Air Quality #1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 597 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/28/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3 Left 4 West panel at crosscut 39. The fall was located in the crosscut between the roadway and 5A belt. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall was lo...
11/28/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3A travelway between crosscuts 51 and 52. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall was located in the pillar line between the crosscuts and not the inters...
11/08/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 6 Left - 1 Left 4 Main North worked out area panel. The fall was located in entry #1 at crosscut 4 to 6. The fall was adjacent to the weekly examiners normal route of tra...
11/08/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 6 Left - 1 Left 4 Main North worked out area panel. The fall was located in entry #2 at crosscut 9 to 10. The fall was adjacent to the weekly examiners normal route of tr...
11/08/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was trying to break a nut loose on the west side of the raw coal screen. He was using a boxed end wrench. The wrench slipped of and he fell. When he fell he dislocated his right knee in the p...
11/03/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3 Left-4 West panel at crosscut 41 in entry #5. The fall was located in the travelway. Production was halted on #5 unit until the travelway was re-routed around the fall.
10/26/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 5 West A panel. The fall was located at crosscut 32 between entry 5 and 6. The fall was adjacent to the roadway and intake stopping line. The cause of the fall was weak...
10/20/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on #2 unit inby the section loading point. The area had been previously detected prior to the fall and the area had been timbered and dangered out before the fall. The fall was...
10/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost EE was reclaiming in #1 Unit old works when he started having lower back muscle spasms.
10/17/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing his outside bolt. The bolt bent & he accidentally hit the rotation. The bolt & plate spun cutting his right arm. The investigation revealed that he missed the hole with his bol...
10/16/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator at the Hart street portal failed to operate. The elevator would not move up or down in the shaft. The cause of the malfunction was traced to a faulty elevator brake rope switch. The sw...
10/12/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1 Left - 4 Main North panel in entry #2 at crosscut #88. The fall covered the 1C belt at crosscut #2. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale commonly referred to as...
10/11/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4B belt at crosscut 8, which is located on the 2 Right - 1 Left 4 Main North panel. The fall covered the 4B belt and sructure. The cause of the fall was weak laminated sh...
10/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 6 Left - 1 Left, 4 Main North panel. The fall was located 1 crosscut inby the #1 unit section feeder in entry #0. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale and some...
09/26/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2 Left, 4 West panel at crosscut 16 in entry #2. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale commonly referred to a stack rock. The fall was located in the weekly exam...
09/23/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2 Left, 4 West panel in entry #2 between crosscuts 43 and 44. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale (stack rock). The fall was located in some abandoned coal hau...
09/13/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on MMU-001 in the last open crosscut in entry #2. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall was timbered out then after modification of the K-order clean-up and...
09/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3 Left, 4 West panel in entry #5. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall blocked the travelway for #5 unit, which was rerouted around the fall.
08/31/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred along the Main South roadway between crosscuts 67 and 68. The cause of the fall was moisture from roadway air which caused the top to cut and rash.
08/29/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1 Left 4 West 2 Right panel. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall occurred in entry 3 at crosscut 11. The fall is located in the entry adjacent to th...
08/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Ted was lifting a chain guard and felt pain in his back. As per Dr. Thompson's diagnosis: an MRI showed degenerative disc diesease with possible impingement of the left side nerve root fibers at IAT5....
08/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the Main South roadway at crosscut 47. The cause of the fall was a slip. MSHA was notified immediately and the fall will be cleaned up and re-supported.
08/17/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the MMU-002 working section, between entry 2 to 3 in the last open crosscut. The fall continued to fall and progressed into the intersection of entry 3 and traveled inby in en...
08/17/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1 Left 5 West panel in entry 36 at crosscut 20. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale commonly referred to as stack rock. The fall was located in the primary esc...
08/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE went to doctor for the first time on the 18th
08/14/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2MN between entries #1 and #3 in crosscut #12. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall is located adjacent to the 2MN seals.
08/02/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3W at crosscut 82, entry 6 to 7. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall is located in a common aircourse area and is not traveled on a frequent basis.
07/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was replacing a battery cell in coal hauler on #4 unit EE picked up the cell from the maintenance ride and placed it on the hauler battery and felt a pain in his lower back on his right side. He wo...
07/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 4 West return at crosscut 115, entry 2 to 3. The fall was adjacent to the weekly examiners travel route. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale.
06/27/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2 Left 4 West panel in entry number 4 between crosscuts 40 and 41. This was the 3A belt entry and it was supported with 5 foot double lock bolts and timbers. The area was...
06/19/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was tramming roof bolter #10 into position in entry 3 inby crosscut 11. A rock measuring 6'x3'x 2'to 6' thick fell from mine roof striking EE on the head. The rock slid down the left side of his bo...
06/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 20d lost While shoveling muck (sloppy mixture of mud, coal & fireclay) at #2 unit tailpiece, employee felt a sharp burning sensation in his right groin after throwing heavy shovel-loads of this material onto t...
06/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was climbing off of a tailpiece, he lost his balance, reached back to catch himself & grabbed a piece of expanded metal guarding. He lacerated the middle finger of his right hand when he grabbed th...
05/25/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator at our Hart street portal failed to operate when the cable system on the elevator doors broke. This stopped the safety switches from functioning taking the elevator out of service. The...
05/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading plates on the tray of No. 10 bolter. He had both hands on a stack of plates & attempted to pull them out from under a hog panel causing his fingers to slide on the plates cutting...
05/19/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was installing a roof bolt in the south portal roadway. He swung the canopy out toward the rib and his head was caught between the canopy and an overhang on the rib. This resulted in a cut ove...
05/06/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An unknown worker placed some chewing gum in a door elevator switch at the Hart Street portal elevator bottom. The chewing gum caused the switch to malfunction halting the elevator from working. The...
04/25/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2L4W panel at crosscut 35 to 36 in entry number two. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale often referred to as stack rock. The fall was located in the return ai...
03/27/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was riding in the passenger seatof #1 Getman tractor. Operator of tractor hit a rock in roadway it caused tractor to bounce. EE bounced in his seat of tractor and struck his left elbow and forearm...
03/17/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE pulled up 2 loops of miner cable and started cutting the face of #3 entry, which was 20'deep. Other EE's started pulling loops up so the cable could be hung across the crosscut. As EE was pulling c...
03/07/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2L4W panel in entry #2 at crosscut 24. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall was located in the return aircourse of #3 unit.
02/22/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was changing batteries on his coal hauler at the time of this incident. He stated that he hit his hear on a low area of the mine roof twice while working to change the batteries. He sought medical...
02/08/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost He reached across the conveyor belt to turn on the belt when it grabbed his shirt pulling him off balance onto the conveyor belt causing his right hip and right shin to hit the crossover when his body...
01/26/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 3 Left - 4 West section in entry #7 at crosscut 30 to 31. The fall was located in an extra entry of #5 units intake. When mined the area been recognized as a weak area an...
01/14/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost 3-C belt running out of alignment. EE was standing close to belt framework to sight down beltline. He felt left pant leg catch on belt splice, cut in belt, or moving bottom belt. Left leg moved tow...
01/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 2L4W panel in entry #1 at crosscut 33 to 34. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale commonly referred to as stack rock. The fall was located in the return aircour...
01/04/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hart St. elevator would not stop at the proper position on the bottom. An investigation revealed that the self leveling function on the bottom was not working properly and this resulted in the fo...
01/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was aligning the tailgate on #18 battery coal hauler at the time of the incident. He was on one knee bent over using a red handle pry bar that is about 4' in length to push the tailgate into...
12/30/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was roof bolting in the face of #3 entry. He was drilling a hole for the roof bolt closest to the rib in order to install a six foot bolt. He had just inserted his second drill steel in the drill p...
12/26/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 4B panel in entry #5 at crosscut 5, spad #25600. The cause of the fall was weak laminated shale. The fall blocked the 4B roadway to #4 unit. Production was halted on the...