Black Pearl Underground Mine — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine foremen went in to check on pump that had been set early in day and found fall in ret.
04/20/2011 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee filed for Black Lung then the following month quit. Letter received on 11/1/11 in HR department. Part 50 audit at Maple Coal revealed that this needed reported.
12/02/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While employee was operating the continuous miner in the #3 face a piece of rock was thrown back off the cutter head and struck the ee in the RT eye and nose. It was reported that the ee had his safet...
12/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was crossing the #5 belt when he slipped and started to fall. He had a hold of a belt chain with his left hand and while trying to catch himself he pulled his left shoulder. The mine was idle...
11/03/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was cutting side boards off #2 s/c he was up in the boom of the s/c and step backwards causing him to slip. His leg went between a brace across the end of the boom and the conveyor chain, thi...
11/01/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was watching miner cut in the #5 entry. While observing the miner, a small piece of rock was thrown back off the cutter head, striking him in the right eye. Rock went under and around by the side o...
11/09/2009 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was trouble shooting in miner panel when right elbow came in contact with 1 phase of 990 volts. He continued to work for approx 1 hr when he said he felt funny and was going to hospital and get che...
10/12/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a razor knife cutting car cable splice open when the knife slipped off of the cable cutting EE's right leg above the knee.