Mining Incidents

Bluff City Minerals, LLCMining Incidents in 2019

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Bluff City Minerals, LLC operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2019
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2019

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents

All incidents in 2019

Struck by falling object

Employee stated that as they were loading a blast hole, a small rock fell from the hole being loaded above and struck them on the neck and shoulder.

Struck against a moving object

Employee stated was cleaning with a loader when a rock rolled around the bucket which EE ran over causing EE to strain EE's back.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee stated ee was scaling in a man lift when the rock ee was prying on forced the pry bar down and caught finger between the pry bar and the top railing on the man lift basket.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bringing 50 pound anfo bags from inside the truck to the tailgate. While bending over, employee twisted and felt pain in lower back. Employee sought treatment with Chiropractor on 12-30-19. No work restrictions given.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee stated was using a pry bar to clear material from a chute when the bar slipped and employee caught a finger between the chute and the pry bar.

Struck against a moving object

Employee stated EE was driving the man-lift out of the mine when the man-lift hit a hole in the road causing the man-lift to rock and jarred EE's back. No medical treatment until physical therapy was prescribed on March 13.

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 Bluff City Minerals, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.