Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee injured tendons in his right shoulder when he lost his balance on his work platform and used his right arm to catch himself. Employee was prescribed pain medication.
Black Butte Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2015
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Black Butte Coal Company operations in 2015. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2015
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Year
- 2015
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2015
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee stepped on uneven ground and rolled his left ankle resulting in a small fracture to a bone in his foot.
Struck against stationary object
Employee received laceration on his right middle finger while attempting to remove a hydraulic filter from its housing on a D11 Dozer. The laceration required sutures.