Century Mine — Accidents

Total: 719 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Alleged incident was to have occurred while his co-worker threw a stick of resin over to him and he claims that this stick of resin slipped through his hands and hit him in the chest. Cause of this in...
08/23/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee descending a ramp off the overcast stepped on a rock twisting his ankle. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip not a factor,...
08/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going under a curtain while attempting to carry a ladder, bag, hilti gun and while attempting to lift up on the curtain he claims to have strained his back. Cause of injury was safety awa...
08/17/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was lowering a jack and he did not notice that the jack did not latch and the handle snapped up and struck him on his wrist. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/r...
08/10/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee placed his foot on the track rail attempting to couple a safety chain between shield cars. The car moved and the wheel of the shield car went up against his foot. Cause of this injury was saf...
08/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was pushing a roof bolt into the roof, he said his arm went limp and could not lift it up. Cause of this injury if occurred was overexertion....
08/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost As this employee was bending over to pick up a wedge a cement block fell off the wall he was building and struck him on his foot. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs...
08/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while advancing belt. He claims to have hurt his back while lifting bottom roller and placing it in the bracket stand. Cause of this injury if occurred was overe...
07/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to unload crib blocks off supply car to scoop car. One of his co-workers threw a crib block on his finger. Cause of this injury was lack of communciation. Compliance with rules/re...
07/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was handling 5-gallon oil cans, he claims to have heard a ""pop"" in his right shoulder. Cause if injury if occurred was overexertion. Compl...
07/24/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope hoist car was descending down the slope and around 531 feet a DC fault occurred and the computer shut down the hoist. After trouble shooting for the cause since the fault would not re-set a...
07/20/2008 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was descending down the elevator when a electrical storm was passsing through the area. The electrical storm knocked out the mine and building power and the elevator stopped. Power did not...
07/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going up a top half of an extension ladder to tie it off, the ladder slipped and started falling, he jumped. Cause of this injury was not following policy and procedures. Compliance with...
07/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injury was to have occurred while he was bending over to pick up a water hose on the floor but did not get to pick it up, he claims his back went out. Cause of this injury was overexertion and aggrava...
06/28/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was struck on the side of his ankle by a overhanging brow while bolting. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equipment not a fac...
06/25/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hammer to pounding against a metal drill chuck and a piece of metal flew off sticking him in his lower leg. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and knowledge. Compliance wit...
06/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was pulling on a cable to get slack to hang it. Did not report this incident until 6/26/08. Cause if happened was improper lifting. Complianc...
06/19/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee stated that has he was driving a golf cart. The steering wheel spun around striking the back of his hand. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a facto...
06/11/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found at 2:55 am on South Mains ""B"" beltline at 7 x-cut. The belts went down around 2am and upon further investigation after trouble shooting the belt was walked. Cause of this roof...
06/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to break a wood header and he smacked it against the side of the belt rail and his finger was in-between. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a...
06/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Alledged incident was to have occurred while this employee was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of sealant. Cause of this injury was improper lifting and not wearing back support. Compliance with ruels/regs...
05/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Alleged incident was to have occurred while this employee was moving valcunizing material. He claims to have pulled his back but had no pain until next day. Cause of this injury (if occurred) was imp...
05/11/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost As the rubber-tired vehicle was getting off the track, it hit a bump and the injured person grabbed onto the side of the frame. He caught his fingers between the vehicle and the track rail. Cause was...
05/10/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist was descending the brakecar when the hoist shut down. A 800 amp fuse blew, after replacing the fuses the breaker would not re-set (kept knocking). When the fuse blew it arced across the bac...
05/09/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Injured was loading 8' bolts into the scoop bucket and one of the bands broke and scattered the bolts. He shut the scoop off, got out and dropped the bucket. As he was reaching under the bucket to get...
04/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee was reaching for his drill steel when the starter steel fell out of the roof and struck him on his hand. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor...
04/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a razor knife to cut open a splice and the knife slipped cutting himself in the hand. Cause of this injury was safety awarness. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protecti...
04/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee rolled over a piece of mine rail to make another cut on it and the rail slipped pinching his finger. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and having proper help. Compliance with rules/re...
04/12/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Maint. foreman and co-worker were changing out a shield leg and when he pressurized the leg a 10 mm plug blew out striking him on his lower leg (calf). Cause of this injury was removing the staple loc...
03/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maint. Foreman when opening the top of an oil can he cut his hand between his thumb and index finger. Cause of this injury was not wearing proper gloves. Compliance with rules was a factor, protective...
03/27/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a metal band that was holding a pellet of bacon straps together on a supply car. The band when it was cut through flew up and laceration his arm. Cause of this injury was safety a...
03/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost Employee, along with co-workers, were lifting rail up onto a rail truck to be removed from the section. Cause of this injury is not having a mechanical means to lift rail onto rail trucks. Compliance...
03/26/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the shearer and a small piece of rock flew off by the drum hitting him in the lip. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs, protective equip, and m...
03/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Roof bolting and a piece of rock fell from the roof striking him on the back of his hand. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules and regs, protective equip and mining system...
03/20/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Sliding 4"" h-beam over the top of the last shield on the recovery face rock fell along side of the shield striking EE and landing on his ankle. Cause of the injury was safety awareness. Compliance wi...
03/19/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee got his foot piniched between a 4"" h-beam laying along shields and the toe of the shield when the Petitto mule bumped the beam. Cause of this injury was safety awarness. Compliance with rule...
02/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 197d lost After loading the trailing cable slack on the conveyor of a BU loader he jumped down off the piece of equipment resulting in a sprained knee. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with...
02/11/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was found in the No. 1 entry of South Mains B return (outby) at 34 x-cut. Fall did not obstruct ventilation or escapeways. Fall will not be cleaned up and is supported over top. Size of fall...
02/07/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 89d lost, 125d restricted EE was pounding the shell off a top broken middle roller with the belt running. Drill steel touched the moving belt & his arm was drug over the side middle roller. Cause of this injury was an unsafe a...
01/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Chg out coil springs on a shqker screen and while he reached for the spring to pull out the hydraulic jack they were using kicked out and the screen fell catching his left little finger. Cause of this...
01/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was crossing railroad cars and has he was descending the ladder he missed the last step and fell. Cause of this injury was safety awareness. Compliance with rules/regs not a factor, protectiv...
01/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 21d restricted Employee was reaching for a crib off a pile and a couple of other cribs fell from this pile stricking the top of his hand. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and this unstable pile of cribs. Co...
01/02/2008 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator was descending down the shaft and stopped at 163 feet. The computer fault could not be re-set and 30 minutes went by with one person in the elevator. Cause of this stoppage was ice formed on...
12/20/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee bent a roof bolt installing it in the roof and as he was attempting to get it out of the roof the bolt head came out of the drill head chuck striking him on the wrist. Cause of this injury wa...
12/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was loading a 10 foot piece of 85-lb track rail onto a supply car. The rail shifted and he caught his finger between the rail and the edge of the supply car. Cause of this injury was not havi...
12/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee and another co-worker were changing out a bad top roller cradle on the SM ""D"" belt. It jammed up against the side of the bed rail and jarred his left shoulder. Cause of this injury was not...
11/19/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Using a pick hammer to pound on a fish bolt plate to get it out, a piece of metal off the hammer head flew striking and lodging in his chin area. Cause of this injury was using the wrong tool for the...
11/07/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was lowering a Longwall shield on the recovery face and the dump hose came loose and struck him on his finger. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and knowledge. Compliance with rules/r...
10/31/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 68d restricted Supervisor was sawing a wood post to set and he cut the post crooked. He picked up the post to slam it down to break it off and he strained his back. Cause of this injury was overexertion and employee...
10/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a pin into a drawbar and the pin hit the drawbar as the motor was being moved into position. Cause of this injury was an unsafe act. Complaince with rules/regs was a factor, p...