Big Mountain No 16 — Accidents

Total: 340 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/25/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
03/25/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
03/25/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.
03/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE & COWORKER WERE REMOUNTING THE VALVE CHEST DOOR ON NO. 178 CONTINUOUS MINER. THEY HAD LEANED THE DOOR AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MINER AND WERE GETTING READY TO LIFT THE DOOR INTO PLACE BY USI NG A CH...
03/19/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE SECTION POWER CENTER WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOMETHING IN THE WALKWAY (DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE STEPPED ON.) HE STATED THAT AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT H E WAS E...
02/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 30d lost ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. RECEIVED NOTIFICATION 2/28/02.
02/13/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL, LOCATION NO. 3 RETURN AT BREAK NO. 55 SIZE 25 FT LONG 18-19 FT WIDE, AND FT HIGH, ROOF SUPPORT 4 FT CONVENTIONAL BOLTS DISTANCE FROM FACE 8845 FT.
02/07/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF ATRS ON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK. X RAYS OF HIS BACK INDICATED DEGENERATIVE OSTEOPHYTES AT MULTIPLE DISC LEVELS IN TH E LOWER...
01/21/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON THE NO. 13 SCOOP. HE STATED THAT HE HAD UNJOOKED THE JUMPER CABLES AND INSEERTED THE SCOOP POWER CABLE INTO THE CHARGED BATTERY RECEPTACLE, WHEN HE HEARD AN...
01/19/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. LOCATION: 1 RIGHT SECTION / NO.5 ENTRY / AT SPAD NO. 7901. SIZE: 60 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 6 FEET HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT: 5 FOOT TENSION REBAR BOLTS.
12/13/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN WHEN PICKING UP A LOOP OF CABLE. X-RAYS OF HIS SPINE INDICATED DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE LUMBAR REGION OF HIS SPINE.
12/06/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DECK OF COAL HAULER WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
12/04/2001 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE BENT OVER & TURNED TO PICK UP A TIMBER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. X-RAYS OF HIS SPINE INDICATED NARROWING AT L4-L5 AND L5-S1LEVEL WITH DEGENERATIVE CHANGES OF LUMBAR SPINE.
12/01/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS ASSISTING THE SETTING OF HEINZMAN JACK. WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE JACK INTO A VERTICAL POSITION, THE TOP OF THE JACK STRUCK A ROOF BOLT AND DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROOF ROC...
11/27/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL LOCATION NO.2 INTAKE NO. 7 ENTRY 80 FT OUTBY SPAD 316 SIZE 90 FT X 20 FT WIDE X 5-6 FT HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT: 6 FT TENSION REBAR.
11/27/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROO FALL. LOCATION: NO. 12 INTAKE NO. 1 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 7012. SIZE 20 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE X 4-5 FT HIGH ROOF SUPPORT: 5 FT TENSION REBAR.
11/15/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost EMPLOYEES STATED HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE STATED WHEN HE FELL, HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE AREA. (STARTED MISSING WORK ON APRIL 3...
10/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD BENT OVER TO THROW A LOOP ON CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB IN NO. 1 ENTRY, WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE LOWER REGION OF HIS ABDOMEN.
09/27/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost EE WAS GETTING IN DECK OF 585 SCOOP WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. HE STATEDTHAT THERE WAS SOME OIL PRESENT IN THE DECK OF THE SCOOP CAUSING HIS FOOT TO SLIP.
09/22/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL LOCATED 1 RIGHT SECTION 100' OUTBY PILLAR LINE AT SPAD #9545 NO. 4 ENTRYMEASURING 30' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6' HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT: 6' TENSION REBAR BOLTS.
08/28/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN UNEVEN TOP AND AS HE PLACED A HALF HEADER BETWEEN THE HALF HEADER ON THE ROOF BOLT AND THE MINE ROOF HIS MIDDLE ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUG HT BETW...
08/09/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS. NOTE: RECEIVED NOTIFICATION 8-9-01.
08/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF A PILLAR SPLIT IN NO 1 BARRIER BLOCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. (NOTE: THIS INCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED AS AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY, PENDING ADDITION...
08/08/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION, NO. 3 NEUTRAL ENTRY, BREAK NO. 8, 1000' INBY MAIN MINE PORTAL, 20' WIDE X 20' LONG X 3 1/2-4' THICK.
08/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE LIGHT SWITCH ON NO. 1 MRS JACK, WHEN THE CABLE REEL LID FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.
08/06/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS. NOTE: RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON 8/6/01.
07/20/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 176d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BESIDE A MAINTAINCE VEHICLE WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON AN AREA OF SLICK BOTTOM. HE STATED THAT BEFORE HR EGAINED HIS BALANCE HIS RIGHT KNEE HYPEREXTENDED CAUS ING PAI...
07/10/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN NO. 3 ENTRY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. EE STATED THAT HE HAD FINISHED THE PROEDURE OF DRILL THE HOLE, INSERTING THE RESIN AND BOLT,HAD SPUN THE BOLT AND...
06/28/2001 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 27d lost DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE, POSTERIOR OSTEOPHYTOSIS, C-3-4 AND C5-6.1
06/21/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost OTHER STATED THAT HE HAD WALKED UP BEHIND THE LINE CURTAIN IN NO.5 ENTRY TO GET A PULL ROPE OFF THE MINER. AS HE APPROACHED THE MINER THE CURTAIN WAS TACKED TO THE RIB AND HE USED HIS HAMMER T O KNOCK...
06/18/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. LOCATION OF FALL: NO. 1 ENTRY, NO. 1 RETURN AIRWAY, 10 BREAKS UNDERGROUND. ONE BREAK INBY SPAD NO.036. FALL SIZE: LENGTH 20 FEET, WIDTH 15-18 FEET, THICKNESS 4 FEET. T YPE OF...
06/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING AND COUPLING OF7200 CABLE PLUGS HE HAD TO TWIST ONE END OF COUPLING FOR ALIGNMENT. WHEN RELEASING HIS GRIP ON COUPLING HE FELT A PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
06/06/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. LOCATION 250' IN BY MOUTH OF NO 9 ROOM APPROX. 80 FT FROM FACE. FALL SIZE 70'X18X4'. TYPE OF SUPPORTS:48""TENSIONED REBAR. FELL AT OR ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE.
05/25/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS MOVING CABLES FOR THE MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTWHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 21"" LONG 8"" WIDE & 6"" THICKFELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT PATTERN STRIKINGHIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK REGION.
04/28/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FALL SIZE 20' BY 18' BY 4'. TYPE OF ROOF SUPPORTS: 4' CONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS. DEVELOPMENT DATE 11-90. FELL AT AND ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE POINT. DID NOT AFFECT ESCAPE FROM EITHER...
03/09/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost EE STATED WHILE MINING IN NO.2 ENTRY 180' INBY SPAD NO. 5199 A ROCK MEASURING 81""X15""X0"" TO 6"" THICK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROW OF BOLTS FROM THE FACE , S...
03/09/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE STATED THAT WHILE MINING NO.2 ENTRY, 180' INBY SPAD NO. 5199, A ROCK MEASURING 81""X15""X0"" TO 6"" THICK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROW OF BOLTS FROM THE FACE...
03/07/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.
03/06/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 302d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING THE POWER CABLE FOR THE #1 MRS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK, MEASURING 3' X 2' X 3"", FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND L EFT AN...
02/13/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 223d lost EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE NO. 178 JOY CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE NO.4 PILLAR BLOCK. HE WAS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE END CORNER OF THE #4 PILLAR AND ABOUT 11 FEET AW AY WHEN...
02/08/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. SIZE: 100' X 19.5' X 8'. TYPE SUPPORT: 5' TENSION REBAR AND BREAKER POST. SLIP BEGINNING AT GOB LINE (SPAD 6620) COMING OUTBY PILLAR BLOCKS 21 AND 22 IN THE NO. 5 ENTR Y ON TH...
02/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 6d lost EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING COWORKERS IN SETTING TIMBERS. WHEN HELPING TO LIFT ONE OF THE TIMBERS, HE EXPERIENCEWD PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN. HE UNDERWENT HERNIA SURGERY IN MARCH 20 00 AND...
01/31/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. DIAGNOSIS 1/31/01. NOTIFICATION 4/26/02.
01/30/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND IN THE PROCESS OF EXTENDING THE LINE CURTAIN UP IN THE FACE OF #1 ROOM, WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE TOP FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRIKING HIM ON...
01/12/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL LOCATED IN #3 NEUT ENTRYAT BRK 35 ADJACENT #1 BELT AT SPAD #1541. SIZE 70' X 18' X 5'. TYPE SUPPORTS: 48"" TENSIONED REBAR. FELL AT & ABOVE THE ACHORAGE PT (SLACK ROCK)
01/09/2001 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost EE WAS CHARGING BATTERIES ON NO.3 COAL HAULER & WAS DISCONNECTING THE COAL HAULER POWER LEAD FROM THE JUMPER CABLE WHEN AN ELECTRICAL ARC OCCURRED & BURNED HIS LEFT ARM.
01/06/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WASHING HIS COAL HAULER& SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.
12/26/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE REPORTED ON 12-18-00 THAT HE HAD STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE TOOL BOX DOOR ON 12-15-00. HE STATED HE THOUGH NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL LATER AT HOME.
11/29/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MEDICAL INFORMATION INDICATES DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE - C6 & C7.
10/31/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.