Mining Incidents

Black Butte Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Black Butte Coal Company operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  2. 02OTHER2 incidents
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Struck against a moving object

EE FAILED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND YEILD RIGHT OF WAY TO THE COAL HAULER AT THE MAIN MINEINTERSECTION. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, WINDOWS ON EE'S VEHICLE WERE ICED (FOGGED) UP. EE'S VEHICLE WAS TOTALED

Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE CTELAB BUYS DISTILLED WATER IN 5 GAL. BOTTLES AND WATER IS RUN THROUGH A COUNTERTOP DISPENSER THROUGH A FILTER BEFORE USED IN THE LAB. WHILE EE WAS CHANGING THE 5 GAL BOTTLE, A FULL BOTTLE SLIPPED FROM HER GRASP AND EE TRIED TO CATCH ITFROM FALLING. WHILE CATCHING IT SHE TWISTED HER RIGHT WRIST AND IT STRUCK THE COUNTERTOP. EE WORKED THE FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE NOTIFYING EMPLOYER

Struck by flying object

DEBRIS FROM GRINDING & DIRT BLEW INTO EYE.

Struck against a moving object

EE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK WITH D10R DOZER & SUFFERED A NECK STRAIN

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Black Butte Coal Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.