Beckley Pocahontas Mine — Accidents

Total: 282 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/29/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 286d lost Employee was in the process of moving the continuous miner from #9 entry to #6 right face and in between the #8 and #9 crosscut employee was pinned between the conveyor boom of the continuous miner an...
03/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had bent over to pick up gloves and when they stood up they hit left ear on a piece of damaged roof mesh resulting in a laceration.
03/12/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 755d lost While the employee was tightening up a ratchet strap the hook slipped off on the lip of the flat-car. EE's end recoiled up and caused EE to fall backward and jar their shoulder. EE continued to work u...
03/05/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While roof bolting, the employee placed the roof bolt on the push plate of the drill pot in order to push the bolt up far enough to place the bolt head in the drill chuck. The up pressure and the fast...
01/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost EE had removed a knot out of the miner cable and waterline. Afterwards, when EE reached down to pick up the slack rope to hook it to the CM EE felt a sharp pain in their back. EE continued to work unt...
10/07/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had EE's hand on the canopy post and inadvertently lowered the canopy catching EE's right middle finger between the collars.
09/21/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in a non-traveled intake air course outby the section loading point. The fall was approximately 60' long, 18' wide and 7-8' high. It began 40' outby survey station 6593...
08/14/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE was lowering the drill pot, the pot pulled off of the wrench and the wrench sprang back towards EE and struck EE's chin.
04/29/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 140d lost Employee was dragging a piece of curtain up #9 entry to ventilate the face while they bolted it when a rib measuring 11"" thick X 29"" wide X 27"" high rolled out and struck the employee on the right...
10/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was adjusting forks on forklift and pinched left ring finger between the forks and the slide bar.
09/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was handling the forks of a forklift and smashed finger between the fork and the frame
09/06/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 21d lost, 36d restricted Employee was operating a roof bolter and as employee pressurized the drill steel against the mine roof to begin drilling a hole a piece of rock fell and hit the employee on the left hand resulting in...
06/06/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was mining the 2nd cut out of 3 lt. crosscut when a piece of rock bounced out of the shuttle car EE was loading and struck EE in the mouth.
06/04/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was loading a stab jack for a roof bolter into a Wallace diesel mantrip with the help of another employee. The stab jack slipped out the employee's hand and caught left index finger between t...
04/19/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 32d lost Employee was attempting to load a 20"" X 6"" I Beam. While doing so the beam rolled and caught employee's left index finger between it and another beam resulting in the amputation of the finger just b...
04/13/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the secondary escapeway for the No.3 section. Located near survey station 22958, and was approximately 18'x 18' in area and estimated to be 10-12' in height. Agencie...
12/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee opened the air lock door in the roadway on 3 D Belt for the grader. It has to be secured with a hanger. The rope hanger on the plate of the rib bolt came loose and the door struck and knocked...
07/31/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 227d lost Explanation: ODI was 7/31; ee did not begin to miss work until 8/6. Description: Employee was operating a scoop and was attempting to follow the Left Center SC across the section. When the center shut...
07/28/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 338d lost Incident occurred on 7/28/18. Employee was knocked down attempting to keep the bolter cable off of the rib standing on it. The cable pulled tight and knocked EE down on EE's right shoulder. Employee b...
06/07/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 272d lost While passing another mantrip the employee had foot on the side rail of the machine. EE foot became fouled between a timber that was set against the rib and the rail of the machine.
05/24/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None When the vertical elevator was attempting to bring employees to the surface it went down and would not operate. It was manually lowered down at 5:53 to remove the employees; then replaced resistor and...
05/21/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was re-entering the scoop, for balance, EE placed right hand /arm on the operator deck side board. EE's arm slipped, which caused EE to lose balance and strike mouth against the machine's be...
05/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 283d lost Injured and a foreman were installing a steel beam. They had a chain on the end of the beam that the injured was holding. The foreman was trying to install the chain on the other end, when the beam sl...
03/21/2018 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition occurred while the miner was attempting to square up the face
03/14/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Explanation: Due to events surrounding this incident an investigation was initiated. After careful consideration it was concluded it was to be deemed reportable under the rules on 3/28/2018. Descript...
02/26/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 45d restricted Employee had positioned side of the machine to install the next row of bolts. EE then extended the slide of the canopy out and attempted to raise the canopy higher. EE unknowingly left finger on the t...
01/20/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While standing beside EE's ride, a piece of rock fell and hit EE on the neck/shoulder. Employee worked until 10/22/19 when EE began missing work. This was recently diagnosed as a degenerative disk dis...
12/15/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted EE drilled the starter hole and then continued to put the pusher and finisher in the hole to complete the hole depth. An attempt was made to fast feed the steel into the hole. In doing so the steel bo...
12/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sliding an 6"" I-beam into place for a belt head. Another I-beam tipped over and caught employee's finger between itself and the other beam.
12/09/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition occurred while the roof bolter was drilling through a metal strap against the roof.
09/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The incident referenced herein, of an original date 9/20/2017 has been under investigation. It was determined on 10/4/2017 that this will be deemed reportable under the rules. Employee was unloading a...
07/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost The above shows original date of injury. The employees first missed work day was 8/2/2017. Description: The employee was climbing in and out of the miner conveyor chain making repairs. Employee felt...
07/19/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None While traveling on the vertical elevator to the mine bottom, the elevator stopped. The employee remained in the elevator (in excess of 30 minutes) until the part was replaced.
06/29/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost NOTE: This incident was not classified as reportable until the date of July 22, at which that time employee began to miss work. Description: Employee was tramming shuttle car towards the miner and th...
06/16/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Explanation: The original date of injury was 6-16-2017, this employee continued to work until the date of 1-31-2018 at which time ee began missing work due to this injury. Description: While walking t...
05/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 287d lost A contractor employee was unloading high voltage guarding from a man trip. As employee was walking backwards stepped into a hole causing employee to sprain left ankle. Employee continued to work until...
04/21/2017 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The CM operator backed the machine out of the face due to the machine's conveyor not working. The electricians had CM operator try to start the conveyor to determine the problem. A piece of rib of wha...
04/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The original date of injury reflects 4/6/17; The employee has continued normal duties. On 5-31-2017, the employee went to a doctor and was diagnosed with a hernia. Description: The employee was liftin...
03/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee bent over to flip over a loop of CM cable and felt a pop in shoulder.
03/16/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost INFO: This incident was not reportable until EE had surgery and began missing work on 8-16-2017. Description: The employee was walking around belt head drive and inadvertently stepped into a hole and...
01/30/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None An employee of our operation was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis and has exercised their part 90 rights to transfer to a less dusty area of the mine where the concentration of dust is less than .5 milli...
01/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost While the employee was descending off of a piece of machinery, struck knee against the body of the machine. UPDATE: On January 17th the employee had a follow up visit to an orthopedic surgeon. It was...
12/13/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee had gathered tools & belongings onto ride. As employee backed up the tire rode onto a cinder block & caused the tire to lock up. Consequently, this action caused employee to hit shoulder on t...
11/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Note: The original date of injury was 11/29/2016, employee continued to work under normal duties. Consequently, EE followed up with EE's physician on 12/27/2016 and was referred to be taken off of wor...
11/11/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee states that after swinging in from installing outside bolt, ee set stab jack to begin drilling the inside bolt. A piece of rock measuring; 54"" long, by 24"" wide, and 1 1/2"", to 4 1/2""...
10/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was carrying a timber to be set on the belt line due to wide bolts. As employee lifted and began to drag the timber employee felt a pain in lower stomach/groin area. The employee did not rece...
10/19/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was found and called out by the weekly examiner while traveling an airway with an MSHA inspector. This fall was found to be 80' long, 8' high, and 20' wide. This was in the exam...
09/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee injured EE's right thumb on Sep 29 while replacing a ripper-head jack on a continuous miner. The jack slipped pinching EE's thumb between the frame of the CM & the jack. The employee did...
09/09/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 12d restricted After the employee drilled part of the hole, EE put the two pieces of steel together to insert back in the hole to complete the hole depth. When EE reached out to push the steel into the hole a piece...
09/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Injured was carrying top structure to place in scoop bucket. While walking EE fell into the bucket, catching finger between two pieces of structure.