Aberdeen — Accidents

Total: 108 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was puting a pump through a man door and herniated a disk in his lower back.
03/05/2008 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevated level of methane was detected by the mine monitoring system in the bleeder area for the longwall. Power was removed from the mine and the mine was evacuated.
02/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 342d lost Two employees where lifting a guarding in place for a tail piece. The injured employee let go with his left hand to chain the guarding into place and pulled his muscles in his right arm.
02/09/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A coal outburst occurred 38 feet outby the longwall face in the # 2 entry, the outburst dislodged 8 rock pops that were set on the rib of the walkway. The affected area was 23 feet.
02/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Two employees were packing a top roller cluster when one employee dropped the cluster & it hit the other employee in the lower back.
02/07/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was transporting O2 bottle up the long wall face and slip off from the toes of the long wall shileds twisting his left knee
01/05/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking, tripped. his hat fell off and he struck the top of his head on a door.
10/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was preparing to hook a shield for extraction from the face. He threw a chain/sling across the shield to be hooked up. When he stood up he wrenched/strained his back and was reporting to be...
10/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An electrician discovered that a roof fall had occurred, in the back entry of the return air course. The area that had caved was approx. 20' long, by 18' wide, by 6.5' high. The area was not used fo...
08/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee had delivered parts to the section and was headed outby. A shield hauler was headed into the section. The ee tried getting out of the haulers way by pulling into a x-c. The hauler hit the I...
07/03/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost While cleaning coal from in front of the cats on the tail piece, the rib bounced sloughing some coal against right leg. Individual tried to turn and twisted right knee as the coal held foot against ta...
07/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While flushing scrubber on permissible can setter, the valve on water hose was bumped and opened fully, the hose flipped around knocking feet out from under him causing him to fall on cap light batter...
06/10/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None While cutting into the headgate, the face bounced, shaking the shear, knocking something electrical loose inside the shear. This caused a disruption in mining for more than 1 hour to secure repairs t...
06/07/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While moving belt hardware, individual felt pain and burning in right foot, saw doctor and it was felt that he tore tendon in foot.
06/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost Individual jumped off of belt structure after changing belt rollers, twisting right ankle upon landing. Has torn ligiment in ankle.
06/01/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While getting ready to roof bolt a newly created face, the rib popped out some coal and a piece of the coal struck the individual in the back of the head and neck causing bruises. Doctor would not re...
05/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While shoveling on belt slip, he fell against belt structure; did not see doctor until 6/5/07. Treated for bruise in muscle over left kidney; could not work for 2 days.
05/29/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a hammer to remove a bearing on an underground truck, a small piece of metal was splintered off and it penetrated into the individual's right middle finger tip. Metal was removed by doctor...
05/23/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A coal outburst/floor heave occurred near the stageloader; this action moved the stageloader and longwall power controller. The result restricted travel from the longwall face.
05/20/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tail gate shear operator was cutting into the tailgate of the longwall when the face bounced and some loose coal stuck operator knocking him down and causing a laceration to top of head requiring stit...
05/17/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At the start of the cut in the #1 entry, the miner operator started at the top of the face and cut down, cutting into the face 1 ft. to 4 ft. in depth. As the cutter head hit the mine floor a flare-u...
05/16/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:15 pm a small bounce occurred on the 12th East longwall, the result of the bounce pinched the shear's headgate pump motor cable requiring the cable to be reentered. This was the only problem fou...
05/15/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost While walking along the stageloader of the longwall a small floor heave occurred, this jammed the individual's left knee causing pain in knee joint. He is off work waiting for MRI.
05/09/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost A coal outburst and floor heave occurred on the belt line between x-cut 13 and 14. The area involved was 60 to 70 feet outby the longwall tailpiece. The result of the outburst and floor heave raise...
05/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual had just moved a water pump and was getting back into mantrip when struck top of head on overcast I-beam. This caused individual to jam neck. Did not seek treatment until 5/17/07. Diagno...
05/04/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing roof bolts, the drill steel got stuck in the hole and as the individual went to connect the chuck wrench to the head of the steel, he pinched his right ring finger tip between the ste...
05/04/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Individual reached over the hands free chunk clamp to pull drill steel out of hole, individual hit wrong lever and closed the clamps on the edge of hand. Individual missed his next day of work and t...
05/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 149d lost While picking up pump strained lower back; hurt back again on 5/30/07 falling down. On 6/19/07 individual notified company following doctors visit that surgery will be needed to repair herniated disc...
04/16/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None While mining into the headgate a bounce/bump with floor heave occurred, causing damage to the longwall shear, resulting in mining being impeded for more than one hour.
04/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While training the belt at longwall tailpiece, individual loosened the bolts to the belt roller bracket. Individual bent down to watch belt, placed hand on belt structure rail. The top belt roller b...
03/28/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting the tape off of the leads in a cable splice, the individual slipped with the razor knife and cut his left hand palm. The laceration required 8 stitches to close.
03/21/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 2:15 am the tail gate travelway of the longwall was observed to be impassable by roof screens that were filled with rock from the immediate roof and some of the rock from the immediat...
03/14/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost While pulling the cable trucks on the monorail with the monorail winch, the cable broke and flipped down the belt entry striking individual in the face. This caused a contusion to his right eye and l...
03/13/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting open rock dust bags with a razor knife, individual was cutting towards himself and the knife came through the bag and it struck him in the right lower thigh, causing a laceration that re...
02/27/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A bounce with floor heave occurred at the head gate of the longwall moving stage loader and controller, impeding travel from the longwall face.
02/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 266d lost While walking into sump area to check pump, slipped and fell on mine floor injuring left shoulder. Did not seek medical care. Individual then saw doctor for pain on 4/23/07 at which time Doctor pres...
02/01/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking along the beltline to the longwall face the pillar yielded some and the rib popped. A chunk of coal flew out and struck individual on the left side of head causing a laceration requirin...
01/27/2007 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was retrieving tools from toolbox and an explosive device was detonated when he opened the box.
12/26/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While helping set supplemental supports (cans) outby the longwall face in the tailgate entry, the rib of the yield pillar bounced and some coal blew out, a chunk of coal struck individual in the chin...
12/05/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A floor heave and coal outburst occurred at approximately 70 to 75 feet outby the longwall face centered at the tailpiece. Area involved 30 to 40 feet of rib and about 60 feet of floor heave. The res...
11/28/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A coal outburst occurred approximately 70 to 75 feet outby the longwall face on the beltline. The result of the outburst moved the tail piece and end of the stageloader, obstructing the walkway from...
11/25/2006 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None As instructed by a District Manager letter dated 2/14/07 please find the following, employee was found expired on the belt line at x-cut 38 by a fellow employee. The investigation determined that the...
11/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a roof bolt, employee slipped off the platform hitting right side ribs against the drill steel storage tray. Individual continued working. On 11/20/06 requested to be seen by doctor...
11/14/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a Gehl steer skid, cleaning a roadway, individual turned Gehl and struck head against water line fire drop. Caused a laceration to right side of forehead requiring 6 stitches.
11/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None On 12/14/06, individual notified his supervisor that following a doctor's appointment, he had a hernia and needs surgery. Individual stated it was caused during a belt move about a month ago, no init...
10/19/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting a flapper off the belt, the razor knife cut through the belt and then cut the individuals other hand. The laceration required 5 stitches to close.
10/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While helping lift the de-watering pipe which was full of water felt pain in shoulder. No treatment until individual went to see doctor on 10/25/06 for continued pain, diagnosed with bursitis; given...
10/02/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost While helping hold chain link fence up to attach to a timber as part of rib protection, a section of rib fell out stricking individual, knocking him down and fracturing his pelvis.
08/28/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The cap rock just outby the longwall tailgate fell in, restricting movement off the longwall face. The Tailgate Closure plan went into effect immediately. All miners were informed.
07/05/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The tailgate of the longwall section closed off due to caprock falling in.