BEAR BRANCH 2 — Accidents

Total: 331 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was breaking strap on a bundle of timbers; when the strap broke it hit him in the left eye. Employee required surgery.
08/20/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking around bolt machine and stepped either in a hole or on a rock (gob) and crilled his right ankle. Injury resulted in a fracture.
08/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was installing a roof bolt when he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee stated that his little finger and second finger was numb. Employee started missing 08-15-08.
08/09/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to solenoid down.
08/04/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to simplex switch and drive gear.
07/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred between crosscut #2 and crosscut #4 on the #14A conveyor belt. The fall measured approximately 120' long x 20' wide x 2'-10' thick.
07/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee strained his back while trying to line structure with a crib block. On 04-29-10 employee stated that he woke up and was experiencing back pain and thought that it may be the result of the Ju...
07/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 240d lost Employee was putting water line together and picked up belt stand to move it out of the way when he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee started missing 07-16-08.
05/02/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employees back started to hurt prior to him coming to work on 05-02-08 due to a re-occurrance of an old injury which occurred on 02-12-08.
04/14/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to a bad card in hoist room.
03/25/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a roof bolt and when he pushed it up, the bolt bent. He then tried to spin the bolt and it whipped around with the plate, striking him on the forearm. Injury required 13 stitc...
03/12/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 002 bleeder cut through between 4 and 5 left panels off 2 right off 1 left off 1 east off 1 north mains. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 4'-6' thick (length could not be determ...
03/10/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to dead batteries.
03/04/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 5 left panel off 2nd right panel off 1st left off 1 East off 1 North Mains. Rock fall measured approx. 19' wide x 20' long x 4' thick.
03/03/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due an electrical breaker wouldn't trip.
02/25/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to temperature switch.
02/23/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to an overload relay.
02/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking up roadway, slipped and fell, hurting his left knee. Injury resulted in 8 stitches.
02/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee threw a crib block out of the roadway and strained his back.
02/05/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to a stripped coupling.
01/29/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to major fault would not re-set.
01/28/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting a plate on a roof bolt and struck his middle finger on his left hand against a sharp object on the roof bolter. Injury required 4 stitches.
01/25/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to electrical problems.
01/20/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to a bad overload relay and amplifier card.
01/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was climbing out of scoop when he said his foot got caught on scoop causing him to fall out on ground, twisting his back and causing his right leg to go numb. Employee started missing 01-21-...
01/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting starter on lo-trac, as he was trying to secure the hood, it fell and struck him on the head/face. Injury required stitches.
01/10/2008 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Code #22
12/11/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred in the #1 entry in the first left panel off of 2nd right off 002 sections sub-mains at break #22 through #24. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 60' long x 4'-5' thick.
12/05/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to electrical problems.
11/28/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to a stripped coupling and shaft.
10/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 Left Panel off 002 sections 2 right submains at break 22 through 24 in #5 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 120' long x 6' thick.
10/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 Left Panel off 002 sections 2 right submains at break 17 through 19 in #5 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 130' long x 6' thick.
10/22/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred in 1 East Mains at break 50 in the #5 entry intersection. Fall measured approx. 18' wide x 22' long x 4'-5' thick.
09/19/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 East Mains #4 belt at break 51. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 4' long x 3.5'-4' thick.
09/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting rock out of the #8 belt tailpiece when he twisted his leg and foot.
09/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was demobing the shop when a piece of galvanized metal slipped from his hand causing a laceration on the left 2nd finger.
09/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking toward roof bolter when he tripped and caught himself resulting in a hair line fracture to his left thumb.
09/04/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 East Mains at break 30 in the #7 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 40' long x 4' thick.
08/27/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was performing pre-operational check when he found that the hoist was not operating correctly. Hoist was down due to a bad amplifier card.
08/27/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Pneumoconiosis
08/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 North Mains at break 138 through 139 in the #8 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 60' long x 4' thick.
08/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 4 West Mains at break 37 in the #3 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 20' long x 5' thick.
08/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was twisting stopped up nozzle & it flew off striking him on the left hand/thumb. Employee started missing 08-21-07.
08/17/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Pneumoconiosis
08/11/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist coupling broke while lowering supplies to bottom of slope.
08/07/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 East Mains at break 13, in the 4 left crosscut and extending over to the #3 heading. Fall measured approximately 20' wide x 70' long x 4' thick.
07/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee cut off a steel pencil rod and when he came back the piece of rod in the rock punctured his right elbow. He received first aid treatment after the injury. The puncture wound healed and on A...
06/29/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 North Mains at break #114, brow rolled off on track. Pulled approx 4 or 5 bolts out. Brow measured approx. 2'-3' wide x 20' long x 48"" thick.
06/04/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee and assistant started ground faulting breakers at 13 drive 750 box. The first breaker he went to ground fault was a 995 volt head drive spare; when employee went to test breaker it blew out...
05/15/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None After completing the 4 right crosscut, miner backed out to tailpiece and the 4 right cut fell in pulling bolts out into the #4 entry intersection. The fall measured approx. 20' wide x 25' long x 2'-5...