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iiiiiiiininiiiiii 999 COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY MINE SAFETY AND TRAINING PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT Inspection Date: August 4,1997 Name and Location of Operation: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Delta County, Colorado Bowie Resources Ltd. Name of Person In Charge: Bill Bear Jr., Mine Manager Reason for Inspection: Safety Audit and Investigation of Safety Complaints State Inspectors: Bill Davies and Bill York-Feirn ~~ On July 22, 1997, the Mine Safety and Training Program received a memorandum from Joe Dudash with the Division's Coal Mine Reclamation Program which detailed several serious concerns at the Bowie No. 2 construction site and a request for assistance. On July 23, a meeting was subsequently held with several Coal Program supervisors and inspectors to discuss these concerns in more detail. This inspection report details the Mine Safety and Training Program response to these concerns. Bowie Resources Ltd. hired a conuactor to conswct 2 miles of access road and a rock face area on the hillside where the portals for the new Bowie No. 2 underground coal mine will be driven. We met Bill Beaz Jr., Mine Manager, at the Bowie No. 1 mine office and discussed these concerns before completing an inspection of the Bowie No. 2 site. The concerns brought to our attention were investigated together with Bill Beaz and the following recommendations were made: (1) A complaint was received by the Coal Program that said that flyrock from the site hit a house located about 2,000 feet from the Bowie No. 2 blast site. We stopped by the house and did not observe any appazent damage on the roof or walls from flyrock. We stood at the site of the blast and looked down at the house which appeazed to be about 2,000 feet away. The blast was delayed to throw the rock to the east, instead of to the south where the house is located. At any rate, it was very difficult to see how rock from such a small shot could have reached the house. It was recommended that everyone should be removed from the area if there is even a remote chance that flyrock could reach the house. The public road (old highway 133) to the south should have been guazded to prevent access from either direction. As of August 6, the conuactor is finished with all blasting on the surface azea of the mine site. If any blasting is needed while driving the portals, it will be located at least 2 miles from any house or public road. (2) We investigated the certification and training records to determine whether the proper certifications and safety training had been completed for all contractors working on the site.