Mining Incidents

Thompson Creek No 1 Coal

Snowmass Coal Company · Underground
Carbondale, Pitkin County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0502658

MSHA record for Thompson Creek No 1 (mine ID 0502658). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1985 · 1 incident

September 24, 1985 CO · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SCRAPED HAND ON EDGE OF ELECTRICAL BOX WHILE PULLING TAPE OFF POWER CABLE.1 1/2\\ LACERATION ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.

1984 · 3 incidents

June 26, 1984 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HELPING ANOTHER MAN CUT 70# RAIL WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH AND WHEN A 20 INCH LONG PIECE WAS CUT, HE WAS GOING TO SHOVE IT AWAY, BUT HIS OBODY WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 24, 1984 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Snowmass Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

MAN SAYS HE HAD TAKEN A SHOWER DRESSED TO GO HOME AND WAS WALKING AT THE @REAR OF THE BATHHOUSE WHICH WAS UNLIT - AND STUMBLED OVER A PILE OF BOARDS THAT WERE STACKED ON A PALLET NEAR THE SID EWALK

April 17, 1984 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MAN STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING A JOY S/C IN THE SLOPE & HIT A HOLE IN T HE MINE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE BUGGY TO THROW HIM UP & INTO ROOF SUSTAINING A LOW BACK STRAIN.

1983 · 8 incidents

December 8, 1983 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Snowmass Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 6 FEET HIGH AND APPROX. 35 FEET IN LENGTH IN AN AREA THAT USED WOODEN CROSS BEAMS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORT. ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROX. 50 FT INBY MINE PORTAL AND COVER IS LESS THAN 100 FT, BUT MINE ROOF IS A SHALE ROCK OVERLAIN WITH UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVEL. THER WAS NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE NOR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FALL. ESCAPEWAY AND MAIN INTAKE IS BLOCKED BY FALL.

November 16, 1983 CO · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS TRYING TO DRIVE A NAIL INTO A MINE TIMBER WHEN HE HIT THE NAIL A GLANCING BLOW CAUSING THE NAIL TO FLY UP AND STRIKE HIM IN THE CORNER OF THE RIGHT EYE

September 26, 1983 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS MOVING OXYGEN BOTTLES FROM A UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA TO THE WORK SITE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION THE MIDDLE JOINT

May 26, 1983 CO · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Snowmass Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WALKING OUT AOF ATHE MINE IN THE BELT SLOPE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

May 18, 1983 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by flying object

THIS MAN AND A CO-WORKER WERE INSTRUCT ED TO GO TO AN UNDERGROUND POWDER MAGAZINE AND OBTAIN EXPLOSIVES THE CO-WORKER ALLEDEGDLY KICKED UP DIRT INTO AIR STREAM WHERE IT ENTERED THIS MANS LEFT EYE

April 4, 1983 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ADVANCE DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE SLOPES IS THRU A FAULT AREA WHICH REQUIRES THE INJECTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM AND SETTING OF STEEL ARCHES MAN WAS WORKING ABOVE ARCHES BUILDING A CRIB WHEN THE ROOF SLOGHED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD SHOULDERS AND LEFT FOOT

February 14, 1983 CO · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Snowmass Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

MAN STATES THAT HE WAS CARRYING THE FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN DOWN THE INCLINED FACE TO SHIELD 1-1 WHEN EH SLIPPED ON THE LOOSE COAL LYING ON T HE FACE CONVEYOR PANS AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE FELL

January 11, 1983 CO · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Snowmass Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THIS MAN WAS ONE OF TWO MEN WHO WERE WORKING ON A WASH BOX IN THE PREPERATION PLANT THEY HAD DISMANTLED ONE OF THE PADDLES ANDWERE LIFTING IT UP AND OUT OF THE WASH BOX WHEN IT SLIPPED, FELL ANS STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.

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The full compliance file on Thompson Creek No 1

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