All MSHA-reportable accidents at Blue Mountain Energy Inc operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
A roof fall occurred at 7-Left section, #2 entry at crosscut #34. Height of the fall was 9 feet high, 20 feet wide and 50 feet long. No workers were in the section during the fall. It was found during a preshift examination and reported to MSHA by phone.
The employee was dropping monorail in the headgate of the longwall. As he let the monorail down it swung forward. As the monorail swung back it struck the ladder the employee was standing on and knocked it out from under him. He landed on his back on some rocks. MSHA lost time accident 04-04-07.
The employee was parking in the mine parking lot before work. As they went to get out of vehicle, they slipped on the ice and fell down. EE stood up and had a hold of the truck when they slipped again and tried to hold themselves up causing a strain to the back and groin.
The EE was standing on the roof bolter hanging tube wrap. The EE hopped off the bolter & when he hit the floor, he slipped & twisted his ankle.
The employee was beating on a drill steel with a cable bolt wrench when he experienced a sharp pain in his left elbow.
Employee was loading monorail onto belt; as he threw the monorail up the end caught a belt chain & threw it back. It struck his middle finger between the monorail & the belt rail.
The employee was standing on a shield that was activated. His foot was caught between the shielf toe and the panline.
The employee was roof bolting and pulling the drill steel out of the roof, it slipped and smashed his finger against the bolter. ***MSHA restricted duty 02-12-07.
The employee was changing a tire off a trailer located in B-Mains xc19, underground. When he stood up he lost his balance and stumbled into the trailer and struck his right side rib cage into the trailer. ****MSHA Restricted Duty 02-06-07.
The employee was lifting the cover on the continuous miner when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.****MSHA Restricted Duty 01-30-07
The employee was hooking up a trailer (in the surface yard) to his hauler. He was using a handy man jack. The employee's hand slipped off the handle of the jack and the handle struck him in the head. A laceration above the right eye needed butterfly sutures. ****MSHA reportable injury.
The employee was removing potting compound from a signal cable. He was using channel locks to hold the cable and a razor knife to cut away the compound. The pliers slipped and he cut his right ring finger with the razor knife.
The employee was teaching an electrical class to our Mechanic/Electrician Trainees when he became disoriented, slurred speech and unable to stand. He was immediately taken to the emergency room in Rangely. Later that evening a doctor indicated he had suffered a stroke.