Buchanan Mine #1 — Accidents

Total: 688 accidents | Fatalities: 8

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/17/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in the #4 entry of grassy creek mains at survey station # 22023 approx 4,500 ft from the nearest working face. Ventilation was not disrupted, no machinery was...
08/17/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing at the headgate control box on 7 right longwall. a rock 18"" wide by 19"" long and 0 to 8"" thick fell from between the bolts and struck him on his right wrist just above the glo...
08/06/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None THE TAILGATE OF THE 7 RIGHT LONGWALL SECTION BECAME BLOCKED DUE TO ROCK FALLING OUT BETWEEN THE CRIB LINE AND THE SOLID COAL BLOCK. THE LOCATION OF THE LONGWALL FACE WAS APPROX 10,700'. VENTILATION WA...
07/21/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The page portal service elevator overtraveled due to a bad electrical relay. The elevator was down for 20 hours, from 8:00 PM on 7/21 until 4:00 PM on 7/22/05. The relay was replaced, the elevator was...
07/14/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 3 EAST MAINS, BREAK 55, BETWEEN THE 7TH AND 8TH ENTRY. THIS FALL MEASURED 20' WIDE, 25' LONG AND 6+' THICK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED O...
07/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE INJURED WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A 2"" WATER LINE ON 1 EAST MAINS BELT AT BREAK #32, WHEN HE SQUATTED DOWN TO TAKE THE BOLTS OUT OF THE VICTOLIC COUPLING HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST A BOTTOM BEL...
06/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping load 6"" steel water line. While one employee was trying to dislodge a piece of water line off the stack, the injured employee reached in to help free it just as the other one mov...
06/17/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The contrary service cage was down from 11:20 pm until 1:00 am to repair the grating that was damaged due to a chain that was being used as a supply car safety chain getting fouled at the surface land...
06/17/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF 4 NORTH MAINS AT BREAK #95 SURVEY STATION #18507. THE SIZE OF THE FALL IS APPROX 20' WIDE X 40' LONG X HEIGHT UNKNOWN. NO INJURIES OR EQUIP...
06/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 28d lost Injured was using a 4 ft bar to steady an H-beam that was being jacked back into place on an overcast, as pressure was being applied to the track jack that sitting on top of a 4 ft crib (top layer sol...
05/29/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine rescue teams. On 4 North Mains at survey station # 18127, size of fall is approximately 20ft. wide x 40ft. long x height unknown. No injuries or equip...
05/26/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine rescue teams, on Grassy Creek Mains at survey station # 19835 and extending inby to survey station # 15773 size of fall approximately 20ft. wide x 170...
05/26/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine rescue teams at approximately 12:46am on Grassy Creek Mains at survey station # 15795, size of fall is approximately 20ft. wide x 40ft. long x height...
05/26/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE CONTRARY SERVICE CAGE WAS DOWN FOR APPROX. 10 HOURS DUE TO ROPE DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO PERSONS ON THE CAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.
05/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine rescue teams at approximately 11:28am in the #1 entry on Grassy Creek Mains starting approx 120ft inby survey station # 15977 and extending inby to su...
05/23/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine rescue teams at approximately 9:30am at break # 37 on 3 East Mains approximately 120ft. inby survey station # 20175, size of fall is approximately 20f...
05/23/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on 4 North Mains at survey station # 18428 and extending right handed to survey station # 18437, size of fall is approximately 20ft. wide x 130ft. long x heig...
05/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None On the surface at Vent Shaft #8, The injured ee and one other ee was attempting to lift one end of metal grating (36 in. x 20 ft). It slipped catching the injured ee right middle finger tip between th...
04/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT ATTEMPTING TO PULL A CYCLONE INTO PLACE. AS EE REACHED TO GRAB THE CHAIN, EE USED OTHER HAND TO GRAB A HANDRAIL, WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED TO FACILITATE THE JOB, INSTEA...
02/14/2005 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The 001 longwall shearer was preparing to ""cut out"" on the tailside of the face when a bump occured that apparently forced a pocket of methane from the gob onto the face at the shearer resulting in...
01/30/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Methane ignition occurred in face of #2 left crosscut on Grassy Creek Mains section, 78' left handed of survey station #23273. Ignition occurred as miner was loading the std. shuttle car ont he left s...
01/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A GUARD ON THE CLARIFIED PUMP, LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT. AS ANOTHER EE SPRAYED PENITRATING OIL ON THE BOLTS, SOME OF THE OIL ENTERED INTO THE INJURED EE LEFT...
01/13/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on 4 North Mains in the #2 entry at survey station #17941 at approx. 10am. The size of the fall was approx. 20'W x 20'L, height is unknown. No equipment was c...
11/30/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None PAGE PORTAL SERVICE CAGE WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 4 HOURS TO DO REPAIR TO THE LOWER BULL WHEEL.
11/10/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE CONTRARY PORTAL SERVICE CAGE WAS DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AND 45 MINUTES DUE TO A ROPE COMING OFF OF A COUNTERWEIGHT SHEEVE WHEEL. THIS OCCURRED DURING TESTING OF THE EMERGENCY STOP SYSTEM...
10/05/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Page Portal Service Cage was down for 1 hr and 15 min due to high voltage fuse blowing, the fuse was replaced and the Page Portal Service Cage was back into service. There were no people on the se...
09/26/2004 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A BOTTOM BELT SCRAPER AT 3 EAST MAINS #1 TAILPIECE. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO THE TAILPIECE RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
09/07/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 3 EAST MAINS IN THE #6 ENTRY OF SURVEY STATION #20744. THE SIZE OF THE FALL IS 20'WIDE X 30'LONG X 10'HIGH, WHICH INVOLVED AN INTERSECTION. THERE WERE NO I...
08/29/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Ee was putting cat head back in on 7 right #3 belt drive. As he was twisting the cat head to line it up he felt a pain in his left ring finger, which resulted in torn ligaments & tendons to his left r...
08/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was helping load belt onto a flat car using a single tree at 3 east #2 belt. one side of the single tree came loose and struck the ee on his right forearm, resulting in a fracture to his righ...
07/24/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was shoveling mud at 4 North #1 Discharge, and felt pain in lower abdomen. EE started missing work on 8-4-04.
07/20/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at survey station 20818 and extending into the 5 rt l.w. face cut out entry. Fall is 20 ft wide, 60 ft long and approx. 20 ft high. This fall will be cleaned up, us...
07/19/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on grassy creek mains #1 entry, between survey station 18751 and survey station 18801. fall size is approx. 20 ft wide x 40 ft long x 7 ft thick. there were n...
07/12/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING #2 JUMP PUMP IN THE STACKER TUNNEL AT THE TAIL PIECE & SAID HE FELL IN THE SUMP WHICH IS 3'DEEP, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS EE BEGAN TO MISS WORK ON 8/19/04.
07/11/2004 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A power outage occurred at approx 8:50 pm. which resulted in a single phase condition. this condition caused failure of the breake pump motor for the mini cage at the production shift. 3 men were on t...
06/22/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost When coupling 4 inch pvc pipe together, by stricking one end of the pipe with 2 foot 2x4. when swing 2x4 he felt a pain in his right elbow.
06/20/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 6 RIGHT SECTION, ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #22344 IN THE #2 ENTRY. THE APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE ROCK FALL AREA ARE 10+ FT X 30FT X 50FT.
06/13/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON GRASSY CREEK MAINS, ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD #21580 IN THE NUMBER 3 ENTRY. THE APPROX DIMENSIONS OF THE ROCK FALL AREA IS 10""H, 25' L X 40'WIDE.
05/17/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE VC48 FEED CHUTE TOWARD THE BYPASS CHUTE USING THE RATCHET CABLE HOIST, AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE. THIS EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSI...
05/05/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was bolting top in the #2 heading on grassy creek mains section. As the operator started to raise the ATRS for the second row of bolts to be installed a rock fell striking the ee on his head,...
05/01/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS BOLTING ON THE 5TH ROW, PREPARING TO INSTALL HIS SECOND BOLT IN THE 3 LEFT CROSSCUT ON THE GRASSY MAINS SECTION, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 18"" X 8"" X 0"" TO 3"" DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF AND STR...
03/31/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost REPOSITIONING A PIECE OF CAT WALK APPROX 12' LONG AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CAT WALK AND CONCRETE TOE BOARD, RESULTING IN AN AVULSION TO THE TIP OF RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. EE STARTED...
03/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING REMOVE THE CANOPY FROM 488 SCOOP ON THE 6 RT DEVELOPMENT SECTION #2 ENTRY BETWEENCROSSCUTS 50 AND 51. AS THE LAST LEG OF THE CANOPY CAME OUT THE CANOPY TILTED CATCHING THE TIP OF HIS LE...
01/30/2004 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A FRICTIONAL METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY ON 6 RIGHT SECTION WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE WITH A FLAME DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE HOSE.
01/26/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE PREP PLANT WORKING ON #122 RAW CON/SCREEN. THE SCREEN HAD LOCKED UP AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE UP SCREEN WITH A PIPE WRENCH ATTACHED TO A COUN TER BAL...
01/23/2004 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED IN THE #2 FACE EAST SECTION. AT APPROX 3:15 PM IN THE #2 FACE OFF THE #8 HEADING. THE FLAME WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINER OPERATOR. THE FLAME DURATION WAS LESS THAN 2 MINUTES...
01/10/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted WHILE MUCKING, A PIECE OF FROZEN MUCK FELL FROM THE HINGE OF THE DUMP CHUTE. THE PIECE HIT EE ON HIS RT. SHOULDER.
12/15/2003 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED ON THE (002 MMU) 3 EAST SECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 PM IN THE #6 HEADING. THE FLAME WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINER OPERATION. THE FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXT. FL...
11/14/2003 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED ON THE 008-MMU 6 RIGHT DEVELOPMENT AT APPROX. 10:10 PM IN THE #4 FACE. THE FLAME WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MINER OPERATOR. THE FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE MINER OPERA TOR USI...
11/12/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE PAGE PORTAL SERVICE CAGE WAS DOWN FROM 5:45 AM TO 4:50 PM DUE TO A BAD VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND BAD FIRING CORD. THESE PARTS WERE RELACED AND THE SERVICE CAGE WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO...