Camp #11 — Accidents

Total: 139 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/11/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost EE REPORTED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE MOUNTING FORKLIFT. HE HAS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION RESULTING FROM A SMALL MENISCUS TEAR TO HIS LEFT KNEE ON 11-26-02.
03/24/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE REPORTED: HE AND COWORKER WERE PULLING A DEEP WELL FROM THE MINE WORKS, WHEN USING A PUMP CHAIN WRENCH TO LOOSEN COUPLINGS, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOW BACK. STARTED MISSING SCHEDULED WORK DAYS ON...
02/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE REPORTED: HELPING CO-WORKER INSTALL A BELT BLOCK ON THE SLOPE BELT, WHEN LIFTING THE LOWER BLOCK, HE FELT PAIN TO LOW BACK (POSSIBLE STRAIN).
01/20/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 15 RIGHT GATE ENTRIES. NO. 3 ENTRY. JUST INBY BOTTOM OF 6TH SOUTH FAUL HILL. APPROX 23' LONG, 7' HIGH, 20' WIDE.
01/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKERS LOAD HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. WHEN LIFTING A SECTION OF THE CABLE, HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED, EXPERIENCED PAIN. TREATED FOLLOWING DAY BY A PHYSICIAN, INITIAL DI AGNOSIS...
12/26/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost EE REPORTED: HE AND COWORKERS WERE RECLAIMING LONGWALL MONO RAILS, WHEN PLACING THE MONO RAILS INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET FOR TRANSPORTATION, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS ABDOMEN.
12/16/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING A DIESEL PERSONNEL CARRIER ONT HE 2ND SUPPLY RD. HE LOOKED AT THE HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND RAN INTO LONGWALL PANS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE DID NOT SEE THEM. HE STRUCK...
12/13/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE WAS TRYING TO GET A PIN OUT OF A LONGWALL PAN THAT WAS LEFT ON A SHIELD HAULER. HE SAID THE PIN WAS HARD TO GET TO & WHILE USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE IT, HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB. HE HAD A CONTUSION...
12/05/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: OPERATING A GOLF CART, WHEN BACKING THE CART, HIS JACKER BECAME ENTANGLED ON A PIECE OF METAL. THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO BE TWISTED, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE STRAIN TO HIS LOW BACK. HE...
12/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: CARRIED HYD VALVE BANK DOWN THE LONG WALL FACE LINE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO THROW THE VALVE BANK OVER THE END OF THE TAIL GATE AREA, FELT PAIN TO NECK AND SHOULDER. CONTINUE TO WORK ALL...
11/19/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HYDRAULIC AIR LINE VLAVE MALFUNCTIONED, BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE ON BRAKE CAR WHEN HOIST WAS OPERATED IN AUTOMATIC MODE. HOIST OPERATOR OPERATED HOIST IN MANUAL MODE UNTIL DEFECTIVE PART WAS R EPLACED...
11/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNWINDING A SHIELD HAULER WINCH WIRE ROPE WHEN IT CAME LOOSE FROM THE SPOOL. IT COILED BACK (TWISTING) AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHIN AND KNEE. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 12/9/ 02. ON...
11/13/2002 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE REPORTED WORKING AS A SHIELD SETTER, WALKING ALONG THE LONG WALL FACE LINE, A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER. CONTINUED TO EXPERIEN CE PAIN...
11/08/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: CHECKING THE NO. 1 UNIT RAM CHARGERS, TRIPPED OVER A JUMPER CABLE, FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR TWISTING HIS LOW BACK AND RIGHT KNEE. WENT TO DR ON MINDAY NOV 11, 2002 STARTED MISSING SCH...
11/05/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 2ND MAIN SOUTH INTAKE AIR COURSE, XCUT NO. 60, APPROX 30' LONG, 20' WIDE, 7-8' HIGH.
10/31/2002 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost REPORTED: WORKING AS A BELT EXAMINER, TRAVELING ALONGSIDE THE 2ND MAIN SOUTH BELT LINE. THE AREA WAS LOW AND CLEARANCE WAS TIGHT. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS OVER A TIMBER....
10/29/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE OPERATING SHIELD HAULERS TRANSPORTING THE ""MUTT"" FROM THE 6TH SOUTH TO THE LONG WALL RECOVERY CHUTES. BOTH OPERATORS HAD DUCK BILLS UNDER THE MUTT CAR RYING...
09/27/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EE REPORTED: HE & A COWORKER USING SHIELD HAULERS WERE TRANSPORTING A COAL FEEDER FROM A WORKING SECTION TO THE PORTAL ALONG THE MINE SUPPLY ENTRY. THE FEEDER SLID OFF THE VICTIM'S SHIELD HAUL ER FORK...
09/24/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN PULLING HARD ON A RATCHET TO LOOSEN A BOLT AT ABOUT 0330. HE SAID THAT LATER HE BEGAN HAVING PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN ON THE LEFT SIDE.
09/23/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING TO MAKE AN EXAMINATION OF MPL ""C"" WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WET CONVEYOR BELT ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE SAID THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS LEFT KNEE BY TWISTING IT.
09/15/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, NO. 2 ENTRY OF 10 RIGHT ENTRIES, 1 XCUT OUTBY GOV REGULATOR IN PILLAR LINE. APPROX 45' LONG, 7-8' HIGH, 18' WIDE.
09/05/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO. 4 ENTRY (SUPPLY ROAD) AND NO. 5 ENTRY (BELT). 6' HIGH, 18' WIDE & 50' LONG.
08/29/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: WALKING ALONG THE LONGWALL BLEEDER ENTRY INSPECTING THE CO MONITOR CABLE. EE WAS OBSERVING THE CABLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SLICK DRAW ROCK LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE SLIPP...
08/19/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE REPORTED WHEN PERFORMING HIS NORMAL JOB TASK AS A BELT CLEANER. HE WAS STEPPING OVER A PILE OF COAL AT THE BOTTOM OF SLOPE IN THE BELT ENTRY, HIS FOOT POSITIONED ON LOOSE MATERIAL ALLOWING HIM TO L...
08/18/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: DURING THE SHIFT HE WAS SHOVELING COAL ALONG THE 1ST MAIN SOUTH BELT LINE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A SHOVEL FULL OF COAL, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS RIGHT TESTICLE. PAIN AND SWELLING C...
08/16/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL-14 RIGHT GAT ENTRIES XCUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRY AT SPAD 26+19. APPROX. 6-8' HIGH, 18' WIDE, APPROX 40' LONG.
08/14/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE IN THE 16 LEFT BELT ENTRY, HE STEPPED ON A SLICK PIECE OF ROCK, LOSING BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS BACK. SINCE THE DATE OF THE INJU RY, HE...
08/08/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKERS PLACE EXPLOSIVES ON LARGE ROCKS IN FRONT OF SHIELDS AT TAILGATE AREA OF LONGWALL FACE LINE. HE WAS STANDING UNDER SHIELDS NO. 136 & 137 WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROC K FELL...
08/08/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost EE REPORTED: OPERATING SHEAR ALONG LONGWALL FACE LINE. STEPPED ON PANLINE RELAY BAR LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE ADJOINING RELAY BAR. INITIAL PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS I S A SMA...
08/05/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE REPORTED HE AND A COWORKER WERE TRANSPORTING CRIB BLOCKS ALONG ROLLERS, WHEN PLACING A CRIB BLOCK ON THE ROLLERS, HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE METAL ROLLER FR AME RES...
08/01/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, X-CUT NO. 51 IN CROSSCUT BETWEEN BELT ENTRY & SUPPLY ENTRY. 1ST MAIN SOUTH ENTRIES APPROX 30' LONG 18' WIDE, 7' HIGH.
07/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: WALKING FROM SLOPE MANTRIP CAR INTO THE MINE, SLIPPED ON WET MINE FLOOR AND FELL TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
07/18/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: CRAWLING ALONGSIDE THE 1ST WEST CONVEYER BELT TO GET THE WATER PUMP, BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST AN ARCH BEAM. CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, REPORTED THE INJURY WHEN RE...
07/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: WHEN INSTALLING A DOOR ON THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE NO.10 SHIELD HAULER EXPERIENCED A POSSIBLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK. WAS LIFTING ON THE DOOR ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE HING...
07/03/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED JUST OUTBY THE TIPS OF THE SHIELDS ON THE TAILGATE END OF THE 16 LEFT LONGWALL FACE. VENTILATION WAS NOT DISRUPTED, BUT ACCESS TO THE TAILGATE ENTRY FROM THE LONGWALL FACE BLOCKED...
06/28/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost EE REPORTED WALKING FROM MINE SUPPLY ENTRY THRU A XCUT, SLIPPED AND FELL. BUTTOCKS STRUCK A PVC PIPELINE, JARRING LOWER BACK. CONTINUED TO WORK ALL SCHEDULED SHIFTS UNTIL 7-13-02. BECAME A LOS T TIME...
06/27/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DRAGGING A PIECE OF 48"" RUBBER MINE BELT, APPROX. 6' LONG, FROM THE SURFACE YARD INTO THE MINE SHOP WHEN ONE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES. THE PAI...
06/24/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost HELPING CO-WORKERS BUILD CRIBS ON THE LONG WALL FACE LINE, HE PICKED UP A 30"" CRIB BLOCK AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK (POSSIBLE MUSC LE STR...
06/23/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE END OF A SHIELD TO BE UNLOADED FROM A SHIELD HAULER, HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK & THE FRAME OF THE STEEL SHIELD R...
06/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost EE REPORTED WHEN UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM A RAM CAT TRAILER ALONG THE 17 LEFT BELT ENTR, STURKC HIS HEAD AGAINST A BELT HANGER. EE REPORTED THE INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON THIS DAT. CONTINUED TO WORK AL...
06/13/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKER INSTALL ROOF BOLTS ALONG THE LONG WALL FACE, SLIPPED IN THE WET ENVIRONMENT AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE LONG WALL PAN LINE. CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN AN...
06/09/2002 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None MINE EXAMINER SMELLED SMOKE WHEN TRAVELING ALONG 5TH MAIN SOUTH TRAVELWAY. HE BEGAN TO SEARCH WERE SMOKE WAS ORIGINATING. DISCOVERED FACE BOX ON NO. 2 UNIT WAS SMOLDERING AND SMOKING. CONTACTE D MINE...
06/07/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE REPORTED TO THE MINE SAFETY SUPERVISOR A POSSIBLE SPRAIN TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FROM PULLING ON BATTERY CHARGER PLUG FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK. HE ALSO STATED IN SORENESS AND SWELLING CONTINUED HE...
06/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost TWO EMPLOYEES WERE DRAGGING A TOOL BOX FROM A X-CUT TO BE LOADED ONTO A GETMAN TRACTOR. AFTER COMPLETING THE TASK, ONE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE WHICH CONTINUED TO WORSEN DURING THE R EMAINDE...
05/04/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FAILURE OCCURRED IN NO. 8 ENTRY OF 1ST MAIN SW AT XC 11 NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VENTILATION OR CONTROLS, OR IMPEDMENT TO TRAVEL IN AIRCOURSEOCCURRED. THE FALL IS 55' LONG AND 19; WIDE. HEI GHT CAN...
04/28/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE REPORTED: WALKING ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE LINE INSPECTING THE SHIELDS, HE STEPPED ACROSS A PONTOON AND INTO A HOLE THAT WAS HID BY WATER ACCUMULATION OVER THE MINE FLOOR. HE EXPERIENCED A POSSIBLE...
04/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED A 4"" PVC PLASTIC DISCHARGE LINE HUNG ALONG SIDE A CONVEYER BELT HAD GOT INTO A BOTTOM ROLLER AND WAS PARTIALLY CUT INTO, WHEN HE WAS EXAMINING THE DAMAGE TO THE WATER LINE, THE WATE...
04/17/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost HELPING CO-WORKERS CHANGE BEARING ON SLOPE BELT HEAD ROLLER, THEY HAD USED BELT CLAMPS TO REMOVE BELT WEIGHT PRESSURE FROM THE HEAD ROLLER. WHEN RELEASING THE BELT CLAMPS THE CLAMP NUT WAS REM OVED AN...
03/28/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost DURING THE SHIFT HE DRUG BELT ROLLERS FROM THE SUPPLY ENTRY THRU A CROSSCUT INTO THE BELT ENTRY. AFTER COMPLETING THE SHIFT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS SORE. THIS SORENESS AND SOME STIFFNESS CONTIN UED SIN...
03/23/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost EE REPORTED: THE VICTIM WAS WORKING ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE LINE, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROGRAM A SHIELD FOR ADVANCEMENT, HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE FACE LIN HANDRAIL AT THE TIME. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FE...