Big Mountain No 16 — Accidents

Total: 340 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/11/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was passing through the man door under the A-Belt overcast and his right foot stuck in the door. This caused him to lose his balance. As he stumbled, he twisted his right knee and fell to the...
12/29/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was removing the drill steel from the bolt hole the drill steel struck his right middle finger.
12/19/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted While tightening bolt on railroad switch, finger caught between bolt and rail when impact wrench applied. Crushing injury, right hand, middle finger. Employee missed no work, was placed on restricte...
12/12/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Check top and rib before taking coal section. IE noticed rock coal shell chunk started coming off rib and IE pushed EE out of the way. Chunk of coal hit EE first, then a piece of coal fell on IE's ank...
12/12/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Check top and rib before taking coal section. EE noticed rock coal shell chunk started coming off rib and EE pushed IE out of the way. Chunk of coal hit IE first, then a piece of coal fell on EE's ank...
12/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee stated that he stepped in a water hole while dismounting the coal hauler he was operating and twisted his left leg.
11/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee stated that he slipped on a roof bolt strap as he was walking to the rear of the roof bolting machine to get roof bolts and fell forward and twisted his lower back as he tried to catch himsel...
10/20/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was installing roof bolts and as he reached up to turn the roof bolt plate as it was spinning and being pushed upward, his hand came in contact with the plate and it caused a laceration to hi...
09/08/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Diagnosis of Occupational Hearing Loss, received on 10-04-2011. Employee is off work as a result of an injury at the time of the hearing loss diagnosis, therefore he is not off work related to his he...
08/29/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was assisting the loader operator in cleaning up supply yard. As the loader operator was scooping up mud and debris the bucket struck the end of a timber causing it to swing around and strike...
08/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was helping build cribs and some small wood was needed to cap and wedge the last crib. Employee was using a block hammer as a chisel and a pick hammer to drive the block hammer in between nai...
08/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee stated that he slipped while stepping from roof bolting machine operator platform to the machine platform and fell and struck his back on machine.
07/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee was lifting top belt conveyor structure to put on top rail and felt pain in his left shoulder.
06/22/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing roof bolting duties and turning a 16 ft. metal roof strap and the edge of the strap cut through his glove resulting in a laceration to his right hand that required 5 sutures.
06/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was installing roof bolts and T-3 channel and the channel slid off the ATRS and struck him on the right shoulder. Note: Employee did not start missing work as a result of this injury until...
05/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had his left hand resting on the roof bolting machine divider between the roof bolt tray and glue tray and as he removed the bolt wrench from the drill pot and was placing it onto the roof bo...
04/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost Employee was assisting in the repair of the roof bolting machine in the LOB in No. 2 entry when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof from between roof bolts and struck him on the left shoulder resu...
04/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee slipped and fell at the surface shop and sprained his right ankle and bruised his right elbow.
04/18/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost Employee was walking behind a coalhauler and the rear of the coalhauler bottomed-out and struck a 4"" x 4"" x 37"" piece of wood that was in the roadway and causing it to flip up and strike the employ...
04/16/2011 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 23d lost Employee was installing roof bolts and stated that he placed his left hand on the roof bolt plate to align it and applied the up-pressure at the same time. His left middle finger was caught between th...
04/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting in the No.4 entry and had drilled the outside bolt hole when unsupported mine roof approximately 1' to 2' thick fell inby the roof bolter. A piece of the rock fell across the...
03/25/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was cleaning rock and coal off top of MRS shields when a coal rib fell and struck the employee's right hand.
03/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Employee was installing top belt conveyor structure and as he was lifting the structure he started to fall and grabbed the belt conveyor rail and felt pain in his upper left arm. NOTE: Employee co...
03/17/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 238d lost Employee was building a stopping and stepped off of cinder blocks and twisted his left knee and fell when he stepped on the edge of a pallet.
03/11/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 189d lost Employee was operating a scoop and was bounced upward and struck his head against the scoop canopy, resulting in pain to his neck.
03/02/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee was using a 16 lb hammer to straighten the bed of a coalhauler. As he swung the hammer his footing slipped causing him to miss the coalhauler bed and causing pain in his right forearm.
02/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost Employee was assigned the task of breaking ice cycles in the intake roadway entry and as he was walking back to his mantrip he slipped on ice and fell to the mine floor and injured his right leg and a...
01/04/2011 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None On 01/04/2011 a pillar fall occurred on the MMU 023-0 section. Water came from under the pillar gob and after two days accumulated in low areas and resulted in the secondary escapeway being blocked....
12/03/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was operating a shuttle car when he hit a hole in the mine floor causing him to bounce up into the canopy of the shuttle car.
12/02/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Hearing Loss
11/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found at approximately 9:15 a.m. on 11/23/2010 in the No. 2 Entry of B-Intake. The fall was approximately 20 ft.long x 18 ft. wide x 5 1/2 ft. high. Five foot fully grouted roof bolts...
11/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost EE was bolting on the right side of the 463 Roof Bolt Machine. He reached toward the roof bolt machine tray to grab a half header and slipped off the platform, bruising his right shoulder, left elbow...
10/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was moving the section waterline manifold and when he placed the manifold down and against the mine rib, the manifold slipped and mashed the end of his right middle finger between the manifol...
10/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt pain in his left shoulder.
09/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Employee was carrying a driveshaft through muddy water and stepped into a hole and twisted his left knee as foot slipped off the ledge. He continued to work and went to the doctor on 09-30-10 and star...
09/10/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 41d lost Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was reaching to remove the drill steel, a rock (approximately 18"" x 14"" x 4"") fell from the mine roof and mashed his right index finger against the roof...
08/09/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Employee was installing roof bolts, when the drill steel got stuck in the bolt hole in the mine roof. As the employee was reaching to pull the drill steel out of the bolt hole the drill steel fell ou...
07/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was trying to bend a belt conveyor guard with a slate bar when the bar slipped, causing his hand to strike the guard, resulting in a laceration to his left little finger that required 5 sutures.
07/15/2010 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Pneumoconiosis - Received diagnosis 07-15-2010.
07/15/2010 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Pneumoconiosis Award. Received notification 07/15/2010.
06/17/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost EE was assisting setting breaker timbers in No. 4 entry when a piece of rock fell from between roof bolts and struck him in the back right side of his ribs. EE finished his shift and had medical eval...
06/09/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was operating the continuous miner when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof from between roof bolts and struck him on the hard hat.
05/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE was repairing belt structure at No. 7 belt take-up when a fire suppression spray broke and sprayed water in his face and as he was trying to move away, he tripped and fell striking his left knee on...
05/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 253d lost Employee was pulling the continuous miner waterline while walking backward and tripped on a rock and fell and landed on his right hand and injured his right shoulder.
05/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EE was unloading a roof bolting machine canopy jack from the maintenance truck with a chain and hoist at the surface shop. As the jack was being raised, and EE placed his hand on the jack to guide it...
04/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was preparing to cut strings off belt conveyor rollers at F-Belt Take-up, when a water hose in the area burst and the pressure pump turned on causing the hose to strike EE on his legs and cau...
03/31/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was walking beside the section feeder breaker when he was struck on his left arm and hand by a piece of coal from the mine rib.
03/16/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Hearing Loss Diagnosis - Received 03-16-2010
03/05/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Walking to face in No. 6 entry to repair line curtain and slipped and fell on her right arm and shoulder.
02/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 26d restricted EE was closing a walk through mandoor when he lost control of the door due to the air pressure and his left hand was caught between the door and the door frame.