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Spring Creek Coal Company: 2 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

MSHA operator ID: P09288

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 46
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1984–1993

Top causes

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
FIRE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 17 non-fatal
MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
OTHER 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1993

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1991

10 (2f)

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1984

Mines on record

Spring Creek Mine MT

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

December 26, 1991 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FIRE

Spring Creek Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WORKING SWING SHIFT (3:PM TO 11:30PM) PERFORMING MAITENANCE WORK ON THE DRAG SCRAPER LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE TRUCK DUMP. AT 9:58PM, HE NOTICED SOME SMOLDERING COAL. AT 10:01 P M WITH WATER HOSE IN HAND HE STARTED HOSING DOWN WITH WATER THE SMOLDERING COAL. CAUSING A FLASH BACK. RESULTING IN FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM.

January 16, 1991 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Spring Creek Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOWERING PORTABLE WHEEL MOUNTED WATER PUMP IN NO 2 DRAGLINE PIT INJ WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL SLIPPED AND FELL TO BOTTOM ABOUT 160 FT. WATER PUMP USING 3 WIRE ROPES ATTACHED TO FR ONT END LOADER AND 2 SCRAPERS PUMP BEEN LOWEREDNEARLY TO BOTTOM OF PIT WHEN ACCIDENT OCC

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