Big Run Mine — Accidents

Total: 121 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 187d lost Employee was found outside of the mine laying on the backside of the Slope Belt. His last known work location was around the Main South Belt Tailpiece area. His only memory of the accident is being on...
08/17/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Injured employee was standing in between two (2) mobile rides, when one (1) of the rides was struck by a scoop, knocking the rides into each other, pinning the employee causing a fracture of the right...
03/07/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee attempted to catch pin steels as they fell from the drilled hole. In an attempt to regain his balance, his right hand landed on top of the roof bolter pod and his left hand accidentally grabb...
02/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st West Sub-main, Spad 10+50, entry #9. The fall measured 18' wide X 6' high X 30' long, approximately.
02/16/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A maintenance trainee was splicing a cable and cut his left thumb with his belt knife, requiring (12) twelve stitches.
10/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost employee was walking toward the bolter machine. He stepped into a hole twisting his right knee.
10/14/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 19d restricted Employee was bending a 5ft roof bolt and felt pain in his left testicle/groin.
10/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was installing a 9 ft cable bolt and felt his right shoulder pop.
08/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 3rd South Sub-main, between spads # 0+00 & 0+70, entry # 8. The fall measures 20' L x 20' W x 8' H.
08/17/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee (rb operator) was inserting his extention steel, a piece of draw slate (10"" L X 8"" W X 2"" T) fell striking the employee's Right Hand, (little finger) causing a laceration, requirin...
08/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 2nd South Panel @ spad # 24+20, Entry #2. The fall measures 19'L X 19.8' W X 10' H.
06/11/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee stated he arrived at the working section, exited the mantrip walking toward the face and felt pain in his middle and lower back.
05/21/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 46d restricted Injured employee got his left hand caught between the roof bolter canopy and the mine roof.
05/17/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof occurred in the 1st West sub-main, entry #9, spad # 8+40. The fall measured 25"" long X 19' Wide X 8' high.
05/12/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured Employee was struck by a rock measuring 20""l X10""W X 3"" thick causing a contusion to the left side of his face.
04/01/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost A rock measuring 45"" W x48"" L x2"" Thick fell (approximately 46"") from between roof bolts. Upon impacting the mine floor, the rock rolled inward with the outer edge striking the employee's right an...
03/05/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1st West Submain,spad # 14+00, entry #6. The fall measured 19ft W x 19ft L x 6ft H.
03/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1st West Sub-mains @ spad # 4 + 20, cross cut #11, between #4 & #5 entries. The fall measured 20'L X 18.6'W X 6'+ H.
02/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof fall occurred in the intersection, last open cross cut, inby the tailpiece on unit #1, Entry #1,of the 1st South Sub-mains. The fall measured approximately 15'L X 18' W X 9' H.
02/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 26d restricted a rock (12""w X 18""l X 3""t) fell from between roof bolts striking the victim on the left hand, little finger.
12/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1st West Sub-main at spad # 6+30, entry #6. The fall 18' long X 19' wide X 6' high.
12/06/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall occurred on 1st West Sub-main @ spad 4+90 between 6 & 7 entries. The fall is approximately 20' wide X 20' long X 8' high.
11/30/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall( 50 ft long X 19ft wide X 9ft High ) occurred at spad 5+60, 1st West Sub-main, Entry #10.
11/17/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st West Submain on #1 unit inby spad number 7+00 in the face of #7 entry measuring approximately 50ft. long x 19ft. wide x 8.5ft. high. This area was supported with 5ft. f...
10/16/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry, cross cut #21, 3rd South Submain. 25 ft long X 19 ft wide X approximately 5 ft high.
10/15/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Injured employee stated a rock 12"" thick x 72"" long X 24"" wide fell, stricking his right leg, causing a contusion.
09/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Injured employee was in the process of unloading material from a trailer, for a belt installation. He began having pain in his lower back.
09/01/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 3rd South sub-main (#1 unit) #7 entry at spad 0+70 measuring approximately 45ft. long x 25ft. wide x 8ft. high. This area was supported with 5 foot fully grouted roof bolts...
08/29/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of installing a roof bolt and was using the boom of the machine to push the pin into the hole when he got his left hand caught between the boom and the pin causing a lacera...
08/24/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 8d restricted A rock (4' x 3'x 3"" thick) slid from atop the loading section of a ram car landing on top of the injured employee's left foot.
07/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was cleaning pieces of roof rock out of the walkway on the 2A belt and caught his middle finger, on his left hand, between two pieces of rock causing a fracture to the finger.
06/26/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was in the process of splicing a cable when the twisted cable slipped in his hand as he was splitting the jacket of the cable. The knife blade struck the palm of his hand cutting it open in a...
06/17/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st SW Submain in the #8 entry intake escapeway at XC 9+30. This was in a slip area. The fall measured 30' X 30' X 8'. Some 9' cable bolts were in the intersection, but wer...
06/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 3:40 am, a roof fall occurred in an intersection on No. 2B supply road in the No. 6 entry. The fall was approx 5,800 feet outby the working face. In addition, the fall was approx 30 feet lo...
03/29/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 99d lost, 45d restricted The EE was assigned to service the mantrip located outside the mine shop.As he was walking out of the shop, he tripped over the corner of a wooden pallet that was laying on the ground next to the shop...
03/19/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost EE was in the process of changing a flat tire on a 3-wheeler transport ride underground on #2 unit. He had hooked a chain to the front of the 3-wheeler and was in the process of raising the ride about...
01/10/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was in the process of reclaiming belt structure and was loading the structure in a scoop bucket. While doing so, he accidentally placed his left foot underneath the bucket as it was being low...
12/30/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Starting in intersection in last open xc outby 70' to 90', an unplanned roof fall occurred in #1 entry on #1 unit starting at 23+80 to 24+50. There is a slip running through this area. The area has be...
12/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE stated that he was in the process of roof bolting the face of the #2 entry on the #1 unit. While pulling the drill steels back out of the roof, one of the drill steel sections stayed in the mine ro...
10/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of reclaiming a water line at the old #2 beltline. As he was lifting the water line up to a trailer, his left ear scrapped against a belt chain that was hanging down from t...
09/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee stated that while he was roof bolting, a piece of roof rock fell out striking the head of the roof bolting machine and bounced off hitting him in the mouth cutting his lower lip. First ai...
06/26/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE stated that while operating a ramcar on the section, he dipped down in a hole & then bounced up throwing him against the roof of the canopy. The impact caused him to hit his head against the canopy...
06/26/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee had just completed greasing fittings on the back of the roof bolting machine. When he got up and turned around to walk away from the bolter, a piece of loose rock fell striking him on the lef...
06/18/2008 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 66d lost The EE was sitting down at the NO.1 unit battery shack, preparing to change a 4-man ride tire. While doing so, he started having shortness of breath and then said that he was experienching chest pains...
06/03/2008 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The injured employee was in the process of hanging the left side roof bolter cable that was lying on the mine floor to make sure that no one would run over it. As he picked it up, he received an elect...
05/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost While moving across the unit, a piece of rock (3'x1'x1""thick) fell out between pins and struck the EE on the back and left hand. He returned to work the next 2 days and then began missing work.
05/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the morning of 5/6/08 on #1 unit in the #4 entry approx 70' long, 18' wide and 5' high. During investigation it was found that a kidney bed had been encountered in the one entr...
03/26/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 15d restricted While moving belt structure underground, the employee stated that he twisted his left knee. He has not missed any work up to 5/28/2008. According to a doctor who recently examined him, the employee ha...
10/09/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred between the afternoon of 10/8/07 and the morning 10/9/07 (mine on idle status) one shift per day five miners keeping the mine rehab. 1st sourth panel-no. 1 entry 4 x cuts from fac...
11/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall occurred on #2 unit at 5+10 in the 1st south panel. The fall was approximately 80 x 19 x 6. Unit was moved to next set of intake rooms.