Mining Incidents

ADDCAR SYSTEM 16 Coal

Controlled by Daniel W Bunn
Grants, Mckinley County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003376

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2010–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
54
citations
21
significant & substantial
$11,065
proposed penalties
$10,057
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 9,977 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 15,353 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,502 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 16,049 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20,007 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 16,912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 14,985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 17,028 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 1 incident

October 29, 2024 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee pulled right side rub rail off miner and dropped it on left foot.

2023 · 2 incidents

August 7, 2023 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE was working alone on the upper deck of the HW miner. EE said stepped on a roller. It rolled EE's foot out from under EE, falling and hurting their back. EE refused medical treatment. EE continued working until Sep.1st. EE sent us a letter from chiropractor dated Sept 8th stating EE was off under the chiropractor's care until Sep 11th at which time EE was supposed to see a Dr.

February 18, 2023 NM · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Parts were being hauled with a low boy trailer. Employee was moving in to start unbinding the parts and noticed a chain hanging down from trailer. As the trailer was being lowered to the ground, employee moved in to remove chain and the trailer lowered onto EE's right toes.

2022 · 4 incidents

June 2, 2022 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Removing a roller from an Addcar conveyor car. The employee was using a six foot pry bar to remove the roller from the conveyor car. As EE applied pressure to the bar it slipped resulting in a strain to EE's right elbow.

April 25, 2022 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee removed the pin that connects the conveyor cars together. As the loader began to remove the conveyor car from the launch pad the car shifted causing the pin to fall back in place. As the pin fell back into place the employee attempted to catch the pin. In doing so the end of EE's middle finger on EE's right had was pinched between the pin cap and the car.

February 2, 2022 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While pulling conveyor cars out of the hole the employee was unhooking the electrical receptacle that powers the cars. As EE was working to unhook the receptacle EE placed left foot on the bottom rail of the car in the pusher assemblies path. As a result EE's left foot was caught by the moving pusher and pulled EE down on the launch base frame.

January 7, 2022 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was crossing the rear skid area of the highwall mining launch vehicle. As employee was crossing in the designated area employee's right foot slipped and resulted in a sprained ankle on right foot.

2020 · 1 incident

December 8, 2020 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was placing a receptacle in the conveyor car tray. When placing it in the tray the employees left hand was caught between the receptacle and tray causing the left hand middle finger to be mashed.

2019 · 1 incident

July 29, 2019 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee had lifted a lid and was looking at the trailing cables when the lid fell striking employee's right hand causing a contusion and swelling to right hand

2010 · 1 incident

June 2, 2010 NM · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Premium Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing out bad production car. Man cleaning coal off the front car and got in the way of pusher jack. He did not realize pusher jack was coming in contact with his leg.