Carlisle Mine — Accidents

Total: 305 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A weekly examiner found a roof fall adjacent to the weekly examiners rout of travel. The fall is located in our M4 Mains, x-cut 63, entry #2. The fall did not affect ventilation, impede miners travel,...
10/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was hanging insulated wire. The wire flipped over and hit him in the eye.
10/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekly examination a roof fall was found in our M5 1st-Left Panel. The fall is adjacent to the weekly examiners travelway in x-cut 21 between entries 3 and 4. The fall did not cause injury to...
09/28/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The section supervisor found bruising and swelling in his wrist after working day shift on 9/28/11. He is not sure what he did to cause this injury. He followed up with the Dr. on 10/13/2011 and was p...
09/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 102d restricted The employee was loading a reducer for a Joy Battery Ram car. He slipped as he picked up the reducer and it fell on his thumb.
09/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was examining the belt entry. He tripped over a bridge and fell on his knee.
09/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found during a weekly examination in our M5 1st Left Panel x-cut 21 entry 4-5. The roof fall is located next to the examiners rout of travel. No one was injured, no equipment was damag...
09/06/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted The employee was removing a ventilation device with a hammer. As he pulled a spad out of the curtain board his elbow hit a coal rib. He started having pain on 10/7/11 and was seen by a Dr. on 10/10/11...
08/31/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was moving belt structure. As a co-worker moved a bottom roller it hit his finger. An accident report was filed that day. He was seen by a Dr. on 10/12/11 due to still having pain in his...
08/23/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted the employee was operating a diesel scoop. He had his leg resting on a hot hyd hose in the cab and burnt his leg. He seen a Dr. on 9/2/2011 due to infection and was placed on restricted duty.
08/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was advancing a belt line. He hit his finger between a bottom roller and the coal rib. No fractures were found but a prescription was given for pain.
08/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During an examination of our redundant phone line a roof fall was found in the primary escape way, M4 Mains, XC 64, Entry #6. No miners were injured, ventilation was not affected, and no miners were t...
08/07/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A roof bolter operator was removing 2'x 4'x 18' boards from his machine. As he was removing a board he was bit by a spider. He was seen by a Dr. on 8/9/2011 given medicine for infection caused by the...
08/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekly examination a weekly examiner found a roof fall in our M4 main. The fall was located in #7 entry at x-cut #71 adjacent to the primary escapeway. The fall did not affect ventilation, pa...
07/25/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found by a weekly examiner in our M5/1st Left abandoned sub-main, cross-cut 21 entry #6. The fall measured 20' x 16' x 15'. It is not located in or adjacent to the examiners route of t...
07/19/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted The employee was working on a bolter cable on number 4 MMU. As he was fixing the cable a piece of rock dislodged from the mine roof and struck the employee fracturing his pelvis.
07/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found during a weekly examination. The roof fall measured 20' x 17' x 8'. It was located in our M3 Main Return x-cut #14, entry #2. It was not located adjacent to an escapeway. no mine...
07/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was stopped on equipment. He was adjusting his CB radio antenna, which is located on the outside of the equipment. While moving the magnet to which the antenna is attached, the antenna flipp...
07/05/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted The employee was operating a continuous miner. As he was mining a piece of mine roof spun off of the head of the machine and struck the employee in the face causing a laceration.
06/30/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee cut a steel band on a skid of block. The band slung towards the employee hitting his arm causing a laceration.
06/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 39d restricted The employee was moving a stored SCSR Cache and felt a tear feeling in his abdomen area. After consulting with a doctor on the following Monday it was determined that the employee was in need of surg...
05/05/2011 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working and at some point was bitten by a spider.
05/05/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None As the miner operator was loading his last car on the left side of a blow through he noticed a pile of coal in the cut was possibly burning. It was determined through company and MSHA investigation th...
05/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a pump and hit his knee on grating. He went to the Doctors office on 5/16/2011 and had to have fluid drained behind his knee.
04/19/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The employee attempted to cross over an idled conveyor belt thinking it was locked and tagged out. As he stepped on the belt it started causing the employee to ride the conveyor belt app. 60' travelin...
04/13/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted The employee was standing next to a twin head roof bolter during drilling operations. As the operator advanced to install the next row of pins he ran over the employees foot causing bruising and swell...
03/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was loading bottom rollers onto a structure trailer. As another employee threw a bottom roller it caught the injured employees finger between two rollers.
02/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted The employee was removing a guard on a dozer. He slipped and landed on his side fracturing two ribs
02/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Continuation of a roof fall that was reported on 7/16/2010 was found during a weekly examination. The fall was found in our M4 Mains, X-Cut 72, #3 entry and was the intersection only. It measured 20...
02/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 30d restricted The employee was retrieving HV cable. As he and three other miners were pulling on the cable it snagged on a crib. As the cable suddenly stopped the employee felt a strain in his groin and stomach. Af...
12/17/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 134d restricted The employee slipped on ice as he was walking across the plant yard. Since his accident the pain has gotten worse, he is now required to have surgery to correct the problem.
11/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekly examination of our M3 Main Returns a roof fall was found at x-cut 26, entry #1. The fall was found in the intersection only. It measured 20' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. the fall did...
11/17/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was operating a roof bolter. He placed his hand on top of the operators canopy and swung the boom pinching his hand between the mine roof and the canopy.
11/10/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted The employee was bolting. As he attempted to put a bolt in the drilled hole, using the hyd. of the bolter, the bolt bent and hit his hand which caused a strain.
10/28/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 74d restricted The employee was roof bolting. He raised the pot up to the starter steel, which was not properly aligned, it snapped back jarring his hand.
10/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekly examination an examiner found an unplanned roof fall in our M4 Mains. The fall was found in #1 entry, x-cut 52 through x-cut 54. It measured app. 120' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. The...
10/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a weekly examination an examiner found an unplanned roof fall in our M3 Mains. The roof fall was found in #1 entry, x-cut 11-12. It was 40' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. This roof fall did not...
10/14/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 8d restricted The employee was hanging a continuous miner cable and strained his back.
10/04/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing roof bolts. As he started the drill steel in the mine roof a peice of mine roof dislodged from the mine roof and struck the employee.
10/02/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was bent over hanging a check curtain. A battery powered scoop operator turned his machine in the same cross cut striking the employee with the bucket of the scoop. The employee finished...
09/30/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted The employee was installing roof support on the off side of a twin head roof bolter. As he was standing at the middle of the machine the operator inadvertantly ran over his foot.
09/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was standing on a three foot ladder and fell on his side. He went to the Dr. on 9/21/2010 and was put on restricted duty.
08/24/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found in our M4 Main, Entry #1, Cross Cut #75. This fall is located in one of our return air courses. The fall did not cause injury to miners, affect passage of miners,...
08/18/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was hauling supplies down the slope with a getman tractor. He lost control and hit an arch. His head was thrown into the canopy causing a laceration to his head.
08/18/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unexpected roof fall occurred in our M3 Mains, x-cut 26, entry #7. The fall did not cause injury to miners, affect passage of miners, or change ventilation.
08/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted The employee was using a slate bar to straighten up a cable horn on a continuous miner. The bar slipped, he lost his balance and twisted his ankle.
08/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 27d restricted The employee was pulling on a chain from under a slinger duster and strained his groin. He had to have surgery on 8/31/2010 as a result of the injury.
08/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our M4 Main x-cut #66, entry #9. The roof fall is 20' wide, 18' long, and 7' high. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners, or affect ventilation
08/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in our M4 Main x-cut #67, entry #8. The roof fall is 20' wide, 17' long and 7' high. The roof fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners, or affect ventilation...
08/02/2010 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted The employee was working on a bob-cat. While laying on the ground, he was bitten by a spider on the neck. He was treated on 8-4-2010 and put on restricted duty.