EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING FALLEN ROCKS OFF COAL CLOSE TO HIGHWALL HE BENT OVER TO SHOVEL ROCKS WHEN HE FELT SMALL ROCKS HIT H IS HARD HAT HE TURNED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY FROM H IGHWALL & MORE ROC KS FELL THEY HIT HIS ARM BACK & HARD HAT
Dry Creek Pit Coal
MSHA record for Dry Creek Pit (mine ID 0102666). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
Reportable incidents
7 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 4 incidents
EMPL SHOVELING 7EMENT WORKING ON SEDIMENT POND SPILLWAY.STRAIN OF SHOVELING CEMENT NOT NOTICED UNTIL LATER.
(FOREIGN BODY I3 RIGHT EYE CAUSING SWELLING AND IRRITATION).
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING APROCKET SEGAMENTS ON FINAL DRIVE ON D9 DOZER AND WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE THE BOLTS,WHICH HOLDS THE SPRACKETS IN PLACE,WITH 2-8 1016 SLEDGE HAMMER 2 PIECE OF METAL SLIVE ED OFF & WENT I3TO EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AIR DRILL TO BORE OUT HOLES ON THE DRAG DRUM OF THE 2400 DRAGLINE.SOME METAL FRGMENTS WAS BLOW FROM THE HOLES INTO EMPLOYEE RIGHT EYE.
1986 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS M 5KING REPAIR TO LEFT SIDE OF D-3 DOZER, HE RECONGNIZED THE BACK UP HORN FROM NEAR BY WORKING 966 LOADER APPRACHING CLOSER TO THE MACHINE IN REPAIR. EMPLOYEE TURNED TO MOVE OUT O F THE WAY, BUT 9IGHT FOOT, BEHIND THE KNEE, AND UPPER THIGH GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK OF D-3 AND REAR LEFT TIRE OF LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING PENS INTO TRACKS ON DRAGLUNE,HE WAS DRIVING THE PENS WITH AN 8LBS.SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN SOME OF THE METAL ANS AND DIRT SPLATTERED OFF THE PEN AND INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EY E. 3
The full compliance file on Dry Creek Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.