Century Mine — Accidents

Total: 719 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/14/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator stopped running and the elevator doors would not open. Elevator was down for more than 30 minutes due to slack rope governor chain had iced up, stopping the chain motion. This was not an...
12/09/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator stopped running. An employee was ascending up the elevator. He was stuck in the elevator for more than 30 minutes until they were able to open the doors. He was removed at 11:15p.m. Cause...
12/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the 22 East track entry at 49 cross cut. The fall was approx. 30 feet long by 17 feet wide and 2 to 10 feet high. Area was bolted with Install III bolts with resin assisted. T...
11/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to get cable bolts by hand off a supply car, as he pulled on the cable bolt a metal band with ragged cut ends cut his finger through his glove. Cause of this injury was safety...
11/23/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a roof bolter and a piece of rock fell through the wire mesh screen striking him on his elbow. Cause of this injury was safety awareness of the employee. Complaince with rules/...
11/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Setting post on belt line, post struck top, dislodging a rock which slid down the post striking person in the forehead. Cause of the injury was concentration. Compliance with rules/regs was not a fact...
10/31/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While grinding a screw type positioner, the injured employee got a piece of steel in his right eye. Safety glasses were being worn by the employee.
10/30/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Shear operator cutting bottom going to the tail at 140 shield, cutting through a clay vein. Rock came off drum striking his rt. hand middle finger. His hand was resting on handrail when rock hit him....
10/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing guard from B side shute leg placed guard against I beam guard fell striking right leg shin, lacerating skin. Cause was concentration. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor. PPE was not...
10/10/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on South B beltline inby xcut #23. Fall was approx. 35 feet long by 15 feet wide by 2 to 12 feet high. Area was bolted with Install II bolts and resin assisted. The supplemental...
10/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Helping scoop operator to load bacon straps on top of roof bolter, slid bacon straps through his hands while loading lacerated middle finger on edge of strap. Cause of this injury was safety awareness...
10/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Walking to job located near elevator bottom slipped on level ground and hurt left knee. Cause was concentration be aware of mine floor conditions. PPE not a factor, Compliance of rules/regs not a fact...
10/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Scoop car operator was unloading a piece of metal in an x-cut, dropped bucket down to unload a hidden post in the gob, got flipped up and struck EE's right foot. Cause is knowledge of knowing post was...
09/28/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost While walking from the drill head of the roof bolter to the inch trams, slipped on a rock that was on the mine floor twisting right ankle. Cause is concentration; be aware of mine floor conditions. PP...
08/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling cable off a piece of equipment and he struck his ear on a bent bacon roof strap, lacerating it. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor...
08/24/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee stated he was riding in a manbus, a track switch was left open and the trip ran into the side track and struck another trip. The employee worked the entire shift and worked the following day...
08/17/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 221d lost Raising and setting #2 shield using manual controls. Hose fitting broke which allowed the hose to fling back and forth striking right arm at the elbow area.
08/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Lifting water tree for belt water line felt pain in upper back between shoulder blades. Cause is improper lifting technique. PPE not a factor,Compliance of rules/regs not a factor,mining equipment/sys...
08/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While carrying a 55 ton shackle up the steps to the tool trailer, the employee experienced a sharp pain in his lower back on the right side.
07/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the South Mains ""A"" mainline belt inby 54 cross cut. Fall approx. 30 feet long, 18 feet wide and 12 feet above the normal roof horizon. Area was bolted with Install II bolts...
06/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While hanging curtain in #3 entry face slipped and stepped in a hole in mine floor sprained right ankle. Cause is concentration being not aware of mine floor conditions, Compliance of rules/regs not a...
06/28/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost Injury was measuring the distance between 2 bolts while rib screening, when he turned to walk back to pan line the rib rolled striking him in back pushing him into pan line. Cause of injury rib roll,...
06/04/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred in intake escapeway #4 entry blocking passage to the outside escape route, roof fell 10 to 12 feet above roof horizon at a four way intersection. Fall was 16 feet wide to 35 feet lo...
05/26/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the South Mains ""A"" mainline belt inby 51 cross cut. Fall approx. 50 feet long, by 15 feet wide by 2 to 12 feet high. Area was bolted with Install II bolts and resin assiste...
05/09/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Walking from tail piece to feeder stepped over feeder timber support Lt foot slipped off belt bed rail twisting ankle severely to one side. Cause of injury slipping on material in travel way. Complian...
05/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost After setting the ATRS went to drill the first hole and rock fell behind ATRS and in front of ATRS. Rock fell striking just below left elbow cutting arm. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Com...
05/06/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 42d restricted Was grooving a fire suppression pipe, had hand on ratchet which turns groover, the groover handle came out of the main body taking right hand under the machine, breaking thumb. Cause knowledge and con...
05/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While shoveling rock material at a belt line turned to put material on belt felt pain in back and while riding on a golf cart at quitting time back started hurting more.
03/28/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was tramming to miner through x-cut watching his cable and he thinks he ran over a rock bouncing up against the underside of the canopy striking head. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor....
03/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Removing bottom roller from belt his helper bumped bottom roller causing finger to be pinched between roller and structure. Cause was lack of communication. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor. Mi...
03/19/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An alleged ignition occurred at the long wall face at or near shield #78 while mining coal. The ignition was described as a flash of orange around the shearer drum that lasted only about 2 seconds. Th...
03/12/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator went to fault computer on the control screen making the elevator inoperative.
03/05/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator stopped running and the part that was changed out (door switch) was not the problem and by that time that occurred it exceeded 30 minutes. Cause of this interruption was a slack rope gove...
02/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Employee was struck by a drag rail that a scoop was pulling as it swung around a corner. Cause of the injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rule/regs not a factor, Mining equip./systems not a f...
02/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Adjusted drill pod on roof bolter, was discussing work with another employee and leaning hand on canopy post when the other employee bumped the canopy down pinching tip of left middle finger. Cause w...
01/31/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting shuttle car cable with utility knife. Holding cable approx waist high, cutting away from himself and cable twisted causing knife to slip off and he cut his left leg.Was approx 1 1/2 to 2""cut...
01/21/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred in #2 Entry of the 22 East section. The flash occurred at the center to the right side of the cutter head and came up over the head. Flash was described as yellow and orange/yel...
01/12/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting in x-cut and bent over to pick up bolt, when a 3'x4'x4"" thick piece of coal and rock fell out between atrs and canopy striking him in the back of head, causing a 2""laceration. C...
12/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting shield car on track. Employee was lining wheel up and swung the wheel and pinched his left index finger between wheel and the frame of car. Cause of injury was lack of concentra...
12/16/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the South Mains ""D"" mainline belt inby 45 x-cut. Fall was approx. 10 ft long x 15 ft wide x 2 to 8 ft. high. Area was bolted with Install II bolts and resin assisted. The...
12/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee straightened a bent 8 ft. bolt to put in top and felt a strain in his back. Cause of injury was overexertion. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip was a factor(back...
11/13/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Was struck by drill steel on outter right arm when steels lowered out of roof due to correction made when drilling hole. Suffered a contusion. Cause was safety awareness. Rules and regulations were no...
11/10/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Holding starter steel in a 4 ft. hole,the stab jack of the bolter slid off a rock causing the canopy to contact his right hand as he was still holding on to drill steel creating a contusion on the bac...
11/07/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was sitting on a shield that was done moving and as the adj. shield moved in towards the panline the shield caught a brow and the panline jumped back. Cause of this injury was safety awarenes...
10/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Alleged incident was to have occurred while this employee was spinning the shearer drum to change bits. He claims to have strained his shoulder. Cause of this injury was physical ability. Compliance w...
10/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Employee was bolting and slickenslide roof fell from the face to the ATRS without warning and struck him on the side of his leg and ankle. Cause of this injury was safety knowledge. Compliance with r...
09/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was leaning over the dozer hydraulic tank looking for a leak and felt back pain. Cause of this injury is unknown (he was not performing any work). Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor,...
09/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and another co-worker were making a belt splice and as the two worked toward each other he was struck above the eye with a hammer. Cause of this injury was lack of communication and safety aw...
09/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supervisor was helping to hang the miner cable when he felt pain in his back. Cause of this injury was not having enough help and getting enough slack. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor, protect...
08/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the South Mains ""D"" mainline belt at 28 x-cut. Fall was approx. 30' long by 26' wide by 7 to 8' high. Fall did not obstruct ventilation or escapeways. Area bolted with 8' In...