Carlisle Mine — Accidents

Total: 305 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/10/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 109d restricted Injured was operating a twin head roof bolter. As he dropped the boom (pod) his foot slipped and went under the boom and broke his foot.
01/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 148d lost Injured was loading a machine door in a scoop. As he was lifting the door it slid down the bucket of the scoop and struck his leg.
01/28/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Injured was installing roof bolts with a twin head roof bolter. As he was inserting a pusher into his starter steel the pusher slid out of the drilled hole and struck his thumb.
01/21/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Injured walked through a curtain and tripped over roof mats spraining his right knee
01/19/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A continuous miner operator was loading coal in entry #3 on #1 MMU. As he finished his second lift a methane bleeder was ignited. The flame was extinguished without further incident. No miner was inju...
01/17/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found inby the section loading point on our #3 MMU, entry 1to2. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners or affect ventilation.
01/17/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our 5W-D Mains at crosscut 22 in the secondary escapeway. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners or affect ventilation.
12/30/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found during a weekly examination in our S-8 Mains, x-cut 15, entry 6. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners or affect ventilation.
12/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stepped out of a SkyTrak and sprained his ankle. Injured had submitted a two weeks notice prior to the accident to pursue a job opportunity with Marathon. His last day of employment was o...
12/23/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee put his hand on the outside of the mantrip to push the signal button in the slope. His finger was caught between the mantrip and button causing a laceration to finger.
12/19/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 88d restricted While installing roof bolts with a twin head roof bolter injured bent a bolt, it swung back and hit him on the wrist.
12/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Injured was stacking roof matting against a coal rib. The roof matting fell over and hit his knee causing a strain.
12/13/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 61d restricted Injured was walking around a twin head roof bolter. the ATRS struck injured in the stomach causing a contusion. He was seen by the Dr. and is currently placed on restricted duty.
11/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 156d restricted Injured was throwing continuous miner cable against the coal rib. As he picked up the cable he strained his left shoulder and was put on restricted duty.
11/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted on 10/26/2014 Injured was trying to reset a scoop breaker, his foot slipped and strained his knee. He went to the Dr on 11/6/2014 and was placed on restricted duty only.
10/27/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted Injured was helping to move a twin head bolter. As he stepped over the bolter cable he tripped, landed on his foot wrong and fractured his leg.
10/27/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Injured was riding in a mantrip. As the mantrip passed a Getman Tractor in the haul road the injured caught his foot between the mantrip and trailer of the Getman causing bruising to his foot/ankle
10/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Injured was walking, slipped and hit his knee on a rock
10/21/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 66d restricted Injured was tramming a double boom roof bolter from the cab. A piece of coal rib was laying on the ground and as he trammed the coal went in the cab and caught his foot between the cab and the coal ri...
10/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The employee was advancing belt structure. As he was installing steel water line he strained his lower back. He has been put on restricted duty only
09/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Injured was cleaning a scalping screen and twisted his lower back. Restricted Duty Only
09/08/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found adjacent to our secondary escape way in a travel way leading to a bulk rock dust hole. The fall was found at 7:30pm and called into MSHA Hot line at 7:45pm. The fall did not caus...
08/25/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found by an outby examiner in our M4 Mains. The fall did not cause injury to miners, affect ventilation or impede passage of miners. A plan has been submitted to MSHA to clean up the f...
08/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was changing bits on a continuous miner. A piece of steel hit his hand and on 10/16/2014 injured went to the Dr. and a piece of steel was found imbedded in his hand. Injured had surgery o...
07/31/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was operating a twin head roof bolter. A piece of mine roof dislodged from the mine roof and struck injured on the arm. He sustained a small laceration and received a couple of stitches.
07/30/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Injured was assisting the roof bolter operators. As he cut the bands on a bundle of roof bolts the bolter advanced forward and struck his foot causing an acute fracture in his 2nd metatarsal.
07/15/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 30d restricted Injured failed to maintain three points of contact while climbing down from a dozer. He slipped and fractured his left leg.
06/16/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was operating a continuous miner. As he was mining a piece of mine roof dislodged from the mine roof, hit the continuous miner and then struck him on the ankle.
06/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Injured was taking wire off of a bundle of roof mats. As he untwisted the wire that tied the mats together he sprained his thumb.
06/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 82d restricted The employee pulled down a curtain panel and aggravated an pre-existing personal injury. He seen the Dr. a few days later and was put on restricted duty. It has since been deemed a work related injury...
06/07/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured was walking in an outby location. As he was walking he ran into a belt hanger and cut his ear.
05/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted The employee grabbed a crib block from a bundle of cribbing. He cut his hand on metal banding requiring stitches.
05/01/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was operating a twin head roof bolter. He backed his machine up to fix a hose. As he was working on the hose a piece of mine roof fell and struck him causing bruising to his left wrist.
04/25/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted Injured was roof bolting and a piece of mine shale hit his finger causing an abrasion to his finger.
04/03/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 58d restricted Injured was operating a twin head bolter. As he swung the boom over, a piece of mine roof hit the boom lever causing it to continue to swing. The boom hit his leg resulting in a fracture.
04/02/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Injured was standing at the outby side of a twin head roof bolter. A piece of mine roof dislodged from the mine roof and struck the employee on the head. He was transported to the hospital and put on...
03/12/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our P4-2 Panel, x-cut #19, entry #3. The fall occurred in the straights as we were moving the MMU to an intake room set up. The fall was found at 1:55am and phoned into MSHA a...
03/10/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 18d restricted Injured was tramming a twin head bolter over cable crossovers. The bolter slid on the crossovers toward the coal rib. His arm was fractured when it was caught between the coal rib and tram lever.
03/03/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A gate on the North Man/Material hoist was not completely shut and came open during operation shutting the hoist down in the shaft. There was not any miners on the hoist during this failure. All affec...
01/29/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The employee was operating a battery coal hauler. He hit a hole in the road jarring his back. He went to the doctor the next day and was placed on restricted duty.
12/18/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None During mining operations on our #2 MMU a methane ignition, bleeder fire, occurred at approximately 1:15 pm. The bleeder fire was approx 3 feet long and burned for about 30-40 seconds. MSHA was notifie...
12/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was changing out a V-Wiper at a transfer point. The V-Wiper fell on his hand causing a laceration
12/04/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was using a hammer to bust a steel band on a pallet of blocks. The band snapped back and cut his knuckle causing a laceration.
12/03/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted The employee was adjusting impeller on a pump. He rolled the pump over by hand and his glove got caught in between the pully and the belt that drives the pump. He fractured one finger.
12/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee was hand loading roof bolt glue on a twin head roof bolter and twisted his back....
11/21/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured was cutting bands off of a stack of roof mats. As he cut the band it snapped back cutting his right thumb.
11/18/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in the primary escapeway of our S7-1st Right Panel in the Primary escapeway. The fall was found at 11:55pm and phoned into the MSHA Hotline at 12:00am. The fall did not cause any...
11/13/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working on a battery coal hauler. As he was removing a bolt from the panel his wrench slipped causing his hand to slide across a steel tag cutting his hand. He received 7 stitches to...
11/09/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The employee was operating a twin head roof bolter. As he was dropping the boom he inadvertently dropped the pod on his foot. X-rays showed no fractures but a contusion to the foot.
10/28/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was working on a #4 MMU outby entry mud hole. As he was pushing a scoop through the mud hole, with another scoop, the scoop bounced up and jarred the employees back. The employee was take...