All MSHA-reportable accidents at Blue Mountain Energy Inc operations in 2015. Fatalities appear first.
A Roof fall was discovered in B-Mains x-cut 4 intersection of the number 2 entry. The fall was discovered on a weekly exam. The fall compromised our secondary escape way, all miners were withdrawn to outby that location. Report was called in to the one eight hundred number upon discovery.
Employee sprained his right knee back in September, went in for surgery on 03/15/2016 to have the damage to the kneee corected.
Employee allegedly had the headgate push into his ladder when he was taking down a piece of monorail causing him to strain his neck. Investigation is on going due to conflicting testimony by employees.
Employee was attempting to hang up the wash down hose by flipping it up onto the sims. The hose fell turning on the valve handle knocking off the employee's airstream helmet. The hose continued to whip striking the employee in the right eye ball causing a laceration.
Employee was tightening flinger plate on chuck, raised his drill steels and closed the jaws to hold drill steel up out of the way when his partner set his bolt the drill steels fell about 2' striking employee's middle finger on his left hand, causing 2 small lacerations that required stitches and a fracture to the bone.
While climbing the ladder of a haul truck to check the odometer, the employee's foot slipped off of the fourth rung, causing her to hit the left side of her rib cage against the ladder causing a fracture to one of her ribs.
During the process of splicing a steel cable belt on an overland conveyor the contractor employee sustained a laceration to his right knee requiring 5 stitches while using a knife to put a bevel edge on a section of 48"" steel cable belt which being spliced into the conveyor
While pulling a leg gauge on #90 shield gauge blew out striking employee in his right hand causing a laceration that required stitches.
While traveling into the section the door of the man trip portion or dog box came open both employee's in that compartment grabbed the door to close it, the one employee did not get his finger out of the way in time slamming in the door as it closed. No fracture but it did cause a laceration that required sutures to close the wound.
Employee was attempting to cut a rock dust hose with a ulility knife, when the knife slipped the employee cut his left thumb. Requiring stiches to close the wound.
We were notified that we have a miner that has been diagnosed with miners pneumoconiosis MIIN#M96297451 which is a degree 7 occupational illness.