Air Quality #1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 597 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/17/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Upon attempting to start the Main South belt for day shift production, the belt would not start and run. An examination revealed that a roof fall had occurred between crosscuts 48 and 49 on the belt...
10/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examniers found a roof fall in the 1 Left 5 Main North panel during their weekly examination of the area. The fall was located in a crosscut adjacent to the examiners' route of travel.
09/30/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall on the 4 West at crosscut 150 between entries 4 and 5. The fall was located in a crosscut in the intake. The fall did not extend into an intersection. The fall was i...
09/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall in the 3 Left 4 Main North return at crosscut 35, entry 2 to 3. The fall was located in the crosscut and did not fall in an intersection. The fall was adjacent to the...
09/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An examiner found a roof fall on the 3 West A belt during his roadway examination. He started smelling rubber smoke and traced it to the area where the mine roof had pushed timbers into the wet mine...
09/03/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A supply tractor operator found a roof fall on the roadway leading to #4 unit while taking supplies to #4 unit. The fall was located in the 4 Main North mains at crosscut 180 in entry #6. The fall w...
08/26/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4 Main North C belt at crosscut 135 to 136. The fall was located in the belt entry between crosscuts 135 and 136. The 4 Main North C belt is the belt for units 1 and 4.
08/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Injured was roof bolting in entry #6, on unit #3, inby crosscut #21 when this incident occurred. He was bolting when the unbolted cut started to work and rocks started to fall. As he moved away from...
08/15/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4 Main North at crosscut 179 in entry #4. The fall was located inby the tailpiece for the 4 Main North C belt. The area had been previously recognized as being weak and l...
08/07/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost A roof bolter operator was installing his second roof bolt in a row, when a piece of a coal rider fell from the mine roof and struck the canopy of his bolter. As he turned to run away from the machin...
08/05/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An examiner found a roof fall during the weekly examination of a worked out area on the 1 Left 4 Main North. The fall was located at crosscut 86, entry 2-3. The fall was located adjacent to the exam...
08/01/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall in the 1 right, 3 left, 5 West panel at crosscut 8 between entries 4 and 5. The fall was located in a worked out area. The fall was located adjacent to the examiners...
07/25/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At around 10:45 am the Hart Street elevator malfunctioned. A brake shoe got out of place on the cage causing the malfunction. The elevator failed to stop at the proper level at the bottom landing an...
07/23/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall in the 4L4MN panel. The fall was located in #4 entry at crosscut 38. The fall was located in the next crosscut inby from the examiners route of travel.
07/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A mine manager and MSHA inspector found a roof fall in the 2L1R/3L4MN panel. The roof fall was located in an area adjacent to the examiners route of travel. The cause of the fall was weak laminated...
07/18/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The injured was operating a scoop and was in the process of pulling into a crosscut to get some boards to build cribs with. As he drove the scoop into the crosscut, he ran over some loose roof bolts...
07/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall during their weekly examination of a worked out area. The fall was located in the 1 Right, 3 Left, 5 West panel at crosscut 9 between entries 5 and 6. The fall was lo...
07/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our exmainers found a roof fall during the weekly examination of the 5 West panel. The fall was located in entry #2 at crosscut 45. This fall was located in the entry adjacent to the examiners route...
07/16/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 31d restricted On 7/16/08 the injured was a passenger in a 14 man diesel mantrip. The mantrip he was traveling in attempted to go around a parked scoop when the passenger side bumper came in contact with the scoop....
06/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall in the return of the 5 West worked out area. The fall was located at crosscut 69 between entries 1 and 2. The fall was partially located in the examiners' route of tr...
06/13/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examners found a roof fall during their weekly examination of the 5 West Mains. The fall was located in the return of the 5 West at crosscut 40, entry 2 to 3. The fall was located in the examine...
06/09/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 187d lost A roof bolter operator was in the process of prying down a loose rib at the time of the incident. When he pryed the loose rib down, a piece of rock above the coal fell from the rib, striking him on t...
06/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall during their weekly examination of the 5 West panel. The fall was located in the 5 West return at crosscut 63 in entry #3. The fall was located adjacent to the examin...
06/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall during their weekly examination of the 4 Left 5 West panel. The fall was located in #2 entry at crosscut 22 to 33. The fall was locataed adjacent to the examiners rou...
06/04/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A mechanic found a roof fall in the intake of the 5 West in entry #6 at crosscut 73. The fall was located in the primary escapeway for #2 unit. The section was evacuated after the fall was found.
06/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4MN due to weak shale.
05/30/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall happened on the 5W due to weak shale.
05/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the 2R1L/4W XC9 entry #5 on the old 4B roadway.
05/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4W at XC #153 entry #2-1.
05/22/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 5WB at XC#75 entry 3-4.
05/22/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 5WB at XC #77 entry #1-2.
05/22/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the 5WB belt at XC#78 in entry #4.
05/13/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE was kneeling on top of the #19CH. He then stepped down to the mine floor when his foot came down on a rock about the size of a baseball. His ankle bent one way and his knee went the other.
05/13/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at the 3L4W at XC#27 in entry 5-4. Fall occured due to weak shale top.
05/08/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Operator was spotting a bolt. Trying to get a wrench connected up with the steel and drill pot. He thinks he hit the rotation when he had everything connected.
05/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered by the weakly examiners in the worked out area of old unit 4 on the 4W.
05/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The weakly examiners discovered a roof fall on the old unit #4 on the 4W at XC 26 entry #6.
05/07/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on MMU 005 inby the section tail piece. The fall was located XC13 between entry 1-0. Cause of the fall was stack rock.
05/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost The employee was working on a roof bolter, removed a hose from a drill feed jack and the drill feed boom fell on his left arm and hand.
04/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our weekly examiners found a roof fall in a worked out area of the 3 Left 4 West panel. The fall was located adjacent to their route of travel into the worked out area. The fall was located between...
04/22/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall during their weekly examination of the 4 West return. The fall was located at crosscut 153 from entry 1 to 0. The fall was approximately 70 feet long, 18 feet wide, b...
04/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An examiner found a roof fall in the 1 Left, 4 Main North panel. The fall was located in the primary escapeway for #1 unit. The section was shut down all persons were evacuated. The fall was locate...
04/17/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A pumper found a roof fall while in the 5 West intake. He found a roof fall at crosscut 93 in entry #7. The fall was located in the intersection and was more like a pot out because it was only 4 foo...
04/05/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A rock fell from an unbolted area and struck a bolter operator. The bolter operator did not receive serious injuries. MSHA issued a K Order for an incident that did not meet the criteria for a serio...
04/03/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our weekly examiners found a roof fall in a worked out area of the 5 left, 2 right, 1 left, 4 West panel. The fall was located adjacent to the traveway they use to examine the worked out area.
04/01/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A pumper found a roof fall on the 5 West at crosscut 98 in entry #7. The fall was located in the entry adjacent to the primary escapeway for #2 unit. The area was cribbed and the entry containing th...
03/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An examiner found a roof fall on the Main South at crosscut #49 between the roadway and belt line. The roadway had been rehabilitated with 8' bolts and the belt line had been re-bolted with 6' bolts....
03/24/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was roof bolting at the time of this incident. He stated that he was in the process of drilling a hole for a 6 foot bolt, when a small rock fell from the roof and struck his drill pot. The rock l...
03/07/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Our examiners found a roof fall in the worked out area of the 1 Left, 5 West panel during their weekly examination of the area. The fall was located in a crosscut adjacent to their normal route of tr...
02/21/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 53d lost EE had pain in his right knee roof bolting.Investigation showed he had surgery on knee in the past and his knee has deteriorated to the point where he is a candidate for knee replacement.Condition is...