Cherokee Mine — Accidents

Total: 151 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/21/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was walking across section to tighten curtain and strained his right knee. He continued to work up until he had surgery on 6/28/2013.
04/17/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of grass rope with a utility knife. He was holding the rope in his right hand and cutting with left. The knife slipped and he cut his right hand below his index finger on...
03/19/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP claim for Employee on 3/19/2013.
03/19/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP claim for Employee on 3/19/2013.
03/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing sign on the surface. He pulled hard with his right hand when it slipped loose and struck a metal rope that surrounds the pond cutting the back of his right hand resulting in 3 st...
12/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee was loading plaster in bucket of scoop and twisted his back.
10/17/2012 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was walking down the haul road when his left knee popped. After a subsequent doctors visit on 10/19, an MRI was ordered for 10/22/12. He was taken off work on 10/23/12. MRI revealed degenera...
10/08/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming bolter up when the canopy caught cable that was hung from the roof. He reached out from under the canopy pushing the cable up with his left hand. The canopy caught employee on th...
09/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to boost a Lo-trac off the batteries of a 4-wheeler. He hooked the boosting cable to the Lo-trac and then to the batteries on the 4-wheeler. He moved the booster cable leads on the...
08/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was plastering a brattice and got plaster in his eye.
08/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 223d lost Employee was loading roof plates from a supply hole when he felt pain moving from his back down his right thigh into his foot.
05/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was going to answer the phone and put his knee on pipe when it rolled and his knee popped and twisted.
03/02/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at 11:54pm on 3/2/2012. The inby part of the fan canopy plus 1 row of bolts fell. It measured 5-6' in thickness x 18 to 20' wide x 4 to 7' long. The fan was manually turned off.
01/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was servicing the continuous miner in a crouched position. While trying to move around the side of the machine the employee slipped on a piece of flat rock that was laying in miner cable caus...
10/31/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was turning a turnbuckle to align 10B #2 belt drive when he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He returned to his regular job duties and on 11/14/2011, after a follow up doctor's visit, he...
07/08/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Piece of draw rock dislodged and slid down the ATRS striking the employee on the right leg resulting in an abrasion and laceration.
03/15/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While gathering tools after working on the miner section of the rib rolled off catching back of employee's right foot causing a simple fracture of the small distal toe. Maintenance crew had moved mine...
01/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was watering Belt entry with a 1 inch water line with a metal cutoff valve end. While pulling up slack on the water line, the water hose caught on something, pulling the line through his hand...
01/17/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was lifting a crib block on uneven ground that had some thin ice in the surrounding area. The ice broke loose causing employee's foot to slip through resulting in a pull to the left calf musc...
09/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 193d lost Employee was jacking a chain hoist when the chain broke causing him to jerk and strain his right shoulder. (Employee did not lose any work days until he was taken off work on 11/29/2010 by Dr.)
09/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Employee was preparing to install bolt into hole in the #5 belt heading, while straightening bolt a rock fell hitting him on the left wrist. Employee received a fractured left Ulna.
05/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of closing the track entry airlock door. Employee had right hand on a chain attached to door when watch on other wrist got caught on door and employee tried to catch door w...
11/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee stepped off a Tram that was moving and twisted his right leg.
10/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was running tram when he stoped to set timbers. He twisted his left knee while exiting out of tram. Employee continued to work his regular job duties until surgery. Began losing time 02/08/2...
07/21/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove a piece of weld when the chisel slipped in his hand causing a laceration that required stitches.
06/08/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost Employee was helping anchor tailpiece and while holding one of the hydraulic jacks got his right hand caught between the jackbase and roof pad.
05/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost While moving a rock to a belt, employee stated that he twisted his right knee.
03/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 332d lost While unloading miner bits that were in buckets, employee felt pain in his back and numbness down his left leg. The doctor took him off work on 3/26/09. He began losing time as of that date.
03/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee picked up a box of resin and turned to the right and at such time he felt pain in his lower back. Went to the doctor on 3/12 and was taken off work. Started to lose time as of 3/13/09.
03/05/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost Employee's feet got caught by the feeder cable as it was being pulled, injuring his right knee.
01/26/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost While tramming diesel mantrip down slope track, brakes failed causing mantrip to derail and wreck at bottom of slope. Employee was thrown out and complained of back pain.
01/10/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 244d lost Employee was struck by a rock brow on his shoulder and back when it fell out, driving him to the ground. The rock measured 5' x 28"" x 16"".
11/15/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost Employee ws tramming feeder off of tailpiece. He crawled over a rock and hurt his left knee. Employee continued to work until 2/16/09, when surgery was performed on his knee. He started to lose tim...
09/12/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was in process of connecting finisher and pusher steels when he inadvertently hit the rotation causing the pusher to fly out of the chuck. It hit him below his left eye resulting in a cut whi...
07/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Employee knelt to position body in order to hang curtain.
07/11/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 243d lost Moving miner, a loop of cable slack pulled across, striking him and knocking him to the mine floor.
06/22/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Shuttle car operator bumped head on top.
05/15/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee was on his knees loading bags of rock dust into a scoop bucket. A piece of coal got between his knee and knee pad he was wearing. The rubbing action of the coal against the knee caused a soft...
03/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None East Mains 002 unit, a roof fall occurred in the # 3 entry 130' inby spad 10025 measuring approx. 25' x 20' x 4'. A portion of the Joy continuous mining machine was caught under the rock. No disruptio...
03/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost An evening shift electrician was loading tool box on 3-wheeler. He alleges that he felt sharp pain in his lower back. Employee began losing time on 3/10/08.
03/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the #4 entry at the mouth of a previously pillared section beginning at spad 5342 and extending to spad 9173. The fall measured approx. 200' x 22' x 7'.
03/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was hanging a trailing cable, he turned slightly and felt pain in his left knee. He began losing days on 4-1-08.
02/15/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Retreat mining in the #5 entry pillar block when the roof started working in the previously mined #4 entry block. The roof fell in the #4 entry and took out the breaker timbers. The timbers were repla...
01/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee stated he was exiting the mantrip; when he turned he felt pain in his right knee. Doctor removed him from work on 1-24-2008.
12/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing track door, catching his finger between door and roof bolt plate. Went to doctor on 12-13-07 Returned to work on 12-14-2007.
08/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving the stinger (4-Wheel Ride) from the Power Center to the track to load on flat car to bring outside. While bringing stinger to track, front tire hit a rock in haulway causing steeri...
07/20/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a jack to put a porta bus back on track. The jack slipped out and the jack bar struck the employee on finger.
07/11/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was operating a shuttle car, ran over a rock in haulway, bumping his head against roof. Went to doctor on 7/12 & 7/18; started loosing time 7/18/07.
05/31/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee had made up some roof bolts & was crawling back toward front end of roof bolter-twisting his right knee. Went to doctor 5/31/07. Started losing time 6/1/07.
05/21/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was duck walking down #4 entry about 2 breaks outby face area. Bumping his head against some low top in the top. Went to Dr. 5/21/07, follow-up 5/22/07. Taken off of reg.schedule (EE works 4...