BFB & Ballard Mines safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Electrical
Accident only
Accident narrative
An Excavator was being transported along roadway parallel to a powerline. The line arced immediately stopping the transport. The driver was unharmed but stayed inside the cab until the line could be verified as dead. The line did immediately trip & the driver was not at risk. The job was lead by Western States CAT & the transport company was Billt LLC.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
7.8 on-site hours reported
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
8.0 on-site hours reported
Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.
30 CFR 50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Horns and backup alarms.
30 CFR 56.14132(b)(1) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Operating speeds and control of equipment.
30 CFR 56.9101 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $818.00 proposed penalty
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
3.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
17.5 on-site hours reported
Immediate notification.
30 CFR 50.10(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Powered haulage
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The forklift was being operated by ESI injured employee, on a dry, compacted 3:1 dirt slope. Forklift was traveling backwards slowly down the slope in a zig-zag movement when front tire came off the ground, causing the equipment to rollover twice. Damage to roll-over cab section. Operator had seat-belt on at time of roll over.
Machinery
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Tech was removing a mount plate from a damaged trailer jack stand. The stand sat unsecured on 2 sawhorses requiring stabilization by hand. Using a 4 1/2-in grinder with a cutoff wheel, the wheel moved across a weld, contacting the edge of the material. This caused the grinder to catch and kickback. This force drove the grinder downward into the tech's right thigh above the knee.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
7.0 on-site hours reported
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a) · $1,037.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
19.5 on-site hours reported
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
3.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
5.5 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
6.0 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
4.8 on-site hours reported
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.