 1989 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WITH A DOZER. HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN. VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

March 30, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOUNTING TIRE ON TRUCK FELT BACK PAIN.VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

March 27, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING HIS TOOL CART A CROSS THE SHOP FLOOR. HE STUMBLED AND THE CART WENT ONTO HIS LEFT HEEL CAUSING A BRUISE.

March 14, 1989 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

CUSHION HITCH ON SCRAPER NOT WORKING.POOR RIDE OF SCRAPER CAUSED BACK PAIN-VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

January 11, 1989 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall from machine

SLIPPED & FELL MOUNTING SCRAPER.VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 12, 1988 ND · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Cooperative Services · Fall from machine

SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING MOTOR GRADER- HIT TAIL BONE. VISITED CHIROPRACTOR.

December 8, 1988 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER WHILE INSTALLING A BUSHING ON A DOZER ARM BONE FRACTURED LEFT HAND.

April 21, 1988 ND · Coal FIRE
Basin Cooperative Services · Contact with hot objects or substances

ALCOHOL BOTTLE EXPLODED WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE INJURED WAS USING ALCOHOL TO MELT PLASTIC IN SAFETY GLASS

1987 · 6 incidents

October 22, 1987 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against stationary object

CHANGING SPIKES3ON CULTIVATOR WITH AIR WRENCH.SHARP BOLT SPUN CUT RIGHT THUMB.REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.

September 22, 1987 ND · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME TWISTED 2IS RT ARM WHEN THE ELECTRIC DRILL HE WAS USING TO LOOSEN A BOLT SPUN WHEN THE BOLT BECAME STUCK

August 17, 1987 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF META5 HIT EYE WHILE USING GRINDER I.NAME WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

January 14, 1987 ND · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Basin Cooperative Services · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING IN PICK UP WHICH HIT A BUMP. EMPLOYEE WENT TO A CHIROPRATOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS LATER.

1986 · 3 incidents

August 18, 1986 ND · Coal ELECTRICAL
Basin Cooperative Services · Contact with electrical current

TWO EMPLOYEE OF3DAKOTA FIRE AND SAFETY WERE ON SERVICE JOB ON UNIT W-2 COAL SHOVEL. SERVICE WAS ON FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. MAN RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH COLL ECTOR RING IN A9EA ABOVE THE LOCATION OF SUPPRESSIONS SYSTEM.

1985 · 7 incidents

August 26, 1985 ND · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS STRUCK ON LIP BY A PLM PLUG WHICH CAUGHT ON THE CABLE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED EMP REQUIRED 3 STITCHES

August 9, 1985 ND · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

METAL CHIP STUCK ROGER IN NECK AREA WHILE POUNDING WEDGE FROM SOCKET AT 1250 DRAGLINE

April 26, 1985 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PUSHING A BROOM AT THE SHOP EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A PUNCTURE WOUND FROM A WOOD SLIVER ON THE BROOM HANDLE. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

April 24, 1985 ND · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SMASHED LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND WHILE TRYING TO OPEN VALVE ON WATER TRUCK WITH A HAMMER.

February 26, 1985 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Consolidation Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME BURN HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS CLOTH GLOVE BECAME SATURATED WITH OXYGEN FROM A LEAKING TORCH AND IGNITED.

February 11, 1985 ND · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK DRIVER FAILED TO STEER STRUCK WHILE LOOKING FOR OBJECT IN BACKPACK TRUCK LEFT ROAD TRAVELLED 300\ HIT SOIL STOCKPILE .$25,000 DAMAGE TO TRUCK.NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK.

January 25, 1985 ND · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT ON HIS RT LEG KNIFE WENT THRU BELT AND CUT LEG REQUIRED STITCHES ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT OPERATORS CAB OF TIPPLE

1984 · 6 incidents

December 3, 1984 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED WHILE FUELING DOZER AND STRUCK LEFT WRIST ON TRACK BRUISED WRIST.

September 6, 1984 ND · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CUT THUMB RIGHT HAND WHILE DISLODGING MATERIAL IN CHUTE AT TIPPLE. TIPPLE WAS IDLE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

June 21, 1984 ND · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT AREA UNDER RIGHT EYE WHEN STUCK BY HOSE ON PORTABLE WATER PUMP WAS REMOVING HOSE AT TIME OF INJURY

February 13, 1984 ND · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PAT HAUGEN WAS REMOVING A TELESCOPE TYPE JACK STAND WHEN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE JACK SLID INTO THE LOWER PORTION HAUGNE SLEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BY A BOLT WHEN THE JACK CAME TOGETHER

January 25, 1984 ND · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidation Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CARRYING TOOLS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS COATED WITH FREEZING RAIN. BRUISED ANKLE.

January 19, 1984 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SMASHED THUMB LEFT HAND WHILE REMOVING JACK STAND FROM UNDER DOZER.

1983 · 7 incidents

October 8, 1983 ND · Coal welder (shop) FIRE
Consolidation Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING EMPLOYEES CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE T-SHIRT OF POLYSTER 50% BURNT RAPIDLY

March 29, 1983 ND · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HAUL TRUCK BACKED OVER BLASTERS PICKUP TRUCK. TRUCK TOTALLY DEMOLISHED. PASSENGER SUFFERED BROKEN FEMUR AND KNEED CAP.

March 14, 1983 ND · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT BEARING RACK WITH HAMMER CHIP OF METAL WENT IN LEFT HAND