Allen Powellton Mine — Accidents

Total: 94 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/28/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While conducting repair work on the feeder chain located on the Workman Creek Coal Handling Facility, injured was attempting to use a metal bar when the bar slipped striking the left eye brow, resulti...
09/26/2022 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 85d restricted Press bolt failed during belt splicing operations. Employee was struck in the left hand by press bolt or other unknown object and received a left hand contusion(No fractures) resulting in time off fr...
04/19/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting a belt jumper, the knife slipped and employee cut right thigh resulting in 8 stitches.
02/21/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.
09/28/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Miner trammed rail mounted locomotive onto foot, pinching foot between frame of locomotive and ground.
01/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 156d lost While pulling the right middle shuttle car's trailing cable and anchor, employee felt pain between the shoulder blades.
07/21/2020 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost While changing a female battery plug receptacle, employee's allen wrench came in contact with a battery post causing an arc resulting in a burn to employee's hand.
06/03/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost While installing roof bolts, miner's fingers became entangled around the drill chuck/roof bolt.
04/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost While loading roof bolt supplies from the scoop bucket, a bundle of roof bolts that was positioned on its side rolled over striking employee on the leg.
04/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost While attempting to load a hydraulic pump from a rail mounted personnel carrier to an underground four wheeler, employee pinched finger between pump and frame of four wheeler. Resulted in laceration...
02/12/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost While operating roof drill, cap coal fell from roof striking miner's left hand fracturing the middle finger. Employee began missing work on the 02/17/2020 shift.
01/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee strained back while loading supplies in scoop bucket.
10/18/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was installing a bolt for a shuttle car anchor when EE lost EE's footing and fell resulting in a bruise and soreness. EE continued to work until 11/03/2019 when EE was taken off work due to...
05/28/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee exited scoop and rock fell from rib striking employee on the left knee causing them to fall forward. Incident was reported immediately to MSHA. Employee received full work release from medi...
05/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost While employee was carrying a bag of rock dust employee felt a pain in lower back.
04/24/2019 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Miner was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.
02/06/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was cutting open a rock dust bag when knife slipped and cut miner's left hand. Resulted in four stitches.
01/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While picking up cut ends from mine timbers, a timber fell over striking the employee on the right hand. Employee continued to work and sought no medical attention until 01/25/2019 due to continued d...
12/04/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While raising a canopy on a JOY 10 S/C Shuttle Car the canopy slipped smashing employee's left thumb between the canopy and the frame of the shuttle car. Employee received 7 stitches. A hairline frac...
11/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 269d lost Miner picked up a rear end for a rubber tire four wheeler and felt a pop in their lower back.
11/02/2018 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.
10/26/2018 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost Employee twisted back while entering scoop deck.
10/22/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was helping pick up trash. The scoop operator dropped scoop bucket to mine floor. Employees foot was caught between the scoop bucket and the mine floor.
08/27/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Miner was operating the continuous mining machine in the No. 4 Entry when a rock fell from the top striking miner on left side.
04/30/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost While carrying a can of hydraulic oil, miner stepped in a hole in the mine floor causing the miner to twist EE's back.
04/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While loading the supply tray on the roof bolter, miner felt a pop and pain in shoulder.
04/04/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While loading cinder blocks in scoop bucket, miner twisted EE's back.
02/21/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 270d lost While unloading roof control supplies in a scoop bucket, injured slipped and fell twisting left knee and bumping head. While at hospital, employee had a severe allergic reaction to the contrast dye i...
10/17/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Miner was walking outby the section load point in the #3 Entry when a slab of rock fell suddenly from the mine roof striking miner on top of shoulder.
09/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee smashed finger while removing top pin from the head jack on the continuous miner. Resulted in multiple stitches.
07/17/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading roof bolt plates on roof bolting machine and struck arm against the plates resulting in a laceration. Received 6 sutures and a tetanus shot.
04/22/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking in the No. 8 Entry when they came in contact with a curtain hook striking them behind the left ear. This resulted in a laceration requiring 11 sutures.
04/20/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing roof bolts in the first row of the No. 8 Right cut, employee was drilling when a roof bolt plate became lodged between the supply tray and the drill boom causing the roof bolt plate t...
01/25/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.
12/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 263d lost Employee was assisting in moving the miner cable when EE strained EE's back.
11/18/2016 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.
10/03/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was on knees, cutting zip ties from drill steel. Employee cut the tie nearest to self and as was reaching for the second tie, Lost balance, fell and cut left wrist with the Hawk Bill knife.
06/30/2016 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had just put scoop on charge and was walking through intersection where the roof was high then lowered where EE ran into a fly board cutting forehead,just above the eye.
05/19/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Hearing Loss.
04/25/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost While traveling to the section, The roof bolt operator exited the man trip to open the doors on the track and twisted right ankle.
04/19/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was tramming shuttle car and hit a hole jamming head into the canopy of the shuttle car.
12/14/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the #1 Section #5 Entry 1 break outby spad 5818. The fall was approximately 25ft x 20ft x 6-7ft. There were no injuries reported. Two (2) mobile roof support jac...
08/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking a scoop off charge. As he was trying to lower the battery lids, the lid got caught on the fire suppression rack above the batteries. When he tried to lift the rack out of the way t...
03/24/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking bent over to check the charge on a four-wheeler when he felt a pain in his lower back. Employee had a compression fracture to the L4 vertebrae from a previous injury. After an int...
01/27/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost As Employee was walking around scoop a piece of rock fell striking Employee on the neck and back. This accident has been under internal investigation.
11/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While Employee was moving an anchor back to bolt the anchor slipped striking Employee in the lip causing a laceration resulting in two (2) sutures.
11/13/2014 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.
09/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 205d lost Employee strained his back while helping hang 4"" waterline which had fallen onto the track. Employee was treated at Raleigh General Hospital.
08/01/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
07/07/2014 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Due to repeated trauma Employee has experienced Occuaptional Illness is being filed for Degenerative Disc Disease. Attached medical notes will follow.