Beckley Pocahontas Mine — Accidents

Total: 282 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/15/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was doing some spot bolting outby the face 1 break in the # 6 entry. The operator of the machine dropped the ATRS and moved up for the injured to spot another bolt. After the ATRS was set...
02/24/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost The injured was helping to load bulk bags of rock dust with a forklift into the hauler duster. He held the loop up that is located on top of the rock dust bag to let the forklift lift the empty rock d...
02/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was preparing a piece belt to be vulcanized. While cutting a strip of belt off, the belt knife came out and cut his leg.
11/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While the injured was installing a fly board with a conventional chuck bolt the hole was not drilled to the proper dimension. He was forcing the bolt threw the pre-drilled hole and once it popped thru...
10/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost As the injured was installing roof bolts a piece of draw rock fell and struck him on the foot.
10/25/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured and another employee was putting a ram jack for a scoop onto a Johnson ride, as they were setting it down it slipped and caught his fingers in-between the jack and the ride.
10/03/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost As the injured was cleaning the # 3 left cross cut at or near survey station 6781 a piece of rib rock rolled out and struck him in the left shoulder.
09/23/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee bent over to pick up and get out the way a section of miner water line. When he bent over he stated that he felt a pop in his back.
09/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The injured and three others were going to recover some high voltage cable from old works, they had knocked an old stopping to gain access to the area, after they traveled thru the old stopping with a...
09/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During a belt move the injured was trying to seperate two pieces of waterline. While pushing/ pulling he cut his hand on the edge of the waterline.
08/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The conveyor chain had broke on the continuous miner. The injured and another employee was working to get the chain back together with a chain hoist. While the witness was putting tension on the conve...
08/03/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall occurred at 0530 am on our # 1 belt between survey stations 223 & 253 on our # 1 belt.
07/24/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After the injured had drilled his hole to insert a roof bolt he was putting his glue into the hole and a piece of rock fell and struck the victim on his right arm.
05/31/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was attempting to square off the end of some conveyor belt to make a splice, he was pulling the belt knife toward himself and the knife slipped out of the belt and cut him on the right kne...
05/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost The injured was bolting in the 7 right crosscut. After he stacked his pusher and finishing piece of steel together and was drilling to his required depth, he went to get a bit out of the tray to chang...
05/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was loading roof bolt plates onto the scoop and they cut through his glove causing a laceration.
05/10/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost The injured was operating the bolter to install a fly board for the face of #1. Curtain was hung across the intersection to keep air in the face. After he drilled his hole and was pulling the steel do...
04/26/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The original date of injury was 4/26/2011, this incident was not classified a reportable incident until 5/17/2011 after a follow up visit to the physician that revealed a fractured bone in his foot an...
04/21/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading a shuttle car it shoved the boom of the miner into the top and sheared a roof bolt off which came down and struck the injured on the corner of his eye.
04/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Injured stated that after lifting block over his head to build a stopping his back started to hurt and continued to get worse until the point he could not continue to work.
04/03/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of rock struck the employee while bolting. His hand was setting on the tray of the machine when the rock fell and hit his hand.
03/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at the above mentioned time outby the # 3 section loading point in the # 3 entry in a neutral air course (not in a escapeway).Inby survey station 5561. The fall was approximately...
03/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The injured was trying to situate the cat pads into place under the miner to change them out and strained his back in the process.
03/09/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was using a belt knife to cut a piece of hose to fit for a bantam duster, while doing so, his thumb was cut by the knife.
03/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The injured was helping to move the section tool boxes up closer to the section. When he was pulling the tool boxes up into the scoop bucket, he strained his back.
02/03/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received PPD of 6.22% from a hearing loss claim. Awarded after retirement date of 9/1/2010.
01/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost As the employee was installing roof bolts a piece of rock fell and hit his head.
01/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was pushing his drill steel against the mine roof to start a hole, when a piece of loose rock fell and hit on the arm.
01/08/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was swinging a sledge hammer to knock block out of a stopping, when he swung he hit his hand on the block.
12/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted The continuous miner was hung up on a rock ledge. They cribbed up the ripper head so they could bow it down and raise the frame of the miner to get some wood under the cats of the miner, while the inj...
12/07/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekley exam of the intake split of air(not the primary escapeway) used to ventilate the # 3 working section a roof fall was encountered. It was 50' long and 18' wide. All approaches were cri...
12/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had laid a bolt with a pie pan against the rib. The bolt tipped over and hit his face which caused a cut.
10/19/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted While trouble shooting the ram on a hauler duster, the injured was looking up under the ram, his foot was down in a cleaning hole in the false bottom of the hauler, he had the operator pull the ram ba...
10/18/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While the elevator was being reprogrammed from indians (online) it malfunctioned with an fault. MSHA was called @ 10:30 am and the state @10:42. Nobody was trapped or injured during the incident and b...
10/13/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None As the weekly examiner was traveling an air course he encountered a roof fall in the return air course. The fall is located at spad # 2455 and extends outby 100', it is 18' wide and 5' high. The area...
09/22/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was sawing a timber when the blade became stuck. He forcefully tried to pull it back towards him. The blade came out of the timber unexpectedly and struck him on the left forearm, causing a la...
09/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was encountered outby the dumping point of the number 3 section out by survey station number 4317 in the intake split of air used to ventilate the setion. MSHA was notified at 0...
08/29/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On Aug. 29th at 01:15 am the dispatcher informed personel that the elevator was down with a crew of men inside it. A member of that crew had leaned into and pushed in the e-stop. MHSA and the WVOMHST...
08/26/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A piece of metal broke and caught the bottom door hanger. The elevator was pulled to the surface via a manual assist. The door was repaired and put back into service.
08/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On the night shift, the electricians had moved the feeder toward the power entry to replace the conveyor chain. The injured was moving the old flights out of the way for the new. He was going to toss...
07/24/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None While the midnight mine foreman was exiting the mine he encountered an unplanned roof fall. It was located in the secondary escapeway for the # 3 section. Spad # 3101. All approaches were cribbed and...
07/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured was operating a scoop. The scoop went over a ledge and jarred the operator. He informed his foreman of incident and worked the rest of the shift. Called off work the next day complaining of pa...
07/20/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator would not operate. Mechanic adjusted brake switches.
07/17/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Coal Hauler approached continuous miner to load. Hauler struck operator in leg and operator sustained fracture to lower right leg.
07/17/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was dropping miner cable when a hook on the rope hanger caught his hand between his fingers and cut his hand. Required 5 stitches to close wound.
07/14/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost The employee hit a bump in the roadway and struck his head on the canopy of the machine. The employee subsequently resigned on 3/15/2011.
06/28/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was moving from the front of the bolter to the rear. He cut his arm on a metal strap extending over the edge of the bolter. Required stitches to close wound.
06/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Injured was moving miner cable out of roadway when he felt pain in groin. Pulled muscle in groin.
05/27/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was loading a bulk bag of rock dust into a scoop. While he was cutting the bag open with a belt knife, he cut his hand.
05/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost The injured was installing a roof bolt, he was spinning the the drill chuck and bolt counter clockwise so that the bolt head would seat down into the drill chuck prior to pushing the bolt up. He was h...