Mining Incidents

Colowyo Coal Company L PMining Incidents in 2007

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Colowyo Coal Company L P operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2007
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2007

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2007

Fall from machine

Employee was involved with the changing out new drag ropes. The employee chose to step out onto the drum without fall protection. While reeving the new rope onto the drag reel, the employee fell off the drum. The employee fell ~11 ? feet. Injuries included 7 fractured ribs and a fractured scapula.

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 Colowyo Coal Company L P's numeric MSHA operator ID.