Immediately reportable Accidents

New Mexico MINE ACT Of 2006

U.S. MINER ACT of 2006

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries

• Mine operators are required to call The New Mexico Emergency Operations Center toll-free number at 1-866-761-6039 and MSHA of an immediately reportable accident. These phone calls are required by NM State Statute and Federal law.

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries

• Mine operators must call immediately, but no later than 15 minutes for MSHA and 30 minutes for the NMEOC from the time they know or should know that an accident has occurred

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries are:

1. A death of an individual at a mine; 2. An injury to an individual at a mine which

has a reasonable potential to cause death; 3. An entrapment of an individual for more

than thirty minutes or which has a reasonable potential to cause death;

4. An unplanned inundation of a mine by a liquid or gas;

5. An unplanned ignition or explosion of gas or dust;

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries are:

6. In underground mines, an unplanned fire not extinguished within 10 minutes of discovery; in surface mines and surface areas of underground mines, an unplanned fire not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery;

7. An unplanned ignition or explosion of a blasting agent or an explosive;

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries are:

8. An unplanned roof fall at or above the anchorage zone in active workings where roof bolts are in use; or, an unplanned roof or rib fall in active workings that impairs ventilation or impedes passage;

9. A coal or rock outburst that causes withdrawal of miners or which disrupts regular mining activity for more than one hour;

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries are:

10. An unstable condition at an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank which requires emergency action in order to prevent failure, or which causes individuals to evacuate an area; or, failure of an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank;

11. Damage to hoisting equipment in a shaft or slope which endangers an individual or which interferes with use of the equipment for more than thirty minutes; and

Immediately Reportable Accidents and Injuries are:

12.An event at a mine which causes death or bodily injury to an individual not at the mine at the time the event occurs.

MINE ACCIDENT REPORT Date of report _____________ Time of Report: __________ Report called in by ____________________________[Name] Phone Number where reporting party can be reached: _______________________ Alternative name that can be reached and phone #: _________________________ Severity Code (Circle one code):

Red: Death, Entrapment, or Underground Fire Orange: Injury to personnel Green: All others

1. Company Name _____________________________________________________ 2. Mine Name _____________________________________________________ 3. Mine ID Number _____________ City ________________________________ State ________ Zip _______________

4. Date of Accident ______________ Time of Accident ______________ 5. Type of Accident (Please circle item(s) below)

a. Fatal b. Reasonable Potential to be Fatal c. Entrapment (greater than 30 minutes) d. Inundation of a mine by liquid or gas e. Ignition or explosion of gas or dust f. Fire that burned for (greater than 30 minutes) g. Ignition or explosion of blasting agent or explosive h. Roof fall i. Coal or rock outburst j. Unstable impoundment area k. Hoist operation/damage l. An event at a mine which caused death or bodily injury to a person not at the mine at the time the event occurred.

Area/place at mine where accident occurred: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Report taken by: _____________________________ [Name] Phone number: _____________________

MSHA Escalation Report Notice: This form is a documentation of a call received on the MSHA 1-800 Line. The caller was reporting either an emergency at a mine or a hazardous condition. The information documented was provided by the caller and was forwarded to a district office for further resolution. SR Number: Reference Number:

Contact Type: Phone

Mine Zip Code: City:

County: State:

Is this a coal mine?

Contact Information Anonymous: Caller’s Primary Phone #: Caller’s Name: Caller’s Secondary Phone #:

Caller’s Email Address:

Name of Mine:

Mining Company:

Mine Identification Number :

Event Information

Has anyone died? How many died?

Is anyone injured? How many injured? Types of injuries: Is anyone trapped? How many trapped?

Is there a fire? Details provided by caller:

Administrative Activities

Date / Time Event Occurred: Date / Time MSHA Notified: District Office:

Information Name:

Date / Time District Office Notified: Comments:

EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN FOR

NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINE SAFETY Plan for Code Red Entrapment or other emergency requiring activation of State wide rescue resources.

1. NMT Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will contact SMI or other BMS contact (representative).

2. SMI or representative (all other calls listed will be by the SMI or representative) calls organization experiencing the emergency to verify details and make sure that contact is maintained (get phone #’s for continued access). Be sure they have contact information for state wide mine rescue team coordinators.

3. Call New Mexico State EOC @ (505) 476-9635 and describes the situation. 4. If SMI is Contacted, SMI calls Chris Hefner (505) 553-1535, and appraises him

of situation. 5. SMI or representative calls Underground Mine Rescue Teams Coordinators

(contact list attached) and describes the situation. Do not request teams to be sent. This must be done by the mine representative from the mine experiencing the emergency.

6. Call Governor’s office. Alarie Ray-Garcia, Deputy Director of Communications (505) 231-7350 (c), and Sarah Cottrell, Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor, (505) 699-7443 (c). Apprise them of the situation.

7. Call EMNRD Secretary Joanna Prukop (505) 476-3200 and NM Mining and Minerals Director Bill Brancard, (505) 412-0317 (C), (505) 476-3405 (Office). Apprise them of the situation.

8. Call MSHA field office (contact list attached). Be sure field office supervisor is aware of the situation.

9. Call Amanda to cover BMS desk (505) 944-6141 (C). 10. Call Captain Randy Trujillo with Escondida NMSP substation.(575) 835-0741.

Describe situation, request road conditions, request any assistance to get to scene. This also can be done through the NM EOC if special assistance is required (helicopter).

11. Call organization experiencing emergency and reverify information. Ask if they have called state wide mine rescue team coordinators.

12. SMI or representative proceeds to scene. 13. Make travel arrangements for mine rescue teams through NM EOC.

Mine Rescue Contact List WIPP

Primary Contact Secondary Contact Buddy Webb Facility Operations 1st # 575-234-8178 575-234-8125 2nd # 575-605-5123 575-234-8457

Mosaic Primary Contact Secondary Contact David Tackett Mosaic Security 1st # 575-628-6407 575-628-6238 2nd # 575-361-2782 (C)

Intrepid Primary Contact Secondary Contact Randy Logsdon East Hoist-24/7 1st # 575-361-7050(C) 575-324-3830 2nd # 575-234-3622 (W) 575-706-3009(C) 3rd # 575-234-1932(H)

C M I Primary Contact Secondary Contact Steve Mills Mine Security 1st # 575-586-7642 575-586-7640 2nd # 575-613-6655 575-586-0394

BHP- SJCC Primary Contact Secondary Contact David Hales Jim Grant 1st # 505-598-2153 Office 505-598-2185 2nd # 505-486-1612 (C) 505-330-9132 (C) 3rd # 505-334-1607 - Home

NM State Mine Inspector Toll Free EOC 866-761-6039 Chris Hefner 505-553-1535 (C) Terence Foreback 505-553-1532 (C) Office 575-835-5460

MSHA Toll Free Emergency 800-746-1553 Carlsbad Field Office M/NM

Mark Williams (575) 405-7061 (c) (575) 887-6074 (office)

Albuquerque Field Office M/NM Benny Lara (505) 350-1792 (C) (505) 346-6775 (office)

Aztec Field Office Coal Supervisor position to be filled (505) 334-4011 (office)

District 9 Coal Manager and Assistant Manager