Black Stallion UG Mine — Accidents

Total: 386 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/10/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was using a belt knife to cut a piece of belt rubber and as he pulled the knife slipped and cut him on the top of the left hand. This resulted in a laceration that required sut...
09/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was installing the cutter head pin on the continuous miner. As he struck the pin with a sledge hammer a piece of the pin broke off and imbedded into his right leg just above the knee. The for...
08/26/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was hitting the core breaker pin when a piece of metal went behind his safety glasses and into his right eye. Medical received on 12/19/2013 confirmed a medical reportable inci...
08/15/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was making a splice in the shuttle car cable and as he was striking the knocker he accidentally struck his left thumb with the hammer. This resulted in a laceration that did not require sutur...
08/06/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Employee moved the RBM into the 3 left crosscut and dismounted the operator's deck. As he was exiting the deck of the RBM, the continuous miner trammed into the flypads directly behind the roof bolter...
08/05/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee stated that he was pulling back on a roof bolt to line it up with the drill pot. As he applied pressure on the bolt he felt something pull in his right shoulder. This resulted in a right shou...
08/02/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was pulling a water hose through a crosscut to wash off the duster batteries. As he walked through the crosscut he tripped over a rock dust hose and fell to the mine floor inju...
07/31/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost Employee stated that he was holding timbers that were being cut by two other employees by sitting on top of the timbers. As he dismounted the stack of timbers, he got his foot caught in the bindings t...
07/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 166d lost Employee stated that he was pulling a bag of garbage out of the trash can in the bathhouse and strained his left shoulder. Medical received on 08/28/2013 diagnosed the employee with a left shoulder st...
07/23/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking down a grade on the section and slipped and fell backwards. This resulted in a strain to his left leg.
07/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee stated that he was picking up a piece of belt structure on the mine yard and hurt his back. This resulted in a back strain and medical received on 08/15/2013 confirmed that the employee was r...
07/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was picking up rocks and putting them on the belt line. As he twisted with the rock he felt pain in his upper left back. This resulted in a back strain.
06/24/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This report is being filed under protest to abate citation 9002341. According to MSHA, an employee SSN 8129 has incurred a reportable illness of occupational pneumoconiosis disease. Brody denies that...
06/17/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9002340. According to MSHA, an employee (SSN 3433) has incurred a reportable illness of occupational pneumoconiosis disease. Brody...
06/11/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was loading blocks into the scoop bucket. As he was walking toward the scoop carrying a block he tripped, causing him to fall and strike his left knee against the ground. This resulted in a l...
05/31/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005626. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he was struck on the back by a piece of roof rock. Brody d...
05/10/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9002339. According to MSHA, an employee (SSN 4733) has incurred a reportable illness of occupational pneumoconiosis disease. Brody...
05/08/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was operating the RBM in the 4L Crosscut. As he was placing the glue and bolt into the hole, a piece of rock fell from the top, struck the canopy of the RBM, and then struck him on top of the...
04/29/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was carrying jacks from a flat car to the belt line. As he stepped down off of the flat car he twisted his right ankle. This resulted in a fracture of the distal fibula.
04/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005625. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he lifted a spool of cable and felt pain in his back. Brody...
04/08/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was operating the roof bolt machine on the #3 Section in the #1 entry. As he placed the drill steel against the top to drill a hole, a piece of rock fell from the mine roof, struck the drill...
03/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005624. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he was carrying a bag of rock dust at 3A drive and had pain...
03/23/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was mounting the walk-thru roof bolt machine and as he stepped up onto the back of the bolter he struck his head on the thread end of a torque tension bolt that was sticking down from the top...
03/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005623. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he complained of pain in his hips and back due to carrying...
03/13/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was using a jack to raise the rear end of a diesel mantrip. As he pushed down on the jack bar he felt pain in his groin. Employee continued to work until 4/10/13 when he was diagnosed with a...
03/07/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was bolting on the #3 Section in the #6 Entry 130' inby spad # 12262. The bolt crew had stacked plates and pans on the base of the t-bar where the t-bar meets the frame of the RBM. When the b...
03/05/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9002338. According to MSHA, an employee (SSN 9256) has incurred a reportable illness of occupational pneumoconiosis disease. Brody...
03/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005622. According to MSHA, employee (SSN 5489) incurred a reportable injury when the tongue of a flat car came loose and struck h...
02/19/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #1 Intake at 32 Break. (1 break inby spad no. 289)Fall was approximately 18' x 20'.
02/15/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9002337. According to MSHA, an employee (SSN 5155) has incurred a reportable illness of occupational pneumoconiosis disease. Brod...
02/08/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005621. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when his welding hood was too light and his eyes were exposed to...
02/05/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 9005620. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he was operating the RBM and struck on the rt. forearm by a...
02/04/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 231d lost Employee was installing roof bolts in the #4 entry on the #1 Section when a piece of rock approximately 31"" x 24"" and 1/4"" to 4"" thick fell from the top and struck him on the right shoulder. This...
01/29/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee stated that he was down on his knees with a come-a-long ratchet wrapped around a pipe when he used one hand to lift the pipe and the other to pull the ratchet from under the pipe. This result...
01/28/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This report is being filed under protest and solely to abate citation 7165720. According to MSHA, employee incurred a reportable injury when he struck himself in the mouth with a slate bar resulting i...
01/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 627d lost Employee stated that while installing I-beams along the #4B Belt he was struck on the head/back by a beam when the employee holding the beam lost his balance and dropped the beam. Employee began missi...
01/21/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost EE was hanging the roof bolter cable when he finished he walked along the side of the bolter to check his curtain. Rock fell in front of and over the ARTS of the bolt machine pinning ee to the ground...
01/04/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee stated that while cleaning the No. 4A Belt Head, he stepped on a turn-buckle and twisted his right ankle. Employee began missing work on 1/17/13 due to a sprain.
12/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee stated he caught his right index finger between a ratchet and miner frame causing an open wound that needed sutures. He was tightening ripper motor mount bolts.
12/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The employee stated he stepped off the walk-through RBM and miss judged the distance causing him to twist his ankle. He is missing work.
11/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 715d lost The employee explained he reached over and picked up a roof bolt and pie pan out of the roadway and pain shot down his hip and left leg. The initial WC BI-1 shows prior surgery prior injuries on his l...
11/25/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The employee stated he jumped off the Phillips s/c landing on the mine floor after making repairs. He complains of pain in lower back down to left knee. He is missing work .
11/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The employee claimed pain to his back hooking a duster to a tractor 11/15/2012. He continued to work until November 26th. He has been seeing a medical Doctor for other complications of the same body p...
11/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee injured a permanent tooth by being struck in the mouth by a chain. He pulled on the to free it from supplies causing the chain end to flip striking his mouth.
11/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee strained his lower back picking up a 5 gal container of water to remove from a pressure line he was working on.
11/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost The employee was loading roof bolts onto the storage tray for the Fletcher RR II and ruptured his groin. The event has resulted in a hernia lost time injury.
11/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee contacted a sharp object near the exhaust system on the #766 diesel vehicle during welding. The incident resulted in a laceration requiring sutures.
10/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated he caught his right index finger between the cable and the bolt plate on pizza pan for rib support. The incident resulted in a medical reportable cut/sutured injury.
10/04/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Based on information obtained 11/30/2012. The employee claims he tripped and fell carrying a timber and felt burning pain in his neck. The medical and impressions describe no acute processes. Also pos...
09/26/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Information from insurance (via phone) the employee reported slipping/falling off s/c. ""As requested by MSHA, The information is being submitted by Brody Mining, LLC as a result of a Part 50 audit fo...