Mining Incidents

Wildcat LoadoutCoal

Controlled by Jim Wayland; Bob Nead
Price, Carbon County, UT · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4201864
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Jan 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE was trying to clean the frozen ice and coal out of the chute for loading the pneumatic trucks at Wildcat. EE was standing below the chute mouth and had a long bar by which he was shoving up into the output mouth of the chute. While prying and probing, a piece of frozen material broke loose from the chute and fell, striking EE on the right hand upon the forefinger.

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The Employee was adjusting the feed gate on a belt. The wheel handle gave all at once and pinched his fingers between the wheel handle and the brace/bracket.

2003 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS SERVICE TRUCK AND LOST HIS BALANCE.

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE'S BELLY DUMP TRUCK WAS STUCK WHILE TRYING TO UNLOAD A COAL PILE. AFTER THE FRONT END LOADER PULLED HER OFF THE COAL PILE SHE WAS PUTTING THETOW CABLE BACK ON THE LOADER WHEN SHE INJURED THE TENDONS IN HER RIGHT WRIST.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ EE WAS MOVING A 55 GAL COAL SAMPLE BARREL WHICH HAD A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING ON TOP AS A LID: THE BELTING RAISED UP & SCRAPED THE RIGHT EYE. 2 DAYS LATER THE EE WENT TO DR & RECD A RX MEDICATION FOR EYE INJURY