Big Mountain No 16 — Accidents

Total: 340 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A HYDRAULIC PUMP INTO NO. 3 COAL HAULER AND ALIGNING THE SPLINES WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ARM AND CHEST.
02/12/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 337d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE TWO CHARGING UNITS, ON THE NO. 8 COALHAULER BATTERY CHARGING SKID PREPARING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO ONE OF THE CHARGERS, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TH E MINE...
01/30/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
01/19/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL LOCATED 1 NORTH MAINS NO 7 ENTRY 180' OUTBY SPAD 276. SIZE 20'LONG X 20'WIDE X 5'HIGH. ROOF SUPPORTS: 4' CONVENTIONAL, PLUS AREA HAD BEEN SUPPLEMENTED WITH 5' TENSION R EBAR BO...
12/03/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. LOCATION: SOUTHWEST MAINS / NO. 5 ENTRY / AT SPAD NO. 71. SIZE: 25 FEET LONG X 30 FEET WIDE X 4-4.5 FEET HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT: 4 FOOT CONVENTIONAL BOLTS.
12/02/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
11/24/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
11/01/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBED ONTO THE TOP ON NO.2 BELT, WHICH WAS IDLE, TO HOOK UP A CHAIN HOIST TO RAISE THE TOP IN ORDER TO CHANGE OUT A TOP IDLER. HE STATED THAT HE LEANED AGAINST A TIMBER THAT WA...
09/25/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE AND CO-WORKER WERE CARRYING A HOPPER JACK BRACKET FROM FACE END OF THE FEEDER TO THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER OVER A PILE OF LOOSE COAL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK AND...
09/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS DROPPING THE MINER CABLE OUT OF HOOKS, USING A CABLE STICK (FORKED POLE),WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LT. SHOULDER. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT, SUCH AS A SLIP,TRIP,FALL, STRUCK- BY,STRUCK...
08/28/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
08/21/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. NOTE: EMPLOYEE FIRST UNABLE TO WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY ON 02/06/04.
08/13/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 221d lost EE STATED THAT THE SUCTION FOR THE DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM ON THE NO. 463 ROOF BOLTING MACHINE THAT HE WAS OPERATING BECAME STOPPED-UP. HE GOT OFF OF THE MACHINE AND WAS STANDING ON THE RIGHT H AND SID...
08/06/2003 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 53d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING THE COALHAULER BATTERY ON THE NO. 6 COALHAULER AND WAS USING HIS LEFT HAND TO HOLD THE JUMPER CABLE ON TOP OF THE COALHAULER TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING UNDER THE THE COA...
06/09/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
05/13/2003 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE.
05/05/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER WHEN HE TRAMMED OVER AN UNEVEN PLACE IN THE ROADWAY. HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK, RIGHT HIP AND THE PAIN SHOT DOWN HIS RI GHT LEG...
04/29/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE STATED THAT HE WAS SEATED IN THE L-70 MICHIGAN FRONT-END LOADER AND HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DOOR SLIDER HINGE STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED, PINCHING THE TIP END OF HIS LEF T INDEX...
04/17/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/15/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
04/15/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
03/20/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER TO MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTS, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ACROSS HIS MIDDLE AND LOWER...
02/28/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING A COAL HAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 4 FOOT LONG BY 18 INCH WIDE BY 0 INCHES TO 4 INCHES THICK SLIPPED OFF THE LOADED COAL HAULER STRIKINGHI M ON TH...
01/10/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
01/09/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
01/05/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CUTTING INSERT ON BELT LINE.
10/31/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING NO.6 COALHAULER AND AFTER THE COALHAULER WAS LOADED IN NO.1 ENTRY HE TRAMMED TO NO.2 ENTRY WHERE HE RAN OVER A TIMBER (12'X10"") THAT WAS LYING IN THE ROAD WAY AP...
10/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP SCOOP HOIST ROPE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LT. LEG.
10/14/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A 4 FOOT FLORESENT LIGHT BULB IN THE MAINTAINENCE VEHICLE BLD. HE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON A SODA POP CRATE TO INSTALL THE BULB AND THE CRATE TURNED OVER AND HE...
09/30/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE STATED THAT HE HAD DRILLED A ROOF BOLT HOLE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS PUTTING A TUBE OF RESIN INTO THE HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ATRS AND ROOF BOLTER CANOPY, STRIKIN G HIM O...
09/28/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING IN THE REAR SEATING COMPARTMENT OF NO. 13 MANTRIP WHEN THE MANTRIP HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL OUT OF THE BACK OF THE MANTRIP TO THE MINE FLOOR.
09/27/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING ROOF BOLTS FROMT HE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP TO LOAD ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE LOWER LEFT PART OF HIS BUTTOCKS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED A S HAVIN...
09/09/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.
08/22/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost INJURED AND OTHER EE'S WERE INSTALLING A CUTTER SHEAR CYLINDER ON THE NO. 183 CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE OPERATOR SIDE. AS THEY WERE BARRING THE NEW CYLINDER INTO POSITION. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOW...
08/21/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE MRS CABLE REEL LID RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.
08/21/2002 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 65d lost IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH MEDICAL EXAMINATION THAT EE HAS SEVERE LEFT THUMB CMC JOINT DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE AND SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION AND EVIDENCE OF ARTHRITIC CHANGES.
07/24/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
07/23/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING ON THE END OF A 4"" BY 20' METAL H BEAM WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION TO HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN REGION.
07/18/2002 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 124d lost TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING 7"" X 16' CABLE ROOF BOLTS USING A HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TENSIONER TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS. ONE WAS PICKING UP THE TENSIONER WHEN THE OTHER ENGAGED THE MANUAL HYDRAULIC VALVE...
04/25/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/10/2002 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE SPINE. EE HAD BEEN PERFORMING SOME LIFTING ACTIVITIES DURRING HIS SHIFT BUT REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE DIDNOT KNOW OF A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OF INJURY, THAT HE WAS HAV...
04/09/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.
04/08/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/08/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ININTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. LOCATION 4 SOUTHWEST/ NO 4 ENTRY/ AT SPAD NO. 7021. SIZE 20 FT WIDE 130 FT LONG AND 7-8 FT HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT: 5 FT TENSION BAR.
04/08/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/04/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 6d lost ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
04/04/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 6d lost DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
03/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 80d lost ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
03/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
03/26/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d lost ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.