Black Stallion UG Mine — Accidents

Total: 386 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost The employee fractured his left ankle dismounting a mantrip on the surface ending his shift. The incident resulted in a lost time injury.
07/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost The employee stated he grabbed and pulled down on a string causing a spad nail that was attached to to strike his thumb. The incident resulted in a lost time injury (fracture).
07/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated he was walking across the section with the blade open on his knife that was attached to his mine belt and contacted the sharp blade with his right hand. The employee received sutur...
07/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 74d lost, 39d restricted The employee was dragging a piece of curtain through the intersection of #5 and tripped falling down. He attempted to catch his fall by extending his left arm forward. The event resulted in a lost tim...
06/27/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was riding in on mantrip, when mantrip ran over rock in haulway,EE stated he hit his head on canopy of mantrip and came down hard on tailbone.
06/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Rock fell and hit face and right arm stitches on right side of face
06/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was loading timbers along 30 roadway. EE eas laying a timber out to cut and it slipped and smashed index finger between timber and block left finger.
05/27/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost EE pulled wrong lever on bolter causing mast jack to smash his right foot under the drill pot.
05/20/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee using a chain ratchet hoist to splice feeder chain was struck in back of head by hoist hook when being suddenly released under pressure.
05/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While bolting top piece of coal rock fell and bounced off rt rib and back.
05/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 76d lost, 17d restricted Upon an investigation the employee,CMO,was struck by rib materials falling from the inby corner of the intersection in the face of no. 1 entry causing him to be forced into the s/c. He received head a...
04/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional Roof Fall: 20'x20'x7' Primary roof supports used: 5' resin rods 2 west mains old works cc 41 inby spad 3672.
04/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was lifting barring to put on 4"" roller when he took barring from his cart to his shoulder he fell to ground and said he hurt his lower back 10 to 15 min later right left went numb.
04/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost The employee stated his left thumb made contact with a sharp object. He continued to work until April 9th and start missing work due to infection. Also the mine was informed on April 19th the injury r...
03/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost The employee was lifting and pulling on a water pump mounted on maintenance diesel vehicle. He is diagnosed with rotor cuff damage.
03/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated he was loading a 13 HP de-watering pump into a diesel vehicle and injured his finger between the pump and vehicle frame. The injury resulted in a medical reportable event. He finge...
03/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost Pulling welder cable and heard something pop in shoulder. Did not receive report until 4-1-11.
03/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The employee caught his right little finger between the scoop frame and a crib block. He was attempting to remove the wooden crib block from the scoop bucket. The event resulted in a lost time injury.
03/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Working on RB Boom and got (L) arm caught in drill pot of machine.
03/12/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost The employee stated he injured his right middle finger allowing to rest on the drill pot while installing a bolt and the finger was caught between the drill pot and bolt. He is missing work.
03/07/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost Twisted knee while bolting top
03/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost The employee stated he was walking carrying metal jack along with a co-worker when he slipped and twisted his left knee. The incident resulted in a lost time injury.
02/19/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The employee stated he reached to activate the joy stick control on the operator side of the machine to push up and spin the bolt and strained his right shoulder near the scapula. he is missing work.
02/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost The employee was using a slate bar to pry out a hinge pin for joy continuous miner pan. The bar slipped causing him to fall into and against the machine frame. The event resulted in a lost time injury...
01/28/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The employee was traveling through a mandoor and twisted his ankle. He did not miss work until 2/9/2011. The event has resulted in a lost time injury.
01/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee was removing stack steel that was stuck in the mine roof. One of the pieces of steel fell out, striking his left hand, causing a laceration to his ring finger that required 8-sutures.
01/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a pre-shift examination prior shift start an unintentional roof fall was discovered along the #3 East Mains neutral entry beginning at CC31 and extending inby too CC33. The fall description was...
12/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was pulling cables. He backed into a roof strap and cut back.
12/20/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost The employee was advancing the RBM using the inch controls when a rib corner fell out striking him in the middle back area. The event resulted in a lost time injury.
12/19/2010 MACHINERY ACCIDENT ONLY None Upon an investigation the D-8R stockpile dozer was shoving coal into No.1 feeder and when backing around stacker the machine went down into small void at feeder No.2. To prevent a re-occurrence spot l...
11/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost The ee was experiencing pain in neck and elbow when handling miner cable 4-section #3 entry CC outby face in intersection on 11/30/10. Medical received 12/8/10 shows there was no acute injuries of nec...
11/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Twisted left ankle while loading roof bolts supplies.
11/08/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating #803 battery permissible 4-wheeler along East Mains roadway leading to EP's. The front tire contacted a rock in roadway causing the steering wheel to rotate suddenly contact...
11/01/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Was at 3c Head taking roller out with chain ratchet. Belt head came off frame hitting right shin, roller fell and hit knee on right leg.
10/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost The employee, Production Supervisor, was examining the faces on the # 4 section and reported he stepped into a hole twisting his right knee. The company has not received any medical documentation on t...
10/28/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 167d lost The employee was setting and seated in the rear of the diesel powered mantrip going underground to his section. The mantrip bounced causing the employee's head to contact the stationary handrail. The...
10/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost The employee was loading empty wooden pallets onto a supply car and reported he strained his lower back. He started missing work on October 20, 2010.
10/11/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Running roof bolter & drill steel struck top of hand & bruised hand & swelled up. Didn't ride ambulance.
09/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost The employee was walking slipped on a rock and sprained his left knee. The incident has resulted in lost time.
09/13/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost The employee was preparing old #5 belt take-up to be moved and relocated. He was bending over to pick up crib block when a piece of roof fell striking his neck.
08/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing ventilation curtain from feeder and cut his finger. The event resulted in a reportable medical. He received sutures.
07/19/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The employee, #2-section, was cutting on shields for cont. miner, hot slag (Foreign body) went into eye. The hot metal slid off down onto pool of water on top of miner frame and splashed underneath sa...
07/12/2010 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EE has alleged he was electrocuted when handling the miner cable with his left hand. He missed work starting on 7/13/10, and RTW on 7/19/10 without medical excuse, and is to RTW 7/23/10 with medical i...
07/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost The employee was walking airways and stepped into a hole causing pain in his lower back, upper leg, and knee. He is missing work.
07/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Walking in old roadway. Stepped in mud and twisted his knee.
06/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Bolting top in 4 left and rock fell and hit him on the left shoulder.
06/24/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Was moving rock dust around on scoop, twisted back.
06/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost The employee was struck by a piece of rock falling from between roof bolts while operating continuous miner on 6/19/10 and continued to work. Medical received September 14, 2010 shows fx to c-6. The e...
06/07/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Upon an investigation, the employee was operating RBM drill head with drill steel in rib. He attempted to remove the drill/pin steel and got his glove caught, causing a compound Fx to his left ring fi...
05/26/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 131d lost The mine received a phone call on 5/27/10 from the employee who stated his neck had pain radiating down through his shoulder. He stated he did not file an accident/illness prior leaving the property....