Castle Mine — Accidents

Total: 242 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/05/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #3 entry at spad # 4803. Ventilation was not affected, no persons or equipment was involved. This area will not be rehabilitated. All entrances have been breaker...
12/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee stated he was attempting to lift one side of 3 top rollers banded toogether, when he felt pain in his lower back, resuting in a strained lumbar muscle.
12/03/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Due to continued pain resulting from a mantrip accident that occurred on 12/03/2007, EE went back to the doctor on 03/21/2008 and was diagnosed with two ruptured discs C-5 & C-6. He is currently off a...
11/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at spad #2485. Fall was in the #4 and #5 entry. Ventilation was not altered, passage of persons was not altered. All entrances to fall were breakered off. Area will not...
10/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #4 entry, left return of old 3 belt. Fall measured 80 ft long, 19 ft wide and 8 1/2 ft high. This area is worked out. No equipment was involved, no personal inju...
10/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of cutting a piece of cable when the knife slipped and cut his left index finger.
10/10/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in #5 entry near spad #62330, no induries reported no equipment involved ventilation was not affected fall measured 70' length, 20' width and5' to 8' high all approache...
10/08/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was cutting belt at the tailpiece when knife came out of belt cutting his right knee. About 1"" cut resulted in 3 stitches.
09/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at parallel mains #3 Entry 1 crosscut inby spad #673. No injuries reported and no equipment involved. Fall measured 200' length, 18' width and 4' to 5' height. Fall was...
09/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was hanging fire hose over discharge roller, when he cut his little finger on his right hand, on a guard that covers shaft. Member received 5 stitches on little finger on his right hand.
07/27/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee's injury is the result of continuing pain caused by a mantrip accident that occurred on July 27, 2007. Due to increased pain he required surgery to repair tendon in his left shoulder. He was...
07/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred on the #1 section in entry #4 at spad #4367. No injuries reported. No equipment involved ventilation and passage of persons not affected. Fall measured 90' x 19' x 4'-6...
07/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at the glory hole mains in the #4 entry at spad #3191. No injuries reported. No equipment involved. Ventilation and passage of person not affected. Fall measured 100' x...
05/09/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Member was working with the outby crew to lead 5'belt from the roll into a sled that was on a longwall car. When the pulled the car, member stepped up onto the car & proceeded to ride the car through...
04/27/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was operating a 15 ton motor pulling shield cars outside, when he lost control of the motor & wrecked causing a laceration to his head which needed 5 staples to close.
04/09/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was fueling up a welder when gasoline splashed on the hot manifold and ignighted the welder which was mounted on a truck. The welder and a 1989 Ford 350 4X4 pickup burned to the ground.
03/30/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was waiting for crew to bring in a set of doors to install. He heard motor approaching. As he got up, he stepped on a piece of cinderblock and twisted his ankle.
03/29/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall occurred on #5 Belt 1 break inby spad #12186. No injuries. No equip. involved. Ventilation not affected. Passage of persons not affected. Fall measured 6' high & extended approx. 1...
02/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred atr the 54 mains section in the #6 entry at spad #2365. There is no active facem these are old works. No injuries were reported. No equipment involved. Ventilation and...
02/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occured at the 54 main section in the #2 entry 3 x-cuts outby spad #7449.There is no active face, these are old works. No injuries were reported, no equipment involved. Ventilat...
01/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at approx 1:00am on the #1 section in the #5 entry which is approx 400' inby spad #2437. The fall measured 20' long, 20' wide and 9' tall. No equipment was involved. Ve...
01/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was walking on the headgate 2 section outby when he stepped in a hole and twisted his right ankle. He was diagnosed with a sprained ankle.
01/02/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred on the #1 section in the #3 entry at spad #5044 approximately 180 feet from the active face. No injuries were reported, no equipment was involved. Ventilation and passa...
12/20/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost Employee was located on the offside of the Fletcher Roof Ranger II when a piece of rock fell from between the last row of bolts & the ATRS. The rock slid down the canopy & struck the EE on the right l...
11/17/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred on the #1A belt. There is no active face at this mine. No injuries were reported. No equipment was involved. Passage of persons and ventilation were not affected. All a...
11/02/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Member was in a hurry crossing the line of the longwall when he ran into one of the longwall shields in front of him that he did not see due to his head being down. He struck his right shoulder agains...
11/02/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred approx 10,000' from the active face, measuring 30' length X 20' width X 6' height. No injuries were reported and ventilation was not affected. Passage of persons was af...
10/31/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred 6500' from the active face in the #7 entry at spad #666. No injuries reported. No equipment involved. Passage of persons was not affected. Fall measured 50' length X 20...
09/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Member was in the process of advancing shields, had hooked up 1"" pull chain to drag shield forward, when one of the hooks bent, causing chain to ties and strike him in the right arm and side. He rece...
09/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was using a standard utility knife to square the belt to make a splice when the knife slipped and struck him in the left forearm causing a laceration which took 2 sutures to close.
08/27/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Member had finished loading supplies into bucket of scoop and was backing around corner into #2 entry when he ran over a piece of 6"" Ni-Pak line not in use. End of pipe rose up and entered scoop deck...
08/12/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occured 6000' from the active face of the # 1 section in the #4 entry at spad #4283. Fall measured 30' length 18' width x 6' heightno equipment was involved and ventilation and...
07/05/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred 1500' from the active face of the working section in the left return, entry #1, near spad # 10300. No equipment was involved. No injuries reported. Ventilation and pass...
06/14/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Member was walking down the steps of an overcast when he stepped on a broken piece of cinder block that was at the base of the steps, causing him to twist his right ankle.
06/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member had his left hand positioned on the belt rail and was reaching for the sheave rope with his right hand while pulling slack out of the take-up when the rope became hung between top structure and...
06/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occured in the # 4 entry 100' inby spad 4275. 4000' from the active face fall measured 10' length x 16 ' width x 5' height. No injuries reported, no equipment involved. Ventila...
05/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Member was standing on scoop batteries to hang bolter cable in the #2 entry at spad #4531. As he was climbing down off scoop, right knee gave out causing him to fall and twist left ankle. Member conti...
05/14/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occured on the #4A belt towards the #1 working section in the # 3 entry. Fall was 4500 ft.from the working section and measured 75ft long 20ft wide and 6 ft high. No injuries...
05/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had just cleaned his knife blade in his utility knife, bent down to help electrian when his knife blade cut his wrist, knife was hanging off his belt by a clip and apparently the blade had slipped...
05/05/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None member & 2 0thers were unloading a piece of track rail approx 6'long off of a car, when as it was coming off it struck a longer rail causing it to come off the car and bounce mashing his left index fi...
04/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was removing backboard from face pan on longwall. Backboard slipped out of his hand and pinched his left middle finger against pan, causing laceration to middle finger which needed 2 stitches t...
04/12/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of drilling an 8 ft hole in the mine roof. As he was putting the 4 ft finisher and pushed together, the steel bowed as he raised the drill pot causing the steel to spring apart a...
03/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member had just finished re-fueling the IT28 endloader and was in the process of climbing back in the operator's compartment. As he opened the door, the door swung back to close. He was reaching to gr...
03/23/2006 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping assist the foreman in hanging a D-Box cable whe EE grabbed the cable he came into contact with a bad place in the cable and was shocked. EE was checked by Ambulance personell and was d...
03/22/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating Fairchild Scoop and had his L arm outside of the deck with his left hand resting on the stop block, when he turned to the scoop to the right, his middle index finger between the st...
03/12/2006 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Large volume of water inflow from pilot hole above Powellton seam. Source of water unknown.
01/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 170d lost, 48d restricted Member was operating 35c scoop to clear roadway. Member started to feel shaky, heard a noise, raised up to see if something had fell off the back of scoop. He then passed out and fell out of scoop at...
01/18/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 4/12/06 due to an occupational illness (degenerative bone disease) substantiated by medical records and reports, employee was diagnosed with ailments described in the medical reports. This was not...
01/05/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #5 entry approximately 2400' from the active face. The fall measured 22' long, 18' wide, 3.5' to 6' high. No persons were injured, passage of persons was not aff...
12/30/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MEMBER WAS PREPARING TO PUT HIS MANTRIP BACK ON TRACK THAT HAD JUST WRECKED. HE WAS WALKING FROM ONE END OF THE TRIP TO THE OTHER, WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL, PUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSEL...