Mining Incidents

Covol Fuels No. 2, LLCMining Incidents in 2011

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2011
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2011

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  4. 04DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident

All incidents in 2011

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Over exertion by employee.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Winter conditions/mud-snow, icy, worker had mud on his boots causing him to slip while going down the stairs.

Struck by falling object

Removing pipe from pump - the pipe wrap fell hitting right thumb.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee aligning large pipe (12"" to 14"") diameter to install a tee in the pipe line - was using a chain and Komatsu-wa2oo, put self in twisted postion to assist in the lift.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is scheduled to see ear, nose & throat (ENT) doctor on 10/4/11 to determine if the hearing shift is work related if the hearing shift is work related ee exposure will be evaluated to determine the contributing conditions.

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 Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.