Bailey Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,512 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was carrying a post and a staple sticking out of the post caught his glove and cut his finger. (laceration with stitches)
11/26/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dry Ridge Elevator was inoperable for an extended period of time. A cable in the bottom door switch was shorting out causing a fuse to blow when the elevator reached the bottom platform. **** no...
11/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted employee was loading empty pallets onto an empty general car when he mashed his finger with a pallet. (removed his finger nail and required stitches)
11/21/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost While he was miner rib bolting, the scroll auger came out of the rib while he was backing the starter steel out of the rib and the steel struck him below his left eye.
11/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee stated he was lifting two 12"" x 12.5"" x 1/2"" plates and twisted around to lay them down in a man basket. The employee then states that he felt a slight ""twinge"" in his lower back that g...
11/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was lifting a jackhammer and felt a pain in his back.
11/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was adjusting the forks on a high lift in Crabapple Yard and pinched his left little finger.
10/26/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall in the #2 Entry of 4 South Mains at 13 1/2 wall, which did not affect ventilation. The fall measured approximately 100' long, 15'w and 10' high. *No injuries or equipment was...
10/21/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was inoperable for an extended period of time. No injuries were a result of this incident. The door switch needed replaced.
10/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost A BMX employee was preparing to exit #34 Brookville mantrip that was parked at 59 Cross-Cut on the East Mains haulage. As he began to exit the operator's compartment his left heel caught a 1"" lip th...
10/14/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was inoperable for an extended period of time. No persons entrapped nor injured as a result of this event.
10/11/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dry Ridge elevator stopped mid way in the shaft with 2 persons on board.
10/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost crew was moving track switch timber, everyone threw timber down unexpectedly as employee was still holding on and he pulled a muscle in his back.
10/05/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A BMX employee was working in the 1 A tailgate section helping to trouble shoot an oil leak on the scoop. The scoop bucket had the tip duster attached to it. Once the scoop bucket was lowered onto th...
10/04/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was struck on the head and face by a rock that fell from between the roof straps.
09/23/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dry Ridge Elevator was inoperable for more than 30 minutes. No one was on board, no injuries as a result of this incident.
09/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While working as a center bolter in the BMX 1 A TG section, employee was raising the drill head to meet the bottom of the drill steel. When the steel contacted the drill head, the steel kicked towards...
09/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was recovering ventilation tubes in L Tail return. When he was reaching up to unchained tube, he slipped and braced himself with his left hand against the rib. The tube fell and struck his le...
09/21/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working as a roof bolter in the BMX 1 A Headgate section, a piece of rock measuring 2'X8""X3"" fell from the roof and struck employee in the lower left forearm.
09/19/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost A jib boom hinge pin on a 50 ton crane knocked a 2.5""x2.5"" pc of angle from #1 breaker bldg causing angle to fall to the ground. The injured EE was standing near the base of crane and the angle stuc...
09/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost A BMX employee was removing a race off of the digging arm post on the loader that was located in the 3 East Mains section, 3-4 Cross-cut. The employee was striking the race with a ball peen hammer wh...
08/24/2012 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted Person was installing grout on a silo wall and a stone size piece of concrete fell from the roof striking him on the hand resulting in a fractured bone in the hand.
08/13/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple Elevator was inoperable for more than 30 Min. No one was on board, no injuries as a result of this incident.
08/02/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Broken strands were found in the hoist rope at Crabapple slope, which caused the hoist to be out of service for an extended period.
07/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost Employee states he was erecting a boom on a crane & fell on to the crane track fracturing his R wrist, damaging ligaments in his L knee and spraining his L ankle. The employee didn't seek medical trea...
07/27/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was inoperable with 25 persons on board for more than 30 min. No injuries
07/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was changing out worn screen springs, the lifting eye on the screen side broke allowing the screen to fall back to it original position pinching the employee's left hand in the spring coils
06/28/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost While working at BMX, 3 East Mains Left Side Section as a roof bolter, a piece of rock fell from the where the roof and rib meet measuring 40""X25""X4"" struck employees' top of the left foot. Employ...
06/11/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating the Shearer a rock flipped out of the pan line chain and struck the employee on the right hand causing a laceration.
06/08/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped and fell, he landed on a car coupler hood and injured is rib.
05/21/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was carrying a 20ft long piece of pipe and tripped over track rail and fell on back.
05/11/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee slipped while installing a 16ft cable bolt and injured his left leg. He was diagnosed with a chip fracture on his left ankle.
05/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Installing 12' cable roof bolts in BMX 3 East right mains section. Began to install a bolt, it became lodged halfway up the drilled hole. He tried to pull the bolt out and struck left wrist against s...
04/24/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got his right thumb pinched between the mast jack on the miner and the header plate on the mast jack. Employee suffered a fracture to the tip of his thumb. No lost time.
04/21/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost While cutting a piece of face chain off of the longwall, he twisted his body and his foot did not twist causing pain in right knee.*** Began missing time on 5/1/2012
04/18/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was side bolting in the 1 A Bleeder Section at BMX while the miner was being reposition the employee was putting the drill steel up through the roof strap opposite of the miner operator, when...
04/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee was struck by a rock that became a projectile from a 4 inch airline that was being charged and cleared after installation. Injured has two fracture fingers on right hand. Employee was standin...
03/30/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Working as a shuttle car operator in the 1A Bleeder section, in the #5 Entry. The EE was taking some rib bolts up to the miner when a piece of top came out of the roof, struck him on the right side ha...
03/19/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost A rock fell from the roof and struck the ventilation tube. The Tube then fell and struck EE on top of the head
03/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 5d restricted Installing bottom roller pinched finger ask to take after personal days. Found out 3/26/12 they wanted to put some stitches in.
03/12/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost Employee tripped and as he was catching himself he felt a pain in right shoulder. Employee returned to work his next scheduled shift. After results of his MRI he was taken off of work on 3/29/2012.
03/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 24d restricted employee was stacking block in the bucket when one block from the top of the pile came down and fractured his finger
03/05/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost While removing a shaft from a froth cell, travel dolly got hung up. When employee went around front of cell to free dolly, employee's lanyard got caught on the reducer shaft causing employee to be pul...
02/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a roof strap from the strap rack on the miner in 16I section, the employee got his finger caught between the stack of roof straps and the roof. This incident caused a laceration on his...
02/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost While helping mechanic with a blown hose on miner in BMX left side mains, miner operator was struck on hard hat by a piece of rock (30""x14""x1 1/2"" thick) that fell from in between roof straps.
02/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Shoveling pieces of slate or rock. When he picked up to throw back on belt felt shoulder pop.
02/03/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 285d lost While working at BMX in the 1 A Tailgate section employee was filling the rockduster hopper on the loading machine in the #2 entry, when he was struck in the lower left leg by a piece of rib measuring...
01/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was filling the hopper of a concrete machine when dry material came up under his glasses.
01/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was lowering a used CMI cone onto a skid when the chain slipped on the fork causing the cone to turn sideways and fall onto employee's right foot.
01/22/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was not operational for an extended period of time. The Electrical door switch on the bottom of Crabapple shaft needed adjusted. There was no physical damage to the elevator,...