Bear Branch E3-1 — Accidents

Total: 284 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/09/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred in 1 East Mains at break 15 between #4 and #5 entries. Fall measured approximately 20' wide x 30'-40' long x 5' high.
08/06/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred off 1st East Mains #4 entry, break 3 intersection. Fall measured approx. 20' long x 20' wide x 5'-6' thick.
08/04/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred in 1st East Mains at break #3 between #2 and #3 entries. Fall measured approx. 90' long x 20' wide x 7'-8' thick.
08/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The rock fall occurred on one East Mains in the #4 entry at spad #30. The rock fall measured approx. 20' wide x 20' long x 1'-5' thick.
07/20/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Preshifter found rock fall in belt neutral at break 21. Fall measured approximately 120' long x 20' wide x 3'-6' high, it extended from mid point of #3 intersection to the right side of the crosscut...
07/02/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist went down while making check, took coupling off and put back together, couldn't find anything wrong and it started working ok. Made hoist check again and everything was working fine.
06/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to put bolt in hole and plate cut his left wrist. Injury required 5 stitches.
06/27/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred between #3 & #4 entries of 1 East Mains at break 25. Fall measured approx. 50' long x 18'-20' wide x 5' thick.
06/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a rock dust bag open and inadvertently cut his left thumb. Injury required 8 stitches.
05/02/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None (1ST OF 2 HOISTING ACCIDENTS THIS DATE.) Hoist car wouldn't come back up due to a faulty 24 volt power supply.
05/02/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None (2ND OF 2 HOISTING ACCIDENTS THIS DATE.) Hoist had a small control transformer down.
04/30/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lead rubbed cotter key.
03/29/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Batteries in brake car were down; it was discovered the reason being the charger was down also.
03/09/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred 1 break outby spad #326 in the #3 entry and extended through the crosscut over to the #2 entry in the 2 East Mains. The fall measured approximately 80' long x 20' wide x 1'-5' th...
03/08/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist engineer was making checks and failed to set the rollback back to the proper setting, causing the brakes to lock.
02/04/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was assisting in installing beams, took off running, tripped and fell injuring his back. Employee started missing 02-06-06.
01/28/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Emergency stop switch not turned on, hoist rope unspooled from drum, caught cable in sprockets & damaged cable.
01/26/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist malfunctioned, slope car works on manual not automatic.
01/21/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall occurred between break #15-#16 in the 1st North Mains in the #5 entry. Fall measured approx. 30' long x 3.5' thick.
01/09/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #1 East Mains, break 53 in the return entries of #1 & #2. The fall measured approximately 5' thick x 20' long x 80' wide. This area is bolted with 5' glue bolts and has c...
12/10/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine experienced a rock fall measuring approximately 20' high x 20'-22' wide x 45' long.
11/29/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned face ignition occurred in the #1 right break on 002 section.
08/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred in #3 entry on the #1 North Main 8 breaks inby #5 head drive. The fall measured approximately 100-120' long, 20' wide and 5-8' thick.
08/17/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was restocking miner cable in junction box when a slab of draw rock rolled from the rib, striking him on the right leg/foot/ankle resulting in a fracture requiring surgery 08-19-05. Employee...
07/19/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting belt when knife cut through belt and cut his right leg, resulting in 16 stitches.
06/24/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was tramming ram car down roadway when he hit a hole in the roadway and felt pain in back. Employee started missing 06-25-05.
05/13/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing roof bolt in hole and had push part of the bolt up into the hole when he dropped head of bolter down to finish pushing bolt up, the bolt fell back out of the hole striking empl...
05/11/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 2d restricted Employee was delivering bolt supplies to the bolter in the #2 entry. When he got off and walked around scoop to unload supplies, a small rib roll occurred (bottom of the rib flaked off) and struck em...
05/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 240d lost, 31d restricted Employee was walking down slope and stepped in mud and twisted left knee. Note: this is a re-occurrance of an old injury which occurred on 11-21-03. Employee started missing 06-20-05.
05/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of hooking the charger up for the battery buggy which had to be put on charge and as he bent over to pick up the charger cord, he caught the corner of his right cheek/eyeli...
02/28/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a hydraulic hose on plunger jack of ram car. He was pushing hoses back into brackets that hold them in place, used hammer to knock them in place when he struck finger. Accident...
02/08/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 173d lost Employee was tramming miner across section when rock fell off miner striking employee on left ankle resulting in a fracture.
02/04/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to break a plug loose on a pressure pump when the pipe wrench slipped and the employee struck his hand against the pump fracturing his ring finger on his left hand.
08/20/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sliding a piece of metal over a hand rail to repair hopper when his hand came in contact with a metal burr cutting his left hand. (Required 3 stitches)