Buckingham Mine — Accidents

Total: 74 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/12/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was spraying De-icer onto the scalping tower belt. When EE turned off the nozzle the hose split spraying De-icer into EE's eyes.
01/19/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched right middle finger between a slate bar and belt structure when EE was knocking ice away from the belt line. The employee received 3 stitches.
05/07/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE statement: I was tightening a joint of conduit with a 12"" pipe wrench and my footing slipped causing my body to twist hurting my shoulder. Pain in my shoulder, Rt shoulder.
02/25/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Foremen traveled into the return and found a fall in #9 entry between spad # 4+20 and 5+00.
02/17/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The injured EE went to hang ventilation curtain, while his operator put up a corner bolt. The EE hanging curtain went back to get nails. The Operator started repositioned the bolter, not realizing his...
12/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 37d restricted The Employee stated that he was moving miner cable and felt a pain in his right groin area. The Employee is waiting for surgery to repair a right hernia.
09/02/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee stated he lowered the drill pot on his left knee. The Employee had no broke bones the Dr. placed him on light duty for a few days.
08/25/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The intake phone would not work. The Examiner traveled the intake to locate the problem and found a roof fall. The fall was in the South mains in number 6 entry at spad 3+20. The fall was 18 feet wide...
08/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was loading weed eaters in the back of a pick up truck, one of the employee's with him shut the tailgate catching the other employee's left pinky in the tailgate.
07/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Employee stated he was loading roof straps on a roof bolter, as he was placing the straps on the bolter his hand slipped and he caught his forearm on the edge of the straps lacerating his forearm....
06/16/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was walking air courses and found the roof fall. We called the MSHA hotline at 9:20 A.M. We then cribbed and dangered the area off. Air was flowing over the fall, we pulled our crews outby to...
05/13/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 11:50 p.m. the roof fell in the #4 room between spad #'s 2+60 and 3+10. the fall was approximately 18 feet wide 35 feet long and 6 feet high. The area was cribbed off and the area dangered off. The...
01/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Employee went to climb inside of the #6 rail ride, his foot got stuck in the mud and he fell into the ride catching his left hand on the SCSR box. He lacerated his palm and received sixteen stitch...
10/18/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming a buggy around a corner and ran into rope hangers hanging from top, one caught his right nostril causing a laceration. (6 stitches)
09/30/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was walking the MMU 001 belt line and he saw the top working at spad #4+20. EE kept all personnel out of the area and pulled the section Employees outby. The roof fell in on the beltline in #4 entr...
09/09/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 138d lost After helping his roof bolt partner straighten out a bent cable bolt, he was walking back to his side when he slipped and as he attempted to catch himself he placed his hand on the idle arm as his par...
09/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted The Employee stated that he went to push a roof bolt out and felt a sharp pain in his groin area.
08/30/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking and hit his hard hat on a roof bolting knocking it off of his head, he raised up and struck the top of his head on a roof bolt causing a laceration. (required staples)
08/20/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was roof bolting and got his finger caught between leveling arms and the canopy post. (fractured finger)
08/13/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted The employee stated that he had just placed a roof bolt in the head of the roof bolter and was pulling his arm back when a piece of shale 2'x3'x 2"" fell hitting the Employee in the right forearm and...
06/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the band off of a bundle of roof bolts using two sets of channel locks, due to the amount of pressure on the band when he cut it loose it backlashed and cut his right forearm. (H...
03/13/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The Employee stated he crossed thru a regulator and twisted his lower back.
03/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bending a roof bolt when the bolt slipped out of his hand and the bolt plate lacerated his left forearm. (5 stitches)
01/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted The employee stated he was reaching for a roof bolt and twisted his back.
01/03/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 500d lost Employee strained his right shoulder tightening down belt structure, he was treated at the Hospital ER and returned to work, upon the results of his MRI test EE was excused from work by the Dr. for 6...
11/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 62d restricted Employee was working on a dryer, the employee stated that he slipped and caught his foot and fell backwards injuring his tibia and fibula.
10/11/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a rope hanger with a utility knife and accidently cut his finger (7 stitches)
09/28/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated that he was installing 4"" water line. The tool he was using slipped off the coupler and he hit a fire valve lacerating his left pinky finger, resulting in three stitches.
09/19/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The owl shift crew called the dispatcher to leave for outside. The day shift crew called the dispatcher to leave for underground. The day shift crew was held up and did not leave right when they had c...
09/19/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The owlshift crew called the dispatcher to leave for outside. The dayshift crew called the dispatcher to leave for underground. The day shift crew was held up and did not leave right when they had cal...
05/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated that he was cutting a metal band off a bundle of cable bolts that held them together. When he cut the strap, the band sprung up and lacerated his left forearm resulting in 5 suture...
02/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee stated that he and another employee were replacing a rub rail on a continuous miner and when he was pushing on the rub rail he pulled something in his back.
01/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost A continuous miner was hung up in a hole. The employee was cribbing the miner up to place cribs under the cats, one of the cribs popped out and hit him in the chin causing him to receive two stitches.
11/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine was idle, the outside communications employee noticed he lost power at the #7 mine. EE went in to see what happened and found a roof fall at x-cut #16 spad (8+90). The fall was 8' high x 20'l...
11/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall @ 28 x-cut (20+60) 0n 2 belt #3 entry. The fall was approximately 18' wide x 20' long x 6' high.
11/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None EE went outside to get supplies. When he started back in the mine he found the roof fall at 3+25 on 1 belt x-cut 4-5. Fall was approximately 40' long x 18'wide x 6'-8' high.
10/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 11d restricted Employee was the scoop operator, he was trying to pull a shuttle car off the feeder. He ran his scoop bucket on top of the shuttle car and the scoop dropped off the shuttle car and bounced employee in...
10/17/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted The operator thought his helper motioned him to advance forward, when the operator dropped the ATRS on the bolter the front end of the roof bolter dropped and the drill station canopy hit the helper o...
10/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We found a roof fall @ spad #29+00 in a cross cut 4-5 in the South Mains, the fall was approximately 26' long x 18' wide x 6'high.
10/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred @ 30+40 in a three way intersection on the south mains intake, #7 entry there was already some cribs set, the fall fell from the rib line to the cribs. the fall was 6' wide by 27'...
09/12/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The intake phone would not work so the Foreman traveled the intake to locate the problem thats when he found a roof fall on the 1st East submains in the intake @ spad # 10+50. The fall started in #7 a...
08/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We were doing our weekly exam and found a roof fall in our East mains intake in # 7 entry it was a three way intersection at spad # 30+40, the fall was 18' long by 8' high #7 entry is not our primary...
05/02/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 5d restricted The #7 Mine uses bed ash to make roads with, it is similar to concrete. EE got bed ash on his pants and later got wet, he started operating a scoop. A short while after operating the scoop his legs br...
01/17/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was helping bolter operators, when he reached over the bolter to mark an area on the roof with paint. The bolter operator on the opposite side moved the bolter inby to the next row to be ins...
01/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine was idle and a foreman found the roof fall at 1:35 pm, at the intersection of station 2+40, along track South Mains.
12/15/2010 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 49d lost, 86d restricted Employee was installing roof bolts when he had his right thumb caught between the drill chuck and the mine roof. The employee received a laceration.
11/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a box and turned and struck a metal roof strap. The strap lacerated his right ear. The employee received sutures.
08/23/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut left thumb installing metal strap in roof. Employee received two sutures. Employee was wearing metalcarpal gloves.
08/18/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking and struck his head on a roof bolt. Employee received slight neck pain.
07/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming scoop when his canopy struck and tore a roof strap loose and it rotated and struck him on the back of his neck. Employee received 4 stiches.