On September 28, 2017, employee was helping in the roof bolting activities on the longwall face. During this activity, coal came from the longwall face fatally injuring the employee.
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- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 379
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Top causes
- MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 29 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 83 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 117 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 50 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedEmployee was building drill bench, pushed thru the berm at the edge of the highwall and traveled over the highwall.
While installing structural steel doors over coal bin EE went around safety rail without using fall protection on the door which was still attached to the crane to try to move the door & close a gap between the doors. The door shifted causing a support I-beam to move shifting the doors which caused him to fall. MSHA was notified 12/27/05 that he had expired from his injuries.
WHILE CHANGING A TRACK ON A DOZER, THE CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE BOGIE & STRUCK THE EE IN THE HEAD AREA RESULTING INS SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA TO THEHEAD AREA. THE EE WAS TRASNPORTED TO THE UNIVERS ITY OF UTAH MED CTR. EE PASSED AWAY 9/25 AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THIS ACCIDENT.