Century Mine — Accidents

Total: 719 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/10/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost A cement block fell from a wing wall and struck him on the side of the foot while seating in a chair at the waiting area of the slope bottom. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance wi...
10/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee was walking to the face to help hang canvas when he stepped in a hole hyper-extending his knee. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs is not a factor, protect...
10/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was loading a golf cart into a supply car. Cause of this injury was safety awarness and getting help and proper lifting techniques. Complianc...
09/28/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee's ankle was caught between the input shaft and pressure plate attempting to change a torque converter on rail locomotive in the yard. Cause of this injury was safety awarness and having help....
09/27/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up an 4"" I beam and he felt pain between his shoulder blades in his back. Cause of this injury was improper lifting and enough help. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor, mine...
09/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was attempting to hook up a coupler to the scoop and the pin that went down thru the hole pinched his finger. Cause of this injury was an unsafe act and safety awareness. Compliance with rule...
08/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on a pre-shift exam. of the 4-1/2 in-active section. The fall was at the 2nd intersection of the #8 room of the #5 entry. Fall is approx. 20'L. by 30'W. and above the anchor poin...
08/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was prying on a track switch with a bar and he slipped falling backwards. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip was not a fa...
08/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 206d lost Employee was building a cement block ventilation wall and some block fell out striking him on top of his foot. Cause of this injury was safety awareness, compliance with rules/regs not a factor, prot...
08/06/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted Employee was pulling drill steel out of the top when he hit his right wrist on a bent down bacon strap causing a laceration to his wrist. Rules and regulations is not a factor. Mining equip/systems...
07/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Employee was helping foreman fix a broken vertical pin on the No. 3 shield. The foreman hit his right index finger with the hammer. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and proper protective equi...
07/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee was traveling over a belt overcast when he fell through the top landing on the mine floor below. Cause of this injury was damage to the overcast occurred and no-one dangered off the area. Com...
06/11/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee along with other co-workers were riding in a mantrip going in the mine. The mantrip jumped track and struck the rib. Cause of this injury was excessive speed. Compliance with rules was a fact...
06/07/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supervisor was traveling the south mains track and a piece of material fell from the roof striking him on his hard hat. The hardhat flipped up and he struck his head against the roof, plate or roof bo...
06/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was putting a scoop on charge and he slipped while trying to get o top of it. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip not a fa...
06/04/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was picking up a rock to throw off the walkway when another piece fell from the roof. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equipm...
06/04/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine examiner found a roof fall between No. 25 and 26 x-cut in the No. 1 entry of South Mains B return aircourse. Fall is approx. 15 feet long by 17 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high. Cause of this fall...
05/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was unloading bacon straps off a bolter for repair and he cut his finger on the strap resulting in stitches on his little finger. Cause of this incident was an unsafe act. Compliance with rul...
05/11/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was attempting to install a bent roof bolt into the roof while holding onto it. The bolt spun around hitting his wrist as he accidently pushed on the rotation. Cause of this injury was an uns...
04/09/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Alledged incident was to have occurred while he was reaching for more screens to place for a deck in the clean coal screen. Cause of this incident if occurred was overexertion. Compliance with rules/r...
03/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing the blade of a belt cutter, the cutter started to fall off the tool box and he grabbed it and placed his hand on the blade. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance...
03/20/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 309d lost Supervisor was standing by the rib at the Stageloader and a piece of rib fell striking his leg. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was a possible factor, protective...
03/20/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 309d lost Incident was to have occurred while this employee operating a shuttle car. The car ran over a crib block and a large rock. Victim struck his head against the underside of the canopy. Cause of this inc...
03/13/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 314d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was wheelbarrowing rockdust in a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow tipped over and she tried to keep it from falling over. Cause of this injury w...
02/21/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 1d restricted Employee was riding in a track mantrip and the mantrip jumped track at a curve, he claims to have hurt his neck. Cause of this injury was excessive speed. Compliance with rules/regs was a factor, prot...
02/17/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck on the back of the head with a lead drill steel that was stuck in the roof. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and compliance with company rules. Rules was a factor, protect...
02/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A new roof fall was found int he #1 entry of South Mains ""B"" return aircourse between 23 and 24 x-cut. Fall is approx. 18'wide by 8-9""high by 20-30'long. Area bolted with 8' Install III bolts with...
01/27/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 1d restricted Employee was picking up belt structure and a roof bolt head and plate that was installed in the roof popped off and struck him on the back of the neck area. Cause of this injury was roof taking weight...
01/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was operating the miner on remote and a piece of roof slate fell between the wire mesh screen striking his left middle finger. Cause of this injury could be from not wearing proper gloves. C...
01/20/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Injured was walking down an overcast ramp, lost his footing, slid to the bottom and twisted his left ankle. Resulted in torn ligaments.
01/16/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting when a small piece of slate fell striking his arm. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip. not a factor, min...
01/15/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Reaching to get a roof bolt off the machine as his co-worker was moving the machine for the next row of installation. Victim's foot was under the tire and the machine ran over it. Cause of this injury...
01/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Roof bolter threw down a cable bolt and the roof bolt plate Bounced off the rib striking his ankle. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules and regs. not a factor, protective...
12/15/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Roof bolter was installing the second bolt of his first row when the roof inby the ATRS beam fell without warning. A piece of rock flew up striking his leg above the knee. Cause of this injury was sl...
12/14/2006 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 6d restricted Carrying pc of schduel 80 pipe with Case hoe. It started to swing. He was afraid it was going to hit the window. He stuck his hand out to catch it & caught his hand between window and pipe.
12/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was using a rockbar to slide off a shuttle car tire that was on a supply car. When the tire was at the edge of the car it moved suddenly and the bar struck him on the side of his face. Caus...
11/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was examining belts. He claims to have slipped in mud straining his knee. Cause of this injury if occurred at this mine was safety awareness....
11/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A new roof fall occurred on the South Mains ""B"" beltline between 28 and 29 x-cut. The fall was approx. 8 to 9' high by 18' wide and 60' long. Area was bolted with 8' Install III bolts and resin, H-...
10/25/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Roof bolter was attempting to put a roof bolt plate over a bolt and it slipped from his grip and the plate fell cutting his arm. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and being in a hurry. Complia...
10/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the South Mains ""A"" beltline at 69 x-cut. The fall is approx. 40 feet long by 18' wide and 9' high. Area was bolted with 8' Install 3 bolts and resioned. Other support tha...
10/17/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost This incident was to have occurred while this employee was waiting for the shuttle car to pass him. He was standing in a x-cut and did not notice that the snub was near him and he got flipped by the...
10/04/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A Taylor forklift parked by the hoist house drifted forward and ran into the hoist building knocking out the power to run the slope hoist. Equipment sat there for 1-1/2 hours before moving. Cause of t...
10/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to change damaged bit inserts on a miner drum. When he hit the top of the bit insert a piece of slag flew striking him in the neck area. Cause of this injury was safety awarenes...
09/25/2006 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A inactive hole (gas or oil) was intersected on the midnight LW shift at 21 Shield of the 12 East longwall section. No accumulation of methane was found but was liberating 2.6% over the hole. The ho...
09/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supervisor and another co-worker were carrying a piece of metal. His co-worker dropped his end and caught the victims finger between the metal and the rib. Cause of this injury was lack of communicati...
09/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 191d lost Examiner was coming down an aircourse and a rock was in the middle, he went to kick it out of the way and something popped in his right calf of his leg. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Comp...
09/05/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving mon-o-rail that was stacked on top of the stageloader and his grib slipped and he piniched his finger between the mon-o-rail and the stageloader deck. Cause of this injury was safe...
09/02/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee was moving the roof bolter and he went to get out of the cab, his SCSR hit the left tram lever and his left leg was out on the mine floor and the cab drug his foot under the edge of the cab.C...
09/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was knocking a stuck cement block from the mine roof and he did not observe loose overhanging brow that came down striking him on his head and neck area. Cause of this injury was safety aware...
08/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost This questionable incident was to have occurred while this employee was shoveling a coal spill at the LW tail. He claims to had his foot slip off the shovel hyperextending his knee. Cause of injury (i...