Carlisle Mine — Accidents

Total: 305 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/09/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Injured twisted EE's knee on 1/26/2019 at a sister mine. EE was later transferred to the Carlisle Mine and had further complications with EE's knee. EE had knee surgery on 3/9/2020 and placed on restr...
12/11/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured was changing a T-Bar on a roof bolter. While taking the bolts off EE strained shoulder. EE was seen by the Dr. on 12/16/2019 and placed on restricted duty, only, for a muscle strain.
11/14/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our 6W Travelway, XC 4, Entry 4. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede travel, or affect ventilation. An action plan was submitted and approved by MSHA to rehabilit...
11/01/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Injured was hanging miner cable and strained shoulder.
10/31/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Injured was using a rock bar to pry on a glue tray on a roof bolter. As EE was prying EE strained EE's shoulder. EE was seen by the Dr. on 11/4/2019 and placed on restricted duty.
10/11/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Injured was riding in a 14 man, mantrip. The mantrip door came open and as it shut EE's elbow was hit causing a small fracture. EE was seen at the Dr. and placed on restricted duty.
10/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 41d restricted Injured was working on a mini-trac and hit elbow. EE was seen by the Dr. on 12/2/2019 and placed on restricted duty, a bone spur was found, by xray, in right elbow.
09/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 196d lost Employee was pulling bolter cable on 9/12/2019 and twisted EE's knee. EE had surgery on 3/26/2020 to repair the knee.
07/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Injured bent over to pick up a timber and strained back. Injured was seen by a Dr. on the 29th and placed on restricted duty
07/20/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 122d lost, 62d restricted Injured was walking and stepped in a hole and sprained their knee.
07/19/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 34d restricted Inured was roof bolting. A piece of rock dislodged from the mine roof and slid down EE. EE was seen at the Dr. and placed on restricted duty due to contusions on EE's shoulder and leg.
06/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 103d restricted Injured was opening a door to the mantrip garage as another employee was walking through the door. Injured hit thumb as the door sprung opened. EE was seen by a Dr. on 6/24/2019 and placed on restrict...
04/26/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Injured hit an elbow on a gear shift while sitting down in a man-trip. Employee was examined by a Dr. on 4/29/2019 and placed on restricted duty due to a contusion to the elbow.
03/06/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 21d restricted The employee was walking and tripped over a rock and fell on right knee. Employee was seen by a Dr. on 10/29/2019 and placed on restricted duty on that date.
02/01/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Injured was walking, lost EE's balance and twisted knee. After seeing a Doctor EE was placed on restricted duty.
01/24/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 357d lost EE slipped in the parking lot on 1/24/2019 and hit an elbow. EE went to the Dr. on 3/5/2019 to have it seen and was placed on restricted duty at that time.
01/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was removing tire from a machine when a chain broke and caused laceration to left shin requiring four stitches
01/10/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 205d restricted Injured was working at our Sister Mine on 1/10/2019. EE tripped while working on a battery coal hauler and bumped knee. EE seen a Dr. on 3/18/2019 and was placed on restricted duty due to a knee contu...
12/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cutting a flapper off of a piece of belt. The knife slipped and ee cut thumb. EE received two sutures to close the wound.
11/20/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 52d lost, 22d restricted Injured was roof bolting. As ee swung the boom to install the rib pin, the boom hit leg and twisted ankle. A fracture was found in ankle upon review of the x-ray.
11/02/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was doing maintenance work on the outside of the preparation plant. As employee was filling up a tank, their right eye was hit by unknown material. The physician prescribed medicated eye drops...
10/05/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was roof bolting, as they installed the pusher steel into the starter steel it slapped back and hit their hand. Employee was taken to the hospital and received 4 sutures.
09/11/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Injured was loading trash in a trailer. Foot was under the rub rail on the trailer. The trailer was pulled forward causing a small fracture to EE foot.
08/19/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall, in an examination line of travel, was found during a pre-shift examination in our 6W Mains. The fall was located at X-Cut #5 in Entry #8. The fall did not impede passage of miners, affect...
06/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted On June 1, 2018 Injured was repairing a battery powered scoop. As EE was replacing a steel cover it slipped and hit EE's right pinky finger. EE went to the Doctor on June 28 and was placed on restrict...
09/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 152d restricted Injured bent over to pull a piece of steel out of a scoop bucket. As EE lifted the steel EE felt pain in right knee/leg. EE followed up with the Doctor on 9/20/2017 and it was determined EE strained l...
09/12/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost Injured was walking through a x-cut towards the travelway as a tractor was tramming outby on the travelway. A tractor tire hit a steel pipe, laying on the mine floor, flipping it up striking injured o...
07/15/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A fuse blew on the North Material/Man Hoist. No persons were on the cage at the time and no miners were trapped underground. The fuses were changed and the hoist was operational at 9:30am.
06/06/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None a roof fall was found during a pre-shift mine examination. The fall was located in our M4 Mains, x-cut #57, entry #4. The fall did not cause personal injury, affect ventilation or impede passage of mi...
03/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was opening a tailgate on a Chevy Pickup. As injured pulled on the tailgate it did not open causing injureds knee to twist back and strain. Injured had minor surgery on 4/22/2016 to repair the...
10/07/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our M4-Mains at crosscut 71 in the haulage road. The fall was not located in an escapeway, it did not impede passage of miners, affect ventilation or cause injury to miners.
08/29/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found by an examiner while performing a weekend fire check. The fall was located on our M3 Travelway between x-cut 20 and 21.
07/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Injured was laying out belt structure prior to a belt advancement. As he was walking he tripped and sprained his ankle.
06/23/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Injured was driving a pin in a rub rail. The hammer broke and cut his hand
06/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Injured was walking, stepped in a hole in the mine floor and sprained his knee.
06/13/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the hoist examination of our North Portal Man/Supply hoist it was found that the service breaks were locked up. A mine electrician was called in to fix the switch that controls the breaking sys...
06/08/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost The employee was sitting in a 6 man/mantrip attempting to pull a Dapco Tractor. While awaiting for two other miners to hook up a chain the mantrip was hit by another Tractor. He was seen by a Dr. on 6...
06/08/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 249d lost Injured and another employee were hooking up a chain between a Dapco Tractor and a mantrip in a travelway. Another tractor turned a blind corner and pushed the mantrip into the Dapco Tractor pinching...
06/08/2015 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 130d lost, 18d restricted Injured and another employee were hooking a chain between a Dapco Tractor and a mantrip in a travelway. Another tractor turned a blind corner and pushed the mantrip into the Dapco Tractor pinching the...
05/18/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While mining #7 entry, crosscut #40 of the Sub 4-F Sub Main (004-0 MMU) a methane ignition occurred. The face was approximately 25-30 foot deep. This ignition did not cause personal injury to miners o...
05/18/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 80d restricted Injured stepped out of a mini-trac and sprained his ankle. He seen a Dr and was placed on light duty
05/04/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on 005-0 working section, crosscut 26, entry 7 of the S9 Main. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners or affected ventilation.
04/27/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Injured was operating a twin head roof bolter. His drill extension was stuck in the chuck of the drill boom. As he pulled it out it hit him in the mouth causing a laceration and chipping a tooth.
04/10/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Injured was walking outby the working section, slipped on a rock and twisted his knee. he was seen by the Dr. on 4/22/2015 and placed on restricted duty
03/31/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While roof bolting injured sustained a laceration on their lip from a piece of mine roof that fell through a roof matt.
03/13/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our Primary Escapeway in the 5WD Sub Mains. MSHA was notified of the fall at 9:30am. The fall did not cause personal injury, impede passage of miners or affect ventilation.
03/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Injured was setting a timber. As he moved the timber his thumb was caught between the timber and mine roof.
03/02/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Injured was hanging a curtain. As he was driving the nails with a hammer to hang the curtain he hit his finger causing a fracture.
02/20/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was standing next to a twin head roof bolter. A piece of shale dislodged from the mine roof and struck injured on head causing a laceration.
02/19/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 193d restricted Injured walked into a machine door and bumped his knee. After a few weeks he was still experiencing pain in his knee and seen a Dr. on 3-16-2015. The Dr. placed him on restricted duty