Camp #11 — Accidents

Total: 139 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/09/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None OPERATING SHEAR ALONG THE LONG WALL FACE LINE, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE RUB RAIL WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SHIELDS STRIKING THE MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING IN A LA CERATIO...
02/26/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE STATED: WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF BREAKER FACILITY, FOOT SLIPPED, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE HAND RAILS, IT TWISTED HIS LOW BACK RESULTING IN PAIN TO HIS BACK (POSSIBLE STRAIN TO LOW BACK)...
02/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE STATED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE CHANGING OUT BELT STRUCTURE ROLLERS IN THE 3RD SOUTH BELT, WHEN ADRAGGING A ROLLER FROM THE SUPPLY ROAD THRU THE XCUT OVER TO THE BELT ENTRY, PAIN WAS EXPERIE NCED IN...
02/08/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT A SUPPLY CAR FEMALE COUPLING TO HIS SCOOP, WHEN LIFTINGTHE COUPLING TO POSITION IT IN THE SLOT OF SCOOPFRAME FELT A BURNING SENSATION TO HIS GROIN AREA . THIS...
02/01/2002 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None BRAKE CAR BATTERIES DISCHARGE, ALLOWED EMERGENCY STOP BRAKES TO ENGAGE; WOULD NOT RELEASE. REPLACED BATTERIES, CHARGED: CORRECTED MECHANICAL PROBLEM.
01/21/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL 1ST MAIN SOUTHWEST ENTRIES NO. 3 ENTRYAT CROSSCUT 109. COMPLETE INTERSECTION, UNABLE TO DETERMINE SIZE.
01/21/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 1ST MAIN SOUTHWEST ENTRIES NO. 2 ENTRY AT CROSSCUT 110, COMPLETE INTERSECTION, UNABLE TO DETERMINE SIZE.
01/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost EE REPORTED: WORKING IN THE MINE SLOPE BELT AREASHOVELING UNDER THE BELT, WHEN ATTEPTING TO LIFTSHOVEL OF COAL UP ONTO THE BELT, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS UPPER BACK. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY PAIN CONTINUED...
01/08/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A BELT ROLLER CHAIR INTO THE BED OF A PU TRUCK. WHEN PLACING THE ROLLER IN THE TRUCK BED, HIS LITTLE FINGER(RT.HAND) WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER FRAME AND TH...
01/05/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost EE STATED: DURING THE SHIFT WORKING ON A DOZER BLADE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE DIESEL SHOP, DURING THE REPAIR WORK HE WAS KNEELING ON THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT, AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB EXPE...
01/04/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE STATED OPERATING A MINE PICKUP TRUCK ALONG THE MINE TRAVELWAY. BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST AN OBJECT ALONG THE MINE ROOF WHEN ADJACENT TO X CUT 54 OF THE 1ST. MAIN SOUTH SUPPLY ENTRY. UNSURE OF WHAT HE...
01/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE STATED HE WAS HELPING CO-WORKERS SET TIMBERS ALONG THE NO.1 UNIT CONVEYOR BELT, A TIMBER WAS LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR, STUCK IN THE MUD. WHENHE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE TIMBER FROM THE MUD, HE EXPERIE...
12/27/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EMPLOYEE STATED AFTER WORKING ON THE LONG WALL FACE LINE FOR A SECOND DAY, (WEARING RUBBER STEEL TOE BOOTS) EXPERIENCED BLISTERS ON BOTH FEET AND SORENESS TO HER LOWER BACK. THERE WAS NOT A SP ECIFIC...
12/17/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost EE STATED: WALKING IN THE MINE, TRAVELED THROUGH LOW TOP INTO HIGH TOP AREA, RAISED HEAD TOO QUICK STRIKING HEAD AGAINST THE HIGH TOP BROW, HAS EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HER NECK FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, WENT TO...
11/07/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, OLD 1 ST NORTH PANEL, RETURN ROOM 1 X CUT INT HE ROOM ADJACENT TO ENTRY SPAD 13 & 50 APPROX. 20' LONG 18' WIDE 5'-7' HIGH.
11/02/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL 15 RIGHT ENTRIES CROSS CUT 2 IN NO. 2 ENTRY. APPROX. 40' LONG, 16' WIDE, 7' TO 8' HIGH
10/31/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost WHILE TRAMMING RAM CAR HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN UPIN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. HE LANDED ON HIS SELF RESCUER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK.
10/29/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None LONGWAL HEADGATE ROOF POTTED OUT ABOUT 4' ON 10-29-01 @1000 (35+99). PRODUCTION PROCEEDED NORMALLY UNTIL 2100 WHEN THE AFC TAIL DRIVE HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE LW STARTED PRODUCTION AGAIN ON 10-30...
10/29/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: TRAMMING RAM CAR ALONG THE 9 LEFT TRAVELWAY, RAN OVER A ROCK, HE WAS THROWN UP AGAINST THE CANOPY ROOF RESULTING IN INTERNALPAINS TO HIS NECK.
10/23/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: ON 10/24/01 EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE ""THINKS"" WHEN BOARDING THE MANTRIP AT END OF PREVIOUS WORK SHIFT, HE MAY HAVE BUMPED HIS LEFT SHIN AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE MANTRIP. HIS SHIN...
10/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: PERFORMING THE JOB OF MINE EXAMINER, WHEN TRAVELING ALONG THE MINE TRAVELWAY, HE OBSERVED A TIMBER LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR, HE STOPPED HIS RIDE, UNBOARDED AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND...
10/20/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None MALFUNCTION OF HOIST EQUIPMENT. THE MOTOR SHAFT TACOMETER BRACKETT LOOSENED, SLIPPED ON SHAFT CAUSING MALFUNCTION OF HOISTING CONTROLS. HOISTINGEQUIPMENT OUT OF SERVICE FROM 11:45 TO 12:57PM.
10/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING CONCRETE BLOCKS TO CONSTRUCT A REGULATOR AND EXPERIENCED A BACK STRAIN. HE SAID THAT HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE HOLDING THE BLOCK, WHICH HE THINKS CAUSED THE BACK ST...
10/01/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL 2ND MAIN SOUTH NO. 3 ENTRY IN PILLAR LINE BETWEEN NO. 70 AND NO. 71 CROSSCUT APPROX 30' LONG 18' WIDE 6-7' HIGH.
09/19/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost WHILE WALKING ALONG THE LONG WALL FACE LINE, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. SINCE THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT HE HAS EXPERIENCED PAIN & SWELLING TO THE KNEE. ON 10/4 HE WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
09/15/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL 1ST MAIN SOUTH ENTRIES. NO. 3 ENTRY, XCUT NO. 13. APPROX 25' LONG, 18' WIDE, 5'-6' HIGH.
09/10/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING STAGELOADER. A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRAW ROCK FELL ONTO THE MACHINE. HE EXITED THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT TO REMOVE THE ROCK. ADDITIONAL ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM RESULTIN G IN A...
09/07/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, NO 2 ENTRY OF THE 12 RIGHT LONG WALL PANEL SET UP ENTRIES, APPROX 50 IN BY SPAD #123 AND 75 OF THE 12 RIGHT HEADGATE NO. 3 ENTRY. APPROX 30' LONG 18' WIDE HEIGHT UNKNOWN.
09/07/2001 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: RIDING IN MANTRIP AT END OF SHIFT, SMALL PARTICLES FELL FROM MINE ROOF, CAMEOVER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS EYE. WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE THE FOREIGN PARTICLES FROM HIS EYE,...
09/06/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 1d restricted EE STATED: AT END OF SHIFT WALKING TO THE SLOPE CAR, TRIPPED AND STUMBLED FALLING TO THE MINE FLOOR, SUPPOSEDLY SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. CALLED THE MINE THE FOLLOWING MORNING, REPORTED HIS ANK LE WAS...
08/30/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost WHILE CHANGING A TIRE ON A SHIELD HAULER HE EXPERIENCED A POSSIBLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK WHENTIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS. CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCEPAIN THE NEXT DAY; WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
08/25/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 1ST MAIN SOUTH ENTRY NO.7 ENTRY AT SPAD 10 +20 30'LONG, 20'WIDE , 7'-8' HIGH
08/25/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 1ST MAIN WEST ENTRIES, NO6 ENTRY AT SPAD 2 + 10 APPROX 60'LONG, 16' WID, & 7-8' HIGH
08/14/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - 1ST MAIN SOUTH SUPPLY ENTRY BETWEEN X-CUT 47 & 48. APPROX 25'LONG, 18'WIDE, 7'-8'HIGH.
08/13/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE STATED: ON THE MORNING OF 8-14-01, WHEN HE AWOKE THERE WAS A KNOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN AREA, HE FEELS THIS WAS THE RESULT OF PULLING/LIFTING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE THE PREV IOUS DA...
08/10/2001 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None THE NO 2 UNIT (MMU 003-0) EXPERIENCED A METHANE OR DUST IGNITION IN THE FACE OF THE NO 1 ENTRY, LEFT SIDE OF CUT. THE LEFT LIFT WAS APPROX 14' DEEP. THE EYE WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED A MULTI- COLOR G...
08/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EMPLOYEE STATED: STANDING IN MUD, COAL & WATER SHOVELING ALONG BELT LINE, FOOT STUCK WHEN HE WAS TURNING BODY, TWISTED HIS KNEE.
08/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost EMPLOYEE STATED: HE AND A CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING AN AIR DOOR GUIDE BAR, WHEN THE BAR WAS LOOSENED IT FELL CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND TOP OF DOOR.
07/20/2001 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None THE NO 1 UNIT (MMU001-0) EXPERIENCED A METHANE OR DUST IGNITION IN THE FACE OF THE NO 1 ENTRY, LEFT SIDE OF CUT, THE CUT WAS APPROX. 15' DEEP. THE EYEWITNESS OBSERVED A YELLOW GLOW IN THE FAR LEFT COR...
07/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE STATED: AFTER MOVING UP THE CO CABLE FOR THE NO 2 UNIT, HE WAS LIFTING THE SPOOL TO SUSPEND IT FROM THE MINE ROOF AND EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP. THE VICTIM CONTINUED...
07/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost EE STATED LIFTING & HANDLING 66"" 6""X6"" WOODEN TIMBERS, PLACING UNDER MACHINE FOR SUPPORT BEFORE MAKING REPAIRS, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
07/05/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL ~75' LONG, 20' WIDE, & 6' HIGH. NO. 1 ROOM (2ND SET ON INTAKE SIDE OF 1ST PANEL NORTH)ENTRY SPAD 14+00 AND ROOM SPAD 0+50 TO 1+00.
07/05/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EE STATED: WITH A ROPE LOOPED AROUND THE END OF A 6"" STEEL WATER LINE, THE WAS DRAGGING THE WATER LINE. THE WATER LINE SWUNG FORWARD STRIKING HIS HEEL.
07/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE SLIDING STEELE DOOR AT TOP OF SLEDGE, THE DOOR WAS SOMEWHAT STUCK, IT RELEASED QUIKLY, ALLOWING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND A STEEL BRAC E.
07/02/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE REPORTED: WALKING ALONGSIDE A RIB LINE WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORTS STRIKING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD RESULTING IN A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS EAR.
06/22/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE STATED: ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HYDRAULIC HOSE STAPLE-LOCK USING ONE HAMMER HITTING IT WITH A SECOND HAMMER. WHEN HE STRUCK THE FIRST HAMMER, A SLIVER OF STEEL BROKE OFF EMBEDDING IN HIS HAN D.
06/15/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALLM 1ST WEST MAINS, X-CUT NO. 1 IN PILLAR LINE BETWEEN BELT ENTRY AND SUPPLY ROAD. APPROX 15' LONG 4'-5' HIGH, 21' WIDE.
06/08/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EMPLOYEE STATED: WHEN STRIKING A BATTERY LID WITH A 20LB. SLEDGE HAMMER, FELT PAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. PAIN CONTINUED TO HIS SHOULDER AND ON 7-2-01 WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS WAS A STRAIN...
05/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED: WORKING ON THE LONGWALL FACE, A ROCK WAS HUNG IN THE FACE CONVEYOR, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT THE ROCK SPUN AROUND STRIKING HIS LIP.
05/21/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL, 3RD SUBMAIN SOUTHEAST ENTRIES, XCUT #33, BETWEEN #7 & #8 ENTRIES. APPROX 55' LONG, 8' HIGH, 17' WIDE.