Mining Incidents

Blue Mountain Energy IncMining Incidents in 2026

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Blue Mountain Energy Inc operations in 2026. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2026
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2026

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY2 incidents
  2. 02FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2026

Accident type, without injuries

The area of 0R 10xc 1E, had deteriorating roof. During the rehab of the area, the roof fell above the anchorage point.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IE was hanging a tube chain and slipped. The chain was wrapped around EE's right wrist, when EE slipped the impact from EE's body weight fractured EE's wrist.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IE was removing the boost valve from shield 100 with a pry bar, when the valve freed it swung on the four connected hoses and hit EE in the mouth, breaking EE's front tooth.

Flash burns (welding)

Employee was cutting new dog bone mechanism bolts with the plasma cutter with cutting glasses. IE decided to switch to a welding hood but couldn't see the lines on the weld setting so IE switched to grind setting. IE woke us the next morning with eyes burning from flash burn. IE received prescription eye ointment.

Struck by flying object

IE was lowering the classifying cyclone lid on the cyclone on the 6th floor of the prep plant. IE pulled the chain tail of the hoist back and it whipped IE on the lip. IE received 2 stitches.

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 Blue Mountain Energy Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.