Peabody evacuates workers at Wyoming mine after MSHA danger order
BTU•Peabody Energy evacuated workers from part of its North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming after an MSHA imminent danger order; no miners were injured, and MSHA terminated the order later the same day.
1. Order at Wyoming mine
The July 9 order cited concerns that loose material could fall from a highwall onto an active haul road or spill over a protective berm onto a roadway used by haul trucks and other vehicles. Peabody said mine personnel took steps to mitigate the hazard, and MSHA terminated the order later that day.
