All MSHA-reportable accidents at Blue Mountain Energy Inc operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
The employee was walking through a crosscut in the 10-Left section with another employee walking behind him. The second employee lost his balance, tripped and fell on him, which resulted in the first employee breaking his left leg in two places.
The EE was underground packing a roll of Hueskier on his shoulder, when he slipped and fell. The floor was wet, slick and uneven and his left leg was folded under him when he landed. Fractured left leg in two places. ****MSHA LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON 9/4/10****
The employee was helping change out belt rollers. He picked up and handed a top roller to another employee when he reported that he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. This injury was determined on 1/18/2011 by an Independent Medical Examiner to be a new industrial injury. MSHA Lost Time Accident 10/25/2010.
The employee had a ladder set up outside the BC108 building. He was almost to the top disconnecting a conduit with a pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped and he lost his balance and fell off the ladder. He first hit a snow cover which was below him and then he hit the ground. MSHA lost time accident***05/28/10.
On 09-28-2010 we received substantiating information from Dr. that an employee sustained a new injury. On 08-26-10 the employee was helping install a bottom roller on BC-101, as he pushed the belt and lifted the roller, it caused his shoulder to dislocate. Restricted duty 08-27-2010.
The employee was shoveling coal off the 1st floor of the sample tower and wheel barreling it outside. His left shoulder was hurting him after shift. The employee was placed on restricted duty 9/7/10 after seeing a doctor. MSHA restricted 9/8/10.
The EE was hanging rib mesh underground. He was looking at the roof and stepped on a piece of coal, which caused him to fall to the ground and land on his left knee.
Five miners were connecting pipe together on the ground. They then lifted the one continuous piece overhead to hang from the roof. This employee was the tallest and probably endured the bulk of the weight. He complains of neck pain. On 3/13/2010 he was seen by a dr and put on light duty. MSHA restricted duty 3/15/2010
The employee was working in the section when he stepped on a loose piece of coal and rolled his left ankle, causing it to pop. ****MSHA restricted duty****2/22/2010.
The EE works at our Rail Road facility. EE was pulling on a release pin with a pair of channel lock pliers. The pliers slipped off the pin and struck the EE's tooth, breaking it in half. The tooth did not need immediate attention, in that the nerve was not exposed.
The employee was underground hammering with a pick hammer when a sliver broke off and struck him in the arm
The employee was helping take off the headgate cover. He was pulling on a stuck bolt while another employee was using a sledge hammer. The sledge hammer glanced off the cover and struck the employee in the cheek. MSHA reportable.