Mining Incidents

BRC Wellington LLCCoal

BRC Wellington LLC · Facility
Price, Carbon County, UT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202398
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2010–2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was the loader operator on shift. As he was getting down from the loader he stepped on a rock or uneven ground, therefore spraining his ankle.

2014 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a jig hood that was too heavy. He had lower back pain.

2011 · 2 incidents

Flash burns (welding)

EE was replacing a wear liner in #1 jig feed bin. As he was welding it in, the polished steel was reflecting back into the hood from the sides and behind him causing the arc burn to his eyes.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing the hydraulic rams from an old crusher and was using a hammer to drive out the pins holding it in place. He missed the pin, hitting is left wrist with the hammer.

2010 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Bag house #1 tube had coal fines builing up and falling down chunks into the Jig, EE was reaching in and pulling out the chunks of coal fines and strained his neck.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE had finshed lunch and went up in the plant to clean out the #1 baghouse hopper with an air lance which is a air hose with a 1/2 inch pipe hooked to it with a ball valve to turn air on and off with the valve. EE was removing the lance from the hopper it hit him in the mouth knocking out a lower front tooth. The ball valve is what struck him knocking the tooth out.