BEAR BRANCH 2 — Accidents

Total: 331 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/15/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A section of belt rail structure became lodged in the low structure and the employee had the carrier man back the dolly up to free the belt rail. When the dolly hit the belt rail the other end flew a...
04/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee put his foot on bolter cable to keep cable reel from jerking cable down from the top. A loop of cable was hidden in the mud; the loop wrapped around his leg and twisted his knee. Employee s...
03/21/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The directional solenoid valve malfunctioned and the slope car would not travel to the surface. The solenoid was replaced and the slope car was put back into operation.
03/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 115d restricted Employee was putting collar pipe in between legs of arch steel. One leg was set and the other leg was being set. When employee lay the pipe in, he had his right hand on the end of the pipe and the l...
02/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped on ice in the slope straining his right knee.
02/09/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was troubleshooting highline trouble when he came into contact with electricity. Employee started missing 02-10-07.
01/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling belt when a piece of draw rock fell and struck him in the face. Injury resulted in 19 stitches.
01/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee opened air lock doors for 002 section and picked up tool box and turned to walk and felt pain in his right knee. Employee later required surgery and started missing 03-07-07.
12/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee was riding mantrip to section when a rock came in the mantrip and struck his left leg below the knee.
12/08/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Control relay went bad; changed relay and it worked normally.
11/30/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 151d lost Employee was installing a strap when his canopy hit the top causing a rock to fall, rock struck his index and middle fingers on his right hand. Index finger had to be amputated.
11/06/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost Employee was bolting when a piece of draw rock fell striking him on the lower left leg. Injury resulted in a compound fracture.
11/03/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was down due to a stripped coupling.
11/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was lifting lolo up with a slate bar to put lolo pin in, he later said that he felt pain in his back. Employee started missing 11-03-06.
10/09/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee was getting ready to pull bolter to next roll when a piece of drawrock fell striking him on the right shoulder/upper back. Employee started missing 01-09-07.
10/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred on 1 East Mains on the offside of 4 belt at break 49. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 4' long x 4' thick.
09/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping drive pin in miner, hammer deflected off steel and hit on hard hat cutting his left ear. Injury resulted in 9 stitches.
09/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost Employee was helping to construct an overcast when he strained his lower back. He started missing 11-07-06.
08/31/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was crossing lo lo and fell to the bottom, resulting in a fracture to his left ankle. Employee started missing 09-01-06.
08/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was pulling on cables and strained lower stomach. Injury resulted in a hernia that required surgery. Employee started missing 09-20-06.
08/27/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred on 1 East Mains at break #49 on 4 track. Fall measured approx. 4' wide x 20' long x 4' thick.
08/23/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred at break 42 on 2 West Mains in the #2 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 100' long x 3'-5' thick.
08/12/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine examiner found the rock fall at break 31 of 1 East Mains in #5 entry extending over to the #6 entry. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 120' long x 5' thick.
07/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall was found by mine examiner at break 40, 1st North Mains. The fall measured approximately 30' x 20' x 5' thick.
07/18/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist had a coupling to go down and had to be changed.
06/07/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing beside back bridge when bridge began to move, it slid a little sideways pinning his right foot under it.
05/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to remove a lolo tailpiece bearing with a sledge hammer and bar and cut his left index finger. (Required 16 stitches)
05/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was busting rock in conveyor of carrier when he started to remove the rock, the rock flipped over catching his left hand ring finger between the rock and metal. Accident resulted in a fractu...
04/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling a loose rib when rock fell hitting belt rail causing corner of rail to fly up and hit him on the leg. Required 7 stitches.
03/29/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred on 002 section main intake in 2 West Mains in the #6 entry at break 32. The rock fall measured approximately 40' wide x 20' long x 4' high. Rock fall was found while conducting...
03/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening lug nuts on scoop with a cheater bar and ratchet, the ratchet slipped and caught his right index finger, requiring 8 stitches.
03/07/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Coupling stripped on hoist.
02/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting tape with a utility knife and the knife slipped cutting his left hand, required stitches.
02/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 226d lost Employee was cleaning buss bars on hoist, ladder slipped causing him to fall approx. 15'. Injury resulted in a fractured left foot/ankle.
01/27/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred in the #5 entry of the #12 Submains starting just inby break #54 and falling thru break #55 and stopping just outby break #56. Fall measured approx. 20' wide x 60' long x 5' high.
01/21/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting when a piece of draw rock fell, striking employee's forearm resulting in stitches.
01/07/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist went down, hub and splined shaft on main hydraulic pump stripped. New hub, shaft and seal was replaced and hoist was placed back into operation at approx. 4:30pm.
10/27/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 162d lost The miner was mining in 3 right pillar, made 2nd run and backed out to timber off when employee started yelling, co-workers ran back to him they found the mbc track was on top of employee's left foot....
09/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was removing block from brattice, he began to get up, twisted his knee and the block fell down and struck his left knee. Employee later required surgery. Employee started missing 10-17-05.
08/10/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was bolting with single head roof bolter when his right knee started to hurt and swell. His knee has been operated on before, approx. 5-6 years ago. Employee started missing 08-11-05.
07/15/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling cables back for power move, employee was using hammer to restrain rope in scoop bucket, hammer slipped through hole in scoop bucket mashing index finger on left hand. (Resulted in stitch...
06/30/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was hanging cable in the #4 entry on right side of bolter, with back turned away from bolter. Coworker was backing bolter out of the #4 entry and watching the cable on the left side of the b...
06/24/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Foreman was two rows of timbers back when miner was extracting coal (first cut) on right wall in the #5 entry when the intersection fell in and rode thru the breaker timbers catching his left leg.
06/24/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned rock fall occurred in the #5 entry of the #5 left panel, 8 breaks inby the section headdrive located off the #3 Left Sub-Mains off the #3 West Sub-Mains. Miner was extracting coal on 1st...
04/12/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee was struck by a scoop while working on another scoop which was stuck/broke down in an intersection. Employee was down in the deck of scoop #1 exchanging a hydraulic hose and had his feet sti...
04/04/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 5d restricted While using a hammer to pry a top roller loose from belt structure (de-belting), employee experienced pain in lower stomach resulting in employee having to have hernia surgery. Employee started missi...
03/14/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee was drilling hole for roof bolt when his glove became entangled with the drill steel, winding his left index and middle fingers around the drill steel.
02/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred on 001 section approximately 9 breaks from the face in a gob eye in the solid wall of the #5 entry. The rock fall measured approximately 15'x18'x40"".
02/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was unloading rollers from the supply car and as he turned to throw a roller he felt sharp pain in lower back. Employee started missing 02-22-05.
01/09/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee found rock fall while conducting preshift examination. Rock fall had occurred in the #3 entry of the #3 West Submain between break 25 & 26 from the #7 Headdrive which is located in the #4 en...